An Improved Needle Threader.
Year: 1892

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Date of Application, 1st July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Needle Threader.
I THOMAS HAYHURST of 55 Skiddaw Street, Audley, Blackburn in the County
of Lancaster, Engine Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
This invention relates to an improved appliance for facilitating the threading of a
needle whilst the latter is in position in a sewing machine, the object being to enable
the operator to thread a needle without seeing its eye, and merely by the sense of
touch.
According to this my said invention the threader consists of a hollow conical
shaped piece of metal there being a cranked, and hollow portion at the apex of
the cone.
The cone and cranked portion have a slit formed along their length, and
the width of this slit can be regulated by means of a small screw passing through
lugs fixed on each side of said slit.
To thread the needle, the threader is placed so that the point of the needle is in
the hollow of the cranked portion, the eye of the needle is then opposite to a hole..
in the apex of the cone, and the thread can easily be passed into the wide end of
the cone, and guided by the cone to, and through the eye of the needle. The slit
allows the threader to be withdrawn without breaking the thread on the reel, or
bobbin. The regulating screw is for the purpose of allowing the threader being
used with different sizes of needles, the point of the needle being passed as far as
possible into the hollow of the cranked portion of the threader, the needle is stopped
with its eye opposite the hole in the apex of the cone.
Dated this 29th day of June 1892.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Needle Threader.
I THOMAS HAYHURST of 55 Skiddaw Street, Audley, Blackburn in the County
of Lancaster, Engine Fitter, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved appliance for facilitating the threading of a
Deedle whilst the latter is in position in a sewing machine, or when held by the
fingers as usual, the object being to enable the operator to thread a needle without
seeing its eye, but merely by the sense of touch.
According to this invention the threader consists of a hollow conical shaped piece
of metal, there being a cranked and hollow portion at the apex of the cone. The
cone, and cranked portion have a slit formed along their length, and the width of
this slit can be regulated, and adjusted by means of a small screw passing through
lugs fixed on each side of said slit.
The slit allows the thread to escape from the hollow cone, when the needle is
threaded, and without breaking the thread and also allows the threader to be adjusted
that it may be used with different sizes of needles.

page_text: Such being the nature and object of the said invention the following is a complete
description of same reference being made to the accompanying drawings in which :-
Fig. 1. is a side elevation of the needle threader, shewn as applied to the needle
of a sewing machine.
Fig. 2. is a front or end view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. is a plan view of the needle threader.
Fig. 4. is a sectional side elevation of the needle threader the needle being in
position; and threaded.
Fig. 5. is an oblique front view of the threader.
According to this invention the threader consists of a hollow conical shaped piece
of metal 1 there being a cranked and hollow portion 2 at right angles to the cone 1
and at the apex of the latter. A slit 3 is formed, or left in the length of the cone 1
and in the upper part of the cranked portion 2 and the width of the slit 3 and also
the diameter of the interior of the hollow portion 2 can be regulated and adjusted
by means of the small screw 4 which passes through the lugs 5. 5 one on each side
of the slot 3.
To thread the needle 6 the threader is placed so that the point of the needle is in
the hole or hollow portion 2 and the eye of the needle is directly opposite to the
hole 7 in the apex of the cone (see Figs. 2 and 4). The thread A is passed into
the wide end, or base of the cone, and guided by the internal sides of same to the
hole 7 and the eye of the needle through which it readily passes.
When the
thread A has passed through the eye of the needle the threader can be withdrawn
the slot 3 allowing the thread to pass without being broken (see Fig. 4).
The regulating screw 4 allows the threader to be adjusted to different sizes of
needles, the internal diameter of the hole 2 being only so large as to allow the point
of the needle to be threaded being thrust into said hole 2 until the eye of the needle
is directly opposite to the hole 7 in the apex of the cone.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and object of the
said invention, and in what manner the same is to be employed I declare that
what I claim is :-
1. A needle threader comprising a hollow cone 1 and cranked hollow portion 2
both having a slit 3 formed or left in them substantially as herein described and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this
3. of October
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ATWA
THOMAS HAYHURST,
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.
THOMAS HAYHURST,
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.