US2176299A - Sewing and knitting kit - Google Patents

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0a. 17, 1939. M V N 2,116,299

SEWING AND KNITTING KIT Fild April 3. 1939 Zinnentor May Evans,

attorney Patented Oct. 17, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE SEWING AND KNITTING KIT 5 Claims.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements. in sewing kits and more particularly to an attachment whereby pins and needles, and a combined thimble holder and thread cutter may be conveniently assembled with a spool of thread, or darning cotton for immediate use, so that the delay incident to gathering these separate accessorieswhen needed may be avoided.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which can be removed from a spool of thread so as not to interfere with the use of the same on a sewing machine.

Another object is to provide a device of this kind which is simple in form and can be manufactured at a minimum of expense.

A further object is to provide a new and useful device of this kind which may be packed and marketed with the spools of thread, or sold separately therefrom.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device applied to a spool which is shown in vertical section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the device partly withdrawn from the spool to uncover the needle holder.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device installed in the spool.

Fig. 5 shows the device associated with a modified form of spool for holding darning cotton of different colors.

As best shown by Fig. 3, the device is stamped from one piece of metal, although it may be made of several different parts suitably secured together, or, if preferred, it may be formed from wire of suitable gage and stiffness.

The device comprises two arms 2 and 4, respectively, resiliently united at their lower ends so that they will spring apart at their upper portions as best shown by Fig. 3, and frictionally engage the wall of bore C when the device is inserted in spool A.

The upper portion of arm 2 is bent outwardly at approximately right angles, as indicated at 6, then upwardly a short distance as indicated at 8, and terminates in a curved element 10. The arm 2 is provided at its inner side, nearest to arm 4, with a longitudinal receptacle or needle holder l2 which has an open upper end [4 through which pins and needles may be inserted or removed.

The upper portion of arm 4 is bent at approximately right angles thereto as indicated at I6 towards arm 2, then folded upon itself to extend outwardly as indicated at l8, then upwardly a short distance as indicated at 29, and terminates in a curved element 22. The curved elements In and 22 are of approximately semicircular form and their respective ends face each other so that they may embrace a thimble B when the device is inserted in the axial bore C of spool A.

In order to assemble the device with the spool the thimble holding elements Ill and 22 are pressed toward each other, after which the arms 2 and 4 are pushed down into the bore C, the wall of which they frictionally engage and thus hold the device against accidental displacement when the elements I 0 and 22 are released.

As arms 2 and 4 are pushed into bore C as stated, the folded portion It moves over the open end IQ of the receptacle l2 and thus provides a cover therefor, as shown by Fig. 1, so that pins and needles cannot fall out of said receptacle when the spool is inverted.

The thimble B may now be inserted between the curved elements l0 and 22 by tipping it at an angle as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 1, and then forcing it down until bead D rests squarely upon the portions 6 and iii of the device. As bead D passes down between the curved elements I0 and 22 the same are slightly expanded and then spring toward each other to clasp the body of the thimble while their lower edges engage the upper surface of the bead and thus firmly hold the thimble from accidental displacement, although it may be manually removed by reversing theabove-described operation.

In order that an extra supply of pins or needles may be at hand when needed spool A is provided with a magazine 24 consisting of a counterbore paralleling the axial bore C and extending nearly the full length of the spool. The upper open end of the magazine 24 may be uncovered as shown by Fig. 4, by rotating the device in one direction, or closed by rotating the device until either portion 6 or l8 covers said open end.

The lower edge of the curved element 22 is provided with an inwardly extending diagonal slit 23 to provide convenient thread cutting means.

When it is desired to insert or remove a pin or needle from receptacle l2, thimble B is removed and the device is partly withdrawn from bore C of the spool, see Fig. 2, to permit arms 2 and 4 to spring apart until the folded portion 46 uncovers the open end of the receptacle. Pins and needles may now be inserted in the receptacle, or they may be removed by inverting the spool.

When it is desired to use the spool on a sewing-machine my device may be readily removed to leave bore C unobstructed, so that the spool may be placed in position upon the usual spindle provided for that purpose.

Fig. 5 discloses a modified form of spool A for holding darning cotton of different colors heretofore marketed in the form of individual balls which are not only inconvenient to handle, but easily become lost. The different colored windings are kept separate from each other with spaced ridges 26 extending peripherally around spool A.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that I have provided a device which is well adapted for the purpose intended, and while I have shown one form of the device I reserve all rights to such other forms and modifications thereof as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A spool attachment comprising a pair of arms united at their lower ends and adapted to be inserted in the bore of the spool, and oppositely curved elements at the upper ends of the respective arms and adapted to embrace a thimble.

2. A spool attachment comprising two arms adapted to be inserted in the bore of the spool, said arms being resiliently united at their lower ends to spring apart and thus frictionally engage the wall of the bore, and oppositely disposed elements at the upper ends of the respective arms adapted to clasp a thimble and extend over the thimble bead and hold the thimble upon the spool.

3. A spool attachment comprising two arms connected at their lower ends and adapted to be inserted in the bore of the spool, the upper ends of said arms being bent in opposite directions to each other, then upwardly and terminating in reversely-disposed curved elements the ends of which face each other, said curved elements being adapted to embrace an inverted thimble and extend over the bead of the thimble to hold the same upon the oppositely bent portions of the arms.

4. A spool attachment comprising two arms adapted to be inserted in the bore of the spool, said arms being resiliently united at their lower ends to spring apart and thus frictionally engage the wall of the bore, a tubular needle holder fixed to and extending longitudinally of one of said arms and open at its upper end, and a cover on the companion arm adapted to close the open end of the needle holder when the arms are inserted in the bore of the spool.

5. In combination with a spool having an axial bore extending therethrough and a needle magazine paralleling said bore and open at one end, and an attachment comprising a pair of arms united at their lower ends and adapted to be rotatably mounted in the bore of the spool, the upper ends of said arms being bent outwardly in opposite directions so that either end may serve as a cover for the open end of the magazine.

MAY EVANS.

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