Sewing awl

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AN IMPROVED SEWING AWL, COMPRISING: HANDLE MEANS HAVING A FRONT END PROVIDED WITH SUPPORT MEANS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AND FORWARDLY THEREFROM AND INCLUDING TWO TRANSVERSELY SPACED SUPPORT YOKE PORTIONS DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A BOBBIN CHAMBER AND BEING PROVIDED AT AN OUTER FORWARD END WITH CONTROLLABLE OPENABLE AND CLOSABLE NEEDLE-ENGAGEABLE CHUCK MEANS; ROTATIVE MOUNTING MEANS TRANSVERSELY CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT YOKE PORTIONS ALONG A TRANSVERSE AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH THE BOBBIN CHAMBER; AND BOBBIN MEANS REMOVABLY POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT YOKE PORTIONS AND REMOVABLY ROTATABLY ENGAGED BY SAID ROTATIVE MOUNTING MEANS FOR ROTATION OF THE BOBBIN MEANS ABOUT THE TRANSVERSE AXIS, SAID ROTATIVE MOUNTING MEANS COMPRISING TRANSVERSE RECESS MEANS CARRIED BY THE BOBBIN MEANS AND FIRST AND SECOND SPINDLE ELEMENTS PROVIDED WITH OUTER PORTIONS ENGAGING CORRESPONDING APERTURED PORTIONS OF THE SUPPORT YOKE PORTIONS ON EACH SIDE OF THE BOBBIN CHAMBER, AND PROVIDED WITH INNER PORTIONS EXTENDING INTO SAID RECESS MEANS FOR ROTATABLY MOUNTING THE BOBBIN MEANS WITH RESPECT TO SAID SUPPORT YOKE PORTIONS FOR ROTATION ABOUT THE TRANSVERSE AXIS EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, SAID FIRST SPINDLE ELEMENT HAVING ITS OUTER PORTION PROVIDED WITH THREAD MEANS MANUALLY CONTROLLABLY THREADEDLY ADJUSTABLY ENGAGING THE CORRESPONDING APERTURED PORTION OF THE CORRESPONDING SUPPORT YOKE PORTION, SAID FIRST SPINDLE ELEMENT HAVING ITS INNER PORTION ROTATABLY POSITIONED WITHIN ONE END OF SAID RECESS MEANS AND BEING PROVIDED WITH COMPRESION SPRING MEANS ID LYING ENTIRELY WITHIN SAID TRANSVERSE RECESS MEANS OF SAID BOBBIN MEANS AND HAVING ONE END IN ABUTTING CONTACT WITH THE INNER END OF SAID INNER PORTION OF SAID FIRST SPINDLE ELEMENT WITHIN SAID TRANSVERSE RECESS MEANS AND HAVING THE OTHER END EFFECTICAELY FORCIBLY ENGAGING AND ABUTTING AN