US1374503A

US1374503A - Seaman's net-needle

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Publication number: US1374503A
Application number: US385277A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hendry William
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-05-29
Filing date: 1920-05-29
Publication date: 1921-04-12
Anticipated expiration: 1938-04-12

Description

w. HENDRY. .SEAMANS NET NEEDLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY29, 1920.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

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WILLIAM HENDRY, 0F TACOMA, WASHINGTON.-

SEAMAN S NET-NEEDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

Application filed May 29, 1920. Serial No. 385,277.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENDRY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Tacoma, county of Pierce, and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seamens Net-Needles, of which the following is a specification This invention relates to improvements in. seamens needles, and more particularly to improvements in needles especially adapted for use in making or sewlngnets; the principal object of the invention being to provide a needle which will greatly facilitate the work for which it is intended, which may be more easily threaded than are needles now generally in use for doing like work,-and which is of such construction that it is applicable to a special type of machine used for winding thread onto the carrying members within the needle body.

In accomplishin this and other objects of the invention, have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred 7 forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a longitudinal edge view of aneedle constructed according to the present invention. I I

Flg. 2 1s a side V ew of the same.

'Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line gradually tapering, pointed forward ends 3 and rounded rearwardends 4.

The main, body portions of these plates are held substantially parallel in a certain spaced apart relation by two intermediate posts 5 and 6, but forwardly of the post 6 the tapered ends of the pointed portions 3 are drawn gradually together. The plates,

rearwardly of the post 5 are curved slightly inward but do not come together, rather they leave a substantial opening between their ends. The longitudinal edges of the plates are also curved toward each other,

giving the needle a somewhat round shape, I

which makes it convenient and easy to handle. Y Y

Fixed to .the post 5 and extending toward the post 6 so as not to be in the way of 7 threads being wound within'the needle, is a plate 8 provided with a tapered slot 9,'

whereinto the end of a thread or cord may be placed and drawn inwardly to hold it while being wound in the needle.

In using the device, the thread or cord to be used therewith is extended between the plates 1 and '2 and drawn into the wedge slot 9 so that it is securely held. The thread is then wound about the posts 5 and 6 until. there is a substantial supply within the,

needle. This winding is preferably done by an automatic windin acter disclosed in.

cludes means for holding the pointed ends of the needle plates apart while the device is revolved and thread fed thereonto. In use, the needle is handled as the ordi- I nary seamans needle in sewing orrweaving nets. but has been found to be more easilyhandled, easier to wind a supply of-thread thereon, and of a type that will be relatively I inexpensive.

What I claim as new, is:

1. A needle of the character described comprising two elongated, opposite face plates, posts intermediate said plates rigidly spacing the same apart in substantial parallelrelation, said plates being tapered to a point and drawn together attheir forward ends, and spacedapart at their rearward machine of the char-- atent No. 1,216,994 granted to me on shuttlejwinder, which in-' ends, and a thread holding plate fixed to one of'said posts having a tapered slot therein for holding one end of'a thread that may be wound about said'posts 1 the combination with opposite face plates and posts fixed intermediate corresponding ends of said plates to hold the same rigidly spaced, of a thread holding plate fixed to one of said posts and extending toward. the opposite post, and having a tapered slot therein, for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Tacoma, Washington, this 22d day of May, 1920.

a 95. 2. In a device of the character described,

WILLIAM HENDRY.