Improvements in the Reels or Spools upon which 66 for Fencing or other Purposes is Coiled or Purpose of Carriage or Transport.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 12th June, 1890-Accepted, 12th July, 1890
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Reels or Spools upon which
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for Fencing or other Purposes is Coiled or
Purpose of Carriage or Transport.
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Barbed Wire "
Wound for the
We, JAMES BERESFORD of 4 Keppel Road Chorlton-cum-Hardy in the County of
Lancaster Clerk and JOSEPH PHILLIPS BEDSON of Bradford House, Bradford,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Civil and Mechanical Engineer, do heroby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to the reels or spools upon which "barbed wire" for
fencing" or other purposes is coiled or wound for the purpose of carriage or
transport and our invention consists in methods of constructing such reels or spools
whereby we are enabled to construct reels or spools which will occupy a less amount
of space than reels or spools of ordinary construction containing the same length of
"barbed wire" or which will contain a greater length of "barbed wire than
would be contained in reels or spools of ordinary construction which would occupy
the
same space.
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According to one part of our invention we form a frame of wood consisting of a
piece or pieces of wood across the ends of which and secured thereto are two other
pieces of wood which latter act as flanges. Across each of the pieces of wood last
named we place and secure a plate or plates formed of sheet metal. The said plate
or plates of sheet metal we secure to the piece of wood across which it or they is or
are placed by nails or other suitable means. The metal plates and the pieces of wood
last mentioned constitute flanges between which the "barbed wire" wound upon the
reel or spool is coiled. One of the pieces of wood above mentioned acts as a part
against which may act the driver or carrier or other part or parts which cause the
"barbed wire" to be wound upon the reel or spool. After the "barbed wire" has
been wound or coiled upon the reel or spool we secure the corresponding ends of the
metal plates together by means of a hoop or hoops, or piece or pieces of wire, cord,
string or rope or other suitable means, such hoop or hoops or pieco or pieces of wire,
cord string or rope passing through holes formed in the metal plates and outside the
coil of barbed wire" upon the reel or spool and thus render the metal plates
better able to withstand any strain put upon them when the reel or spool is being
handled, and also prevent the "barbed wire" upon the reel or spool from becoming
uncoiled.
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According to a further part of our invention we form a frame of wood consisting of
two or more pieces of wood nailed or otherwise secured around central pieces through
which are formed holes. To the pieces of wood above mentioned we secure bars
formed of thin metal, the opposite ends of which bars are bent outwards from the
frame so as to act as flanges between which the "barbed wire wound upon the reel
or spool is coiled or wound. We form holes through the ends of the "bars' above
mentioned and after the "barbed wire" has been wound or coiled between the flanges
formed by the ends of the bars aforesaid we connect the ends of each of such bars by
means of a hoop or hoops or a piece or pieces of wire, cord, string, or rope or other
suitable means, such hoop or hoops or piece or pieces of wire, cord, string,
or rope passing through the holes formed in the ends of the said bar or
we secure the ends of each of the said hars together by means of a rivet
or rivets passing through the ends of such bar or in any other suitable
imanner. When the "barbed wire" for " fencing or other purposes is being coiled
upon the reel or spool we "drive" such reel or spool by means of a square or other
suitable block, or squares or other suitable blocks which passes or pass, into a recess
or recesses formed at the end or ends of the said reel or spool. In some cases we
employ in conjunction with the flanges formed by bars of thin metal cross-pieces of
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page_text: wood which are secured by nails or other suitable means to the frame of wood above
mentioned, such cross-pieces forming together with the bars of thin metal, flanges
between which the "barbed wire" for "fencing' or other purposes is coiled or
wound.
