An Improved Holder for Thread, Wool, Worsted, String, and similar Materials.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 28th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 28th Jan., 1887.
An Improved Holder for Thread, Wool, Worsted, String, and
similar Materials.
I JULIUS FRANK of Offenbach on Main in the German Empire, Manufacturer, now
temporarily residing at the Queens Hotel in the City of London, do hereby declare
the nature of said invention for "AN IMPROVED HOLDER FOR THREAD, WOOL, WORSTED,
" to be as follows:-
STRING, AND SIMILAR MATERIALS
This invention has for object to facilitate the use of ladies' work materials of the
kind that are frequently wound upon reels or into the form of a ball such as thread,
wool, worsted, etcetera, and similar materials such as string.
For this purpose I mount any of the said materials on a small wire rod or spindle
either by passing it through a reel or reels containing the same or by sticking it
through the bulk of the material itself. I then fix the 'spindle so mounted in between
two arms of a small steel or other metallic open frame or holder so as to be readily
removable therefrom. To this end each of the two arms is provided with a conical
recess for the reception of the correspondingly shaped ends of the spindle which are
inserted in the arms by drawing or springing these latter sufficiently apart and then
allowing them to spring back and tighten against the ends of the spindle, but the
spindle may be fixed between the arms in various ways instead of that before described
as for instance by screwing through the arms into the spindle or by orifices in the
spindle engaging on the arms.
A stem and collar is formed beneath the two arms for fixing on a stand of any
suitable form.

page_text: similar Materials.
I, JULIUS FRANK of Offenbach on Main in the German Empire, Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "AN IMPROVED HOLDER FOR
THREAD, WOOL, WORSTED, STRING, AND SIMILAR MATERIALS "and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention has for object to facilitate the use of ladies' work materials of the
kind that are frequently wound upon reels, or into the form of a ball, such as thread,
wool, worsted, etcetera, and other materials such as string.
Referring to the accompanying drawing:-Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 an
end view of the holder I provide for this purpose. a is a small wire rod or spindle
upon which I place any of the said materials either by passing it through a reel or
reels containing the same, or by sticking it through the body of the material itself,
the drawing shewing a ball of Berlin wool mounted in this way. I then fix the rod
so mounted with material, in between the two arms of a steel or other metallic
open frame or holder c so as to be readily removable therefrom. To this end each of
the two arms b has formed in it a recess,-preferably conical, for the reception of the
correspondingly shaped ends of the rod a which are inserted in the arms 6 by drawing
or springing these latter sufficiently apart and then allowing them to spring back and
tighten against the ends of the rod a. The two arms bare formed of a single curved
piece of metal carried by, and which may be turned in, the stem of the holder, chiefly
for convenience in packing. They are held in the position required when the holder
is in use and released therefrom by means of a set screw d the outer extremity of
which is made helical for the purpose of serving as a guide for the material.
collar e is formed on the bottom of the stem for fixing on a stand of any suitable form,
or the holder may be attached by a ring or rings to a chatelaine, or other appliance,
and carried on the person.
A
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:
1. The combination of rod or spindle a with spring frame c for the purpose specified
substantially as described and shewn.
2. The combined set screw and guide d for the purposes specified, substantially as
described and shewn.