US1971644A - Needle case with windows - Google Patents

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Aug. 28, 1934. P. DOSSMANN' 1,971,644

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Patented Aug. 28, 1934 1,971,644

NEEDLE CASE WITH WINDOWS Paul Dossmann, Iserlohn, Germany, assignor to the firm Dossmann & 00., Iserlohn, Germany Application January 23, 1932, Serial No. 588,443 In Germany January 26, 1931 2 Claims. (Cl. 206-66).

This invention relates to a needle case with Fig. 1 shows in top plan view the needle case windows in which the dilferent groups of needles in open condition and without cover sheet, are arranged according to size or purpose of use Fig. 2 is 'a similar view to Fig. 1, the cover sheet on strips or the like. i being pasted on.

5 Needle packings in the form of needle books or On the inner side of a needle case a difierently 60 cases are known, in which needle envelopes with coloured needle strips are pasted or otherwise or without gelatine windows are stuck, or in which fixed by mechanical means. A cover sheet 0, prothe needlesare pricked in groups into the paper. vided with window-like apertures g, is placed on These needle packages are open to the objection the needle case a and fixed by gummed strips d.

that the needle envelopes or other receptacles for The needles are visible along their entire length 65 the needles must be stuck on separately by hand. through the apertures g and can easily be re- Moreover, it is impossible to see at a glance the moved. Holding ridges it provided on the needle size and kind of the needles in the different needle strips 1) are covered by window straps i so that envelopes. The needles can only be removed they do not project from the cover sheet. As the after inconvenient opening of the envelopes, and cover sheet 0 only bears at the pasted places, a 70 the envelopes must be carefully closed again, needle threader e can also be inserted through which wastes time. Gther holding parts, such two slots fin the cover sheet.

as paper strips, project from the inner surface, I claim:

become detached from the support and catch 1. A needle case, comprising in combination a on the opposite strips of the case so that they backing, a plurality of paper sheets puckered 7 are torn off when opening the case. intermediate their length distributed over the As compared with these known constructions surface of said backing, a group of needles in the invention consists in that needle holding each of said puckered sheets and a cover stuck to strips are provided which are connected on the said backing all round its edge and extending rear side by stitching, pasting or the like with loosely over the remaining surface thereof, said the inner surface of the needle case and are cover having a plurality of pairs of apertures with covered on the front side by a cover sheet with an intermediate strip of said cover and forming window-like apertures forming a smooth surface. Windows above said groups of needles and expos- The window-like apertures in the cover sheet exing the heads and points thereof, said intermedi- 30 tend entirely or partially over the length and ate strips covering the puckered portions of said width of the needle groups. The fixing of the paper sheets.

needle strips and also of the cover sheet can be 2. A needle case as specified in claim 1 in which effected mechanically, so that such a packing is said backing and said cover sheets are foldable very cheap to produce. Moreover, as the inner along their horizontal central line to form two 35 sides are lying with flat surfaces the one on the halves of similar shape so that the needles lie other no projecting parts exist protected between the two halves of the case.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing PAUL DOSSMANN. in which:

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