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According to a further part of our invention we form the reel or spool of pieces of
wood so nailed or otherwise fastened together that a square, triangular or polygonal
opening or hole is formed. To the frame, body, or trunk so formed we secure either
alone or in addition to cross-pieces of wood, nailed or otherwise secured to the said
frame, body or trunk, bars formed of thin metal and having their ends bent outwards
from the frame, bouy or trunk so as to act as flanges between which the "barbed
wire" for "fencing" or other purposes is coiled or wound. We form holes through
the ends of the said bars so that after the "barbed wire" for "fencing" or other
purposes has been coiled or wound upon the reel or spool the ends of each bar of thin
metal may be connected or secured together by means of a hoop or hoops or a piece
or pieces of wire, cord, string, or rope or other suitable means, passed through the
holes in the ends of the said bar and outside the coil of "barbed wire or by means
of a rivet passed through the said holes. In order to coil or wind "barbed wire"
for "fencing or other purposes upon a reel or spool provided with a frame, trunk,
or body, formed as above described we mount such reel or spool upon a spindle
formed of a square, triangular, polygonal or other shape to correspond with the
square, triangular or polygonal opening or hole in the frame, trunk or body afore-
Baid. If it be desired a frame, trunk, or body formed as above described may be
provided at each end with a cross-piece of wood and a plate or plates formed of sheet
inetal and provided at each end with a hole through which a hoop or hoops or a piece
or pieces of wire, cord, string, or rope or other suitable means may be passed so that the
metal plates of the reel or spool may he rendered better able to withstand any strain
put upon them when the reel or spool is being handled and so that the "barbed wire
upon the reel or spool may be prevented from becoming uncoiled.
Dated this Twenty-third day of October 1980
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W. T. CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Reels or Spools upon which "Barbed Wire"
for "
"Fencing" or other Purposes is Coiled or Wound for the
Purpose of Carriage or Transport.
We, JAMES BERESFORD of 4 Keppel Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy in the County of
Lancaster, Clerk, and JOSEPH PHILLIPS BEDSON of Bradford House, Bradford,
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Civil and Mechanical Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to he
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
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Our invention relates to the reels or spools upon which "barbed wire for
"fencing" or other purposes, is coiled or wound for the purpose of carriage or trans-
port and our invention consists in methods of constructing such reels or spools whereby
we are enabled to construct reels or spools which will occupy a less amount of space
than reels or spools of ordinary construction, containing the same length of "barbed
wire," or which will contain a greater length of "barbed wire" than would be contained
in reels or spools of ordinary construction which would occupy the same space.
According to one modification of the invention, we form a frame of wood, consisting
of two or more pieces of wood nailed or otherwise secured around central pieces
through which are formed holes. To the pieces of wood above mentioned we secure
bars formed of thin metal, the opposite ends of which are bent outwards from the
frame so as to act as flanges, between which the "barbed wire" wound upon the reel
or spool is coiled or wound. We form holes through the ends of the "bars" above
mentioned, and after the "barbed wire" has been wound or coiled between the

page_text: flanges formed by the ends of the bars aforesaid, we connect the ends of each of such
bars by means of a hoop or hoops, or a piece or pieces of wire, cord, string, or rope,
or other suitable means, such hoop or hoops, or piece or pieces of wire, cord,
string, or rope, passing through the holes formed in the ends of the said har, or we
secure the ends of each of the said bars together by means of a rivet or rivets passing
through the ends of such bar, or in any other suitable manner. When the "barbed
wire" for "fencing" or other purposes is being coiled or wound upon the reel or
spool, we "drive" such reel or spool by means of a square or other suitable block,
or square or other suitable blocks, which passes or pass into a recess or recesses
formed at the end or ends of the said reel or spool.
In some cases we employ in conjunction with the flanges formed by bars of thin
metal, cross-pieces of wood which are secured by nails or other suitablo means to the
frame of wood above mentioned, such cross-pieces forming together with the bars of
thin metal, flanges between which the "barbed wire" for "fencing" or other purposes
is coiled or wound.
This modification is illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 being an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of that which is shown in Fig. 1.
According to this part of our invention we form a frame of pieces a, a, of wood,
nailed or otherwise secured around central pieces b, b, through which are formed
holes c, c.
To the pieces a, a, of wood, above mentioned, we secure bars d, forined of
thin metal, the opposite ends d', d, of which hars d are bent outwards from the frame
so as to act as flanges, between which the "barbed wire" wound upon the reel or
spool is coiled or wound. We form holes e, through the ends of the bars d. When
the "barbed wire" has been wound or coiled between the flanges formed by the
ends d', d², of the bars d, we connect the ends d', 2, of each of the bars d, by means
of a hoop or hoops, or piece or pieces of wire, cord, string, or rope, or other suitable
means f, such hoop or hoops or piece or pieces of wire, cord, string, or rope passing
through the holes e formed in the ends d', d, of the said bar d, as shown in Fig. 3,
or we secure the ends d,, of each bar d, together by means of a rivot or rivets
passing through the ends d', d, of such bar d, or in any other suitable manner.
