IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS FOR NEEDLES AND OTHER OBJECTS and
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOSEPH HÖLZGENS, of Langerwohe in Rhenish Prussia, Germany, Needle
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HOLDERS FOR NEEDLES AND OTHER OBJECTS and in what manner the samo
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
'
Needles, pencils, penholders or other objects, which are often fastened in series
to cards of paste-board, paper or other substance, have heretofore usually been
secured to such cards by threads of yarn, bands of rubber or the like, which
arrangement has the disadvantage that, upon the removal of one or more of the
objects held by the same thread or band, the remainder will be loosened and apt
to fall from the card, and that the objects fastened to the card will soon become
stained at the points of contact with the thread.
This improved Invention has for its object to overcome both these disadvantages,
and consists in holding the needles or other articles in place by means of a wire
which is bent in form of a spiral and inserted into and through openings in the
card, as hereinafter more fully described.
In the accompanying Drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of a card and fasteners
involving the said Invention. Figure 2 is a back view of the same. Figure 3 is
a vertical section on the line cc Figure 1. Figure 4 is a face view of a modified
construction of the card. Figure 5 is another back view of the card shown in
Figure 1. Figure 6 is a cross section on the line K, K, Figure 1.
B in the Drawing represents a card of paste-board or other substance, to which
the needles or articles b. are fastened by spiral wires S. The card B may be
provided with one or more rows of parallel slots a, a, of the kind indicated in
Figures 1, 2 & 5, the several slots in each row being substantially equally far
apart from one another. The spirally wound wire S thereupon placed into and
through the slots a, a, in such way that projecting loops S* will be formed by
said wire on the face of the card B. while against the back of the said card, the
wire will lio flat.
The needles or other objects b. which are to be held in place on the card aro
then passed through the said loops S*; the wire being pulled tight and its ends
bent or secured, so as to prevent it from slipping.

page_text: Instead of the slots a, a, double series of equivalent holes o. o may be formed
in the card, as in Figure 4, for the reception of the spiral wire.
The Invention can be applied to cards having loops S* on both sides, for holding
objects on both faces. The wire being substantially rigid will hold the articles in
place even if some of them have been removed from the card, and will always
allow objects once removed to be re-inserted. As this wire does not attract
moisture, it will not be apt to stain the articles b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
A holder for needles and other objects, consisting of the spirally wound wire S,
in combination with the perforated card B, said wire being arranged to form series
of loops S*, as specified.