AN IMPROVED HOLLOW BOBBIN OR REEL
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HERBERT JOHN ALLISON, of the firm of Allison Brothers, of 52 Chancery
Lane, in the county of Middlesex, Patent Agents, do liereby declare the nature of
my invention for "AN IMPROVED HOLLOW BOBBIN OR REEL" to be as follows:-'
This invention consists essentially in the manufacture of a bobbin or reel formed
of two concentric tubes.
There is a great advantage in being able to make light bobbins or reels
for winding thread, as it diminishes the cost of transport and sometimes avoids
the exhorbitant duties in countries where such bobbins or reels are taxed as
merchandise.
The object of the invention is to make a cylindrical bobbin or reel as light as
possible, which will give all the convenience of the bobbins or reels hitherto used,
at a cost which will not interfere with the advantage gained by this lightness.
The object of the invention is attained by forming the bobbin or reel of two
concentric tubes, a suitable space being left between them, the outer one to receive
the thread and the inner one to receive the rod or spindle for carrying the bobbin
or reel.
The inner tube is supported either by washers connected to the ends of the outer
tube, or by pieces adhering thereto, if the bobbin or reel is made in two pieces
joined together in the direction of their length, such washers or other pieces also
closing the ends of the outer tube.

page_text: I, HERBERT JOHN ALLISON, of the firm of Allison Brothers, of 52 Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for "AN IMPROVED HOLLOW BOBBIN OR REEL" and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention consists essentially in the manufacture of a bobbin or reel formed
of two concentric tubes.
There is a great advantage in being able to make light bobbins or reels
for winding thread, as it diminishes the cost of transport and sometimes avoids
the exhorbitant duties in countries where such bobbins or reels are taxed as
merchandise.
The object of the invention is to make a cylindrical bobbin or reel as light as
possible, which will give all the convenience of the bobbins or reels hitherto used,
at a cost which will not interfere with the advantage gained by this lightness.
The object of the invention is attained by forming the bobbin or reel of two
concentric tubes (a suitable space being left between them,), the outer one to receive
the thread and the inner one to receive the rod or spindle for carrying the bobbin
or reel.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1, represents an elevation of the improved bobbin or reel, and Fig. 2 a
vertical section of same.
A is the outer tube, separated from the inner tube B by a space C, which may be
varied according to requirements.
The inner tube is supported at D, either by washers connected to the ends of the
outer tube, or by pieces adhering thereto, if the bobbin or reel is made in two pieces
joined together in the direction of their length, such washers or other pieces also
closing the ends of the outer tube.
Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the same reel or bobbin, A being the
outer tube, C the interior space, B the inner tube, D the washers which close the
ends of the outer tube, and support the inner tube.
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
I claim is
Hollow bobbins or reels consisting of two concentric tubes suitably connected,
one serving to receive the thread and the other for the passage through it of a rod
or spindle, to support the reel or bobbin while the thread is being wound thereon or
unwound therefrom.
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