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W. P. SLENSBY.

THIMBLE.

Patented Apr.- 14, 1885.

INVENTOR 654M117 IL: ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT I O FICE.

WILLIAM P. :SLENSB'Y, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

THIMBLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,671, dated April 14, "1885.

Application filed August 16, um. man

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM,P. SLENSBY,

of Broklyn,county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Thimbles, of which the following is a complete speoification,'reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which .Figure 1 is a side View of my improved thimble. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same on the line a c, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same on the line (2 d, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is aperspective view there, or, and'Fig. '5 is a detailed view of the thread out by the same. v

This invention relates to a thread-cutting attachmeut to athimble; anditconsistsin forming the cutter out of the substance of the thimble by causing a tongue to project therefrom, said tongue being bent from the body of the thimble, all as hereinafter more fully described. I I

Inthe drawings, one letter A representsa suitable thimble. In one side of this thimble is formed, by a U-shaped or other'incision, atongue, B, the free end of which is bent outwardly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. By this means cutting-edges are formed between the edges of the tongue B and the edges of the incision in the thimble itself from which the 'by said tongue, so that a gentle pull on the thread will cause it to separate.

Inasmuch as the cutting of the thread is not ingthe thread in best form for insertion in the When a body of the thimble, and is thereby clamped or need not be produced by drawing it along the cuttingedges, but by clamping it by means 1 0 of the tongue and then pulling it, the thread is not cut'clean across, asit would be by shears or knife, but is dismembered in a tapering fashion, as is shown in Fig. 5, thereby leavnew of a needle. This saves a sewer much trouble in threading needles, and is a great advantage for that reason alone.

The invention is also of use because the cutter is at all times in convenient position, and when used will tend to draw the thimble tight upon the finger, instead of tending to displace it, as is the case withcntters on thimbles that have heretofore been proposed.

What I mean bythe "body of the thimble in this specification is the round body of metal which constitutes the thimble proper, or any 'round piece of metal which may be attached thereto, and from which the tongueB is made G. G. M. THOMAS, AUGUST SCHLASBAUM.

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