US1572524A

US1572524A - Embroidery stiletto

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Publication number: US1572524A
Application number: US17250A
Authority: US
Inventors: John L Flannery
Original assignee: Boye Needle Co
Current assignee: Boye Needle Co
Priority date: 1925-03-21
Filing date: 1925-03-21
Publication date: 1926-02-09
Anticipated expiration: 1943-02-09

Description

` J. L. FLANNERY EMBROIDERY sTILnTTo Flled March 21 1925 Feb`. 9 1926.

Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

. unrrso s'rarss PATENT QFFECE.

JOHN L. FLANNERY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG'NOR TO THE BOYE NEEDLE COM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOS, A CGRPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

EMBROIDERY s'rrLnrTo.

Application filed March 21, 1925. Serial No. 17,250.

To all 'zo/10m t may concem: o

Be it known that I, JOHN L. FLANNERY, a citizen of the United' States, residing` at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of llinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvem'ent in Embroidery Stilettos, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates partioularly to a device for use in embroidcry Work, such device being of the type employing an adjustable needle.

The primary object is to provide a very simple, cheap and effective device of this type.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying draiving, in which- Fig. 1 represents an elevational view of the improved device, the dotted lines illustrating a change in the adjustment of the needle; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view of the device; Fig. 8, a perspective view of the con'ibined sheath and employed; and Fig. 4, a section taken as indicated at line si of Fig. 2. i

rfhe improved device comprises a handle 1 which may be of Wood, or other suitable material, preferably non-metallic; a combined sheath and gage 2 fixedly mounted in the handle 1; and an adjustable pointed stem, or needle, 3.

The handle 1 is provided with a longitndinal bore la Within which is securely held a tubular shank 2a of the membert.

r`he member 2 preferably is forined by rollin` a strip of Sheet metal into tubular form. That portion of the metal which projects from the socket, or bore, la of the handle is cut away throughout the larger port'ion of its circumference, leaving a standard 2b. The extremity of the strip is formed into a ring 2 which is disposed at right angles to the axis of the member 2.

One Wall of the tubular shank 2 of the member 2 is provided With alongitudinal slot 4: which registers With a slot 4a in the tubular portion of the handle 1.

The needl'e, or shaft, 3, is provided With a long tapered extremity 8a. The. base end of the member 3 is provided with a threaded transverse perforation 3b which receives a set screw 5 which may slide freely in the slots 4 and lfl. The shaft 3 may be fixed in any desired position by turning the set screvv in until its inner end bears against the adjacent inner Wall of the tubular shank 2a. The pointed extren'iity of the shaft, or needle, 3, extends through the ring 2, which may serve as a gage. That is, the point may be allowed to project a suitable distance beyond the ring to enable a perforation of the desired size to be made in the fabric being embroidered.

W'hen the device is not in use, the needle 8 may be sheathed by loosening the set screw and dropping the needle to the bottom of the bore in the handle, and then tightening the set screvv. lvhen this is done, the point of the needlc will be sheathed within lthe ring 2D.

The improved device is eXtreme-ly simple, may be cheaply manufactured, and is thoroughly adapted to its purpose, If desired, the tubular shank QR of the member may be left slightly open at the line 2d Where the longitudinal edges of the strip meet when the tube is formed; and When the shank is inserted, the tube may be compressed somewhat so that it will, by the resilience of the metal, be firmly held Within the socket 1a of the handle.

"hat I regard as new, and desire to se- Cure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device of the character set forth, comprising a handle having' one| end provided With a bore, a combined sheath and gage comprising a member having` a tubular shank fitted into the bore of said handle and having a projecting shank equipped with a transverse ring, said t-ubnlar shank and the tubular portion of said handle being' provided With a slot, a pointed shaft havingv its base portion received Within the tubular shank of said combined sheath and gage and having its pointed portion adapted to work through said ring, and a set screvv connected With the base portion of said shaf-t and adapted to be adjust'ed in said slot.

2. A device of the Character set forth, comprising. a handle having one end provided With a socket, one Wall of said socket beingprovided With aslot, a combined sheath and gage coinprising a sheet metal strip rolled into tubular form and secured in said socket and having 'LL slot registerng With said firstbined sheath and gauge and having its nmned slot, said combined sheath and gage pointed porton adapted to be extended. having a projecting stem fonned by Cutting through said ring, and a clamping screw 10 away the met-al and having' .a U'ansversely connected Wthvthe base portionofsad shaft dsposed ring at the extre-mity of saidgtm, and adapted to be adjusted in said slots.

a polnted shaft having its base portQn received by the tubular shank of said com- JOHN L. FLANNERY.