IMPROVEMENTS IN CABINETS OR CASES FOR CONTAINING ASSORTMENTS OF SPOOLS OR BOBBINS, of Thread, AND IN ARRANGEMENTS WHEREBY THE WITHDRAWAL OF SUCH SPOOLS OR BOBBINS IS WACILITATED
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Black, of Paisley, in the County of Renfrew,
North Britain for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CABINETS OR CASES
FOR CONTAINING ASSORTMENTS OF SPOOLS OR BOBBINS, of Thread, AND IN
ARRANGEMENTS WHEREBY THE WITHDRAWAL OF SUCH SPOOLS OR BOBBINS IS
WACILITATED"
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification
in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Black at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th May 1882.
ALEXANDER BLACK, of Paisley, in the County of Renfrew, North Britain,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CABINETS, OR CASES, FOR CONTAINING ASSORTMENTS OF SPOOLS,
OR BOBBINS, OF THREAD, AND IN ARRANGEMENTS WHEREBY THE WITHDRAWAL OF
SUCH SPOOLS, OR BOBBINS, IS FACILITATED,"
This Invention which relates to improvements in cabinets, or cases, for containing
assortments of spools, or Bobbins, of Thread, and in arrangements whereby the
withdrawal of such spools or Bobbins is facilitated, consists of a flat or shallow
box, divided by partitions into any desired number of compartments which may
be of any desired or convenient length, and of a width sufficient to enable the
spools or Bobbins to be easily placed therein, when the door, or cover, at the
front, or top, of the cabinet, or case, is opened for that purpose. At the lower
part of the cabinet, or case, under one modification, the partitions are gradually
tapered off to the part where they meet, or unite with a shelf forming the bottom
of the Cabinet, or case, and at a convenient position at the lower part of the
Cabinet, or case, a series of combined retaining and relieving, levers are placed on
line across the front of the cabinet, or case, one such lever being provided for each
division of the cabinet, or case.-These levers are pivoted on a wire, or rod, and
the inner part of each such lever has a projection formed upon it which when in
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page_text: one position supports and prevents the lowest Spool, or Bobbin, from falling out of
its division of the Cabinet, or Case, but when in another position, enables the
lowest Spool, or Bobbin, to fall out. The numbers corresponding to the Thread on
the Spools, or bobbins, in each division of the Cabinet, or Case, may be marked
upon the levers.-The object in making the lower part of the partitions narrower
is to enable the Spool, or Bobbin, when dropped by moving a lever to be easily
got at by the fingers for removal.
Under another modification the aforesaid levers are dispensed with, and a
drawer is substituted having divisions corresponding to those in the Cabinet, or
case. The lowest spool, or Bobbin, of each division falls into its corresponding
division in the drawer, when the drawer is closed, and when the drawer is drawn
out for the purpose of removing a Spool, or Bobbin, it also draws with it a guard
which passes under the divisions, containing the spools, or Bobbins, so that they
are prevented from falling down, until the drawer is shut in again when a spool,
or Bobbin, falls, or more than one into the division or divisions, of the drawer out
of which a spool, or Bobbin, or more than one has, or may have been extracted.