Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1887
Complete Left, 13th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 18th May, 1888
I THOMAS SMITH of Avenue Road Sunbury in the county of Middlesex Gentleman
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the use of sewing machines a great inconvenience is frequently caused by the
very common breaking or bending of the needles thereof and when this happens the
sewing machine cannot be used again until another needle is procured and inserted in
the machine. The object of this invention is to reduce or minimize this evil.
To carry out this object I make the neodle a double needle that is to say exactly
similar to two of the needles at present employed that have been joined together at
their shank ends and therefore in this my needle there are two sharp pointed ends
with the usual eyes and one shank common to both ends and this needle may be made
of any desired shape and length and of any usual or other cross section and may be
fitted with such grooves and other parts as may be suitable to the particular sewing
machine in and with which it is to be used. The socket or other appliance in or on
the needle bar of the sewing machine in which this needle is to be secured need not
necessarily in all cases be altered in any way but sometimes it may be advisable or
even necessary to drill the socket a little deeper.
Thus in this needle when one point is broken or bent the double needle is only
reversed in its socket or other appliance and is again ready for work.
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page_text: THOMAS SMITH Esq. Sunbury on Thames Engineer do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
In the use of sewing machines a great inconvenience is oftentimes caused by
the very common and frequent breaking or bending of the needles thereof, and when
this happens the sewing machine cannot be used again until another needle is
procured, and inserted in the machine. The object of this invention is to reduce
or minimize this evil.
To carry out this object I make this needle a double needle, that is to say exactly
similar to two of the needles at present employed, with the absence of one shank,
that have been joined together at their shank ends, and therefore in this my needle
there are two sharp pointed ends with the usual eyes and one shank common to
both ends, and this needle may be made of any desired shape and length, and of
any usual or other cross section, and may be fitted with such grooves and other
parts as may be suitable to the particular sewing machine in and with which the
same is to be used.
The socket or other appliance in or on the needle bar of the sewing machine in
which this needle is to be secured need not necessarily in all cases be altered in
any way, but sometimes it may be advisable or even necessary to make the socket
a little deeper.
Thus in this needle when one point is broken or bent, the double needle is only
reversed in its socket or other appliance and is again ready for work.
Having fully described and ascertained the nature of my said invention, and in
what manner it is carried out I declare that what I claim is :-
A double needle, that is to say exactly similar to two of the needles at present
employed, with the absence of one shank that have been joined together at their
shank ends, and therefore in this my needle there are two sharp pointed ends with
the usual eyes and one shank common to both ends, substantially as described.
Dated this 12th day of Ancil 1000