A NEW OR IMPROVED NEEDLE THREADER
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Pocknell, of Exeter, for the Invention
of "A NEW OR IMPROVED NEEDLE THREADER
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Pocknell at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with lus Petition, on the
2nd April 1875.
I, GEORGE POCKNELL, of Exeter, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED NEEDLE THREADER,” to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for facilitating
the threading of needles Grooves are cut in a metal, wood, or other
plate, which plate is bent to form two arms at right angles, on one
of which a spring is rivetted; or the grooves may be cut in a flat piece
of metal or other substance having an intersecting groove cut at right
angles, and a spring attached acting on the intersecting groove. The
plate is mounted on a block of polished wood or other substance in

page_text: which a pincushion may be inserted, or it may be attached to a needle
or cotton box, or set up in a variety of ways
The needle to be threaded is placed in the groove beneath the spring,
the cyc being brought in a line with the intersecting groove. The
cotton is held in the fingers, finely pointed in the usual way, and is
passed along the groove which acts as a guide through the needle's eye,
thus easily threading it without trying the sight.
For aged persons, or those with weak sight, a magnifier may be
adjusted to aid in the more readily setting the eye of the needle in its
position.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Pocknell in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 2nd-October 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
POCKNELL, of Exeter, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said George Pocknell, Her
special licence that I, the said George Pocknell, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Pocknell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED NEEDLE THREADER," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said George Pocknell, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal

page_text: Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Lotters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Pocknell, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, reference being had to the Figures on the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters of reference marked
thercon, (that is to say :-
This Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for facilitating
the threading of needles. For this purpose grooves are cut in a metal,
wood, or other plate, which plate is bent to form two arms at right
angles, on one of which arms a spring is rivetted; or the grooves may
be cut in a flat piece of metal or other substance having an intersecting
groove cut at right angles, and a spring attached acting on the inter-
secting groove. The plate is mounted on a block of polished wood or
other substance in which a pincushion may be inserted; or it may
be attached to a needle or cotton box, or be set up in a variety
of ways.
The needle to be threaded is placed in the groove beneath the spring,
the cye being brought in a line with the intersecting groove. The
cotton is held in the fingers, finely pointed in the usual way, and is
passed along the groove which acts as a guide through the needle's cyc,
thus casily threading it without trying the sight.
For aged persons, or those with weak sight, a magnifier may be
adjusted to aid in the more readily setting the eye of the needle in its
position.
In order that the Invention may be clearly understood I have shown
on the accompanying Drawings in Figs 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7, perspective
views of various arrangements and modifications of the implement, and
in Figs. 3 and 5, side views of Figs. 2 and 4 respectively.
In Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, A, A', is a plate of metal, ivory, or
other substance bent or arranged to form two arms at right angles
to each other; B, the spring fastened or rivetted thereon; and O, O',
the grooves.
The needle or needles when required to be threaded is or are placed
in the groove or grooves C³ under the spring B, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or in

page_text: the loop B', Figs. 4 and 5, which loop B¹ works through the plate A³,
and is acted upon and tightened by the spring B. The needle or needles
being held in position by the spring B or spring loop B¹ are adjusted
so that the eye or eyes thereof is or are opposite the groove or grooves C.
The cotton finely pointed as in the usual manner is passed along the
groove or grooves C which acts as a guide for the cotton to and through
the eye of the needle.
In Fig. 6D represents a plate with grooves E on the face thereof,
which grooves are graduated in size to accomodate different thicknesses
of needles and cotton (as also are the grooves C³, C³, of Fig. 1); F, a 1
groove intersecting the grooves E, and G a spring. The needle is
placed in the groove F under the spring G, so that the cyc is directly
opposite the point of intersection of one of the grooves E, and when the
thread or cotton is passed along the groove to which the oyo is adjusted
the needle will be threaded.
In Fig. 7 is shown another adaptation of the needle threader.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be or may be carried into practical
cffect, I claim, the new or improved needle threader, substantially as
herein described and illustrated by the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Pocknell, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this Seventeenth day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.
Witness,
J. GREGORY,
177, Fore Street,
Exeter.
GEORGE POCKNELL. (L.S.)