Improvements in and relating to Bobbins or Spools.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Bobbins or Spools.
I, GEORGE WALKER, of Brenthamville, Knock, Co. Down, Flaxspinner, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows.
This invention relates to an improved construction of bobbin or spool whereby
the yarn, thread, or twine can be readily removed therefrom.
I accordingly construct bobbins having a removable cap at one end, and fur-
nished with a portable tube or cylinder, the latter made of paper, cardboard,
or other suitable material, which tube can be put on or taken off the bobbin
by removing the aforesaid loose cap.
The yarn, thread, or twine during the process of spinning or twisting the
same is wound on the bobbin containing the portable tube in such a manner that
when it is bodily taken off the bobbin, it retains the tube or cylinder as a core
which enables the yarn or the like to be handled, packed, and transported with-
out disturbance, and it is then ready for the manufacturer who can at once place
the tube or cylinder upon a similar bobbin having a loose cap provided for that
purpose, and the yarn or the like is ready for any process to which he may wish
to apply it.
By the use of my invention, I avoid the present intermediate process of re-
winding the yarns etc. into hanks, chains, cheeses, pirns, balls etc. in which
form they are ordinarily prepared for the manufacturer, who has again to re-
wind them upon bobbins or spools for the purpose of weaving, doubling and
other processes.
To give additional firmness to the compact body of yarn or other fibre on the
paper tube or cylinder and to prevent its disarrangement, I may lap it with
string, paper, cardboard, or other covering to protect it from disturbance during
transit.
I may apply my said invention to spinning, roving, twisting, doubling, or
similar process for flax, cotton, jute, silk, wool, hemp, codilla, and other like
fibrous materials.

page_text: to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement;―
This invention relates to an improved construction of bobbin or spool whereby
the yarn, thread, or twine can be readily removed therefrom.
The accompanying drawing illustrates the manner of carrying out my
invention.
I may construct a bobbin having a removable cap A at one end, and furnished
with a portable tube or cylinder B made of paper, cardboard, or other suitable
material, which tube can be put on or taken off the bobbin by removing the
aforesaid loose cap A.
The yarn, thread, or twine during the process of spinning or twisting the
same is wound on the bobbin containing the portable tube B in such a manner
that when it is taken off bodily from the bobbin it retains the tube or cylinder B
as a core, which enables the yarn or the like C to be handled, packed, and trans-
ported without disturbance, and it is then ready for the manufacturer who can
at once place the tube or cylinder upon a bobbin of similar construction having a
loose cap provided for that purpose, and the yarn or the like is ready for any
process to which he may wish to apply it.
By the use of my invention, I avoid the present intermediate process of re-
winding the yarns or the like into hanks, chains, cheeses, pirns, balls &c., in
which form they are ordinarily prepared for the manufacturer, who has again
to re-wind them upon bobbins or spools for the purpose of weaving, doubling,
and other processes.
To give additional firmness to the compact body of yarn or other fibre C on
the paper tube or cylinder B and to prevent its disarrangement, I may lap it
with string, paper, cardboard, or other covering (not shown on drawing) to pro-
tect it from disturbance during transit &c.
I may apply my said invention to spinning, roving, twisting, doubling, or
similar processes for flax, cotton, jute, silk, wool, hemp, codilla and other like
fibrous materials.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. A bobbin having a removable cap A and portable tube or cylinder B sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described.