Improvements in Packing Needles, applicable also for Sewing Rough Material.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 17th Dec., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Packing Needles, applicable also for Sewing Rough
Material.
We, CHARLES EDWARD WARING, Surveyor, of 1, Charles Street, and
EDWARD LILEY, Civil Engineer, of 137, Crwys Road, both in Cardiff, in the
County of Glamorgan, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:
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The needle is pointed at one end and at its other end may have a head upon it
by which the pointed end can be pushed through the material to be sewn.
two opposite sides of the needle at short distances from the point are two slots
one inclining upwards towards the head the other downwards towards the point
each extending say about half through the needle stem. Two longitudinal
grooves are also formed on two other opposite sides of the needle midway between
the two sides first mentioned these grooves extend past the inner ends of
the two slots and the string used for sewing can lie in them when the pointed
end of the needle is pushed through the material that is being sewn.
The needle is applicable for sewing up hampers or sewing other rough materiál
generally, especially in cramped positions where the ordinary needle would not be`
workable.
.
The needle is to be used in the following manner. The string is first caught
in the upwardly inclined slot and when the pointed end of the needle is pushed
through the hamper or material a loop of the string is carried through with it
which on the withdrawal of the needle would be left on the opposite side-loops so
passed through the material can be threaded by a string and so form a series of
lock stitches or they can be tied by knots into single stitches. If however the
loops cannot be dealt with on the opposite side of the material each loop after being
passed through the material by the needle could on a second insertion of the
needle be caught in the downwardly inclined slot and again be drawn through
the material when the loop could be secured on the outside.
Dated this 30th day of December 1897.
CHARLES E. WARING.
EDWARD LILEY.

page_text: County of Glamorgan, 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:--
:
The drawings attached to the specification show a needle made in accordance
with this invention.
Figures 1 and 2 are views of a needle in two different positions with regard to
the material to be sewn and Figure 3 is a transverse section.
The needle is applicable for sewing up hampers or sewing other rough material
generally, especially in cramped positions where the ordinary needle would not
be workable.
The needle is pointed at one end a and at its other end may have a head b
upon it by which the pointed end can be pushed through the material c to be
sewn. On two opposite sides of the needle at short distances from the point are
two slots d and e, the slot d inclining upwards towards the head b the other slot e
downwards towards the point a. Each slot extends say about half through the
needle stem. Two longitudinal grooves f f (Figure 3) are also formed on
two other opposite sides of the needle midway between the two sides first mentioned
these grooves extend past the inner ends of the two slots and the string g used
for sewing can lie in them when the pointed end of the needle is pushed through
the material that is being sewn.
The needle is to be used in the following manner. The string is first caught
in the upwardly inclined slot d and when the pointed end of the needle is pushed
through the hamper or material a loop of the string is carried through with it as
is shewn in Figure 1, which on the withdrawal of the needle would be left on the
opposite side loops so passed through the material can be threaded by a string and
so form a series of lock stitches or they can be tied by knots into single stitches.
If however the loops cannot be dealt with on the opposite side of the material each
loop after being passed through the material by the needle could on a second
insertion of the needle be caught in the downwardly inclined slot e as is shewn
in Figure 2 and again be drawn through the material when the loop: could be
secured on the outside.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. A needle having at short distances from its point two slots, one inclining
upwards towards the head and the other downwards towards the point.
2. A needle having on its two opposite sides at short distances from its point
two slots, one inclining upwards towards the head and the other downwards
towards the point and on the two other opposite sides two longitudinal grooves
extending past the inner ends of the two slots.
3. Needles substantially as described and shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 20th day of Conti
1000
CHARLES E. WARING.
EDWARD LILEY.