A Combined Needle Threader and Reel.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 17th June, 1890-Accepted, 19th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Needle Threader and Reel.
I, JOSEPH BANKS HILLLARD of Renfield Street, Glasgow in the County of Lanark,
North Britain Surgical Instrument Maker do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
:-
This Invention is for a combined needle threader and reel or bobbin on which the
thread is wound. The needle threader is formed of sheet metal and is provided at one
end with a small hook for catching the thread and has a ring or eye at the other end
which fits into the hole in the centre of the bobbin or reel. A saw-cut is made in the
bobbin from the centre to the circumference in which the straight part of the
threader is placed with its eye in the central hole of the bobbin so that it completely
embedded in the wood of the bobbin. Another saw cut is made in the bobbin at
right angles to the first mentioned saw cut in such a position as to cut the first saw
cut at the place where the hook of the threader will be when placed in position.
When the needle is to be threaded its eye is slipped over the end of the threader
beyond the hook and the thread is placed in the second or transverse saw-cut and
thus, by crossing it, into the hook of the threader. The needle is then drawn off the
threader and the thread being caught in the hook is pulled through the eye of the
needle.
Dated this 17th day of September 1889
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Needle Threader and Reel.
I, JOSEPH BANKS HILLIARD, of Renfield Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Surgical Instrument Maker, 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 :-
My Invention is for a combined needle-threader and reel, or bobbin, on which the
thread is wound. The needle-threader is formed of sheet or other metal, and is
provided at one end with a small hook for catching the thread, and has a ring or eye
at the other end which fits into the hole in the centre of the bobbin or reel; or
instead of the ring or eye a flat piece may be formed which is placed across and
embedded in the sides of the hole. A saw-cut is made in the bobbin from the centre
to the circumference, in which the straight part of the threader is placed with its eye
in the central hole of the bobbin so that it is completely embedded in the wood of
the bobbin. Another saw-cut is made in the bobbin at right angles to the first
mentioned saw-cut in such a position as to cut the first saw-cut at the place where
the hook of the threader will be when placed in position, or the threader may
simply be pressed or hammered into the head of the bobbin without the cutting of
saw-cuts before mentioned. When the needle is to be threaded its eye is slipped over
the end of the threader beyond the hook, and the thread is placed in the second or
transverse saw-cut, or merely across the hook, and thus, by crossing it, into the hook
of the threader. The needle is then drawn off the threader, and the thread being
caught in the hook, is pulled through the eye of the needle.
In order that my Invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect, I have hereunto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, in the several
Figures of which corresponding parts are marked with the same letters of reference.
Figure 1. is an elevation of my improvements.
Figura is a section

page_text: Figure 3. is a plan.
Figure 4. is also a section, but showing the needle in the operation of being
threaded; and
Figure 5. is also a section showing the needle after the threading operation has
been completed. (These. Figures are all drawn on an enlarged scale.)
a is the reel or bobbin, while b and c are the two saw-cuts made in it. d is the
threader, while e the hook at one end for catching the thread; and fis the ring or
eye at the other end.
The threader d is placed on the reel or bobbin a so that the ring or oye / fits into
the central hole in the bobbin or reel a, and is completely embedded in the wood.
When it is required to thread the needle the eye is slipped over the end of the
threader d beyond the hook e, and the thread is placed across the second or transverse
saw-cut c, and thus into the hook e of the threader d, as shown in Figure 4. The
needle is then drawn off the threader d, and the thread being caught in the hook e is
pulled through the eye of the needle, as shown in Figure 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
The combined needle-threader and reel, or bobbin, substantially as described and
shown on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 16th day of June 1890.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.