Year: 1897

page_text: "We, JOHN CAIRNS, of Annislea, Hermitage Gardens, Commercial
Traveller, ALEXANDER ALLEN RAITT, of 83, Dalry Road, Warehouseman,
and P. & W. MACNIVEN, LD., 19, Blair Street, Wholesale Stationers, all
of Edinburgh, N.B."

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Twine Holder for use in Shops and other Places.
We, JOHN CAIRNS, of Annislea, Hermitage Gardens, Commercial Traveller, and
ALEXANDER ALLAN RAITT, of 83, Dalry Road, Warehouseman, both of Edinburgh,
N.B., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to an improved twine holder for shops and other places
and has for its object to enable reels, rolls or balls of twine to be readily used
without the twine running loose or getting entangled and to prevent the reel,
roll or ball when mounted on a spindle from getting jammed by loose lengths
of twine.
Our invention consists in mounting the reel, rolls or balls upon an upright
spindle which is fixed upon a round flat or other shaped stand which along with
the spindle may be made of metal or any other material. Instead of the one end
of the reel resting directly upon the base of the stand, it rests upon a false
bottom or disc of the stand which false bottom is carried in a recess in the stand.
This false bottom or disc is provided with a number of spikes or other roughened
portions or projections so that when the reel is placed on the spindle, it rests
upon the top of these roughened portions or projections so that when the twine
is pulled, the disc is rotated along with the reel and the friction as it rotates
within the recess of the stand gives the necessary drag to the twine.
advantage of the said roughened portions or projections is that they keep any
loose twine out from the under side of the reel and thus prevent the reel getting.
jammed.
A further
A metal ring or eye may be fixed on the side of the stand through which the
twine is threaded, in order to guide the twine. This may be on a level with the
top of the base of the stand or it may be raised a certain height say about the
middle of the height of the reel by forming the eye upon the top of a wire or
shanked portion.
Our said arrangement may also be mounted within an ordinary string box of
metal or other material with a hole through the lid of the box of the spindle to
rotate in; or it may be a recess in the top of the box."
Under this arrangement the metal ring or eye can be dispensed with, the
string simply passing through a hole in say the middle of the side of the box.
Dated this 29th day of September 1897.
We, JOHN CAIRNS, of Annislea, Hermitage Gardens, Commercial Traveller, and
ALEXANDER ALLAN RAITT, of 83, Dalry Road, Warehouseman, both of Edinburgh,
[Price 8d.]

page_text: 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:
This invention relates to an improved twine holder for shops and other places
and has for its object to enable reels, rolls or balls of twine to be readily used
without the twine running loose or getting entangled and to prevent the reel,
rol or ball when mounted on a spindle from getting jammed by loose lengths
of twine. As an example of one method of carrying our invention into effect we
proceed as shewn in the accompanying drawing which represents a section of an
ordinary twine holder having our improvements applied thereto.
The reel, roll or ball A is mounted upon the upright spindle B fixed upon a
1ound flat or other shaped stand C which along with the spindle may be made of
wood, metal or any other material. Instead of the one end of the reel resting
directly upon the base of the stand, it rests upon a false bottom or disc 1) which
bottom is carried in a recess in the stand. This false bottom or disc is provided with
a number of spikes or other roughened portions or projections E so that when the
reel is placed on the spindle, it rests upon the top of these roughened portions or
projections so that when the twine is pulled, the disc is rotated along with the
Feel and the friction as it rotates within the recess of the stand gives the neces-
sary drag to the twine. A further advantage of the said roughened portions or
projections is that they keep any loose twine out from the under side of the reel
and thus prevent the reel getting jammed.
Or alternately the stand itself may be provided with the projections E and
rotated within the holder by the pull upon the twine, the upper end of the
upright spindle in either case being supported or rotating in the recess for
within a hole in the lid of the box or holder.
A metal ring or eye may be fixed on the side of the stand through which the
twine is threaded, in order to guide the twine. This may be on a level with the
top of the base of the stand or it may be raised a certain height say about the
middle of the height of the reel by forming, the eye upon the top of a wire or
shanked portion. Or the metal eye may be dispensed with and the string simply
passed through a slot g, or it may be a circular hole or opening, formed in the
side of the holder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The twine holder for shops and other places, constructed substantially in the
manner as herein before described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
2. In twine holders for shops and other places, a stand having the upright
spindle B carrying the reel roll or ball of string, provided with the disc or false
bottom having spikes or projections E, or their equivalent, for supporting the
reel, roll or ball, all arranged and operating substantially in the manner as and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 2nd day of July 1898.
JOHNSONS,
Applicants' Agents, 115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.