Improvements in the Reels or Spools upon which Barbed Wire and Barbed, Pronged, or Spiked Bands or Strips of Metal for Fencing or other Purposes are Coiled or Wound for the purpose of Carriage or Transport.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 16th Jan., 1892
Improvements in the Reels or Spools upon which Barbed Wire
and Barbed, Pronged, or Spiked Bands or Strips of Metal for
Fencing or other Purposes are Coiled or Wound for the
purpose of Carriage or Transport.
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1, Jons THEWLIS JOHNSON of Bradford Iron Works, Bradford, Manchester
in the County of Lancaster, Iron Master and Wire Drawer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the reels or spools upon which barbed wire, and barbed,
pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal for "fencing" or other purposes are
coiled or wound for the purpose of carriage or transport and consists in arrange-
ments of reels or spools which will when the barbed wire or barbed, pronged or
spiked band or strip of metal is wound or coiled thereon securely hold the said
barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked band or strip of metal and will hold a
grenter length of barbed wire, or barbed, pronged or spiked band or strip of metal
than most of the reels or spools hitherto constructed, which would occupy the same
space, and will occupy a less amount of space than reels or spools of ordinary con-
struction containing the same length of barbed wire, or barbed, pronged or spiked
band or strip of metal.
According to my invention I form the reels or spools entirely or almost entirely
of wire iron or drawn wire or bands or strips of metal bent or otherwise employed
so as to form reels or spools.
In one form of reel or spool constructed according to my invention, I bend or
form a wire or strip of metal into a shape in which it may serve as one end or
flange of a reel or spool and in a like manner bend or form another wire or strip of
metal into a shape in which it may serve as the other end or flange of the reel or
spool. The two ends or flanges formed of the said pieces of wire or strips of metal
are then connected together by means of other pieces of wire or strips of metal
which may serve as the body or barrel of the reel or spool.
In another form of reel or spool constructed according to my invention 1 form
the flanges or ends and the body or barrel of the reel or spool of a piece or pieces
of wire or
strip or strips of metal, bent or formed or twisted together or entwined
so that the ends or flanges of the reel or spool are formed out of the same piece or
pieces of wire or strip or strips of metal.
Reels or spools made according to my invention may readily be made so that
barbed wire, or barbed, pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal may be coiled or
wound thereon by means of a mandrel or spindle without it being necessary to
employ special devices for imparting motion to the reels or spools.
Dated this Fourteenth day of March 1891
HOWARD
CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Reels or Spools upon which Barbed Wire
and Barbed, Pronged, or Spiked Bands or Strips of Metal for
Fencing or other Purposes are Coiled or Wound for the
purpose of Carriage or Transport.
66
I, JOHN THEWLIS JOHNSON of Bradford Iron Works, Bradford, Manchester
in the County of Lancaster, Iron Master and Wire Drawer 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:-
My invention relates to the reels or spools upon which barbed wire and barbed,
pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal for "fencing" or other purposes are
coiled or wound for the purpose of carriage or transport and consists in arrange-
ments of reels or spools which will when the barbed wire or barbed, pronged or
spiked band or strip of metal is wound or coiled thereon securely hold the said
barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked band or strip of metal and will hold a
greater length of barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked band or strip of metal
than most of the reels or spools hitherto constructed which would occupy the same
space, and will occupy a less amount of space than reels or spools of ordinary con-
struction containing the same length of barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked
band or strip of metal.
According to my invention form the reels or spools entirely or almost entirely
of "wire iron" or drawn wire or bands or strips of metal bent or otherwise employed
so as to form reels or spools.
