US234922A - Thread and pin holder - Google Patents

Description

Patented Nbv. 30,1880.

N. PETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D c I UNITED STATES ATENT Darren.

THREAD AND PIN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 234,922, dated November 30, 1880. Application filed August 19, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Soo'rro O. NASH, of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Holders forThreads, Pins, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This device, which I term a travelers cademecu'm, is made with a box for receiving buttons and similar articles, and with wings of peculiar construction at each side of the box for holding thread and forming pincushions, and the removable cover at one end has a receptacle for beeswax on the inside, so as to keep the wax from becoming soiled, or from section of the holder.

soiling the fingers or other articles with which it might come into contact, and the cover at the other end has a cushion, into which needles or pins can be placed, so as to be received into the box.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal Fi 2 is a cross-section at the line mm, and Fig. 3 is an elevation. Fig. 4 is a section at the line 3 3 The box or case portion of this holder is preferablyin the two parts a b, with caps or covers 0 and d, and these are cylindrical and adapted to holding buttons, a thimble, e, or similar useful articles of this character. The inside of the cover 0 is made as a cup, into which beeswax is introduced, as atf.

The cover d is made with a cylindrical inward projection, 72, and a hole through the cover, into which is inserted a double-ended pincushion, k. This is adapted to receive long pins or needles at the inner end, that are left projecting and pass into the thimble c, and ordinary pins can be inserted into the outer end of the cushion.

The thread-holding wings are applied at opposite sides of case a b, and they are flat, so as to occupy but little space when packed into a traveling-valise. The outer ends of the wings form horns Z l, to prevent the thread slipping ff, and there is a thread-holding catch at a,

next to the case, so that the end of the thread can be laid therein to prevent it being loose and unwinding. The wings are made of wood, and also are constructed so as to form pincnshions. There is a layer of felt, 0, between two pieces of veneer, 88, the parts being glued together, and to strengthen the cushions there are strips, 1' r, of wood at two of the edges of the felt, the grain of the wood in these pieces 1 crossing the grain of the veneers The pins are easily stuck into this felt.

The combined cushion and thread-holding wing is glued into a mortise in the side of the case.

I claim as my invention l. The combination, with a case having a removable cover, of flat thread-holding wings projecting at opposite sides thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the case a and its cover 0, of a cup upon the inside of the cover for holding beeswax, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the case b and its cover, of a cushion for pins or needles, having two heads, and introduced into a hole that goes through the cover, as set forth.

4. The thread-holding wings attached to the case, and having catches for the thread between the wings and body, substantially as set forth.

5. The fiat cushion formed of two veneers with felt between them and glued together, and having pieces of wood at the edges of the felt, as set forth.

6. The flat cushion and thread-holder combined, made of two veneers with felt between, and adapted to the thread being wound around it, in the manner set forth.

Signed by me this 16th day of August, A.

. SOOTTO O. NASH. Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, OHAs. H. SMITH.

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