Improvements in Thread Packages.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th June, 1895-Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1895
Improvements in Thread Packages.
I, BENJAMIN LATHAM ARMSTRONG, of New London, in the County of New
London and State of Connecticut, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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 improvements in thread packages particularly adapted
for holding skeins of silk or other thread wrapped and in condition for being
withdrawn from the package thread by thread when cut at one end, over a bearing
for the skein which separates the sides of the skein from one another.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 represent one form of the package or holder in its folded
condition; in longitudinal section; in elevation with its exposed end cut and in
elevation with the holder spread out in a plane with the bearing piece turned down
respectively:
Figure represents a casing or holder in which the bearing piece has an
additional fold,
Figure 6 represents another form of bearing piece,
Figure 7 represents still another form of bearing piece,
Figures 8, 9, 10 represent a holder in which the folded bearing piece is formed
by an extension of the body portion; Figure 8 showing the casing open; Figure 9
with the bearing piece partially folded and Figure 10 with the bearing piece folded
still further;
Figure 11 represents the same with the side flaps of the body portion folded,
Figure 12 represents the same as it appears with the bearing piece and body
portion completely folded as use,
Figure 13 represents a longitudinal section through the same, showing the folds
of the bearing piece,
Figures 14 and 15 represent respectively a completely folded package or holder
and the same in longitudinal section where the bearing piece is made independently
of the holder and its bight which separates the sides of the skein extended within
the end of the holder, and
Figures 16 and 17 represent still another form of the holder or package in
longitudinal section and in transverse section respectively, the bearing piece being
in this instance formed by the rolling of the end of a core piece independently of
the casing itself.
In the form represented in Figures 1,.2, 3, 4, the body of the casing is composed
of a back A provided with wings A', A2 adapted to fold over towards the back A
to enclose the skein, one of the wings A being further provided with a wing A³
which, by being folded first, over onto the face of the wing A2 and then the two
together folded over onto the back A, will bring the wing A³ into position next to
the back A and between it and the wing A². The folding is then completed by
folding the wing A¹ over onto the back of the folded wing A². The wing A³ is
partially severed at one end from the wing A2 and the part so severed is folded
down onto the part A³, as denoted at a, Figure 4, so as to leave a rounded
bearing a over which the threads of the skein B pass, as shown in Figure 2, and
over which they may be withdrawn from the package when the projecting end of

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the skein is cut, as shown in Figure 3. The folded over portion a may have its
bight a further rounded by the insertion therein of a filling piece a², see Figure 2.
This filling piece may be a little roll of paper or some light piece of wood or
vegetable stem, as may be found suitable. When the skein is in position within
the casing or holder, the sides of the skein are separated by the wing A³ which
forms a core within the casing, as shown clearly in Figure
In the form shown in Figure 5, the core-which is folded at the end to form a
bearing is composed of two folded parts, instead of one. This is formed by
extending the wing A³ to form an additional wing A', which after the ends of the
two wings A3 and A' are folded over to form a bearing, may be folded over onto
the wing A making the bearing at the end of the core four thicknesses of material,
instead of two. The further folding of the holder may then be completed in the
same manner as that already described.
In the form shown in Figure 6, the hearing piece is formed by a strip of
material C, either formed integral with or secured to the end of the back A at one
of its ends and extended thence towards the opposite end of the holder along the
back A to a line of fold c then folded back onto itself to form a bight along the
line c for the reception of the end of a skein of silk or thread, its projecting end c
being finally folded along the line cover the ends of the wings A1 and A2 after
they have been folded the one over the other towards the back A. The fold of the
piece C will be quite similar to that represented in section in Figure 13.
C
In the form shown in Figure 7, the bearing piece C¹ is suitably attached at one
end to the back A and after extending downwardly along the back A a suitable
distance, is folded over onto itself and its folded over end attached by some suitable
gum to the end which has already been attached to the back A, forming a bight for
the skein B.
In the form represented in Figures 8 to 13 inclusive, the hearing piece is formed
by an extension of the body portion and consists of a back C2, wings c³, which
wings are first folded over towards the back C2 into the position shown in Figure 9
and then the whole bearing piece is folded downwardly onto the face of the back A
and then folded upwardly over onto itself, forming a fold along the line e, Figure 9,
in which the skein B is received, the extended end of the bearing piece being again
folded downwardly over the ends of the folded wings A1, A2, as represented in
Figures 12 and 13. This form has the advantage of increasing the number of
thicknesses of material in the bearing piece so as to make it firm and its edges
sufficiently thick to prevent any liability of being cut out by the silk as it is
withdrawn from the package or of becoming ragged and chafing the silk.
In the form shown in Figures 14 and 15, the bearing piece, denoted by C³ is
simply a folded piece of two or more thicknesses and of such width as to project
downwardly within the end of the folded body portion of the holder, its outer end
being provided with extended ears c, c' which catch upon the opposite edges of the
body portion and prevent the bearing piece from being drawn through the interior
of the package when the skein is pulled from the opposite end. In this form, as
well as in that shown in Figures 8 to 13 inclusive, where the exposed end of the
bearing piece is not permanently secured to the body of the casing, the end of the
skein which is normally hidden within the holder may be drawn into view by pulling
outwardly on the bearing piece.
In the forms shown in Figures 16 and 17, the bearing piece consists of a core D
wholly separate from the body of the casing and having one of its ends rolled over,
as shown at d to formn a rounded bearing for the end of the skein which rounded
hearing, by spreading the sides of the holder apart near one end of the body, has a
tendency to prevent the removal of the core from the opposite end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :--
A thread package, comprising a folded holder or casing having within its walls

page_text: at or near one end, a bearing piece for separating the sides of the skein and over
which the individual threads of the skein may be drawn for use, substantially as set
forth.
Dated this 20th day of June 1895.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.