In one form of reel or spool constructed according to my invention I bend or
form a wire or strip of metal into a shape in which it may serve as one end or
flauge of a reel or spool and in a like manner bend or form another wire or strip of
metal into a shape in which it may serve as the other end or flange of the reel or
spool. The two ends or flanges formed of the said pieces of wire or strips of metal
are then connected together by means of other pieces of wire or strips of metal
which may serve as the body or barrel of the reel or spool.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a reel or spool
constructed according to this part of my invention and Fig. 2 is a plan of such reel
or spool. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the reel or spool shown in Figs. 1 and 2
after barbed wire has been wound thereon. In constructing the reel or spool
illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 in all of which the same letters of reference are
applied to corresponding parts, I bend or form a wire or strip of metal or piece of
wire iron a into a shape such as is indicated in Fig. 4 which shows such wire or strip
of metal or piece of wire iron a detached; so that it may serve as one end or
flange A of a reel or spool. In a like manner I bend r form another wire or strip
of metal or piece of wire iron into a shape similar to that indicated in Fig. in
which it may serve as the other end or flange A' of the reel or spool. Strips e of
sheet metal are then bent near each end around the wires or strips of metal or
pieces of wire iron ab at the parts thereof which surround the square or rectangular
openings d d in the ends or flanges A A' in such manner that the ends A and A' of
the reel or spool are connected together. The free ends e' of the strips e of sheet
metal may be simply turned or bent into contact with the other parts of such
strips as is indicated in Fig. 1 in which case the barbed wire or barbed, pronged or
spiked band or strip of metal wound upon the reel or spool will serve to retain the
said free ends of the strips of sheet metal against the parts of such strips or
the said free ends of the strips of sheet natal may be se cured to the parts of
such strips by means of rivets or other suitable means. The square or rectangular
openings d d surrounded by the wires or strips of metal or pieces of wire iron a b
which form the flanges or end AA of the red or spool serve to ensure that the
said reel or spool -hall revolve with the mandrel or driver on which it is mounted
"

page_text: when barbed wire or a barbed, pronged or spiked band or strip of metal is to be
wound or coiled thereon. After barbed wire or a barbed, pronged or spiked band
or strip of metal has been coiled or wound upon the reel or spool illustrated in
Fig. 1 wires or strips of metal e are as is indicated in Fig. 3 ccured to the parts ff
of each end or flange A A of the reel or spool in order that the said ends or
flanges A A may be prevented from being forced or bent apart from each other
by the pressure exerted against them by the barbed wire or barbed pronged or
spiked band or strip of metal wound or coiled upon the reel or spd and by the
handling to which the reel or spool is subjectel while in use and also to confine the
said barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked band or strip of metal.
Fig. is a perspective view and Fig. 6 a plan of another reel or spool constructed
according to this part of my invention and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the reel
or spool illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 with barbed wire wound or coiled thereon.
The reel or spool illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 is in so far as regards the con-
struction of its ends or flanges A A' of wires or strips of metal or pieces of wire
iron ab, similar to the reel or spool illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 but the ends A A'
of the reel or spool illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are connected together by wires
or strips of metal or pieces of wire iron g bent near their ends around the wires or
strips of metal or pieces of wire iron a of which the ends A A' of the reel or spool
are formed.
The wires or strips of metal or pieces of wire iron g are bent around
the wires or strips of metal or pieces of wire iron a forming the ends A A' of the
reel or spool at the angles of the central openings d in the said ends of the reel or
spool. In order to render the ends A A' of the reel or spool more rigid strips of
sheet metal are bent at each end so as to form hooks and are hooked upon the
adjacent parallel portions of the wire or strip of metal or piece of wire iron of
which each end of the reel or spool is formed. Each of the strips h of sheet metal,
after being hooked upon the adjacent parallel portions of the wire or strip of metal
or piece of wire iron to which it is to be applied, is forced outwards away from the
axis of the reel or spool so that by being passed upon the diverging portions of the
said wire or strip of metal or piece of wire iron, the said strip 4 of sheet metal will
tend to draw together the adjacent parallel portions of the wire or strip of metal or
piece of wire iron aforesaid.
