An Improved Stand for Holding Reels or Balls of Thread and for like purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1892-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Stand for Holding Reels or Balls of Thread and
for like purposes.
I, KATE COLSON, Spinster, of 1 St. John's Gardens, Brixton, London Art
Designer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a neat stand formed of wire or other suitable material,
which carries two or more removable horizontal supports upon which the reels or
balls of cotton silk wool or other material are placed either horizontally or
vertically.
The frame can be made either rigid or folding, and the ends of the horizontal
supports can have loops through which a vertical locking wire is passed when
desired. The upper end of the locking wire can also have a loop so that it can be
fastened to the frame with a small padlock.
Two or more series of the horizontal wires can be connected together and the
threads brought out in front for use. Tension regulators can be added; also places
to receive needles, and scissors or thimble, or all of these.
The whole can be fastened to a wood base, or enclosed in a small cabinet..
The uprights of the frame are by preference joined together on top so that from
the end they assume a pyramidical or conical appearance.
Dated this 2nd dev of November 1891
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Stand for Holding Reels or Balls of Thread and
for like purposes.
I, KATE COLSON, Spinster, of 1 St. John's Gardens, Brixton, London, Art
Designer, 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 is designed for the use of persons using threads of various kinds
or colors, and is intended to prevent their becoming tangled or mixed, and present
them ready for use in the most convenient and accessible form.
The invention consists of a neat stand formed of wire or other suitable material,
which carries two or more removable horizontal supports upon which the reels
or balls of cotton, silk, wool, or other material, are placed either horizontally or
vertically.
The frame can be made either rigid or folding, and the ends of the horizontal
wires can have loops through which a vertical locking pin is passed when
desired.
The upper end of the locking pin can also have a loop so that it can be
fastened to the frame with a small padlock.
Two or more series of the horizontal wires can be connected together and the
threads brought out in front for use. Tension regulators to prevent the thread
unwinding too quickly, can be added, also places to receive needles and scissors or
thimble, or all of them.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawing in
which
Fig. 1 shows a front view, and Fig. 2 a side view, of a stand made in accordance
with my system.

page_text: Fig. 3 shows a plan of one of the double tension regulators detached from the
frame.
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a, a, are the uprights, or inclined supports which form the frame. b, b, are the
horizontal bars on which the reels or balls are placed. These bars have eyes at
one or both ends so as to allow of the insertion of the locking pins,c, c, which hold
them in place on one side, the eyes at the reverse end serving as stops. d, d, are
coiled springs working to and fro on the bearers which press the sliding wires e, e,
against the edges of the reels and so form tension regulators. These regulators may
be single as shown in the hanging tension bar attached to the upper horizontal
bar b, in Fig. 1, or may be double action as shown in the plan view in Fig. 3.
f, is a loop for holding a scissors, a similar loop at the other end holds a thimble.
A place for a needle case could also be added if desired.
It will be seen that the uprights of the frame are joined together on top so that
from the end they assume a pyramidical or conical appearance. This is however
not essential to the invention as when required to hold a large number of reels the
frame can have vertical sides with intermediate bars.
The whole can be fastened to a wood base, or enclosed in a small cabinet.
I do not confine myself to the precise material or form of stand here shown, as
the frames may be made of wood or other suitable material, or the reels may be
placed on vertical wires projected from a horizontal bar, if desired. This latter
form would probably be more suited for balls of thread than for reels, and
the tension could be obtained by horizontal metal disks or washers serving as
weights, placed over the ball of thread. The frame can also be made to fold if
preferred.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
A frame or stand for holding reels or balls of thread with locking pins and
tension regulators as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1892.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.