An Improved Holder for Ribbon, Braid, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 9th May, 1893-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Holder for Ribbon, Braid, and the like.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the Firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark,
of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a
communication to me by James H. Tibbits, of 213, Temple Street, Astoria, in the
County of Queens, and State of New York, United States of America, Inventor)
to be as follows:-
:―
This invention relates to an improved device for holding ribbon and analogous
articles, and it has for its object to produce a simple device which may be secured
to the spool of a roll of ribbon, braid, or similar article, and which will hold the
ribbon with an even tension and which will also guide the ribbon so that it may be
rewound upon the spool as evenly as it was at first. A further object of the
invention is to construct the spool for carrying the ribbon and the holder in such
a manner that a number of spools may be piled one upon the other with the same
facility as can the ordinary spools.
The spool is of the ordinary construction except that it has end recesses in which
the body of the holder and the springs thereof may lie so that the spools may be
piled readily one upon another and the spool is adapted to carry the ribbon and
the usual strip of paper which is wound with the ribbon to prevent the latter from
being soiled and to facilitate its easy winding and unwinding. The spool may be
made of any material, but is preferably made hollow and of light cheap substance
such as paper board and in this case the central portions of the ends of the spool
are reinforced so as to form a bearing for the holder arms. The holder is made
preferably of wire and extends across the face of the spool and is doubled so that
its sides will extend radially across the ends of the spool, the sides being bent at
their lower ends to an extent approximating in length to the depth of the recesses,
so that a keeper is formed which is adapted to embrace the fabric upon the spool.
From the bent part the wire of the holder extends tangentially across the ends of
the spool to form a spring arm and is coiled to form a spring which gives the
necessary tension to the holder and from the springs the wire of the holder extends
inward to a point opposite the end of the spool to form a spring arm where it is
again bent inward and enters a perforation in the end of the spool and thus forms
a bearing for the holder. The spring coils should be sufficiently strong to press
the holder against the face of the spool when the ribbon is unwound and they are
made short enough to be retained within the recesses of the spool. As the fabric
is unwound the part of the holder which is adapted to press upon the outer surface
of the ribbon or other fabric will continue to press with a nearly equal tension
upon the ribbon. A small wire extends nearly parallel with this part of the holder
and is bent near the ends and has its ends coiled around said part, thus forming a
keeper which is adapted to receive the ribbon and also serves as a guide so that in
case a quantity of ribbon is unrolled it may be rolled back evenly upon the
spool.
To operate the holder, the operator grasps the coiled springs between the thumb
and finger of one hand and with the other hand pulls the paper and ribbon or
other fabric from the spool when the spool will turn on the bent ends of the holder
while the tension of the holder on the ribbon will cause the ribbon to run evenly.
To rewind the ribbon, the spool is held in the same manner and turned back in the
opposite direction.
It will be understood that the holder may be of a somewhat different shape
from that described without departing from the principle of the invention but it is

page_text: essential that the keeper formed at the outer portion of the holder should be
spring-pressed and that the spring portion of the holder be contained within
recesses in the spool so that the spools may be nicely piled upon each other.
Spiral springs may be substituted for the spring arms of the holder before
described, the springs having their outer ends secured to: the main keeper and their
inner ends secured to studs which are pivoted. in the ends of the spool.
Dated this 9th day of August 1892..
A. MELVILLE CLARK,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Holder for Ribbon, Braid, and the like.
I ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the Firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark,
of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a
communication to me by James H. Tibbits, of 213, Temple Street Astoria, in the
County of Queens, and State of New York, U.S. America, Inventor) 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 improvements in a device for holding ribbon and
analogous articles; and the object of my invention is to produce a simple device
which may be secured to the spool of a roll of ribbon, braid, or similar article and
which will hold the ribbon with an even tension and which will also guide the
ribbon so that it may be rewound upon the spool as evenly as it was at first.
A further object of my invention is to construct the spool for carrying the
ribbon and the holder in such a manner that a number of spools may be piled one
upon the other with the same facility as can the ordinary spools.
