US1496579A - Alexander xbaus - Google Patents

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June 3 1924. 1,496,579

A KRAUS HOLDER FOR KNITTING AND SIMILAR NEEDLES Filed Oct. 16, 1922 IWNTOR I, MM

ATTORNEY Elli) etent de 3, 1924.

En s'rA'rEs ALEXANDER KRAUS, OF NEW YORK, N. I.

HOLDER FOB KNITTING AND SIMILAR Application filed October 16, 1922. Serial No. 594,688.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, ALEXANDER KRAUs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Holders for Knitting and imilar Needles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for attachment to a knitting, crochet or other needle for the purpose of holding the needle to the work when not in use and for preventing the unravelling of the fabric between knltting or crocheting operations. Where a woman is knitting or crocheting by hand she usually stops at various intervals and uts the knittin aside and she either withraws the need e or needles from the fabric or else sticks the point of the needle into the fabric or into the hall of yarn to keep it from being lost or misplaced. When the needle is withdrawn from the yarn or fabric it is likely to and often does injure the yarn or draw on one of the loops of the fabric. It is not always convenient to hold open or retain the last loop or loops of the fabric from pulling out and the fabric is often partially unravelled when laid aside between knitting operations.

The object of my invention'is to provide simple means for attachment to the needle which will engage and hold the last loop or loops of the fabric whereby the needle will not be displaced or lost and whereby the stitches will be prevented from unravelling. The present device is simple, inexpensive and it is very easy to use, and, if

esired, it may serve to protect the hook of the needle from catching in the yarn and in other objects.

In the drawing forming part of this application,

Fi re 1 is a side view of a knitting needle aving my invention applied thereto,

Figure 2 is a sectional view thereof taken on the line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a plan view thereof,

Figure 4 is a side elevation of a modified form,

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a side elevation of my device'adapted for a pair of needles, and

Figure 7 is a sectional view thereof taken on the line 77 of Figure 6.

The device consists principally of a sleeve adapted to be slid onto the end of the needle and of a hinged finger for locking over the loop of the fabric. This finger may look on the pm itself or upon the sleeve or, in the use of device for a pair of needles it may look on both needles, these several modlficatlons being illustrated in the drawmg.

Referring first to the form shown in Fl ures 1, 2 and 3, there is a sleeve 1 whic has a bore 2 and this sleeve is adapted to be 811d onto one end of the knittin or crochet needle 3. If this sleeve is p aced on the butt end of the needle as shown in Flgure 1 then the device merely acts as a holder, whereas, if it is placed over the hook end of the needle it also acts as a guard to prevent the hook catching into the yarn, the clothes or to any bag into which the work may be placed. The sleeve 1 therefore may be laced on either end of the needle, and in t is form the end 4 of the sleeve is closed to engage the end of the needle and-thereby limit the positionmg of the sleeve on the needle or to guard the hook. This sleeve may be detachably secured to the needle by friction or it may be permanently fixed thereto but the former 1s preferable because then the sleeve may be removed from the needle when the latter is to be used. The sleeve 1 is provided with a pair of upstanding ears 5, between which is h nged or pivoted one end of a finger 6, a hinge pin 7 securing these members together. This finger 6 is shown as arched or bowed as a preferred form so that for the greater part of its length it stands out or is spaced from the needle. At its free end the fin er 6 has a pair of downwardly extending ugs 8 which in this form clip over or snap onto the needle 3. These lugs are so shaped and proportioned that they are forced apart when pressed onto the needle and when the finger is. in the full line position shown in Figure 1 these In 8 extend below the plane of the axis 0 the needle. They may even engage partly around the needle as shown at 9 so that the finger 6 will not disenga e from the needle by a slight or accidenta pressure and the yarn will not slip through between the needle and fin 1.

As state above, the device may remain on the needle at all times or it may slipped on on] when the work i to be laid aside; on the user stops be no I or crocheting she simdplfi lifts up the free end of the finger 6 an en passes the yarn 10 along the needle and under the finger. Then the finger is pressed down onto the needle until the lugs 8 sna over and lock on the needle and hold the nger 6 closed or looked as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. The loop 10 can not now slide ofi either end of the needle because the arched finger 6 will prevent the loop from passing it at each end. If desired, the free end 11 of the yarn may be wound around the needle. By means of this holder the needle is secured to the fabric against loss and the last loop 10 is locked so that the fabric will not unravel before the selvage or locking ,stitches have been made.

In Figures 4 and 5 I have shown a modified form of my device. In this form the sleeve 12 is shown longer and on this is arranged an outer sleeve 13 fixed to the former sleeve. This outer sleeve has the ears 5 to which the finger 6 is pivoted. In this form, however, the finger 6 and the lugs 8 enage the sleeve 12 instead of the needle. gltherwise the construction and operation are the same as in the first form.

In Figures 6 and 7 I have shown the device adapted for a plurality of needles, such as a pair of long celluloid or bone needles commonly used for knitting. In this case the sleeve 14 is oblong in cross section and is large enough to fit snugly over two parallel needles 15. The ears 5 as in the other forms, have pivoted to them the finger 6. In this case the finger has lugs 8 spaced apart suficiently to straddle both needles 15 and to snap over the sides of these and engage below the planes of their axes, as is shown in Figure In using this form the sleeve 14 is simply slid over the ends of the parallel needles and the Sleeve then holds racemethe needles together. The finger 6 is used to lock the yarn loop on the needles the same as in the first form.

porarily to the work comprising a needleand a pivoted finger connected at one end to the needle, and having its free end movable in relation to the needle, and locking means on the free end of said finger whereby to lock said finger over a yarn loop surrounding the needle and preventing said loop from moving ofi either end of the needle.

2. A device for securing a needle temporarily to the work comprising a needle having a finger pivotally connected with the needle at one end, said finger being movable in relation to the needle, and members on the free end of said finger adapted to be sprung over the needle to look thereon whereby said finger will look a loop of yarn surrounding said needle from moving ofi' the ends of the needle.

3. A device for securing a needle temporarily to the work comprising a sleeve fitting over and held on the needle and a pivoted finger movable in relation to the needle and having members on its free end adapted to be sprung over the needle to look thereon whereby said finger will lock a loop of yarn surrounding said needle from moving ofi' the ends of the needle.

Signed at the city, county, and State of New York this 10th day of October, 1922.

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