An Improved Device for Holding Skeins of Silk and other Threads.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 30th Mar., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Holding Skeins of Silk and other Threads.
I, LEONARD OWEN SMITH, of 621 Market Street, Philadelphia, in the County
of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same 18 to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
Specification:-
My invention relates to an improved device for holding skein silks, or other
threads, and consists in the novel arrangement and configuration of the parts
hereafter fully set forth and described.
The object of my invention 18 to provide a means for holding links or skeins of
thread, preferably embroidery silk, which means will permit the same to be readily
exhibited at the same time preventing the contents from becoming soiled, suarlod
o tangled, and which will, when utilized, facilitate the ready removal of one or
more of the lengths of thread without disarranging the remaining contents.
My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which,
Fig. 118 a front elevation of the card upon which the skein of silk is disposed.
Fig. 2 15 a longitudinal cross-section through the centre of the card, illustrating
the position of a skein of silk disposed thereon.
Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the card with a skein of silk placed thereon.
Fig. 18 a front elevation of the holder complete, the parts being properly
assembled.
Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a modification of the complete device.
Fig. 6 is a front elevation of another modification of the device, a portion of the
lower end of the casing being broken away to illustrate the formation of the casing
at that point.
Fig. 7 is a front elevation of another modification.
Fig 8 18 a side elevation of the modification shown in Fig. 7, the parts being
entirely assembled, and
Fig. 9 is a frout elevation of another modification.
In my invention, A is an elongated card so shaped with respect to the casing
hereinafter described that it may be withdrawn from said casing in only one
direction. B is a skein of silk or thread looped into a perforation or recess Dat
one end of the card A. E is a casing adapted to partially or entirely surround or
envelope the card A. It should be noted, however, that this casing should be open
at one or both ends, not alone to permit the introduction of the card and the silk
longitudinally disposed thereon, but to also permit separate strands of silk to be
extracted therefrom, as bei einafter explained. The preferable form of my invention
15 clearly shown in Fige. 1, 3 and 4, in which it will be observed two opposite edges
of the card incline toward each other to give a tapering effect to the said card, as
shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 3. In Fig. 4 it will be observed that the casing or
envelope E has a corresponding configuration so that when the wedge-shaped card
Is Inserted thereinto it cannot be pulled entirely therethough and can therefore
only be withdrawn from said envelope in one direction. In operating this device
the value of this function is apparent. The lower end of the skein B 18 first cut.
By grasping a single thread, as indicated in Fig. 4, the same may be readily
extracted, and the remaining contents will be in no way snarled or disarranged, the
functional contact of the inner surface of the envelope E against the skein, being
sufficient to overcome any tendency on the part of the remaining contents to follow
the single thread as it is extracted

page_text: In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the sides of the envelope E' taper abruptly
at an intermediate point in the length of the said envelope, the card A' being of
the same configuration, is prevented from being withdrawn from the envelope
excepting in one direction, thereby affording the same advantages found in the
preferable form of construction.
In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the casing or envolope E while being
substantially parallel sided, nevertheless is partially closed at the lower end by tho
flaps FF which produce the same effect as 19 produced by the constructions
beretofore described, in that the opening at the lower end of the envelope E 18 not
sufficiently large to permit the card A to pass therethrough.
In the modification shown in Figs 7 and 8, the upper end of the card A 18
extended sufficiently so as to permit it to be bent or hooked over the edge of the
envelope E. It will be seen in this case that the shape and relation of the
parts prevent the card from being withdrawn from the envelope excepting in one
direction.
In the modification shown in Fig. 9 the upper end of the card A' is extended or
hooked over the adjacent edges of the envelope E thereby effecting the same
purpose and function attributed to the other forms.
If desirable the card upon which the skein is disposed may be perforated or
recessed, as shown, at both ends, and the ske looped though said perforations.
In the modification shown in Figa 7 and 8, the upper end of the card A³ which is
shown as hooked over the side of the envelope, may be secured to the side of said
envelope by some suitable adhesive substance.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that my claims
are.
A device for holding silks or threads consisting of an outer envelope or
casing open at one or both ends with au inner card to carry said silks or
threads, said parts being co-operatively conformed, to prevent the card from
being withdrawn from said envelope except in one direction, substantially as
described.
2 A device for holding silks or threads consisting of an outer casing or envelope
open at both ends, the opening at one end being uariower than the opposite end,
with an inner card of substantially the same configuration as the envelope, sub-
stantially as described.
3. A device for holding silks or threads consisting of an elongated card provided
with a recess at one end for receiving said threads or silks, and of a case of wrapper
so conformed relative to said card as to resist withdrawal of card excepting in one
direction, substantially as described.
4 A device for holding embroidery silk or thead consisting of an elongated
card the opposite edges of which incline toward each other, said card cari ying
longitudinally thereon a skein of thread, with an outer casing enveloping said card
and shaped to correspond therewith, said casing being open at the narrower end to
permit the threads to be independently withdrawn therethrough, substantially as
descubed.
5 A device for holding embroidery silks or threads consisting of an elongated
tapered card recessed at the broader end and enveloped in a casing of corresponding
shape and size, said casing being open at the narrower end to permit threads
mounted upon said card to be withdrawn from the holder through the natiower end
of the casing without displacing said card, substantially as described
6. A device for carrying threads consisting of an elongated card the edges of
which incline toward each other, said card being recessed as described, a skein of
thread longitudinally disposed ou said card, with an envelope open at both ends and
shaped to correspond substantially to the size of the said card, and surrounding the
same, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
7. A device for holding silks or thi cads cousisting of a casing carrying an inuer

page_text: card recessed or perforated at oue or both ends and adapted to carry a skein or
thread, a portion of said card adjacent to a recess at one end being bent or extended
over the adjacent edge of the case or envelope to prevent said card from being
withdrawn excepting in one direction, substantially as described.
8. A device for holding silks or threads consisting of an elongated casing or
envelope, an inner card recessed or perforated at one end and supporting a skein of
thread, the portion of said card adjacent to said recess being hooked over the
adjacent end of the case and attached thereto to prevent the parts from being
separated, substantially as described.
9. A device for holding threads consisting of a substantially parallel sided casing
or envelope cariying an inner card recessed or perforated at one end and supporting
a skein of thread, the portion of the said card adjacent to the recess being hooked
over the end of the case and attached thereto by a suntable adhesive substance to
prevent the parts from being separated, substantially as described.
10. A device for carrying silks or threads consisting of a casing open at both
ends carrying an inner card recessed at the upper end and supporting a skein of
thread, the portion of the card on each side of the recess being partially or wholly
bent over the adjacent end of the casing and attached thereto to prevent the
withdrawal of the card, substantially as described.
Dated this 27th day of December 1894.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant,
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant,