Handicraft tool

A U-shaped top groove 37 is formed at the top of the cassette 35, for receiving a cutting edge for severing piles, as will be described hereinafter. The side walls of the top and bottom grooves 37 and 36 have cutaway portions 39, 38, respectively. Woolen yarn 41 is wound on the cassette at the cutaway portions 38, 29, as shown in FIG. V-notches 40 are provided on the side walls of the top groove 37, so as to hold the opposite ends of the woolen yarn 41, as shown in FIGS.

The spacing between the two cutaway portions 38 and 39 determine the length of individual cut piles to be knotted to a basic material. The length of the cutaway portion 38 or 39, taken in the longitudinal direction of the groove 36 or 37, does not exceed the length of the pile holding groove 33, as measured in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve 8.

The function of the cassette 35 will now be described. After the woolen yarn 41 is wound, the cassette is mounted on the handicraft tool by fitting the side walls of the bottom groove 36 on the sleeve 8, as shown in FIG. A cutting edge, such as a scissors c, is inserted in the top groove 37, so as to sever the top portions of the wound loops of the thick woolen yarn It should be noted in FIG.

Accordingly, when the cassette is moved vertically upwardly after severing the yarn 41,. The spacing between the sleeve 8 and the arm 31 is such that the cut piles a can be held in a row while keeping the side portions of the piles substantially upright.

After being loaded with the cut piles a, the tip of the auxiliary sleeve 34 is applied to a separately prepared meshed basic material 21, so as to scoop the filament 23 of one mesh 22 of the material 21 onto the auxiliary sleeve 34, as shown in FIG. In this case, the button 13 may be held at the rear position for keeping the tips 15 of the hook levers 14 in engagement with each other, so as to facilitate the scooping of the filament After the scooping, the button 13 is moved forwardly v for separating the tips 15 of the two hook levers away from each other, so that two side portions of the foremost cut pile a can be inserted in the space between the thus separated tips 15 of the hook levers 14, as shown in FIG.

Then, the button 13 is retracted to its rear position, so as to cause the tips 15 of the hook levers 14 to engage with each other while firmly holding the side portions of the cut pile a, and the handicraft tool itself is moved away from the filament 23, as shown in FIG. As a result, the bent or folder portion of the cut pile a is removed from the pile holding grooves 33, and the side portions of the pile a carried by the tips 15 of the hook levers 14 pass through a loop b defined by I the folded portion of the pile and the filament 23, so.

Upon knot ting, the button 13 is move forwardly again, so as to release the side portions of the cut pile a. Cut ends 17 of the thus knotted piles a may be tufted, as shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the body 2 of a handle'1 has a side slot 44, wherein a stationary pin 45 is secured, and a sector-shaped swingable button 42 is pivoted to the body 2 by fitting a pivot hole 43 of the button 42 on the pin The button 42 has two arms; namely, one arm 46 which is kept outside the handle 1 and another arm 47 disposed within the handle 1.

The arm 47 fulfills the function of the slider 11 in the preceding embodiment, as shown in FIG. More particularly, inner ends 16 of a pair of hook levers 14 are secured to the arm 47 of the swingable button In addition, one end 51 ofa coil spring 50 is secured to the inner arm 47 of the button The other end 48 of the spring 50 is secured to a raised portion or boss 49 which is integrally formed with the body 2 of the handle 1.

The coiled spring 50 acts to normally keep the inner arm 47 of the swingable button 42 at its forwarded position so as to keep tips 15 of the two hook'levers 14 separated. At the same time, the spring 50 urges the button 42 clockwise, as seen in FIG. Spaced stop projections 52, 53 are provided on the outer arm 46' of the swingable button 42, so that the angular movement of the button 42 is limited by the engagement of the stop projections 52, 53 with a stopper 54 which is integral with the body 2 of the handle 1.

Apart from the aforesaid structure of the button 42and the related mechanism, the embodiment of FIGS. Referring to FIG. To this end, the swingable lever 42 is turned counter-clockwise by pushing the arm 46 toward the body 2, so that the other arm 47 of the swingable button 42 is moved to its retracted position for pulling the hook levers 14 inwardly to the body 2 and closing the hook at the tips 15 thereof.

After mounting the cassette 35 on the pile holding grooves 33, 'the'swingable button 42 may be released. It is apparent that a plurality of cut piles a can be formed on the grooves 33 by using a cutting edge and by removing the cassette 35 away from the body in a direction perpendicular to a sleeve 8, in the same manner as the preceding embodiment. The knotting of the cut piles a to a separately prepared meshed basic.

The one difference is that the retracting movement of the button 13 of FIG. The resilient return of the swingable button 42 may simplify the knotting operation, as compared with the manual forwarding of the reciprocating button A handicraft tool according to claim 1, in which there are formed a pair of longitudinally elongated grooves in said body member at each of said opposite shoulders so that the body member is divided at the forward end area thereof into a central longitudinally elongated portion to form a substantial part of said elongated sleeve and two longitudinally elongated side portions each defining said grooves between said central elongated portion, whereby one or more yarn cut loops may be held with each bent root thereof abutting on the lower surface of said central elongated portion and with the legs of said loop extending upwardly through each of said grooves.

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Handicrafts can involve the use of hand tools including needles, glass cutters, looms, spinners and presses. Hand tools allow the craftsperson to remain connected to the work without the excess power and noise of power tools. It is necessary to learn how to use hand tools properly and to maintain them so that they work at a high level of precision.

Power tools can help the hobbiest avoid difficult drudgery, particularly in woodworking. Power jointers and planers take the rough surfaces off of lumber and flatten boards so they can be used to build precision furniture. Power saws remove the time and labor required to cut boards by hand.