Improvements in and in connection with Sewing Needles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1890-Accepted. 19th Apr.. 1890
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Sewing Needles.
I, ANNA MARIA AMELIA NEWCOME of Feltwell Hall Brandon Norfolk Lady do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
The object of my invention is to enable a worker to make stitches of equal length
it is applicable to general needlework but is more particularly intended for the class
of needlework known as sinocking." For this purpose the needle when in course
of manufacture is marked in divisions of any required measurements but preferably
in two scales either one eighth of an inch or three sixteenths of an inch. The scale
may be indicated over the entire surface of the needle or only in parts by various
coloring, burnishing or other suitable means.
Dated this 20th day of February 1890.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Sewing Needles.
I, ANNA MARIA AMELIA NEWCомк Feltwell Hall Brandon Norfolk, Lady, 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 object of my invention is to produce a needle by the use of which stitches of
equal length are produced. The same is specially applicable to "smocking" but may
be used for any work where exactitude of stitches is required. For the purpose of
my invention I in the process of the manufacture of needles cause the length of them
to be divided into different sections according to the stitch used, and the material to
be worked on. In order that the proper length of stitch may be taken the different
divisions of the needle may be made of different colours, or made by burnishing
alternate divisions, or by scratching or engraving the boundaries, or by any other
suitable means. The needle is applicable for use in any kind of needlework.
For the further description of my invention in order that it may be more readily
understood and explained in detail, I have hereunto annexed one sheet of Drawings
on which letters of reference are marked.
Fig. 1. shows part of a needle on a very large scale. a and b being the divisions.
Fig. 2. shows part of a needle on a very large scale, a and b being the divisions.
Fig. 3. shows a needle natural size, of which that in Fig. 1. is the reproduction.
The length of the division in this case is one eighth of an inch.
Fig. 4. shows a needle natural size, of which that in Fig. 2. is the reproduction.
The length of the division in this case is about three thirty seconds of an inch.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
The marking or coloring of sewing needles, applicable for the purpose of
obtaining regular sized stitches in needlework as herein substantially described, set
forth, and fully illustrated in the Drawings annexed.
Dated this 15th day of March 1890.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
Agents for Applicant.