Improvements in Handles for Holding Wire Stiffeners or for Manipulating Wire Thread in Brush Making.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th May, 1893-Accepted, 17th June, 1893
[Communicated from abroad by MAYLIN J. PICKERING, of 209, Market Street,
Philadelphia, United States of America.]
Improvements in Handles for Holding Wire Stiffeners or for
Manipulating Wire Thread in Brush Making.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co. Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to handles intended for holding wire stiffeners or for
manipulating wire thread in brush making.
A handle constructed according to this invention is composed of clamping
sections which can be separated and firmly united when required. A suitable
thoroughfare leading completely through the handle is provided for the passage
therethrough of the wire thread, and, in a recess, in suitable disposition relatively
to said passage, a pulley, upon the periphery of which the thread may travel, ís
rotatably mounted. The rotation of the said pulley and consequently the move-
ment of the wire thread is controlled by a brake which can be operated through au
arm that protrudes from the side of the handle by grasping said arm and handle in
the hand of the operator and squeezing the same together.
Dated this 28th day of February 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handles for Holding Wire Stiffeners or for
Manipulating Wire Thread in Brush Making.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, 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 handles intended for holding wire stiffeners or
manipulating wire or other thread in brush making, for example.
A handle constructed according to this invention is composed of clamping sections
which can be separated and firmly united when required. A suitable thoroughfare
leading completely through the handle is provided for the passage therethrough of
the thread, and, in a recess, in suitable disposition relatively to said passage, a
pulley upon the periphery of which the thread may travel is rotatably mounted.
The rotation of the said pulley and consequently the movement of the wire thread
is controlled by a brake which can be operated, through an arm that protrudes
from the side of the handle, by grasping said arm and handle in the hand of the
operator and squeezing the same together.
In order that my said invention may be clearly understood I will now proceed.to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a complete handle in readiness for immediate
use, Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

page_text: Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6, are views of details` and will hereinafter be more
particularly described.
Like reference letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
A and B are separable clamping-sections. The section A is provided with a
collar which receives a handle C; the handle and collar are secured together by
any suitable means. The said section A is semi-cylindrical for a portion of its
length as is shown in Figure 3, which is a plan view of the same.
It receives upon
the flat side of the semi-cylindrical portion; the clamp B, which is entirely semi-
cylindrical. D is a grooved pulley having axial extensions d formed in one piece
therewith. In the opposed flat faces of the sections A and B suitable recesses a
are provided to form bearings in which the extensions d revolve so that the
pulley D is rotatable in other cavities formed in the said two sections as shown.
h is a pin held in the section B and having pivoted thereon a brake lever E; the
said lever is adapted to oscillate in the cavity m of the said section, in proximity to
the grooved pulley D. It may be brought into engagement with the periphery of
the said pulley by the operation of the end E which is extended outwardly and
towards the handle C. In Figure 4 a side elevation of the said lever and a 'plan
view of one end thereof is shown. In the said views ff are portions rebated to
bear on the pulley flanges, and g is projecting portion bear upon the wire or thread
at the bottom of the pulley groove. In Figure 5, which is a side elevation of the
section B and its appurtenances, a' is a projection against which the shorter arm of
the lever E bears, to prevent the longer arm from moving too far outwardly from
the handle C. Figure 6 is a transverse section on the line c d of Figure 2.
с
countersunk screw by which the section B is secured to the section A.
c is a
thread passage which extends right through the handle C and through the
clamp A. e is the thread which passes through the said thread cavity to the eye
in the end of the needle H. The said needle is received in a suitable hole in the
section A and handle C and is firmly held in position by a set-screw which passes
through the side of the said section and bears upon the needle.
n is a
The operator grasps the handle C and is able to regulate with the greatest
facility the rotation of the pulley D, and the travel of the thread, by pressing with
more or less force upon the end E' of the lever E, to cause the portions of the
brake to bear on the pulley flanges and the portion g to bear upon the thread and
keep it from kinking. The thread is given one or two turns about the pulley.
The said end E' can be operated by the fingers of the hand which grasps the said,
handle. The sections A and B can be readily taken apart to enable access to be
obtained to the pulley D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the. said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as, communicated.to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A needle-holding handle for manipulating wire or other thread, composed of
relatively separable sections adapted to be united, embodying a thread passage, and
also, in suitable disposition relatively to said passage, a pulley upon which a thread
may travel, and provided with a pulley-brake adapted to be operated to control the
rotation of said pulley and the movement of the thread, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
2. In a needle-holding handle for manipulating wire or other thread, the following
elements in combination, namely:-relatively separable clamping-sections; means
for connecting and supporting said sections; a rotatable pulley upon the periphery
of which the thread is adapted to tread and which is mounted in a recess suitably
conformed within or with respect to the clamping, sections; a thread passage
leading both into and out of a clamping section, the interior orifices of which are in
a line tangential to the periphery of the pulley; a pressure brake, mounted with
relation to a clamping section and adapted to control the rotation of the pulley and
the movement of the thread relatively thereto; and means for operating said
brake; substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

page_text: 3. A needle-holding handle constructed substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to the accompanying drawings, and operating as specified.
Dated this 12th day of May 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.