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Melvin Sivyer Hurley, "A new or improved hand tool for making rugs, carpets and the like with a cut pile" (GB663196A)

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Made by: Melvin Sivyer Hurley
Date: priority 10 Dec 1948; published 19 Dec 1951
Place: United Kingdom (US inventor)
Number: GB663196A
Themes: Hand-tufting tools & the gun, Tools & equipment

View at the source Cited in chapter 9, note 21

Cite this source

Melvin Sivyer Hurley, “A new or improved hand tool for making rugs, carpets and the like with a cut pile” (GB663196A), priority 10 Dec 1948; published 19 Dec 1951. patents.google.com/patent/GB663196A/en.

Research notes

This is the British filing of the cut-pile hand tool that the database already holds as US2605727A (pat-us2605727a). Family members: FR1001038A ("Outil à main pour la fabrication de carpettes, tapis et articles analogues à poils coupés", which names Hurley as inventor) and BE492654A. It is classed D05C15/06, and its keywords (scissors, needle, cam, pins) suggest a needle with a built-in cutter. It shows that American hand cut-pile tools were being patented in Europe by 1948–51. Verified Oct 2026 by web search only. patents.google.com and Espacenet could not be opened from the sandbox, so I did not read the document itself. Dates and the inventor come from Google Patents snippets for GB663196A, BE492654A and FR1001038A. Research note (Oct 2026): found through search results; the patent document itself wasn't opened. The Patent drawings job fetches the document from Google Patents; if drawings appear on this record, the number is confirmed.