An Improved Embroidering Device.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 22nd Jan., 1898
[Communicated from abroad by JOSEF EISENHUB, of No. 17, Erzsébet Királyné,
Budapest, in the Kingdom of Hungary, Merchant.]
An Improved Embroidering Device.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45, 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 :-
The subject of this invention is an embroidering device or instrument, by the
manual operation of which what is known as "Smyrna" work may be carried out
upon any material having the required design traced on it beforehand.
The instrument is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device and
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section thereof.
The main constituent part of the device is a needle a, the eye b of which is
situated in the vicinity of its point. The needle a is fitted within, and guided by,
a case or holder c, in which it is retained by a set-screw d.
In order to enable the said needle-holder, or tube, c to be reciprocated, or turned
in either direction, it is pivotted at h to the end of a slide g, movable within the
main casing e.
The tension-device i, for stretching the thread, is rigidly connected with the said
slide g, and is adapted to engage with the hook of the thread-guide j; the
resiliency of the spring t preventing the tube or holder c from swinging round on its
pivot.
The extension of the thread-guide j, of cylindrical shape is adapted to move
within the slide g, and provided with a handle or knob at its end. For adjusting
purposes, or for altering the extent or amplitude of the oscillating movements of the
needle, there is located at the top of the slide g, within the case e, a plate n, termi-
nating in a hook m which engages with the teeth, with which are provided the
upper edges of the slide g,-and, by coming into contact with the casing e as the
needle is moved forward, determines the width of the swinging movements of
the needle; whence it follows that it is by displacing the hook that the width of
the needle-strokes may be adjusted or varied.
For the better stretching of the material to be worked, upon, and to enable the
instrument to rest thereon evenly, there is arranged a wire o, bent after the
manner of the runners of a sledge, and secured within the enlarged portion p of
the casing e.
The operation of the instrument is as follows :—
The thread 8 is passed through apertures of the thread-guide j and through the
eye 6 of the needle a; whereupon the instrument, with its sledge-shaped wire o is
applied to the material, and set in motion by means of the handle l. As this handle
or knob is pushed forward, or depressed, the thread-guide will at first advance
alone; but when the knob touches the slide g, this slide will move along with the
said thread-guide; and, as it does so, the needle a will penetrate the material and
ID 71

page_text: draw with it the thread 8. As the handle is drawn back, the thread-guide j, again,
will slide back by itself to begin with; as soon as the hook k however, engages with
the thread-tension device i, the threads is tightly grasped, and the needle a is
withdrawn from the material. The result is that loops will project on the under
side of the material which, when cut open, will form what is termed "Smyrna "
patterns.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention 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 :-
1. A hand-operated embroidering instrument, mainly consisting of a needle, such
as a, secured within a holder, such as c, and adapted to be moved and guided
within the case of the instrument such as e, by means of a slide such as g; for the
purpose of drawing a thread through the material to be worked upon.
2. In the embroidering instrument referred to in the first claim, the employment
of a plate, such as n, terminating in a hook, such as m, and adapted to engage with
the teeth provided on the slide (g); for the purpose of adjusting or controlling the
extent of oscillation of the needle.
3. In the embroidering instrument covered by the 1st and 2nd claims, the employ-
ment of a thread-guide, such as j, provided with a hook such as k and adapted
temporarily to engage with the thread-tension device, such as i, for the purpose of
grasping, or gripping, the thread while the needle is being drawn out of the
material.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.