To this end my invention consists in certain features of construction and
combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
Specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the views.
Fig. is a perspective view of a spool of ribbon provided with my
improvements.
Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the spool, showing the holder in detail.
Fig. 3 is a detail end view of the spool and holder.
Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the ribbon guide and holder.
Fig. 5 is a broken sectional view of a modified form of holder as applied to a
spool, and Fig. 6 is a broken end view of the same.
The spool 10 is of the ordinary construction, except that it has end recesses 11,
in which the body of the holder and the springs thereof may lie, so that the spools
may be piled readily one upon another without any interference from the holder,
and the spool is adapted to carry the ribbon 12 and the usual strip of paper 13,
which is wound with the ribbon to prevent the latter from being soiled and to
facilitate its easy winding and unwinding. The spool may be made of any
material, but is preferably made hollow and of light cheap substance, such as
paperboard, and in this case the central portions of the ends of the spool are
reinforced, as shown at 14, so as to form a bearing for the holder-arms.
The holder is made, preferably, of wire and extends across the face of the spool,
as shown at 15, and is doubled, so that its sides 16 will extend radially across the
ends of the spools, these side pieces 16 being bent under at their lower ends, as
shown at 17, and the bent portions 17 approximate in length to the depth of the
recesses 11, so that a keeper is formed between the bent parts 17 and the part 15

page_text: which keeper is adapted to embrace the fabric upon the spool. From the bent
parts 17 the wire of the holder extends tangentially across the ends of the spool,
forming the spring-arm 18, and is coiled to form the springs 19, which give the
necessary tension to the holder, and from the springs the wire of the holder extends
inward, forming the spring-arm 20, to a point opposite the ends of the spool,
where it is again bent inward, as shown at 21, these ends entering perforations in
the end of spool, and thus forming a bearing for the holder. The springs 19 should
be sufficiently strong so that when the ribbon is unwound the part 15 of the
holder will be pressed against the face of the spool, as shown in Fig. 3, and the
coils 19 are short enough so that they will be retained within the recesses 11 of
the spool. The part 15 is adapted to press upon the outer surface of the ribbon or
other fabric, as shown in Fig. 1, and it will be seen that as the fabric is unwound
the said part 15 will continue to press with a nearly equal tension upon the ribbon.
A small wire 22 extends nearly parallel with the part 15 of the holder and is beut
near the ends, as shown at 23, and is coiled at the ends around the part 15 of the
holder, thus forming a keeper, which is adapted to receive the ribbon 12, as shown
in Figs. 1 and 4, and this keeper serves as a guide, so that in case a quantity of
ribbon is unrolled it may be rolled back evenly upon the spool.
To operate the holder, the operator grasps the springs 19 between the thumb
and finger of one hand and with the other hand pulls the paper and ribbon or
other fabric 12 from the spool, and the spool will turn on the bent ends 21 of the
holder, while the tension of the holder on the ribbon will cause the ribbon to run
evenly, and to rewind the ribbon the spool is held in the same manner and turned
back in the opposite direction.
It will be understood that the holder may be of a somewhat different shape from
that shown in the drawings without departing from the principle of my invention;
but it is essential that the keeper formed at the outer portion of the holder should
be spring-pressed and that the spring portion of the holder he contained within
the recesses of the spool, so that the spools may be nicely piled upon each other.
As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, spiral springs 24 are substituted for the spring-arms 18
and 20 of the holder, the springs having their outer ends secured to the main
keeper near the parts 17 and their inner ends secured to studs 25 which are
pivoted in the ends of the spool.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A ribbon-holder comprising a spool having recessed ends, a main keeper
extending across the face of the spool, the said keeper having arms extending
across the ends of the spool, which arms are formed into spiral springs and having
bent ends pivoted in the spool ends, and a guide-keeper secured to the main keeper
opposite the face of the spool, substantially as described.
Dated this 9th day of May 1893
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.