Improvements in the Manufacture and Fitting of String Boxes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 21st Aug., 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture and Fitting of String Boxes.
I, ETHELBERT WAREHAM of 32, Elswick Road, Lewisham, in the County of
Kent, Mechanician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
According to this invention a revolving string box is pivoted in a frame
furnished on each side with a rack whereon the box works up and down. Each
rack is provided with a stop bar, which prevents the pivots or pins on which the
string box is carried meshing too deeply with the teeth of the racks. A stop is
formed on the top of the box to prevent its rising too high in the frame when
ascending. The box is made to open in two halves which are hinged or otherwise
connected together so that it can be refilled with string when requisite without
removing it from the frame. It is also fitted with a suitable catch so that when
closed it can be properly secured. The frame has a curve or bend formed therein
which serves to guide the loose end of the string into and through a central
perforation in the bottom of the box, thus allowing it to pass down freely. In
drawing off the string for use the box simultaneously revolves and ascends in the
frame until it has reached the top of the racks thus uncoiling the string and
allowing it to be drawn through the central hole in the bottom of the box,
while on severing and releasing the string the box at once descends in the
frame by the force of gravity thus automatically winding up the slack end
of the string and leaving it suspended within easy reach, but clear of the
counter.
Did this 001 Naremba 1802
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture and Fitting of String Boxes.
I, ETHELBERT WAREHAM late of 32 Elswick Road, Lewisham, in the County
of Kent, but now of 41 Malpas Road, Brockley, in the County of Surrey,
Mechanician, 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 has for its object an improved string box that automatically
winds up the loose end of the twine immediately after it has been used, thus
taking it out of the way at the same time that it is left within convenient reach of
the hand when next required for use.
In the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention Figure 1 is a front
and Figure 2 a side elevation of my improved string box. Similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in both views. a is a revolving string box or cage
which is pivotted in a frame 6 of any convenient form furnished on each side with
a rack c whereon the box or cage works up and down. Each rack is provided with
a stop bar & which prevents the pinions e on which the string box or cage is carried
meshing too deeply with the teeth of the racks. Suitable stops fare formed on
the box or cage to prevent its continuing to revolve after it has risen to the top or
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page_text: descended to the bottom of the racks. The box or cage is made in two halves
which are hinged together and open transversely so that the box or cage can be
refilled with string when requisite without removing it from the frame. It is also
fitted with a spring catch g or its equivalent which secures the two halves together.
An eye h or its equivalent is formed on the bottom bar of the frame which is bent
backwards or inwards to any convenient angle or curve, so that such eye or its
equivalent is in a line, or nearly so, with the delivery aperture in the box or cage
through which the loose end of the twine is drawn out. Such eye or its equivalent
serves as a guide to keep the twine straight as it is drawn out for use, and so
prevents it twisting or becoming entangled. When the string ball is placed in the
box or cage the loose end is drawn through the delivery hole in the latter after
which a few turns of the string are coiled round the box or cage leaving about four
feet hanging loose, so that when the twine is drawn off for use the box or cage
simultaneously revolves and ascends in the frame until it has reached the top of the
racks, thus uncoiling the string and allowing it to be easily drawn off. Upon
releasing the string the box or cag at once descends by the force of gravity, thus
automatically winding up the slack end of the string and leaving it suspended
within easy reach but clear of the counter. ii are ribs formed externally on the
box or cage which serve to keep the coils of the twine in position thereon. In
order to fix the box or cage in position ready for use it is only necessary to screw
a hook into the ceiling or elsewhere and then firmly attach thereto a piece of chain
or wire to which the frame carrying the box or cage is secured by means of a
second eye or its equivalent formed thereon at the top, at such a height that it
can easily be replenished with twine when necessary.
I would here observe that I am aware that string boxes have already been made
to open transversely and I therefore do not claim this feature of my invention
broadly as being novel in itself but only in combination with the other features of
my invention as hereinbefore set forth.
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
1. As a new and useful article of manufacture a string box or cage a constructed
in two halves which are hinged together and open transversely, and which are
furnished with stops f, spring catch g, or its equivalent, ribs i, and pinions e, all
substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
2. As a new and useful article of manufacture a frame b for a string box or
cage, furnished with racks c, stop bars d, and eyes h. k. or their equivalents, and
having its lower part bent backwards or inwards to any convenient angle or curve,
all substantially as herein before described and shewn.
3. The improved construction, combination and arrangement of string box or
cage and frame, all substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
Dated this 20th day of August 1894.
ETHELBERT WAREHAM.
Elt & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.