Improvements in Holders for Skeins or Balls of Wool, Cotton, or the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June. 1892-Accepted, 2nd July, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Holders for Skeins or Balls of Wool, Cotton, or
the like.
I ELISE SYLLWASSCHY, of 29, Marienstrasse, Berlin, in the German Empire,
Married Woman, 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 relates to an arrangement contrived to hold the balls of wool or
cotton for the use of knitters, crochet workers etc.
The contrivance is so arranged that it can be fastened to the edge of the table
or other suitable projection, where it can be used with the greatest facility.
The ball of wool or other material is wound on a bobbin or spindle, the two
ends of which are inserted into two holes at the extremities of a semi-circular
piece of flat spring iron or other suitable material.
For those skeins or balls that are bought ready wound and which possess a hole
running through the middle, the above contrivance is modified by exchanging it
for a simple bar over which the ready made skein or ball is placed, and which
passes through the hole in the middle thereof. A plate or disc is provided at the
foot of the said bar as a support for the ball of wool.
Both the arrangement first detailed and the modification thereof just described,
have a spring clip fastened to their underside, which serves to hold the contrivance
to the edge of the table or any other convenient place.
On reference to the accompanying drawings, the two forms of my invention will
be seen.
In Fig. 1 my holder is shown on the spring clip a by means of which it is
attached to the furniture or clothing, and to which the semi-circular spring b.
is pivotted by e. The spindle round which the woollen or cotton ball d is wound,
The arms of the spring clip may be covered with strips of leather to protect
the furniture.
is denoted by c.
When the wool or cotton has been wound round the bar or spindle c, the two
ends of the said spindle are inserted in their respective holes by forcing the arms
of bapart till they are wide enough to admit the said ends, whereupon they close
together again and hold e securely in place.
The object of my invention is to prevent the ball or skein of wool or cotton etc.
from falling, and so becoming entangled or dirtied, and to permit of the ball being
held conveniently by means of the said spring which can be fastened to the body or
to articles of clothing etc.
Fig. 2 illustrates the holder as designed for the use of balls bought ready wound,
such as are frequently employed in crochet and knitting work.
This holder consists of a spindle c¹ projecting upwards from a disc or plate b¹.
Under the disc is the bent spring or clip a¹ to hold the spindle firmly to the
table or elsewhere. In using this holder, the spindle c¹ is stuck through the hole d²
of the ready wound ball d'.
The slightest pulling on the ball turns the same and allows the thread to escape,.
as required by the knitter or crochet worker.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A holder for wound skeins or balls of wool, cotton, or other material used in
knitting, crochet or other similar work, consisting of a movable, pivotted spring (b)

page_text: and horizontal spindle (c. Fig. 1) or of a fixed spindle (c¹) projecting from a
disc (b) in combination with a spring clip (a. a¹) substantially as described and
shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1892.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.