As I find that if spikes or barbs project from all the surfaces of reels or spools
filled with barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal
inconvenience is experienced in handling such reels or spools filled with barbed
wire or barbed, pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal. In order to obvinte
this inconvenience I in some cases secure on the outer surfaces or secure or apply
to the inner surfaces of the ends or flanges of reels or spools constructed in the
manner above described plates of sheet metal which impart additional strength to
the reels or spools and serve to prevent spikes or barbs from projecting through the
ends of the reel or spool as they would it such plates of sheet metal were not
employed. The said plates of sheet metal serve also to have the marks necessary
for the shipping of reels or spools applied thereto. In Figs. 8, 9 and 10 is illus
trated a reel or spool upon the outer surfaces of the flanges or ends of which are
secured plates of sheet metal, Fig. 8 being a perspective view and Fig. 9 a plan of
a reel or spool before barbed wire is wound upon it and Fig. 10 being a perspective
view of the reel or spool illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 after barbed wire has been
wound or coiled thercon. The reel or spool illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 only
differs from those illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and Figs. 5. 6 and 7 in that
plates formed of sheet metal are secured to the ends or flanges A A' of the reel
or spool. Each of the plates ii of sheet metal is secure to the end or flange of
the reel or spool to which it is applied by its angles being bent and secured by
rivets around the wire or strip of metal or piece of wire iron of which the said
flange or reel is formed. At its centre each of the said plates ii of sheet metal is
provided with an opening to admit the mandrel or driver on which the reel or
spool is placed when barbed wire is to be coiled or wound thereon. One of the
plates ii of sheet metal is shown detached in Fig. 11. When the opening
in the

page_text: centre of each of the plates ii of sheet metal is formed portions of metal are
allowed to remain attached to the plate and when such plate is applied to the end
or flange A or A of a reel or spool the portions are bent around the wire or
strip of metal or piece of wire iron a or of which the said end or flange is formed
so as to assist in securing the plate of sheet metal in position upon the end or
flange of the reel or spool. If it be desired plates formed of sheet metal may
instead of being secured upon the outer surface of each of the ends or flanges of
the reel or spool be applied on the inner surfaces of the said ends or flanges, before
the two ends or flanges of the reel or spool are connected together by means of the
strips of sheet metal or wires or strips of metal or pieces of wire iron in the manner
above described and in such cases it is unnecessary to secure the plates of sheet
metal to the ends or flanges of the reel or spool as the barbed wire or barbed,
pronged or spiked band or strip of metal to be coiled or wound upon the reel or
Spool will when coiled or wound thereon keep the plates of sheet metal in position
against the ends or flanges of the reel or spool but if it be desired plates of sheet
metal applied to the inner surfaces of the ends or flanges of a reel or spool may be
secured upon thereto by rivets or in any other suitable manner.
A reel or spool
with a plate of sheet metal applied to the inner surface of its ends or flanges is
illustrated in Fig. 12 of the accompanying drawings to the parts shown in which
are applied the same letters of reference as are applied to corresponding parts
shown in Fig. 8 above referred to. The plates of sheet metal of which one is
shown detached and in plan in Fig. 13 of the accompanying drawings applied to
the inner surfaces of the ends or flanges A A' of the reel or spool illustrated in
Fig. 12 are placed upon the said ends or flanges or upon the strips of sheet metal
or wires or strips of metal or pieces of wire iron before the two flanges or
ends A A of the reel or spool are connected together by means of the said strips
of sheet metal or wires or strips of metal or pieces of wire iron g.
In another form of reel or spool constructed according to my invention I form
the flanges or ends and the body or barrel of the reel or spool of a piece or pieces
of wire or strip or strips of metal bent or formed or twisted together or entwined
so that the ends or flanges of the reel or spool are formed out of the same piece or
pieces of wire or strip or strips of metal.
A reel or spool constructed according to this part of my invention is illustrated
in Fig. 14 of the accompanying drawings which illustrates the manner in which a
strip of sheet metal or a wire or strip of metal or piece of wire iron may be bent or
entwined so as to form the ends or flanges A. A' and the body or barrel B of a
reel or spool. It is obvious that a reel or spool of the kind illustrated in Fig. 14
may have a plate of sheet metal applied to the inner or outer surface of each of its
ends or flanges A A in either of the manners illustrated in Figs. 8 and 12 of the
accompanying drawings. It is also obvious that instead of one strip of sheet metal
or wire or strip of metal or piece of wire iron being employed in the manner
illustrated in Fig. 14 two or more strips of sheet metal or wires or strips of metal
or pieces of wire iron may be so bent or entwined together into a reel or spool
that each of such strips of sheet metal or wires or strips of metal or pieces of wire
iron will form a part of each end or flange A A' and a part of the body or barrel B
of the reel or spool.
