IMPROVEMENTS IN THIMBLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I CHARLES HORNER of 23, Northgate; Halifax, in the County of York, Gold and
Silversmith, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THIMBLES" to be as follows:
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This invention relates to silver thimbles, which as heretofore made, were
composed wholely of silver, and were soon worn out, and rendered unserviceable,
by being pierced by the needle.
The object of this my invention is, to manufacture a thimble of combined silver,
and steel, which shall possess all the advantages of silver, and be durable, and free
from danger of being pierced, or punctured, as a steel thimble.
In the construction of thimbles, according to this my said invention, I employ an
outer casing of silver, and corresponding in form to an ordinary silver thimble, but
having a shoulder formed around its rim. within the outer casing, is received a steel
cup or lining, and within the latter, is received an inner lining, of silver, forming
the interior of the thimble, and having a hollow flange, which is received on and
encloses the shoulder of the outer silver casing, and is burnished over, completing
a thimble having a steel inner lining which cannot be pierced.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I CHARLES HORNER, of 23 Northgate Halifax, in the County of York, Gold and
Silversmith do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THIMBLES" 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 silver thimbles which as heretofore made, were
composed wholely of silver, and were soon worn out, and rendered unserviceable,
by being pierced by the needle.
The object of this my invention is, to manufacture a thimble of combined gold,
silver, or precious metal, and steel, which shall possess all the advantages of gold or
silver, and be durable, and free from danger of being pierced, or punctured, as a
steel thimble.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
forming a part of this specification in which:
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the inside lining of the thimble:
Fig. 2 is elevation of inner lining of steel.
Fig. 3 is elevation of thimble complete.
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation all the being enlarged in order to clearly illustrate
the invention.
In the construction of thimbles, according to this my said invention, I employ an
outer casing of silver or precious metal, and corresponding in form to an ordinary
silver thimble, but having a shoulder 2 formed around its rim-within the outer
casing 1; is received a steel cup or lining 3, and within the latter, is received an
inner lining 4, of silver, forming the interior of the thimble, and having a hollow
flange 5, which is received on and encloses the shoulder 2 of the outer silver casing 1,
and is burnished over the shoulder 2, completing a thimble having a steel inner
lining which cannot be pierced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said.
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I déclare that what
I claim is
1. The construction of thimbles in parts as and for purpose herein fully
described.
2. The construction of thimbles, wherein is an outer, and an inner casing, of
precious metal, having an intervening steel or hard metallic lining, such as-2, as
and for purpose herein described and fully illustrated by drawings annexed.
Dated this 13th day of March 1885.