Improved String Holder.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896:
ETHELBERT WAREHAM 41 Malpas Road Brockley S.E. Kent Watchinaker do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to an improvement in apparatus in connection with twines
& cords, its object being to prevent waste and entanglement of twine when being used
for shops factories & other places, my object is to give a continuous supply of twine
and to keep it convenient to hand yet not in the way; this object I attain by means
of a narrow bar with a short bar fixed to one end of it (which I will call a T piece)
at each extremity of the teepiece rings are fastened & a rod (which has rings at each
end) is looped into the ring at the longest extremity of the teepiece; attached to the
ring at the opposite end of the rod is a small weight, the rod works from a perpen-
dicular to a horizontal position when in use, to use the twine holder fix it in a
horizontal position thread twine first through the ring at one end of the short bar of
teepiece, then through ring in the rod (the ring to which the weight is attached) and
then through the ring at the reverse end of the short bar, release the rod and it will
drop drawing up the twine as it descends, thus picking up the loose end from the
counter, combined to this are one or more cylinders, or other receptacles in which to
place balls of twine, with the outer end of twine joined to the inner end of the next
ball, so as to keep a continuous supply until the whole number of balls of twine are
-used-up.
· Dated this 4th day of June 1895.
Improved String Holder.
1 ETHELBERT WAREHAM 41. Malpas Road Brockley S.E. Kent Watchmaker 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 boxes for containing string or the likes, which boxes are
hung or secured in any convenient place for use. The boxes are so constructed that
after yielding the quantity of string required it immediately picks up the slack end
from the counter, leaving the end still convenient to hand yet not in the way. By
this means the superfluous string is saved, because under ordinary circumstances the
loose end frequently becomes entangled and in the way, and is cut off and wasted.
The portion of the box for picking up the loose end of string, cau be made so as to
be used separately from the box, as is shewn in the accompanying drawings, and it can
also be used in conjunction with any receptacles for string, rope, or the likes, & can
be fixed to the ceiling or fittings in any position required for use.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying sheet of drawings is a front view of a string box
constructed according to my invention.

page_text: Fig. 2 is a modification of the above showing how that portion of the box for
picking up the string can be made separately.
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Fig. 3 is a modified alternation of Fig. 2, in which the cross bar is dispenced with.
The string box as shown in Fig. 1 consists of a receptacle A with lugs (or their
equivilent) I, F, G and E on its upper rim, B, is a pendant secured to the lower
extremity of receptacle A by means of a screw or its equivilent. In the lower
extremity of pendant B is a slot D, and holes J.
C is a rod with holes H and K.
O is a pin. P is the string.
Land M, are holes in lugs F and G. The above letters also refer to Figures 2
and 3.
To put in the ball of string and prepare the box for use first place the ball in box A,
the end of the ball is then led through hole L, next it is passed through hole H (in
rod C) and then it is passed through hole M, and a few feet drawn through to a
convenient length to be within reach of the user.
The action which takes place when the string is being used is a follows.
As soon as the end of the string is drawn towards the counter the end of bar C
commences to rise until it reaches almost a perpendicular position, it will continue in
this position as long as the string is being used and as soon as the end of string is cut
off or released the bar will descend (as shown in the drawings) picking up the loose
end in its descent. Refering to Loles in lug F the object of two or more holes is
(through the intertwining of the string) to cause a tension.
The holes R in lugs I, are for connecting a chain (or its equivilent) for suspending
the box.
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The object of lug E is to screw the box to shop or other fittings.
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
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1. A box or receptacle for string or the likes, capable by means of the combination
of a rod, pendant, & lugs (or their equivalent) of picking up superfluous string from
the counter after yielding the necessary quantity to the user.
2. A rod with cross bar with rings (or their equivalent) and a suspending bar
attached as set forth in my Specifications and drawings for picking up string.
3. The construction of a string box as shown and described in my drawings and
Specifications.
Dated this 18th day of February 1896.
ETHELBERT WAREHAM,
41, Malpas Road, Brockley, Kent.