Improvements in the Manufacture of Netting Needles and Crochet Needles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 11th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 16th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Netting Needles and Crochet
Needles.
I, ZACCHEUS SHRIMPTON of Unicorn Works, Redditch in the County of
Worcester, Needle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My improvements in the manufacture of netting needles consist in the use of two
or more pieces of wire fastened together by means of rivets, rings, or bands of any
suitable metal or material.
I take two pieces of half round wire of the necessary length for a netting needle
Fig. 5, and in each length of wire I pierce two holes C. C, at equal distances from
the end of the length, and through these holes I pass a rivet which fastens the two
pieces together. This I do by preference.
Or I take two pieces of wire as described, and place between them a third
piece D. D. and rivet the three pieces together at C. C. The eyes of the
needle B B may be made after rivetting, or if preferred may be shaped in half
sections before rivetting.
My improvements in crochet needles consist in the use of half round, or any
other suitable shape wire, bent into the form shown in the drawing, and having the
ends of such wire free, instead of fastened together according to the usual practice in
the trade. By keeping these two ends free, a powerful pressure is obtained,
because the free ends seek to fly asunder, and in so doing they press against the
shell handle in which thay are enclosed.
Fig. 1. A is a bent wire with free ends F and G. The hooks B and C are
fastened on pivots D and E to the bent wire A.
Fig. 2. H is a shell handle.
Fig. 3. When the hooks B and C are not in use they are folded inside A; and A
is pushed into a shell handle H, the free ends F and G of the bent wire A form a
self acting spring and press against the inside of H.
Fig. 4. One of the hooks B. C. eiz. B is passed through the nose of the shell
handle H and the free ends of A riz. F and G pressing against the inside of H
act as a spring, and keep the hook B in position for use.
Dated this 24th day of Anơust 1891.
Z. SHRIMPTON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Netting Needles and Crochet
Needles.
I, ZACCHEUS SHRIMPTON of Unicorn Works, Redditch in the County of
Worcester, Needle Manufacturer 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 :-
With reference to the drawings left with the Provisional Specification they are
the same as those referred to in this Complete Specification.
My improvements in the manufacture of netting needles consist in the use of two
or more pieces of wire fastened together by means of rivets, rings, bands, or staples
of any suitable metal or material.
I take two pieces of half round wire of the necessary length for a netting needle
Fig. 5, and in each length of wire I pierce two holes C, C, at equal distances from

page_text: the ends of the length, and through these holes I pass a rivet which fastens the two
pieces together. This I do by preference.
Or I take two pieces of wire as described, and place between them a third
piece D, D, and rivet the three pieces together at C, C. The eyes of the
needle B, B may be made after rivetting, or if preferred may be shaped in half
sections before rivetting.
My improvements in crochet needles consist in the use of half round, or any
other suitable shape wire, bent into the form shown in the drawing, and having the
ends of such wires free, instead of fastened together according to the usual
practice in the trade. By keeping these two ends free, a powerful pressure is
obtained, because the free ends seek to fly asunder, and in so doing they press
against the shell handle in which they are enclosed.
Fig. 1. A is a bent wire, with free ends F and G. The hooks B and C, are
fastened on pivots D and E, to the bent wire A.
Fig. 2. His a shell handle.
Fig. 3. When the hooks B and C are not in use, they are folded inside A; and A
is pushed into a shell handle H, the free ends F, and G, of the bent wire A form a
self acting spring, and press against the inside of H.
Fig. 4. One of the hooks B, C, viz. B is passed through the nose of the shell
handle H, and the free ends of A viz. F, and G pressing against the inside of H
act as a spring, and keep the hook B in position for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be perforined, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The method of making netting needles out of two or more pieces of wire, joined
together in the way I have described.
2. The method of making crochet needles with handles consisting of the spring
formed by the bent wire with free ends as shown in the drawings.
Dated this 10th day of March 1892.
ZACCHEUS SHRIMPTON.