Reels or spools made according to my invention may readily be made so that
barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal may be coiled
or wound thereon by means of a mandrel or spindle without it being necessary to
employ special devices for imparting motion to the reels or spools. In all of the
reels or spools illustrated in the accompanying drawings the central openings d'in
the ends or flanges of each of the red or spools are square so that if a square
mandrel or driver be passed through such opening such mandrel or driver will be
sufficient to impart motion to the reel or pool, while barbed wire or a barbed,
pronged or spiked hand or strip of metal is being wound or coiled thereon.
Reels or pools constructed according to my invention occupy less space than
most of the reels or spools hitherto constructed which would contain the same

page_text: strip of metal and will
spiked band or strip
'Reels or spools con-
length of barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked band or
hold a greater length of barbed wire or barbed, pronged or
of metal than most of the reels or snool hitherto in use.
structed according to my invention are also capable of securely holding the barbed
wire or barbed, pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal wound or coiled thereon
since such reels or spools are little liable to be injured by the handling which they
receive when in use and in consequence of being made wholly of metal are not so
readily destroyed by fire as wooden reels would be.
It is obvious that the wires or strips of metal of which reels constructed according
to my invention are formed may be bent into numerous forms without departure
from the principles of my invention and that plates of sheet metal may be applied
to the inner or outer surfaces of the ends or flanges of the reels or spool and that
such plates of sheet metal may be made of any shape which may be desirable.
By the term "wire iron hereinbefore used I would be understood to mean iron
prepared by a rolling mill for being subjected to the drawing process used in the
manufacture of wire.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. For having barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal
coiled or wound thereon for carriage or transport reels or spools formed for the
purposes and substantially in the manner hereinbefore described entirely of wire
iron or drawn wire or bands or strips of metal bent or otherwise employed so as to
form reels or spools.
2. For having barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal
coiled or wound thereon for carriage or transport reels or spools with flanges or
ends formed of wire or "wire iron or strips of metal and connected together by
bands of sheet metal for the purpose and substantially in the manner hereinbefore
described in reference to and indicated in and by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the
accompanying drawings.
"
3. For having barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal
coiled or wound thereon for carriage or transport reels or spools with flanges or
ends formed of wire or "wire iron or strips of metal and connected by wires or
pieces of "wire iron" or strips of metal for the purposes and substantially in the
manner herein before described in reference to and indicated in and by Figs. 5, 6
and 7 of the accompanying drawings.
4. For having barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal
coiled or wound thereon for carriage or transport. reels or spouls with flanges or
ends formed of wire or "wire iron or strips of metal which have plates of sheet
metal secured upon the outer surfaces and are connected together by bands of sheet
metal or by wires or pieces of "wire iron" for the purposes and substantially in
the manner hereinbefore described in reference to and indicated in and by Figs. 8
and 9 of the accompanying drawings.
"
5. For having barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal
coiled or wound thereon for carriage or transport reels or spools with flanges or
ends formed of wire or "wire iron or strips of metal which have plates of sheet
metal placed or secured against their inner surfaces and are connected together by
bands of sheet metal or by wires or pieces of "wire iron" for the purposes and
substantially in the manner hereinbefore described in reference to and indicated in
and by Fig. 12 of the accompanying drawings.
6. For having barbed wire or barbed, pronged or spiked bands or strips of metal
coiled or wound thereon for carriage or transport a reel or spool the flanges or
ends and the body or barrel of which are formed of a piece or pieces of wire or a
strip or strips of metal or a piece or pieces of "wire iron" so bent or formed or
twisted together or entwined that the ends or flanges of the reel or spool and the
body or barrel of such reel or spool are formed out of the same piece or pieces of

page_text: wire or strip or strips of metal or piece or pieces of "wire iron" substantially in the
manner herein before described in reference to and indicated in and by Fig. 14 of
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Fifteenth day of December 1891.
HOWARD
CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicant.