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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ELIJAH HARVEY WHEELER, OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
LOCK-STITCH RIPPER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,492, dated April 8, 1884.
Application filed October 17, 1883. ('o model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ELuJAH H. WHEELER,
a citizen of the United States, residing at Cor-
pus Christi, in the county of Nueces and State
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful Im-
provement in Lock-Stitch Rippers, of which
the following is a specification, reference be-
ing had to the accompanying drawings.
This invention relates to an improved com-
io bination tool or implement designed to be
used in connection with sewing-machines,and
combining in a convenient form several instru-
ments which operators on sewing-machines
should always have ready at hand.
15 The invention consists,specifically,ofahan-
dle having several folding blades, like an or-
dinary pocket-knife, one of which blades is a
lock-stitch ripper, another a hook for holding
material in position to be sewed, and the third
20 an ordinary knife-blade.
The construction and arrangement of the
several partswill behereinafter fully described,
and particularly pointed out in the claim.
In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1
25 is a perspective view of the device with the
several blades open or unfolded. Fig. 2 is a
side view on an enlarged scale of the lock-
stitch ripper, and Fig. 3 is a side view on an
enlarged scale of the the holding-hook.
30 The same letters refer to the same parts in
all the figures.
A in the drawings designates the handle,
which is that of an ordinary pocket- knife,
and which is provided with blades B, C, and
35 D. One of the said blades, B, is forked, as at
E, the inner edges of the said fork being
ground sharp, so as to be capable of cutting
the thread, as is the purpose of tiitsaid blade.
One of the prongs G of the forked blade B isrounded, as at H, the object being to utilize 40
the said blade for picking the threads out of
the fabric after being cut or ripped. The sec-
ond blade, C, is formed or provided with a
sharp-pointed hook, K, which may be used as
acrochet-hook, but the principal use of which 45
is to assist the operator in pushing or pulling
the material to be sewed under the presser-
foot of the machine, especially when attach-
ments such as the hemmer or gatherer are used.
The fingers of the operator,when such attach- 50
ments are used,are too clumsy to pull or push
the material into place, and hence the hook
provided in my improved implement will be
found useful. The blade D of the device is
an ordinary knife-blade, the uses of which are 55
manifest.
This invention provides in a simple and ac-
cessible form several implements which are
important and useful for operators on sewing-
machines. It is inexpensive, convenient, and 60
durable.
I claim as my invention and desire to se-
cure by Letters Patent of the United States-
As an improvement in rippers, the combi-
nation, with the knife-handle A, of the lock- 65
stitch ripper comprising the blade B, bifur-
cated or slotted centrally at one end, the ad-
joining edges of which are beveled inwardly
and ground sharp, one prong of said blade be-
ing rounded, as and for thepurpose set forth. 70
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own I have hereto affixed my signature in
presence of two witnesses.
ELIJAH HARVEY WHEELER.
Witnesses:
BENJ. R. VANDERYOORT,
S. E. WHEELER.
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Wheeler, Elijah Harvey. Lock Stitch Ripper., patent, April 8, 1884; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170733/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.