IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLES AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John William Scott, of the City of Worcester, Manu-
facturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLES AND OTHER
SIMILAR ARTICLES."
Sealed the 1st October 1867, and dated the 3rd April 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John William Scott at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
April 1867.
I, JOHN WILLIAM SCOTT, of the City of Worcester, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLES AND
OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to construct needles and other similar articles
in such manner that the difficulty ordinarily experienced in pulling the thread
or cord through the fabric or other material is obviated, and that the holes
made in the fabric or other material are not made larger than required for
the needle or other article itself to pass through.
My Invention consists in drilling or forming a hole in the thick end of the
needle or other article in the direction of the length thereof; this hole receives
the thread, cord, braid, or other material which is passed into it, and is secured
in any convenient manner.
My Invention further consists in the following methods of securing the
cord or thread in the hole formed as just described :-I fit in a groove on the
needle or other article a small spring plate, one end of which is secured to
the needle or other article, while the other end is formed with a catch or
hook which enters a hole in the side of the article leading to the hole in which
the cord is inserted and holds the cord. When a thread is to be inserted or

page_text: removed the catch is lifted out of its hole by introducing a pin or other
appliance under it by the aid of a groove or recess at right angles to the first-
named groove; or instead of a spring plate formed with a catch or hook, I
employ a plate binged to the needle or other article, and formed with a catch;
or I employ a sort of staple or piece of shape, the two points of which enter
holes in the side of the needle or other article, and take hold of or pass
through the cord the connecting piece lying in a groove in the side of the
article; or I pass a small pin transversely through the needle and thread or
cord; or I carry the hole first named out of the side of the needle or other
article, and in such case the end of the thread is first pushed out at the side of
the article, and then has a knot or enlargement formed in it, which prevents
it passing out of the head of the article; or I form two small holes trans-
versely through the needle or other article, and pass a small thread through
them so as to go through the thread or cord in the article. Between the holes
at each side of the needle I form a recess for the fastening thread to lie in.
This last method may also be effected by making a longitudinal "saw cut
across the hole up into the first transverse hole; or the hole at the end of the
needle may be formed by having the end in two or more parts to open with a
hinge or joint, or to screw together, or to slide in a rabbet joint; or the hollow
end of the needle may be formed by the metal being flattened at the end, and
then curled round so as meet or nearly so, or in part.
The characteristic feature or principle of this Invention consists in making
needles or other like articles so that the thread, cord, braid, or other material
is passed up the end of the needle so as to be able to sew without the double
which takes place in sewing with needles having the ordinary eye.
Sometimes I form two holes longitudinally in the needle or other article to
receive two cords or threads, and I sometimes make the needle or other
article oval to enable the two holes to be made more conveniently.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John William Scott in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd October 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WILLIAM SCOTT, of the City of Worcester, Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,

page_text: did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
John William Scott,. Her special licence that I, the said Jolin William Scott,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
William Scott, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
NEEDLES AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said John William Scott, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John William Scott, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
that is to say
The object of my Inveution is to construct needles and other similar articles
in such manner that the difficulty ordinarily experienced in pulling the thread
or cord through the fabric or other material is obviated, and that the holes
made in the fabric or other material are not made larger than required for
the needle or other article itself to pass through.
My Invention consists in drilling or forming a hole in the thick end of the
needle or other article in the direction of the length thereof; this hole receives
the thread, cord, braid, or other material which is passed into it, and. is secured
in any convenient manner.
Figure represents, partly in section, the principle of my Invention; it
shews a needle with a hole formed longitudinally in the thick end to receive
the cord or other material. No mode of securing the material is here shewn.
My Invention further consists in the following methods of securing the
cord or thread in the hole formed as just described:-I fit in a groove on the
needle or other article a small spring plate, as shewn in Figure 2, one end of
which is secured to the needle or other article, while the other end is formed
with a catch or hook, which enters a hole in the side of the article leading to
the hole in which the cord is inserted and holds the cord. When a thread is
to be inserted or removed the catch is lifted out of its hole by introducing a

page_text: pin or other appliance under it by the aid of a groove or recess at right angles
to the first-named groove; or instead of a spring plate formed with a catch or
hook I employ a plate hinged to the needle or other article, as shewn in
Figure 8, and formed with a catch; or I employ a sort of staple or piece of
shape, as shewn in Figure 4, the two points of which enter holes in the
side of the needle or other article, and take hold of or pass through the cord,
the connecting piece lying in a groove in the side of the article; or I pass
a small pin transversely through the needle and thread or cord, as shown in
Figure 5 or I. carry the hole first named out of the side of the needle
or other article, as shewn in Figure 6, and in such case the end of the
thread is first pushed out at the side of the article, and then has a knot
or enlargement formed in it, which prevents it passing out of the bead of
the article. Figure 7 represents this mode applied to a machine needle, the
longitudinal hole being in this case carried to near the point of the needle, and
then out through the side; or I form two small holes transversely through the
needle or other article, as shown in Figure 8, and pass a small thread through
them so as to go through the thread or cord in the article. Between the
holes at each side of the needle I form a recess for the fastening thread to lie
in. This last method may also be effected by making a longitudinal "saw
cut across the hole up into the first transverse hole, as shwn in Figure 9;
or the hole at the end of the needle may be formed by having the end in two
or more parts, or to screw together as shewn in Figure 10, or to slide in
a rabbet joint as shewn in Figure 11. In Figures 10 and 11 the hole is
shown enlarged at its inner end for the purpose of receiving a knot made at
the end of the cord before being inserted; or the hollow end of the needlo
may be formed by the metal being flattened at the end, and then curled round
so as to meet or nearly so, or in part, as shewn in Figure 12.
The characteristic feature or principle of the Invention consists in making
needles or other like articles so that the thread, cord, braid, or other material
is passed up the end of the needle so as to be able to sew without the
double which takes place in sewing with needles having the ordinary "eye."
Sometimes I form two holes longitudinally in the needle or other article, as
shewn in Figure 13, to receive two cords or threads, and I sometimes make
the needle or other article oval to euable the two holes to be made more
conveniently.
No mode of securing the cords is shewn in Figure 13, but any convenient
mode may be adopted.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
Danner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-

page_text: First, manufacturing needles and other similar articles with one or more
holes formed in the thick end in the direction of the length thereof, substan-
tially as herein-before described.
Secondly, the combination in needles and other similar articles of one or
more holes formed in the thick end in the direction of the length thereof, and
of any or each of the several modes or appliances herein-before described for
securing the thread, cord, braid, or other material when passed into such hole
or holes.
In witness whereof, I, the said John William Scott, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Second day of October, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.