US1656308A - Tensioning means for tatting thread - Google Patents

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US1656308A
US1656308A US168422A US16842227A US1656308A US 1656308 A US1656308 A US 1656308A US 168422 A US168422 A US 168422A US 16842227 A US16842227 A US 16842227A US 1656308 A US1656308 A US 1656308A
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  • This invention relates to thread holding devlces and particularly to means for holdmg a thread and applying tension thereto while tatting.
  • the ob ert of my lnventlon is to provide means for exerting a constant tension upon the thread, whichineans is in the form of a ring adapted to be supported upon the fourth finger of the left hand, through which ring the thread is passed, this ring having spring means whereby tension is secured and friction exerted upon the thread at all times.
  • Figure 1 is a top plan view of a ring having my friction. device carried thereby;
  • the ring 10 has a solid, straight, and transversely extending portion 11 thicker than the thickness of the ring 10 and cut away so as to provide a longitudinally extending ledge 12.
  • a leaf spring 15 held in place against the face 13 of the portion 11 by means of a rivet 14 is a leaf spring 15, the middle of this spring being outwardly bowed and the extremity of the spring extending toward the face 13 and then being outwardly bent.
  • cone spring is provided wit-h a small thread opening 17.
  • the thread is passed through the hole 17 and snapped under the portion 16 of the spring.
  • the ring is then placed on the fourth finger and thereafter no more attention need be given to the thread as the thread will always be frictionally engaged by the portion 16 of the spring.
  • the tension is maintained 011 the thread at all times and by simply opening the fingers of the hand around which the thread has been passed, the thread may be caused to slip through this tensioning device. -Therefore, as thread is required, it is only necessary to open the fingers of the hand, closing the fingers as the thread is used, and then again opening the fingers intermittently as the thread is needed.
  • the spring 15 bears against the side faces or lateral faces of the portion 11 and that the spring operates in a plane at right angles to the plane of the ring.
  • the ring may be made in various sizes to fit different fingers and that many modifications the ring, a leaf spring mounted upon the i straight portion, the spring flexing in a plane at right angles to the plane of the ring, the spring being outwardly bowed at its middle and having contact with the straight portion of the ring at its extremity, the bowed portion of the spring being perforated for the passage of a thread.
  • Means for frictionally engaging a thread when tatting comprising a ring having a straight portion, this portion being cut away at one corner to form a face extending inward from the lateral face of the ring and a face extending outward from the first named face in a plane parallel to the plane of the ring, a bowed leaf spring mounted at one end against the last named face and hearing at its other end against thelast na1ned face, the bowed portion of the spring remote from the free end thereof having a perforation.

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TENSIONING MEANS FQR TATTING THREAD Filed Feb. 15, 1927 WMZZWW H/S, A'TTORNEY between the thumb and second finger and UNITED STATES PATENT) OFFICE.
ARNOLD x. WEBER, 0F SCHENECTADI'NEWYORK.
TENSIONING MEANS FOR TA'I'TING THREAD.
Application filed February 15, 1927. Serial No. 168,422.
This invention relates to thread holding devlces and particularly to means for holdmg a thread and applying tension thereto while tatting.
In tatting with two threads, it is always necessary to hold the second or chain thread necessary to obtain the proper tension on this thread by winding the thread about the fourth finger after opening the fingers with the thread passed over the outside of the fingers.
This means that as the thread is used, the fingers are gradually drawn to-.
gether, thus in a way paying out the thread as it is used, and when slack has all been taken up in this manner, then the work has to be stopped while the thread is unwound from the fourth finger, the fingers of the hand again opened, and the thread again wound about the fourth finger. This continual stoppage in order to wind and unwind the thread about the fourth finger is inconvenient and takes up considerable-time. The ob ert of my lnventlon is to provide means for exerting a constant tension upon the thread, whichineans is in the form of a ring adapted to be supported upon the fourth finger of the left hand, through which ring the thread is passed, this ring having spring means whereby tension is secured and friction exerted upon the thread at all times.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of a ring having my friction. device carried thereby;
lfi 2 a side elevation thereof;
is an edge elevation thereof.
Referring to these drawings it will he soon that the ring 10 has a solid, straight, and transversely extending portion 11 thicker than the thickness of the ring 10 and cut away so as to provide a longitudinally extending ledge 12. Held in place against the face 13 of the portion 11 by means of a rivet 14 is a leaf spring 15, the middle of this spring being outwardly bowed and the extremity of the spring extending toward the face 13 and then being outwardly bent.
bears cone spring is provided wit-h a small thread opening 17.
In the use of this device, the thread is passed through the hole 17 and snapped under the portion 16 of the spring. The ring is then placed on the fourth finger and thereafter no more attention need be given to the thread as the thread will always be frictionally engaged by the portion 16 of the spring. The tension is maintained 011 the thread at all times and by simply opening the fingers of the hand around which the thread has been passed, the thread may be caused to slip through this tensioning device. -Therefore, as thread is required, it is only necessary to open the fingers of the hand, closing the fingers as the thread is used, and then again opening the fingers intermittently as the thread is needed.
It will be noted that the spring 15 bears against the side faces or lateral faces of the portion 11 and that the spring operates in a plane at right angles to the plane of the ring.
There is no tendency, therefore, under these circumstances for a thread to pull out by any lateral pull, as would be the case did the.
spring operate in the same plane as the ring itself.
It is to be understood, of course, thatthe ring may be made in various sizes to fit different fingers and that many modifications the ring, a leaf spring mounted upon the i straight portion, the spring flexing in a plane at right angles to the plane of the ring, the spring being outwardly bowed at its middle and having contact with the straight portion of the ring at its extremity, the bowed portion of the spring being perforated for the passage of a thread.
2. Means for frictionally engaging a thread when tatting comprising a ring having a straight portion, this portion being cut away at one corner to form a face extending inward from the lateral face of the ring and a face extending outward from the first named face in a plane parallel to the plane of the ring, a bowed leaf spring mounted at one end against the last named face and hearing at its other end against thelast na1ned face, the bowed portion of the spring remote from the free end thereof having a perforation.
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.
' ARNOLD K. WEBER.
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US2691493A (en) * 1952-11-17 1954-10-12 David C Burkhart Thread tensioning device

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US2691493A (en) * 1952-11-17 1954-10-12 David C Burkhart Thread tensioning device

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