Certain Improvements in Needle Cases.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 25th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Needle Cases.
I, WILLIAM HENRY YEOMANS, trading as Morris and Yeomans, of Astwood
Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire, Needle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in needle cases so as
to display the needles simultaneously with opening the needle case and thus facilitate
the removing of the needles from and the replacing of them in the needle case when
required.
In carrying out my invention I provide a box or case having a hinged lid and
within the said box or case I provide a pocket or pockets for containing the needles,
this pocket or these pockets being located crosswise in the box or case and hinged
to the bottom thereof parallel with the hinge of the lid so that the pocket or pockets
can either lie on the bottom of the box or case or be turned so as to stand up
therefrom. I prefer to use several of these pockets hinged close together to about
the same part of the bottom of the box or case and connected together at the sides
so that when the case is opened the pockets will stand up at various angles from the
bottom.
At the bottom of the box or case I provide a slide which projects through a slot
in that side of the box or case to which the lid is hinged. This slide is connected
to the lid by a strut which is hinged to the lid and to the slide, and the slide is also
connected by a hinged piece to the pocket or to the nearer or nearest pocket so that
when the slide is pulled outwardly the motion is by the strut communicated to the
lid causing the lid to open and simultaneously the motion of the slide is com-
municated to the pocket or pockets causing it or them to stand up from the bottom
of the box or case thus exposing all the needles to view and enabling any needle to
be readily removed or replaced.
In a modification of my invention the slide operates upon the lid only, the pockets
being caused to rise by the action of a spring immediately the case is opened; or
the slide may be arranged so as to act only upon the pocket or pockets, the lid
being caused to fly open by a spring; or the slide may be entirely dispensed with
and the lid and pocket or pockets be caused to rise by a spring or springs
immediately the lid is unfastened.
The needle case may have two or more lids and corresponding pocket or pockets
arranged similarly to the case above described as having but one lid and
corresponding pocket or pockets.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1892.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Needle Cases.
I, WILLIAM HENRY YOEMANS, trading as Morris and Yeomans, of Astwood
Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire, Needle Manufacturer, 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 consists of the hereindescribed improvements in needle cases so as
to display the needles simultaneously with opening the needle case and thus facilitate

page_text: the removing of the needles from and the replacing of them in the needle case when
required.
will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings
on which
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a needle case open constructed according to my
invention and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same closed;
Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate in sectional elevation a modified form of my invention the
needle case being shewn open in Fig. 3 and closed in Fig. 4; Figs. 5 and 6 are
similar views of a further modification and Fig. 7 shews a further modification.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of my drawings.
In this
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 in carrying out my
invention provide a box or case A having a hinged lid B and within the box or
case A provide the usual pocket or pockets for containing the needles.
example of my invention I have represented the needle case as having four needle
pockets marked C1 C2 C3 C4 but as in other needle cases there may be any number
of needle pockets. The needle pockets C1 C2 C3 Care located crosswise in the
box or case A and are hinged to the bottom thereof parallel with the hinge b¹ of
the lid B so that the needle pockets can either lie on the bottom of the box or case
(Figs. 2 and 4) or be turned so as to stand up therefrom (Figs. 1 and 3). I prefer
to use several of these pockets hinged close together to about the same part of the
bottom of the box or case and connected together at the sides in the usual way as
shewn so that when the case is opened the pockets will stand up at various angles
from the bottom.
