US119383A - Improvement in thread-cutters - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B26B27/00—Hand cutting tools not provided for in the preceding groups, e.g. finger rings for cutting string, devices for cutting by means of wires
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- Thread-Gutters of which the following' is a specification:
- My improvement is a tubular thimble of elliptical cross-section, to be Worn upon the second of the phalanges ofthe linger, and having a V-shaped cutter on a projecting fang, Whose end bulbous to prevent it catching the fabric when the hand is employed in feeding, cutting the thread, or inanaging the work upon the cloth-plate of the sewing-machine.
- the drawing represents the thimble or threadcutter in perspective, Figure l, and in elevation, Fig. 2, the latter view being introduced to exhibit the ellipticity oi the thimble A. y
- Fig. 1 the iinger is shown by dotted lines to show the Way in Which the thimble is Worn.
- the cutter B is a piece of steel having a double or V-shaped or arched edge, so that the thread maybe more readily cut than it could by a single
- the invention is particularly designed for p a seamster or seamstress working at a sewingmachine.
- the cutter may be made detachable so as to slip in a groove, or it may be attached to a ring, which slips onto the thimble. These are details of possible modifications that have occurred to my mind.
- the tube is made of elliptical shape, so that the flattened sides which rest against the upper and under surfaces of the finger may prevent rotation ofthe tl1i1nble,the cutter being thus always kept in position for duty.
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` JAMESJZ MCLOUGHLIN.
'lmprovement' inThread'Cutters.
N0. 119,383; Patented Sep.` 26, 1871.
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JAMES JOSEPH MCLOUGHLIN, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
IMPROVEMENT IN THREAD-CUTTERS.
` Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,383, dated September 26, 1871.
To all 'whom 'it may concern:
Be it known that I, J AMEs JosEPH MoLoUGH- LIN, of Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain Improvements in Thread-Gutters, of which the following' is a specification:
My improvement isa tubular thimble of elliptical cross-section, to be Worn upon the second of the phalanges ofthe linger, and having a V-shaped cutter on a projecting fang, Whose end bulbous to prevent it catching the fabric when the hand is employed in feeding, cutting the thread, or inanaging the work upon the cloth-plate of the sewing-machine.
The drawing represents the thimble or threadcutter in perspective, Figure l, and in elevation, Fig. 2, the latter view being introduced to exhibit the ellipticity oi the thimble A. y
In Fig. 1 the iinger is shown by dotted lines to show the Way in Which the thimble is Worn. The cutter B is a piece of steel having a double or V-shaped or arched edge, so that the thread maybe more readily cut than it could by a single The invention is particularly designed for p a seamster or seamstress working at a sewingmachine.
It is well known that, in sewing on the machine, When the operator comes to the end of a seam where the thread is to be broken or cut, the work is pulled so as to draw out both the threads in order to get a clear place for a break, and also to leave ends for the work' to recommence. If sucient be pulled out for the hands to grasp and break them in the usual manner, there is a waste of thread and the action abrades the skin of the fingers. The scissors is a remedy for this, but it is not convenient to be reaching after them constantly. This device of mine is always ready and yet not in the Way at other times, as it Would be were the fang pointed or presented toward the end of the finger. It is also better that the thimble should be Worn upon the second ofthe phalan ges, as a slight crooking ofthe end phalanx will prevent its being drawn off when cutting by a pull motion. A cot-shaped thimble cannot be so irmly held on the iinger without pinching.
The cutter may be made detachable so as to slip in a groove, or it may be attached to a ring, which slips onto the thimble. These are details of possible modifications that have occurred to my mind. The tube is made of elliptical shape, so that the flattened sides which rest against the upper and under surfaces of the finger may prevent rotation ofthe tl1i1nble,the cutter being thus always kept in position for duty.
I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a thread-cutter, constructed as herein shown and described.
JAMES J. MCLOUGHLIN. Witnesses:
EDWARD Il. KNIGHT,
WALTER ALLEN. Y(121)
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