Year: 1888

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I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
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 needles, designed especially for sewing on buttons, but
which are applicable to other uses where a considerable force is required to drive the
needle, such as sewing heavy fabrics, like carpets, or any other purpose where force
is required to drive the needle, or for the use of persons who cannot conveniently
work with a thimble.
The object of my invention is to produce a needle which will possess the capacity
of having great force applied to it without the use of a thimble, and still retain the
straight line of the needle so far as the point and heel portions are concerned, and it
consists in a needle, having a bend made therein, midway between the heel and point,
so as to throw the said intermediate portion out of line with the heel and point portion,
but yet retain the said heel and point portion in the same axial line.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 represents a needle having the central portion bent in concavo-convex
shape.
Figure 2, the same needle showing a modification in the bend.
Figure 3, the needle as held in the fingers for entering the work.
Figure 4, the needle as entered and as being drawn from the exit side of the work.
Referring to the drawings a is the heel portion, the point and c the intermediate
portion. This intermediate portion is bent out of line with the heel and point
portions, preferably so as to present a concave shape upon one side, and convex shape
upon the opposite side, as seen in Figure 1, the bend however may be of an angular
shape, as represented in Figure 2, the same alignment of the heel and point portions
being preserved.
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page_text: The heel portion may be provided with an eye of any suitable character, such as
a pierced eye, open eye, or any of the known devices by which the thread to be
introduced may be properly attached.
In use, the needle is held between the thumb and first and second fingers, as
represented in Figure 3, the thumb resting in the bend, takes a bearing forward
toward the point, while the second finger will take a bearing against the bend
on the opposite side of the needle, so that the force of the thumb and second
finger are both applied to drive the needle. The needle is forced through the
material, the bend easily following the point, and when the forward portion of the
bend has passed to the opposite side, as in Figure 4, the bend may then be grasped on
the exit side, and permit the application of force to easily draw the needle.
By this construction
preserve the point and heel portions in line with each other,
the same as if the needle were straight.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, 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 :-
A needle having the heel and point portions in line with each other, but constructed
with a bend between the said heel and point portions, which throws the intermediate
portion of the needle out of line with the said heel and point portions, substantially as
described.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.