Improvements in or connected with Reels for Sewing Cotton or similar material.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 13th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Reels for Sewing Cotton or
similar material.
I JABEZ WEDDERBURN of 130 Hill Street High Street Peckham in the County
of Surrey Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in reels for sewing cotton or similar
material and consists in forming a hub or conical projection at one end of the reel
for the reception of a metal cap or thimble whereby the ordinary central perforation
of such reels may be converted into a receptacle for pins and needles one end being
closed by the cap and the other by the ordinary paper or other label upon which I
propose to print or impress an inch measure subdivided in the usual manner into
halves, quarters &c.
The hub may either form a prolongation of the reel or it may be formed by
turning an annular groove or recess concentric with the central hole or perforation
whereby the length of the reel will not be increased.
As a further improvement I propose to form dividing rims or collars on the
cylindrical body of the reel so that two or more colours or quantities of thread
may be wound thereon.
Dated this 11th Luno 1809
JABEZ WEDDERBURN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Reels for Sewing Cotton or
similar material.
.
I, JABEZ WEDDERBURN, of 130 Hill Street, High Street Peckham, in the
County of Surrey, Engineer 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 reels for sewing cotton or similar
material and has for object in the construction of such reels to adapt them for the
three-fold purpose of holding the sewing cotton, of conveniently containing a
number of needles, and of carrying a thimble.
And in order that this my invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will now describe same with reference to the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
In accordance with this invention and to obtain the objects above referred to I
form (see Figure 1) a hub or conical projection a at one end of the reel 6 for the
reception of a metal cap or thimble c whereby the ordinary central perforation of
the reel may be converted into a receptacle for pins and needles as at d. The
end a is closed by the cap c and the other end by the ordinary paper or other label
upon which latter as shewn in Figure 5 I propose to print or impress an inch
measure, subdivided in the usual manner into halves, quarters, and eighths.
Figure 2 shews the reel 6 with the cap or thimble caffixed and Figure 3 is a
view of a reel as ordinarily constructed.
In accordance with a modification of this invention and as shewn particularly in
Figure 4 of the drawings in lieu of the hub a forming a prolongation of the reel b
it may be formed by turning an annular groove or recess a concentric with the
central hole or aperture and thus the length of the reel need not be increased.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In reels for sewing cotton and similar material the means provided for forming
a thimble carrier and needle or pin container substantially as hereinbefore described
and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2. In reels for sewing cotton and similar material the hub or prolongation a
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and shewn particularly
in Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings.
3. In reels for sewing cotton and similar material the annular groove a sub-
stantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and shewn particularly in
Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of March 1893.
JABEZ WEDDERBURN.