At the bottom of the box or case A I provide a slide D which projects through
a slot-E in that side of the box or case to which the lid B is hinged. This slide D
is connected to the lid B by a strut F which is hinged at f' to the lid B and hinged
at to the slide D and the slide D is also connected by a hinged piece G to the
pocket C (or to the nearer or nearest pocket) so that when the needle case A is
closed as in Fig. 2 and the slide D is pulled outwardly in the direction of the arrow,
the motion of the slide is by the strut F communicated to the lid B causing the lid
to open and simultaneously the motion of the slide D is communicated to the
pockets C1 C2 C3 C4 causing them to stand up from the bottom of the box or case
as shewn in Fig. 1 thus exposing all the needles H to view and enabling any needle
to be readily removed or replaced. The slide D may be fixed to an outer sliding
casing (see Figs. 3 and 4) of a size to contain the box or case A and in the open
end of which the box A fits so that by pulling the combined slide D d¹ outwardly
the lid B and pockets C1 C2 C3 C4 will be raised as shewn in Figs. 1 and 3 as above
described and by moving the combined slide D d' inwardly that is in the opposite
direction the lid and pockets will be closed down in the box or case as shewn in
Figs. 2 and 4. When the outer sliding casing d' is used the slide D or the greater
part of it as shewn shaded and marked d² in Figs. 3 and 4 has to be flexible so as
to fold as shewn in Fig. 4 when the case is closed.
Or the connecting piece G may be dispensed with so that the slide D or combined
slide D d will then only act upon the lid B ; in this case the pockets C¹ C² C³ C₁
are caused to rise by the action of a spring such as the elastic spring I (Figs. 4
and 5) which is fixed to the pocket C and to the bottom of the box or case A.
Or as in the modification of my invention shewn by Figs. 5 and 6 the strut F
may be dispensed with and the slide D or combined slide D d' acts then only upon
the pockets C¹ C2 C30 in the manner above described. In this case the lid B
may be dispensed with as shewn in Figs. 5 and 6 or the lid B may be retained and
made to rise by a spring in any well known manner as in some other boxes or
cases.
Or in a further modification of my invention the slide D may be entirely
dispensed with and the pocket or pockets be caused to rise by a spring (such for
instance as the spring I above described) when the needle case is opened. When
in the example (Figs. 5 and 6) the slide D is dispensed with then there has to be a

page_text: small strap such as J (Fig. 5) to prevent the box or case A being pulled out too
far.
The needle case may have two or more lids and corresponding pocket or pockets
arranged similarly to the case above described as having but one lid and correspond-
ing pocket or pockets; as for instance as shewn by Fig. 7 which is a double needle
case like the single needle case above described and shewn by Figs. 1 and 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a needle case and in combination with the needle pockets thereof the use
of a slide connected to the said pockets and so arranged that by pulling the
slide outwardly the pockets are thereby raised into an upright or slanting
position simultaneously with opening the needle case substantially as hereinbefore
set forth.
2. In a needle case and in combination with the needle pockets thereof the use
of a slide connected to the said pockets and to the lid of the needle case and so
arranged that by pulling the slide outwardly the pockets and the said lid are
thereby raised into an upright or slanting position simultaneously substantially as
hereinbefore set forth.
3. In a needle case and in combination, the outer case such as A, made with
hinged lid B, needle pockets arranged crosswise in said case, and the slide D con-
nected to said needle pockets and lid and arranged to raise the pockets and lid
simultaneously when the slide is pulled outwardly all substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
4. In a needle case and in combination, the outer case such as A made with
hinged lid B, needle pockets arranged crosswise in said case, and the compound
slide D d connected to said needle pockets and lid and arranged to raise the pockets
and lid simultaneously when the slide is pulled outwardly all substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying
drawings.
5. In a needle case and in combination, the outer case such as a A, needle pockets
arranged crosswise in said case, and the compound slide D d connected to said
needle pockets and arranged to be pulled outwardly and raise the pockets simul-
taneously with opening the needle case all substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
6. In a needle case and in combination with the needle pockets thereof the use of
a slide so arranged that by pulling the slide outwardly the needle case is opened
and the pockets are caused to spring into an upright or slanting position simultane-
ously with opening the needle case substantially as herein before set forth.
7. In a needle case and in combination, the outer case such as A needle pockets
arranged crosswise in said case, slide d' connected to said case and arranged to be
pulled outwardly and cause the pockets to spring upwardly simultaneously with
opening the needle case all substantially as hereinbefore described with reference
to Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.