When a rivet or rivets is or are to be so employed, the ends d', d² of each of the
bars d, must be made sufficiently long to overlap each other. When the "barbed
wire" for fencing" or other purposes is being coiled upon the reel or spool, we
"drive" such reel or spool by means of a "square" or other suitable block or square,
or other suitable blocks secured upon the spindle of the machine by means of which
the "barbed wire" is coiled upon the reel or spool. The said block or blocks passes
or pass into the recess g, or recesses g, g, formed at the end or ends of the said reel
or spool.
In some cases we employ in conjunction with the flanges formed by the ends d¹,
of the bars d, of thin metal, cross-pieces h, of wood, as shown in Fig. 4. Such cross
pieces of wood are secured by nails or other suitable means to a frame formed by
pieces of wood a, a, and such cross-pieces h form together with the ends d', d³, of the
bars d, of thin metal flanges between which the "barbed wire" for "fencing" or other
purposes is coiled or wound.
In cases in which it may be desirable more than four of the bars d, d, may be
employed in one reel or spool.
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The bars d, d, which we employ are usually formed from what are known
commercially as sheets" or "hoops" but such bars may be formed of any suitable
metal, and be formed in any suitable manner.
According to another modification we form the reel or spool of pieces of wood so
nailed, or otherwise secured together, that a square, triangular, or polygonal opening
or hole is formed. To the frame, body, or trunk so formed we secure, either alone
or in addition to cross-pieces of wood, nailed or otherwise secured to the said frame,
body, or trunk, bars formed of thin metal and having their ends bent outwards from
the frame, body, or trunk, so as to act as flanges, between which the "barbed wire
for fencing or other purposes is coiled or wound. We form holes through the ends of
the said bars, so that after the "barbed wire" for "fencing" or other purposes has
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or other
been coiled upon the reel or spool, the ends of each bar of thin metal may be connected
or secured together by means of a hoop or hoops, or a piece or pieces of wire, cord,
string, or rope, or other suitable means, passed through the holes in the ends of the
said bar and outside the coil of "barbed wire or by means of a rivet passed through
the said holes. In order to coil or wind "barbed wire" for "fencing
purposes upon a reel or spool, provided with a frame, trunk or body formed as above
described, we mount such reel or spool upon a spindle formed of a square, triangular,
polygonal, or other shape to correspond with the square, triangular, or polygonal
opening or hole in the frame, trunk, or body aforesaid."
This modification is illustrated by Figs. 5 and
of the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 5 being an elevation and Fig. 6 a plan of that which is shown in Fig. 5.
We form the reel or spool of pieces i, i, i, i, of wood so nailed or otherwise fastened
together that a square, triangular, or polygonal opening j is formed, according as four
or three or five or more pieces i, of wood are employed. To the frame, body, or
trunk A formed by the pieces i, of wood we secure bars k, formed of thin metal, and
having their ends bent outwards from the frame, body, or trunk, A, so as to act as
flanges, between which the "barbed wire" for "fencing" or other purposes is coiled
or wound. We form holes Z. through the ends of the bars k, so that after the "barbed
wire" for "fencing" or other purposes, has been coiled or wound upon the reel or
spool the ends of each bar k may be connected or secured together by means of a
hoop or hoops or a piece or pieces of wire, cord, string, or rope m or other suitable
means passed through the holes and outside the coil of "barbed wire" as shown in
Fig. 7, or we secure the ends of each of the barsk together by means of a rivet passed
through the holes in the said bar k. When a rivet is to be so employed, the ends of
each bark must be made sufficiently long to overlap each other. Although we have
only shown the frame trunk or body A of the reel or spool as being formed of four
pieces i, i, i, i, of wood, such frame, trunk, or body A may be made of three, four, or a
greater number of pieces of wood.
