An Improved Holder for Twine or the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1899-Accepted, 15th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Holder for Twine or the like.
FREDERICK CILARLES BRAMSTON, 80, Woodlands Road, Ilford, Essex, Commer-
cial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to provide a simple holder for string and the
like for use in warehouses, shops and such like places which will permit of its
being unwound easily and without entanglement. My holder is suitable for
taking reels the string or the like on which is unwound from the outside.
In my improved holder I use wire suitably bent or a stamped or cast metal
frame, in either case the holder is made in two parts, the top part being furnished
with a ring or loop or hole for hanging it from a beam or ceiling or on a nail.
From this top piece I swing the second piece, the two parts being connected
together by loops or rings or being pivoted.
The bottom piece of the wire or frame is furnished with a projection upwards
in the centre made of a suitable height for taking the reel to be carried the top
end of this projection being made with a loop. The reel containing the twine is
passed over this projection and the end of the twine is passed through the loop
on top of the projection and downwards through the centre coming out at the
bottom, so that when the line or cord is drawn out the bottom part of the holder
swings at the same angle in which the twine is pulled and thus allows it to unwind
easily and without entanglement.
From the drawings annexed it will be easily understood what a simple device
my improved holder is.
Fig. 1, shows one made of wire the top part of the holder being marked A,
with loop for hanging B. The bottom part of the holder is marked C, with a
projection upwards D, with a loop E, through which the twine F, passes then
down the centre of the reel containing the twine.
The two parts of the frame are joined together as at G, G or they can be pivoted
as at HH in Fig. 2.
The wire need not necessarily be plain as shown in drawing but can be twisted
into fancy shapes if desired.
In Figure 2, I show the holder made with a frame of stamped or cast metal I
being the top piece and J the bottom piece the two being pivoted together at H, II.
This bottom piece may of course be made of wire if preferred.
The projection is marked K, and passes up the centre of the reel with a
loop L on the top end through which the twine F passes, unwinding from its
outer surface.
Fig. 3 shows an end view with the hinge or joint II, the bottom part of the
holder J being swung at an angle in the direction in which the string Fis
being pulled.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
1 claim is —
1. The improved holder for string and the like substantially as described and
shown in drawings.
2. A holder for carrying string and the like made in two pieces either of
wire or cast or stamped metal, the two pieces being attached to each other by
means of loops, rings or pivots, thus enabling the bottom piece to swing at an
angle towards the point from which the string is pulled, & for allowing the
reel to be drawn out & replaced.
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