US1750226A - Embroidery needle - Google Patents

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March 11, 1930.

P. S. KIRBY EMBROIDERY NEEDLE Filed" Jan. 2, 1929 Patented Mar. 1 1, 1930 PATENT OFFICE PHILLIP S. KIRBY, OF BARON, OKLAHOMA EMBROIDERY NEEDLE Application filed January 2, 1929. Serial No. 329,718.

This invention relates to embroidery needles and more particularly to a needlefor use in the construction of rugs.

An important object of the invention is the provision of an improved needle structure embodying an adjustable gauge for regulating the depth of the pile with which the rug is provided.

A further object of the invention is the improvement of the needle structure shown in my prior Patent, No. 1,396,849, granted November 15, 1921, for Embroidery needles, to enable the same to be used in rug tuftif still further and more specific object of the invention is the provision of a structure having a gauge or stop for limiting movement of the needle through the material forming the base for the rug or other article under construction and a novel and improved means for mounting and securing this gauge in adjusted positions.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of an embroidery needle constructed in accordance with 39 my invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view therethrough;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4L4 of Figure 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the embroidery needle comprises merging tubular and trough-shaped portions 10 and 11, the tubular portion being pointed at its outer end and having an eye 12 formed therein. The tube has an opening 13 opposing this eye to facilitate the passage of the material employed in embroidering through the eye. The outer end of the base wall lt of the trough-shaped section is likewlse provided with an eye opening 15 for the passage of the embroidery material which extends through the trough-shaped and tubular sections to the eye 12. Each of the eyes 12 and 15 is preferably produced by punching the '19 of different lengths and hereinafter referred to as the longer and shorter extensions respectively. The outer end of the longer extension is provided with an inwardly directed terminal 20 adapted to interchange ably engage in any of a series of openings 21 formed in one side wall of the troughshaped section. By the engagement of this extension in a selected opening, the U-shaped gauge 17 may be arranged in predetermined spaced relation to the eye of the needle, thus determining the extent to which the needle is projected through the material.

To preserve the alignment of the gauge proper, I secure upon the trough a guide 22 of the same cross-sectional characteristics as the trough and of such size that the trough may fit therein. The upper ends of the arms 23 of this guide are reverted in spaced relation to the arms and upon the inner faces theerof, so that they overlie and clamp upon the upper edges of the trough and hold the guide against displacement with relationthereto. The inner faces of the arms of the guide in opposition to the outer faces of the arms of the trough are grooved, as indi'aei at 24:, so that they combine with the cans of the trough to produce guiding eyes slidably receiving the extensions 18 and 19. These guiding eyes are longitudinally elongated so that the extensions 18 and 19 and accordingly the gauge 17 may be very firmly held in position. The guide is secured to the trough adjacent the junction of the trough with the tubular section, so that the end of the longer extension 19 is sufficiently exposed to permit flexing thereof, enabling the end portion 20 to be disengaged from an opening 21 in which it is disposed and shifted to another opening. This engagement serves to maintain the arm 19 in alignment with these openings so that there is little ditiiculty in making changes in the gauge position. The guide, because of its position upon the trough, is so located that it reinforces the walls of the trough at the point where the needle is grasped by the hand in manipulation, thus eliminating the necessity for thickening the walls of the trough or reinforcing the same at this point to prevent destruction of the needle by the pressure applied thereto when forcing the needle through closely woven fabrics.

The outer face of this guide is slightly roughened or milled, so that the grip of the fingers thereon may provide the necessary driving force of the needle without the necessity of the hand clamping the needle with such a grip that it rapidly becomes cramped.

it will be obvious that a structure of this character maybe very rea dily and cheaply manufactured, may be very readily adjusted and manipulated and will be durable and eliicient in service. It will also be obvious that the construction hereinbefore set forth is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the spirit of the invention and I accordingly do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim 1. An embroidery needle comprising merging trough-shaped and tubular sections provided adjacent opposite ends thereof with eyes for the passage of embroidery material, a guide exteriorly fitting and secured upon the walls of the trough-shaped section, a stop associated with the tubular section and having an extension directed between adjacent faces of the guide and the wall of the trough and slidable in a groove formed in one thereof, said extension having a terminal portion interchangeably engageable in a series of longitudinally spaced openings formed in said wall of the trough.

2. An embroidery needle comprising merging trough-shaped and tubular sections provided adjacent opposite ends thereof with eyes for the passage of embroidery material, a guide exteriorly fitting and secured upon the walls of the trough-shaped section, a stop associated with the tubular section and having an extension directed between adjacent faces of the guide and the wall of the trough and slidable in a groove formed in one thereof, said extension having a terminal portion interchangeably engageable in a series of longitudinally spaced openings formed in said wall of the trough, the guide being exteriorly roughened and being secured to the troughshaped section adjacent its unction to the tubular section.

3. An embroidery needle comprising merging trough-shaped and tubular sections provided adjacent opposite ends thereof with eyes for the passage of embroidery material, a guide exteriorlv fitting and secured upon the walls of the trough-shaped section, a stop associated with the tubular section and having an extension directed along one side wall of the trough, said side wall having a series of longitudinally spaced openings, the extension having a terminal for selective engagement in said openings, the guide having a groove in the inner face of the wall thereof which opposes said wall of the trough through which said extension is directed.

t. An embroidery needle comprising merging trough-shaped and tubular sections provided adjacent opposite ends thereof with eyes for the passage of embroidery material, a guide exteriorly fitting and secured upon the walls of the trou h-shaped section, a stop associated with the tubular section and having an extension directed along one side wall of the trough, said side wall having a series of longitudinally spaced openings, the extension having a terminal for selective engagement in said openings, the guide having a groove in the inner face of the wall thereof which opposes said wall of the trough through which said extension is directed, the stop having a second extension directed along the opposite wall of the trough, the coacting wall of the guide having a groove for the reception of said second extension.

5. An embroidery needle comprising merging trough-shaped and tubular sections provided adjacent opposite ends thereof with eyes for the passage of embroidery material, a guide exteriorly fitting and secured upon the i 'alls of the trough-shaped section, a stop associated with the tubular section and hav' ing an extension directed along one side wall of the trough, said side wall having a series of longitudinally spaced openings, the extension having a terminal for selective engage ment in said openings, the guide having a groove in the inner face of the wall thereof which opposes said wall of the trough through which said extension is directed, the stop having a second extension directed along the opposite wall of the trough, the coac't ing wall of the guide having a groove for the reception of said second extension, said stop being U-shaped in form and straddling the tubular section, said extensions comprising angular continuations of the arms of the stop.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. 7

PHILLIP S. KIRB Y.

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