IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDERS OR HOLDERS FOR TEXTILE AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of the Firm of Herbert and
Company, Solicitors of Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster,
Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDERS OR HOLDERS
FOR TEXTILE AND OTHER FABRICS." A communication from abroad by John
Charles Lvon, of New York City, United States of America.
ealed the 3rd December 1878, and dated the 12th June 1878.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Herbert John Haddan at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th June 1878.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WINDERS OR HOLDERS FOR TEXTILE AND OTHER FABRICS." A com-
munication from abroad by John Charles Lyon, of New York City, United States
of America.
The object of my Invention is to produce a spring holder for securing tape or'
other narrow fabrics upon spools, in such a manner that, as the tape is being
wound off the spool the spring holder will continue to press down upon the
remaining tape on the spool until all the tape is wound off.
Another object of my Invention is to secure the ends of the spring holder to
the spool, so that the said ends cannot be displaced while the tape is being wound
off the spool.
My Invention consists of employing a wire spring, one end of which is fastened
to the outer end of an axle which passes through the central opening of the spool,
upon which the tape or other narrow fabric is wound. The spring is then bent
upwards into a circle, and then at right angles across the tape. It is then bent
downwards, again describing a circle on the other side of tape, where it is
fustened to the other outer end of the axle.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Herbert John Haddan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th
December 1878.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVE
MENTS IN WINDERS OR HOLDERS FOR TEXTILE AND OTHER FABRICS." A com-
munication from abroad by John Charles Lyon, of New York City, United States
of America.
The object of the Invention is to produce a spring holder for securing tape or
other narrow fabric upon spools, in such a manner that as the tape is being wound
off the spool the spring holder will continue to press down upon the remaining tape
on the spool until all the tape is wound off.
Another object of the Invention is to secure the ends of the spring holder to the
spool, so that, the said ends cannot be displaced while the tape is being wound off
the spool.
The Invention consists of employing a wire spring, one end of which is fastened
to the outer end of an axle, which passes through the central opening of the spool
upon which the tape or other narrow fabric is wound. The spring is then bent
upwards into a circle, and then at right angles across the tape. It is then bent
downwards again, describing a circle on the other side of the tape, where it is
fastened to the other outer end of the axle.
In order to describe the Invention more fully I refer to the Drawings accom-
panying this Specification.
Figure 1 is a side view of a roll of tape embodying the Invention; Figure 2 is
a sectional view; Figure 3 is a plan view; Figure 4 is another side view.
A is the spool with hole a; B is the tape; C, the axle, with hole or slot c, into
which is inserted the bent end d of the wire spring holder D, which is bent up-
wards into the shape shown in Fig. 1, and across the tape, as shown in Fig. 3, and
then downwards, as shown in Fig. 4, where the other end d¹ is fastened into the
hole c', in end c² of the axle C. The curving of the sides of the springs, as shown
in Figs. 1 and 4, is first to give the said spring greater elasticity so as to more
effectually press down upon the tape; secondly, to form a guard on each side of
the tape, so that the same cannot bulge to one side or the other when being
unwound or carried about.
The object of securing the ends of the spring to a separate axle is to prevent the
said ends from springing out accidentally ftom the spool while the tape is in the
act of being unwound.
Claims-In combination with the spool A, the wire spring holder D, when formed
on the sides into two circles, as shown, and having its ends d, d', secured to a
separato axle C, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Herbert John Haddan, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourth day of December, A.D. 1878.
T
T HADDAN
HJ HADDAN
(L.S.)