Hearth-rug Needle.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 21st Mar., 1891-Accepted, 2nd May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Hearth-rug Needle.
EDWARD EVERITT HIBLING St Johns Villas, Dogsthorpe Road, Peterborough,
P.O. Sorting Clerk, ROBERT JESSE JEFFERY, Baker Street, Albert Place,
Peterborough, Pattern Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
:
This hearthrug needle shown on accompanying drawings in its complete state
Fig. 3 this being the side view. The body of this hearthrug needle (hereafter
called the needle) Fig. 1 consists of a solid piece of material of a round form,
tapering to a point at one end. About the middle of the needle are two rivet holes,
as shown by the dotted lines, there is another hole only partly through the needle
also shown by dotted lines, this hole is for the reception of the bent end of the thin
semicircular piece of steel C. Fig. 2 and the said bent end is thus inserted to
prevent same from catching in the canvas or harden or other material through
which the needle is passed. This aforesaid piece of steel is gradually narrowed at
one end to about of an inch broad, so that when the said steel is riveted to Fig. 1
it forms a holder at one end and acts as a spring at the other. The top of Fig. 1
from A to B is slightly cut away to allow for the spring & holder. The spring
being slightly bent keeps the holder in a raised position as shown in Fig. 3 the
needle is thus kept open ready for the reception of the piece of cloth or other
material the holder is then pressed down & the cloth is thus forced into the hollow
of the holder the needle is then passed through the canvas or harden & thus draws
the cloth along into said canvas or harden or other material.
Space for the cloth is made by the sides of the needle being cut away from D to B,
such space being shown by F Fig. 4, this being the bottom view of closed needle.
Teeth are cut into one end of needle for the better holding of the cloth and it is
hereby claimed that rubber may be used instead of teeth, or other material, and it
is hereby further claimed that the aforesaid spring & holder may be secured to the
needle in other ways, and also that the spring may be so bent as to keep the holder
in a raised or closed position.
Dated this 26th day of January 1891.
E. E. HIBLING.
ROBERT JESSE JEFFERY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Hearth-rug Needle.
We EDWARD EVERITT HIBLING St Johns Villas, Dogsthorpe Road, Peter-
borough, Sorting Clerk, and ROBERT JESSE JEFFERY No. 17 Baker Street
Albert Place Peterborough Pattern Maker 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 is shown by those drawings left with Provisional Specification, the
said drawings being full size.
This hearthrug needle (hereafter called for the purposes of this Specification
"the needle") is to be used for the purpose of carrying strips of cloth, used in the
making of cloth hearthrugs as hereafter described.
The body of the needle is shown by Fig. 1, this being the side view, and consists
of a solid piece of hard material such as metal, ivory, bone, ivorine, or other hard

page_text: material, and to be made either in the round, or square form, that shown in the
drawings left with Provisional Specification being the round form, excepting such
parts as are cut away, such parts being hereafter described. The needle is tapered
to a point from A to the end. The top of the needle is slightly cut away either
from A to B or from D to B. Fig. 1.
A portion of each side of the needle is cut away from D to B leaving a space as
shown by F. F. bottom view of closed needle Fig. 4. the top of this part of needle
that is from D to B. is cut into teeth, or roughed like the surface of a file, the
object of the teeth being to hold the piece of cloth and prevent it slipping out of
the needle as hereafter described. The needle is provided with another arrange-
ment to keep the cloth from slipping; this arrangement to be used either in
connection with the teeth or the teeth may be dispensed with, this arrangement is
embodied in Fig. 2, which is a thin semicircular shaped, hollow piece of steel,
called a holder or shield, at the top of this holder or shield, are two, or three, or
more holes, pierced in such manner that the rough edges of the holes project
slightly into the hollow of the holder, thus holding the cloth.
it acts as a
At a certain part as shown this holder is gradually narrowed to a point this point
being turned down as shown by C. Fig. 2 this narrow portion is tempered whereby
spring. This combined holder and spring is placed along the top of the
needle, that is to say, from A to B. and the bent end C of spring is inserted in the
hole, which is partly drilled through the needle, and which is shown by the dotted
lines Fig. 3, and is thus inserted to prevent same from catching in the material
through which the needle is passed. The combined holder and spring is then
secured to the needle by two rivets, the holes being shown by dotted lines Fig. 3.
The spring being slightly bent as shown keeps the holder in a raised position as
shown by the needle in its complete state Fig. 3.
The method of using and working this needle is as follows.
A piece of calico, or harden, or canvas, or other material forms the foundation
for the hearthrug. Pieces of cloth are cut into strips of about 3 inches long, and
about half an inch wide, the canvas is then turned down at one end and creased
straight across, one of the strips is then placed lengthwise between the holder and
teeth, and so placed that the teeth come in the middle of the cloth, the holder is
then pressed and held down, and the cloth is thus forced into the hollow of the
holder, which thus shields the cloth and prevents same from catching or offering
any resistance in its passage through the canvas, space for the cloth being provided
by the portion F. F. Fig. 4. The needle is then inserted close to the edge of the
crease, and drawn through, upon the needle coming through the cloth is released
through the automatic action of the spring, the piece of cloth being drawn half
through, the two ends project equally, another piece of cloth is then inserted close
to the other piece and so on until that row is completed, when another crease is made
about half or three quarters of an inch from the other crease and so on until the
canvas is filled, the canvas is then pulled straight and the pieces of cloth are thus
held by the canvas.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that the
novelty of the invention consists in shielding the pieces of cloth by means of the
aforesaid hollow holder, or shield, in the manner described, so that the same does
not catch, or offer resistance in its passage through the canvas, and this being
accomplished without materially adding to the bulk of the needle.
But take notice we do not claim as new the tapering point of the needle, but
that which is new, and that which we claim is that which we are now about to
state.
1. We claim the combined hollow holder, or shield, and spring, with the holes in
top of same as described.
2. We claim the cutting away of the sides and top of the needle, as described,
thus providing space for the pieces of cloth.

page_text: 3. We claim the bending of the spring in such manner, that the holder may be
either in a raised or closed position.
4. We claim the turning down of the extreme end of spring, and inserting
same in hole in needle, to prevent same from catching in the canvas, and riveting
spring to needle.
Dated this 20th day of March 1891.
EDWARD EVERITT HIBLING.
ROBERT JESSE JEFFERY.