US1414182A - Supporting device for use in darning - Google Patents

Description

E. L.- CORNELL.

SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR USE IN DARNLNG.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1921.

1,414,1 2, I Patented Apnzs, 1922.

2 cou barrenstares ioi'tin stockin 's and other articles ofcloth- V C b ing during the processof darning holes certain. requirements tofen'able them to be used-with sucaess; in the first place, the de-.. vice must support the part of the fabric which is ,to be repairedv by darning, and. the material of which has more or .less *iasticity in such manner thatthe fabric is not permitted to stretch or deform immediately around the hole or damaged part, so that the repairs can be effected without alteration of shape of the article or garment; secondly, the supporting surface for the part under repair should be such that for a short distalrie, at any rate, beneath the under surface of the fabric, the supporting surface should be permeable to the needle, permitting it to pass easily beneath the under sur-' face of the fabric during the darning operation and without catching the darning thread which the needle carries; finally the fabric must be firmly supported, and the supporting appliance must not be expensive in con struction and mechanical clamping devices are objectionable in that they require manipulation and increase the cost of manufacture.

Considering a known construction of supporting device composed of a solid mushroom-shaped or convex supporting surface of wood, it will be understood that elastic fabric, surh as stockings are composed. of,

7 would be extremely liable to become stretched and dcforme'd when held over such a device, and would be inclined to'recede from the raised centre of the supporting surface and cause the stretching of the hole in the fabric which is to be repaired, with consequent deformation of the garment.

To obviate some of these disadvantages it has already been proposed to provide a con-' vex supporting surface for the fabrlcto be darned, which supporting surface has been composed of fibres vertically disposed, and

V textile fabric having a pile has been sug- SUPPORTING DEVICE ms Us In DARNING. 7

Spe'cificationcf Letters Patent; Patented Application-filed March 21, 1e21, Serial no. 454,242.

embodying this invention.

tartar wa i is EDWIN LIST CORNELL, or 'WILLESDEN, ENGLAND.-

Apr. 25, 19 22.

gest'e d. il urtherin such known .devi'cesfa holder woodlor other material has been suggested tocarry a cushion composed of flexiblebris'tles or fibre, but such constructionshave certain disadvantages in use since thef'pile of-the fabric-for the flexible bristles of the'brush hitherto suggestedfldo not form a foundation?calculated to rigidly'support the fabr c placed uponthem when such fabric receives downward pressure, but are the fabric should be more rigidly upheld V v A I inclined to bend,whereas I have'found that f '7 l\ ow such supporting devices must satisfy;

wliilel'at the same timeit is highly essential j that the,supporting'bristles or some equiv- Q aleuts therefor should be capable of deflection to permit of the passage of the needle.

According therefore to the present invention, the holder which may be of wood or other material has a head over which they article to be repaired is to be placed and a shank by which the device can, be grasped in the hands of the user, and i s formed with a central cylindrical recess in the head. Within this recess is fitted the base of a structure composed of practically inflexible parallel wires mounted close together and extendingabo'ut vertically, the lower ends of the wires being'mounted in a resilient or flexible foundation; the" upper ends ofthef wires extend, as hitherto in such devices,

slightly above the surrounding wall of the recessinthc head and'the upper ends of the. wires conjointly form a smooth supporting surface for the fabric, and since thelowef ends of the said wires are mounted in the resilient orflexible foundation, hereinafter termed resilient foundation, they can "be easily rockedor inclined in relation to such foundation and the fabric which they support, to permit of the passage of a needle passing angularly between them without the wires themselves being flexed.

The nature and advantages of this invention will be more clearly understood on reference to the following description of the accompanying drawings illustrating examples of its application. b V

Fig. 1 represents 1n elevation a device The numeral 1 indicates'the head of the device, 2 theshank or holder, 3 the recess in the head, 4: the brush-like arrangement of Wires, which latter are preferably staples passing through or embedded in the foundation 5, of pliable or resilient material.

The foundation 5 isadhesively secured to the bottom of the recess 3, which bottom is preferably slightly convex, so that the wires in the centre of the device stand above those around the edges, and the latter Wires may also "if desired project slightly above theperipheral rim of the head of the'device, and

the upperends of the wire bristles present conjointly a smooth surface. V

The mode of use is as' follows :-The left handof the person using the device may be placed inside the stocking or other garment, keeping the worn parts in their normal positions. *The improved darning device can then be inverted and placed over the hole in; such manner that the bristles of the brush become partly embedded in the'fabric, when the device can be held by the fingers of the like is turnedinside out. 7

then performed, the needle and wool passlng left-hand whilst the sleeve, stocking, or the over the points of the brush bristles, which offer no obstruction to their passage. Meanwhile the parts of the garment surrounding the hole are held against stretching or distortion, so that less wool is used for the repair, and a neater result obtained.

The darning is and means for resiliently securing said Wires by their lower ends/to permit'a free inclinationin'any lateral direction to each Wire.

2. In a supporting device for use in darning, the combination of a resilient foundation and a plurality of practically inflexible wires, sa d wires being mounted each by one 611Cl'11'1 said resilient foundation, in spaced parallel relation.

3. In a supporting device for' use indarn-- mg holes in garments, the combination of a. recessed head, a holder extending therefrom,

arresilient foundation secured in the recess 1n said head, and a large number-of practi cally inflexible and normally parallel wires secured in said foundation .by their inner ends, said wires being capable of lateral movement in any direction to' permit of some of said wires assuming an inclined po sition in relation to adjacent wires.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set myhand in the presence of twowitn'esses.

. EDXVI'N LIST CORNELL.

Witnesses:

lVILLIAM A. MARSHALL, THOMAS W. RoGERs.

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