A New or Improved Finger Shield.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th May, 1893-Accepted, 1st July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Finger Shield.
I, JOHN SOMERVILLE of 2 Dalkeith Street, Joppa, in the County of Midlothian,
Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to a new or improved finger shield for the use of
hand sewers, and has for its object to cover and guard or protect from being pricked
by the needle the finger on or over which the cloth or other material to be sewed
is placed or held during the operation of sewing. The improved shield consists of
a barrel shaped cover or tube of metal, such as steel or brass, or of vulcanite
celluloid or other suitable material or materials tapered or shaped to fit readily on
to the finger or part thereof, and being preferably partly cut through or disjoined
annularly round at the front and longitudinally at the back, at the part or parts
which when placed on the finger is or are opposite to the first or any joint or joints
thereof leaving a spring yielding part at the back, so that when the finger is
required to bend the shield may yield by the wider part or parts partly overlapping
or telescoping the narrower in front to correspond with the bend of the finger; or
the shield may be made partly open at the part or parts opposite to the
joint or joints of the finger for the same purpose, and may have other openings,
incisions, or perforations to secure greater flexibility or provide for ventilation.
And the shield may be lined or coated internally with any material or substance
calculated to add to the comfort and safety of the user, and may be electro-plated,
lacquered or coated externally for greater durability or efficiency. The shield may
also be made closed in at the narrow end and have a bead or rounded edge at the wide
end or at other intermediate part or parts for greater comfort and efficiency in
using same. The shield may be made in one or more parts or pieces, and when of
two or more parts may be connected or kept together by means of an inner shield
or lining of rubber, cloth or other flexible material; or the parts may be jointed
or otherwise connected or attached to each other in any other convenient manner.
The shield may or may not be welded, soldered, or connected along the whole or
any length of its parts. It may be found convenient to make it in the same way
as barrel pens, open or slit at side, although it may be domed or closed or connected
at or near the ends or parts as before described.
Dated the 26th August 1892.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Finger Shield.
I, JOHN SOMERVILLE, of 2 Dalkeith Street, Joppa, in the County of Midlothian,
Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement in writing, that is to say
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This invention has reference to a new or improved finger shield for the use of
hand sewers, and has for its object to cover and guard or protect from being pricked
by the needle the finger on or over which the cloth or other material to be sewed
is placed or held during the operation of sewing, that is, the finger on the opposite
hand to that on which the ordinary thimble is placed.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood; I have hereunto
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page_text: appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which Figures 1, 2 and 3, represent
side, back, and front views respectively of one construction of my improved finger
shield. While Figures 4 and represent side and back views respectively of
another arrangement of my improved shield.
Referring to Figures 1 to 3,-Under this construction the improved shield
consists of a barrel shaped cover or tube A, A1, of metal, such as steel or brass, or
of vulcanite, celluloid, or other suitable material or materials tapered or shaped to
fit readily on to the finger or part thereof, and being preferably partly cut through
or disjointed annularly round at a from the back round to the front, and
longitudinally at the back a', and at the front at a at the part or parts which
when placed on the finger is or are opposite to the first or any joint or joints
thereof leaving a spring yielding part at the back, so that when the finger is
required to bend, the shield may yield by the wider part or parts partly over-
lapping or telescoping the narrower in front or rice versa to correspond with the
bend of the finger; or the shield may be made partly open at the part or parts
opposite to the joint or joints of the finger for the same purpose, and may have
other openings, incisions, or perforations to secure greater flexibility or provide for
ventilation. And the shield may be lined or coated internally with any material or
substance calculated to add to the comfort and safety of the user, and may be
electro-plated, lacquered or coated externally or internally for greater durability
or efficiency. The shield may also be slit and bevelled or be closed in at
the narrow end A2, and may have a bead or rounded edge at the wide end A", or
at other intermediate part or parts, or these parts may be corrugated or fluted all
for giving greater comfort and efficiency in using same. The shield may be made
in one or more parts or pieces, and when of two or more parts may be connected
or kept together by means of an inner shield or lining of rubber cloth or other
flexible material; or the parts may be jointed or otherwise connected or attached
to each other in any other convenient manner. The shield may or may not be
overlapped welded, soldered, or connected along the whole or any length of its
parts. It may, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, be found convenient to make it
in one part A slit up the front at a² in the same way as barrel pens are open or
slit at side, although it may be made as a tube and domed or closed or connected
at or near the ends or parts as before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is
First. Finger shields constructed in the improved manner herein set forth.
Second. Finger shields formed in two main parts slitted and connected together
to yield with the action of the finger, substantially as herein set forth.
Third. Finger shields formed from spring sheet metal or equivalent yielding
material and either with or without a slit on one or more sides, substantially as
herein set forth.
Dated the 25th May 1902
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.