In order to coil or wind "barbed wire" for "fencing" or other purposes, upon a
reel or spool provided with a frame, trunk, or body A, formed as above described we
mount such reel or spool upon a spindle formed of a square, triangular, polygonal, or
other shape to correspond with the square, triangular, or polygonal opening or hole j
in the frame, trunk, or body A. In cases in which it may be desirable, more than
four of the bars k, may be employed in one reel or spool.
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The bars k, which we employ are usually formed from what are known commercially
as sheets or "hoops" but such bars may be formed of any suitable metal and be
formed in any suitable manner.
If it be desired, a frame, trunk, or body, formed as above described, may be provided
at each end, with a cross-piece of wood and a plate or plates formed of sheet metal,
and provided at each end with a hole, through which a hoop or hoops or piece or
pieces of wire, cord, string, or rope, or other suitable means may be passed so that the
metal plates of the reel or spool may be rendered better able to withstand any strain
put upon them when the reel or spool is being handled, and so that the "barbed wire
upon the reel or spool may be prevented from becoming uncoiled.
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According to another modification of the invention we form a frame of wood
consisting of a piece or pieces of wood, across the ends of which and secured thereto
are two other pieces of wood, which latter act as flanges. Across each of the pieces
of wood last-named we place and secure a plate, or plates, formed of sheet metal.
The said plate, or plates, of sheet metal we secure to the piece of wood across which it
or they is or are placed by nails or other suitable means. The metal plates and the
pieces of wood last-mentioned constitute flanges, between which the "barbed wire
wound upon the reel or spool is coiled. One of the pieces of wood above mentioned
acts as a part against which may act the driver or carrier, or other part or parts which
causes or cause the "barbed wire" to be wound upon the reel or spool. After the
"barbed wire" has been wound or coiled upon the reel or spool we secure the
corresponding ends of the metal plates together by means of a hoop or hoops, a
piece or pieces of wire, cord, string, or rope, or other suitable means, such hoop or

page_text: hoops or piece or pieces of wire, cord string, or rope passing through holes formed
in the metal plates and outside the coil of "barbed wire" upon the reel or spool,
and thus render the metal plates better able to withstand any strain put upon them
when the reel or spool is being handled, and also prevent the "barbed wire
the reel or spool from becoming uncoiled.
upon
In the accompanying drawings Eig. 8 is a view of a reel or spool constructed
according to this modification of the invention.
n, n, are pieces of wood, hetween the
ends of which are secured other pieces of wood o, o. The pieces n, n, of wood are
also secured to a piece o' of wood, which acts as a strut. The pieces o, o, of wood
act as flanges. Across cach of the pieces o, o, of wood we place or secure a plate p,
of sheet metal. Each of the plates p, p, of sheet metal we secure to the piece o of
wood, across which it is placed, by means of nails or other suitable means. The metal
plates p, p, and pieces of wood o, o, constitute flanges, between which the "barbed
wire" wound upon the reel or spool B, is coiled.
One of the pieces o, o, of wood acts as a part against which may act the driver or
carrier, or other part or parts, which causes or cause the "barbed wire" to be wound
upon the reel or spool B. The mandrel or spindle upon which the reel or spool B
is placed when the "barbed wire" is to be wound upon such reel or spool B
passes through holes of formed in the pieces o, o¹, o, of wood to receive such mandrel
or spindle.
After the "barbed wire" has been wound or coiled upon the reel or spool B we
secure the corresponding ends of the metal plates p, p, together by means of a hoop
or hoops, or a piece or pieces of wire, cord, string, or rope g, or othor suitable means,
such hoop or hoops, or piece or pieces of wire, cord, string, or rope 9 passing
through holes formed in the metal plates p, p, and outside the coil C of barbed
wire upon the reel or spool B, as shown in Fig. 9. By securing the ends of the
metal plates p, p, together we render such metal plates better able to withstand any
strain put upon them when the wheel or spool B is being handled, and also prevent
the "barbed wire" upon the reel or spool B from becoming uncoiled. In cases in
which it may be desirable, more than one of the plates p of sheet metal may be applied
at each end of the reel or spool.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The various combinations of parts forming respectively our improved reels as herein
described and illustrated respectively in the accompanying drawings in Figs. 1, 2 and 3,
in Fig. 4, in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 and in Figs. 8 and 9.
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1inted the theVanth stew of June IXWI
W. T. CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.