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(Ho-Model.) V I M, P. O. HOOPER.

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Patented Mar. 24, 1896.

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MARY I. C. HOOPER, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

DARNlNG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,751, dated March 24, 1896. Application filed 2,1893. Serial No. 472,801. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY P. CARPENTER HOOPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Darning-Holders, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of implements or devices used for holding fabrics or materials to be darned or mended or otherwise worked upon.

The invention aims especially to provide an improved construction of such work-holders, whereby the fabric or material may be conveniently stretched tightly between opposed series of attaching pins or points and may be conveniently released or detached therefrom without injury after the work is finished; and the invention consists in various constructions and combinations of parts, as hereinafter specifically pointed out in the claims.

A full description of the invention will now be given in connection with the accompanyin g drawings, illustrating preferred constructions embodying the various features of the invention, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of adevice embodying the invention in a preferred form. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modification. Fig. i is a plan view showing the fabric to be darned in position. Fi g. 5 is a side elevation corresponding to Fig. i. Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 of Fig. 3.

The principal elements of this holder, in a simple form, are a head II carrying a series of oppositely-arranged holding pins or points 9 3, which head is formed in two parts 4 and 5 hinged together and each of which carries one of the series of pins or points 2 The pins or points of each series are set suitable distances apart to provide for a proper spacin g of what may be called warp-threads in the preferred mode of using this improvement, (see Fig. i and the two series of pins or points are placed a suitable distance apart and are projected in opposite directions to a greater or less degree, so as to enable the fabric to be readily entered upon them and to be held securely in place on the holder. Bearings or supports are preferably provided between the pins or points, raised high enough above the surface of the holder to cause the work or fabric to be stretched in a plane above the surface of the holder to provide aneedlespace below the fabric. Such supports are shown at 8 in Fig. 6.

The head H is preferably formed of two equal parts, as shown in Fig. 1, and is preferably provided with a handle A formed of two parts, one of which is secured to each of the parts of the head, these parts being arranged so that when the two parts of the handle are brought together the head will be straightened, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1.

By drawing the parts of the handle apart the.

head will be flexed, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the distance between the two series of attaching pins or points will thereby be lessened.

The parts of the head maybe held in their normal straightened position under yielding pressure, as by means of a spring 6, as shown in Fig. 3, the head being shown in this figure as divided into two unequal portions and with a solid handle A. The preferred construction shown in Fig. 1 may also be provided with a spring, as shown in said figure, for holding the head in its normal straightened position, but this will generally be found not to be necessary when the device is provided with a two-part handle.

The two series of pins or points may be formed with and secured to the head in any suitable manner. In the preferred construction shown in the drawings each part of the head is provided with a metal plate h on its upper surface, the meeting edges of which plate form a hinge for the two parts of the head, and the edges opposite the hinged edges being formed with teeth and bent up to the proper angle. The head is thus provided with ahard smooth surface, in which the point of a needle will not catch, and the use of such a plate or plates having teeth formed in their bent-up edges forms a feature of the invention.

The article to be darned, as a portion of a garment or other article requiring repairing on account of wear or some injury to its surface, or fabric to be worked upon, as a piece of material to be ornamented by embroidering, is stretched on the head II with the damaged part or portion between the series of pins or points. \Vith the preferred construction shown in Fig. 1 the fabric maybe entered on the pins while the head is flexed, and then by drawing the parts of the handle together the fabric will be stretched tight between the series of pins and securely held for the pcrformance of work upon it. lVhen the fabric is thus stretched over these holding-pins, it will be understood that what has been called a warp-thread may be alternately wound across the fabric from one set of holding points to the other set of holding-points, as is shown in Fig. 4, so as to present a set of parallel warps that are to be united together and to the fabric beneath them by means of needle-work, which intertwined therewith and stitched to the fabric will form a newly-woven fabric superposed upon that which is thus embroidered for repair, and thus united thereto will have a substantial union therewith.

Vhile winding the warp-thread from point to point it may be alternately passed above and below a lay B, which is here shown as a medium-sized wire, preferably having one end turned to embrace and slide upon one edge of the head H, or this lay may be inserted so as to form a shed after the warpthread has been attached. Thus arranged, the embroidering or darning thread, which may be called the weft, will, after being fastened to the fabric, be passed over a warpthread, then into the fabric, then over the next warp-thread, &c., and after one row of stitches has thus been taken the needle may be passed through the shed held open by the lay, and the work may thus rapidly proceed. After each weft-thread is introduced the lay B may be moved and pressed or forced against the same to beat up or consolidate the work.

The lay 13 serves to hold the warp-threads separated, so that the needle carrying the weft-thread may be readily passed through the shed thus formed between the two sets of warp-threads, and in passing the needle through the warp-threads in the opposite direction the lay B, by separating the alternate warp-threads, aids in distinguishing the two sets of warp-threads, thus enabling the needle to be more readily passed over and under the proper alternate threads.

lVhen the work is finished the ends of the warp-threads will be secured to the fabric as in the begining of the work, and the darned or embroidered fabric may then be removed from the holder by flexing the head, as with the construction shown in Fig. 1, by separating the parts of the handle, thus raising and bringing the pins or points nearer together, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and allowing the fabric to be readily removed.

As shown and as thus far described, the opposed series of holding-points are arranged in parallel lines. This is a convenient structure; but the said points may be arranged in curved lines of relation if desired.

A pendent handle, as A, is desirable but not essential, since, if the head is made su ostantial enough, it may form in itself a sulficicnt holder.

The lay B may be a simple wire or piece of any suitable material and have or not such a connection with the head as to enable it to be guided as it is moved over the same.

hat is claimed is 1. A work-holder consisting of a head formed of two parts hinged together, a handle formed of two parts one of which is secured to each of the parts of the head, and two op posed series of attaching pins or points one of which is carried by each of the parts or the head, substantially as described.

2. A workholder consisting of a head formed of two parts hinged together, two opposed series of attaching pins or points one of which is carried by each of the parts of the head, and a handle for the work-holder whereby the hinged head may be flexed, substantially as described.

3. A workholder consisting of a head formed of two parts hinged together and held in normal position under yielding pressure. and two opposed series of attaching pins or points one of which is carried by each of the parts of the head, the pins or points of which series extend upward from the upper surface of the head when the head is in its normal straightened position, and which series are moved toward each other when the head is flexed, substantially as described.

4:. A work-holder consisting of a head formed of two parts hinged together, and two opposed series of attachingpins or points one of which is carried by each of the parts of the head, the pins or points of which series ere tend upward from the upper surface of the head when the head is in its normal straightened position, and which series are moved toward each other when the head is flexed. substantially as described.

5. A .workholder consisting of a head formed of two parts hinged together and held in normal position under yielding pressure. two opposed series of attaching pins or points one of which is carried by each of the parts of the head, and a handle for the work-holder whereby the hinged head may be flexed, su ostantially as described.

6. A workholder consisting of a head formed of two parts each of which carries a metal plate, which plates are hinged together and each of which has upon its edge opposite the hinged edge a series of attaching pins or points arranged to impale and project above the fabric, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARY P. C. IIOOPER.

Vitnesses:

T. F. KEHOE, G. M. BoRsr.

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