A New or Improved Appliance to be Attached to Bobbins so as to Prevent Unwinding of the Thread therefrom.
Year: 1885

page_text: A New or Improved Appliance to be Attached to Bobbins so as
to Prevent Unwinding of the Thread therefrom.
We, RICHARD WALTON KENYON of Ewbank Works, Accrington, Lancashire
Machinist, and BAMBER BARON of the same place, Book-keeper do hereby declare
the nature of our invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO BE ATTACHED
TO BOBBINS SO AS TO PREVENT UNWINDING OF THE THREAD THEREFROM," to be
as follows:-
The object of our invention is to prevent the unwinding of sewing thread from
bobbins, whereby waste of thread and an untidy appearance of the bobbin is
avoided.
Our invention consists in the employment of a piece of steel bent so as to clip
the bobbin rather more than half of its circumference.
This appliance is made with some spring in it or made to close by a spring so
that it will fit different sized bobbins, and so that it will press upon the thread as
the bobbin gets less in diameter by unwinding the thread therefrom.
When using this appliance it is placed onto the barrel of the bobbin in contact
with the thread, the loose end of which is then passed through a hole or slot
formed in one or both ends of the spring, and in unwinding a length of thread from
the bobbin the spring can be held with one hand and the the thread drawn off
with the other; the bobbin freely rotating by the tension of the thread whilst being
drawn forward.

page_text: to Prevent Unwinding of the Thread therefrom.
We, RICHARD WALTON KENYON of Ewbank Works, Accrington, Lancashire
Machinist, and BAMBER BARON of the same place, Book-keeper do hereby declare
the nature of our invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO BE ATTACHED
TO BOBBINS SO AS TO PREVENT UNWINDING OF THE THREAD THEREFROM," and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The object of our invention is to prevent the unwinding of sewing thread from
bobbins, whereby waste of thread, and an untidy appearance of the bobbin is
avoided.
Our invention consists in the employment of a piece of steel, bent so as to clip
the bobbin rather more than half of its circumference.
This appliance is made with some spring in it, or made to close by a spring, so
that it will fit different sized bobbins, and so that it will.press upon the thread as
the bobbin gets less in diameter by unwinding the thread therefrom.
Such. being the nature and object of our Invention, we will make reference to
the accompanying Sheet of. Drawings illustrative thereof..
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Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent various views of our improved thread holder or
"Cotton tidy" which it will be seen is made from flat spring steel, bent into the
shape required us illustrated in Figures 1 and 3.
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This "Cotten' tidy" is made with grooves or slots a for the thread to pass
through, or a hole would answer instead.
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When using this appliance it is placed onto the barrel of the bobbin in contact
with the thread as seen in Figures 4 and 5. The 'loose end of the said thread is
then passed through the slot a formed in one or both ends of the spring, and in
unwinding a length of thread from the bobbin, the spring can be held with one
hand, and the thread drawn off with 'the other, the bobbin freely rotating by the
tension of the thread whilst being drawn forward.
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Figure 6 shews how the Cotton tidy can be composed of two parts, a spiral
spring 6 being employed to close the spring tidy.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is ;
The appliance or "Cotton tidy" made substantially as herein shewn and
described and for purposes set forth.