IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS ΤΟ BE 31
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Mac Callum of Manchester in the County of
Lancaster for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS ΤΟ BE
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LETTERS PATENT to John Mac Callum of Manchester in the County of
Lancaster for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS ΤΟ BE
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EMPLOYED IN THE PACKING OF FRILLING FRINGES AND OTHER LIKE GOODS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Mac Callum at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th December 1883.
G
JOHN MAC CALLUM of Manchester in the County of Lancaster IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE PACKING OF FRILLING FRINGES AND
OTHER LIKE GOODS
"
This invention relates to further improvements in the apparatus for which
Provisional Protection was granted to me bearing date respectively the 26th
September 1883 N° 4580 and the 22nd October 1883 No 5016 and has for its
object the affording full and complete access to the inner receptacle or space in
the reel for the purpose of inspection or withdrawal of the goods therein contained
or for the replenishing or restocking of the said receptacle or space from time to
time without disturbing the neat arrangement of the lappings of the said goods
wound round the body of the reel.
According to this invention I substitute for the open topped box fixed between
the wings of the reel (as set forth in my first mentioned provisional specification)
and which box received both the inner coils and the outer lappings of the goods a
hollow case of millboard or other suitable material (closed all round) and fixed
between the wings inside which case I introduce through a suitable opening in
either or both of the wings a separate removeable self-contained box drawer or
receptacle for holding only the inner coils layers or plaits of the goods the said
removeable receptacle being entirely independent of the fixed part or framing of
the reel round which alone the outer lappings of the goods are separately wound
for display. The said inner receptacle is thus free to be withdrawn bodily from

page_text: the reel along with its contents after the manner of a drawer leaving the outer
lappings undisturbed whilst fully exposing the inner packed goods.
The same removeable inner receptacle can also be obviously combined with the
open or skeleton reel referred to in my said former provisional specifications by
sliding it in or out through openings for that purpose made in one or both the
wings of such reel.
Or if desired the separate removeable inner box or drawer may be dispensed
with and the inner goods packed in the central cavity or space inside the reel to
which free access is afforded through the opening in the side wing or wings which
may be provided with hinged or other doors or shutters in substitution for the
central apertures in the top or bottom of the enclosed space or receptacle.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Mac Callum in the Patent Office on the 14th June 1884.
JOHN MAC CALLUM of Manchester in the County of Lancaster "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE PACKING OF FRILLING FRINGES AND
OTHER LIKE GOODS "
My said invention relates to further improvements in the apparatus for which
Letters Patent were granted to me bearing date respectively the 26 September
1883 No 4580 and the 22nd October 1883 No 5016 and has for its object the
affording full and complete access to the inuer receptacle or space in the reel for
the purpose of inspection or withdrawal of the goods therein contained or for the
replenishing or restocking of the said receptacle or space from time to time without
disturbing the neat arrangement of the lappings of the said goods wound round
the body of the reel.
According to this invention I substitute for the open topped box fixed between
the wings of the reel as set forth in the specification to my first mentioned patent
No 4580 A.D. 1883 and which box received both the inner coils and the outer
lappings of the goods a hollow case of millboard or other suitable material closed
all round and fixed between the wings inside which case I introduce through a
suitable opening in either or both of the wings a separate removeable self contained
box drawer or receptacle for holding only the inner coils layers or plaits of the
goods the said removeable receptacle being entirely independent of the main body or
framing of the reel round which alone the outer lappings of the goods are separately
wound for display. The said inner receptacle is thus free to be withdrawn bodily
from the reel along with its contents after the manner of a drawer leaving the
outer lappings undisturbed whilst fully exposing the inner packed goods.
The same removeable inner receptacle or drawer can also obviously be combined
with the open or skeleton reel described in my said former specifications by sliding
it in or out through openings for that purpose made in one or both the wings of
such skeleton reel. Or if desired the separate removeable inner box or drawer may
be dispensed with the inner packed goods being contained in a central cavity or
space inside the reel to which free access is afforded through a lateral opening
made in either or both of the side wings and fitted or not as preferred with
hinged or other doors or shutters for the exclusion of dust in substitution for the
central apertures in the top or bottom of the enclosed space or receptacle described
in the specification to my patent No 5016 A.D. 1883.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to
the figures on the explanatory sheet of drawings hereunto annexed the same letters
of reference indicating corresponding parts in both the figures.
Figure 1 of my drawings is a perspective view of my improved reel as provided
with a sliding drawer for the reception of the inner packed goods the said drawer
being shown as half open.
Figure 2 is a similar view of a reel provided with doors in the wings for
affording access to the goods which are intended to be packed directly in the
internal space in the reel without the use of the sliding drawer.
a is the aforesaid hollow case of millboard or other suitable material permanently
closed all round and fixed between the two side wings c c of the reel of which it
constitutes the main body. Round this part a there is lapped or wound neatly a
separate length of the goods so as to display the pattern thereof as shown.
b (Figure 1) is the removeable drawer or receptacle for the coils layers or plaits of

page_text: the inner packed goods such drawer being inserted into the body a of the reel
through a side opening & formed for that purpose in either or both of the wings.
b¹ (figure 1) is the front of the drawer which when closed fits against the side of
the wing a loop or other convenient holder being secured to the drawer if required
for facilitating the withdrawal or opening of the same when access to the goods
contained therein is required.
In the arrangement Figure 2 the aforesaid removeable drawer is dispensed with
and the side opening d in the wing is shown as provided with a hinged or other
door or cover e for excluding dust from the goods which are packed inside the
cavity or space formed in the main body a of the reel and to which ready access is
afforded on opening the said door or cover. Any convenient or simple form of
button or other fastening may be used for keeping the door closed. The door e
shown in figure 2 may be made single or double and be hinged either to the top
bottom or sides of the lateral opening d or it may be replaced by a sliding door if
preferred.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original
and therefore claim as the invention secured to me by the hereinbefore in part
recited Letters Patent is :-
First. The use in combination with a hollow reel whether closed all round as
shown in figure 1 or made in the form of an open or skeleton reel adapted for the
packing and displaying of frilling fringes and other similar goods, of a removeable
drawer or receptacle introduced into the interior of the reel through an opening in
either of the side wings thereof substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and illustrated by figure 1 of my drawings.
Second. A reel for the packing and displaying of frilling fringes and other
similar goods formed with an internal chamber cavity or space adapted for the
reception of goods packed inside the said reel and provided with an opening (fitted
or not as preferred with a door or cover) in either or both of the wings of the
reel for affording a ready means of access to the said internal chamber substantially
as herein before described and illustrated by figure 2 of my drawings.
In witness whereof I the said John Mac Callum have hereunto set my hand and
seal this thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty four.