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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
JOHN W. MORGAN, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LOUIS
C. LUCKENBACH, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
SEWING-AWL.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented June 23, 1908.
Application filed June 27, 1907. Serial No. 381,132.
To all whom it may concern: -j
Be it known that I, JOHN W. MORGAN, a
citizen of the United States, residing at San
Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Sew-
ing-Awl, of which the following is a specifi-
cation.
This invention has reference to improve-
ments in sewing awls, and its purpose is to
10 provide a device wherein the thread is car-
ried in the handle of the awl and automatic-
ally fed as desired, while the thread may be
put under tension at the will of the operator
in order that the parts to be sewed together
15 may be firmly united, the thread forming
what is known as the lock-stitch.
The invention consists essentially in a suit-
able handle having its rear end closed by a
suitable cap, and in this handle there is fitted
20 a casting or forging arranged to receive one
end of a spool of sewing thread, which thread
is conducted through an axial channel to and
along a groove in the side of the needle to the
eye of the latter. At a suitable intermediate
25 point the casting carries a trigger-like clamp
arranged to engage the thread so that when
the needle is forced through the cloth or
other material to be sewed, loops may be
formed thereby and the extended end of the
30 thread may be carried through said loops
and then on the withdrawal of the needle the
tension device may be operated to draw the
loops as tight as the strength of the thread
permits.
35 The invention will be fully understood
from the following detailed description,
taken in connection with the accompanying
drawings forming part of tiis specification,
in which,-
40 Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of
the device, with some parts 'shown in eleva-
tion; Fig. 2 is a front view, showing the
needle in cross section; Fig. 3 is a section on
the line x-x of Fig. 1, looking toward the
43 front of the device; and Fig. 4 is a perspec-
tive view of the forging or casting carried by
the awl handle, with a part broken away.
Referring to the drawings, there is shown
a handle 1, suitably hollowed out to receive
5' certain parts and provided with an end
screw-cap 2, the exterior shape of the handle
and cap being that commonly employed for
sewing awls. Fitted to the interior of the
handle is a metallic block, shown in perspec-
tive in-Fig. 4. This block consists of a stem3 arranged to fit axially in the forward por-
tion of. the awl handle, and this stem is ex-
panded at the rear into a cylindrical block 4
provided with two rearwardly extending
parallel wings 5 having their inner faces flat 60
and parallel, and their outer faces conforming
to the curvature of the exterior of the block
4. The outer end 6 of the stem is designed
to project beyond the front end of the handle
and is. there threaded and provided with 65
longitudinal cross slits. This threaded por-
tion 6 receives a nut 7, the construction being
such that when the nut 7 is screwed on to the
threaded end 6, the wings formed by slitting
the end 6 are forced together by the applica- 70
tion of the nut, which may be slightly tapered
for this purpose. Through the stem 3 and
end 6 there is a central axial perforation 8
which, where it extends through the end 6,
is sufficiently enlarged to receive the butt end 75
of an awl needle 9 such as is used in sewing
awls. This needle is provided with an eye 10
near its point and from this eye to the butt
end of the needle there is a longitudinal side
groove 11. . s0
In the rear end of each wing 5 of the block
4 there is formed a longitudinal recess 12.
These two recesses are for the .purpose of re-
ceiving the journal 13 of a spool or reel 14 on
which is wound the thread to be used for 85
sewing. The wings 5 reach to the rearmost
end of the handle 1 and when the cap 2 is re-
moved the reel or spool 14 may be removed
from its seat between the wings 5, or, after be-
ing refilled, may be replaced therein. When 90
the cap is in place the spool is prevented from
escaping from the recesses 12, so that its
journals are always confined therein except
when the cap is removed..
The axial passage 8 extends all the way 95
through the stem 3 and block 4 and opens
into the space between the wings 5. In the
block 4 there is a.radial slot or recess 15 lead-
ing from the exterior of the block to the pas-
sage 8, and in the handle 1 is a slot 16 leading 100
into the slot or recess 15.
Pivotally secured to the block 4 by a suit-
able pin 17 is the head 18 of a lever 19 ex-
tending through the slot 16 and terminating
exterior to the handle in a trigger-like finger- 105
hold 20. The inner edge of the head 18 is
rounded, as shown at 21, and the axial end
of the slot or recess 15 is likewise rounded in
conformity with the rounded end of the head
18, while the axial wall of the passage 8 is 110No. 891,358.
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Morgan, John W. & Luckenbach, Louis C. Sewing Awl, patent, June 23, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509933/m1/2/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.