IMPROVEMENTS IN RIBBON HOLDERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, AMOS STEVENS of the City of Philadelphia, County of Philadelphia and
State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Inventor do hereby declaro the
nature of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RIBBON HOLDERS" and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
My Invention relates to ribbon or tape holders; and comprises a new form of
ribbon or tape drum and a novel construction of holder adapted to work in
conjunction with the said drum, all as hereinafter set forth.
The object of my invention is to provide ribbon or tape rolls with suitable cheap
and effective holders, whereby the necessity of pinning the ribbon or. tape to
prevent it from unwinding is entirely obviated.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved ribbon holder.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.
Figure 3 is a cross section of same on the line x x of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the holder proper.
Figure 5 is a plan view of same, and
Figure 6 is a modified form of same.
A indicates a tubular drum body, one half the thickness of which is reduced in
width as at A¹ to form the circumferential grooves B.
C indicates the ribbon, or ribbon and paper which is rolled up on the said
cylinder A A', and D indicates the holder made of bent wire and consisting of bars
or arms F F provided on its ends with hooks E and E' respectively, which hooks
form prongs & the said hooks and prongs on the respective bars F F pointing
toward each other as shown. The hooks E and their prongs e terminate in the
spring arms GG the other ends of which are joined together by a cross-bar H.
The cross bar H may be bent as shewn in Figure 6, having notches h which guide
the ribbon when being wound or unwound and keep it in the middle under the
protecting paper strip to keep its edges clean. When removed from the cylinder A
the free ends of arms F F may be bent toward each other to ensure a better
clamping action. This holder D is placed upon the rims of the cylinder A, the
books E E¹ straddling its edges and the prongs e working in the grooves B. The
cross bar H is pressed down upon the ribbon C by spring arms G G.
By holding the said holder between the finger and thumb, the ribbon may be
withdrawn as desired. In place of forming the groove B the cylinder may be made
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wider as at B¹ and the prongs e would then have free play without injury to the
ribbon.
B be dispensed
It is evident that the prongs ee and the annular grooves
with as the spring of the arms G will always cause the arms F which extend within
the cylinder or drum A to be drawn against the inner face of said tubular cylinder
or drum and they in turn hold the ribbon, as an entirety, to said drum.
If desired, the said cylinder A may have one or more heads I in it, to which the
advertisement is attached, but they must be set back from the edges of the said
cylinder or the advertisement may be placed upon the inside of the tubular drum
body or cylinder A. One advantage in leaving the cylinder A open is that, in
packing, smaller rolls of ribbon may be inserted or packed within the larger ones.
While I prefer the form of holder shewn, any other form may be used in
conjunction with my cylinder A, provided it is formed with means to attach it to
the said cylinder, and be moved thereon.
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
First. A ribbon-holder consisting of a tubular ribbon drum having free annular
flanges or edges, in combination with a sliding spring holder adapted to slide upon
the said free edges and clamp the ribbon, substantially as, and for the purpose,
specified.
Second. A ribbon drum having free annular flanges or edges and circumferential
grooves, in combination with a sliding holder adapted to fit upon, and slide upon,
the said free edges, and adapted to clamp-the ribbon,-the-jawa-or-holding-prongs-of
the said holder running in the said grooves, substantially as, and for the purpose,
specified.
Third. The ribbon drum A provided with one or more heads I secured therein
so as to leave the edges of the said drum clear, and free annular flanges, in
combination with a spring ribbon holder, provided with means substantially as
described for clamping itself to the said free edges of the drum, substantially as,
and for the purpose, specified.
Fourth. A ribbon holder consisting of the bars F F having jaws or hooks E E',
the prongs e, the spring bars G, and the cross bar H, in combination with drum A,
substantially as, and for the purpose, specified.
Fifth. The combination of the tubular drum A with the cross bar H, the spring
arms G, and the arms F running upon the inner face of the tubular drum A and
retained thereon by the spring arms G which clamp the ribbon against the said
drum, substantially as, and, for the purpose, specified.
1001
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.