Improvements in Spools and Bobbins.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 17th May, 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spools and Bobbins.
I FRANCIS JULIUS ERMEN of Hopefield, Eccles Old Road, Eccles, near
Manchester in the County of Lancaster Spiner and Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My said invention relates to the spools and bobbins upon which yarn and thread
is wound as is well understood.
The improved spool or bobbin which forms the subject matter of my invention
refers more particularly to that class of spool upon which long lengths of thread
are wound and sold chiefly for manufacturers' purposes. The object of my inven-
tion is to produce a spool or bobbin which shall be cheaper and lighter than the
ordinary wooden spools and this I effect by forming the central part or barrel of
the spool of wood, or it might be of some other sufficiently light and cheap
material, and applying end flanges of paper, pasteboard, vulcanite, celluloid or the
like. The thread or yarn is cross wound or wound in the ordinary manner upon
the spool and is confined between the two end flanges of paper or other material.
The gist of my invention is the use of end flanges of paper, pasteboard, papier
maché, celluloid or any other suitably light and cheap material made separately
and applied to a hollow central core or barrel of wood or other suitably light and
cheap substance.
The method of applying such flanges might vary.
For example I might form a groove at the ends of the said central barrel or core
and slit the Hanges at the central hole so as to spring them upon the core and into
the grooves; or I might slit the ends of the barrel and spring them into the holes
in the flanges; or I might dispense with the grooves in the barrel and simply
provide a collar at the ends to keep the flanges from slipping off; or two collars or
checks to hold them in position; or I might form tails or holdfasts upon the
flanges and cement or otherwise secure the flanges to a perfectly plain core; or I
might form the barrel with locking pieces to pass through key holes in the flanges.
Cement might be used in all of the foregoing modifications to bind the flanges to
the barrel. All of these and other methods which will readily suggest themselves
to practical men might be adopted to mount and secure the paper or pasteboard or
other flanges upon the central core or barrel, without departing from the spirit of
my invention.
A spool or bobbin constructed as set forth is very light and cheap, and is
sufficiently strong to resist the handling and use to which it is subjected before
being denuded of its contents. The core and the paper or other end flanges may
be coloured and ornamented so as to present a tasteful appearance, or they be
printed upon or used for advertising purposes.
Dated the 17th day of August 1894.
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.

page_text: I FRANCIS JULIUS ERMEN of Hopefield, Eccles Old Road, Eccles, near
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Spinner and Manufacturer, 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 and accompanying drawings :-
My said invention relates to the spools and bobbins upon which yarn and thread
is wound as is well understood.
The improved spool or bobbin which forms the subject matter of my invention
refers more particularly to that class of spool upon which long lengths of thread
are wound and sold chiefly for manufacturers' purposes.
The object of my invention is to produce a spool or bobbin which shall be
cheaper and lighter than the ordinary wooden spools and this I effect by forming
the central part or barrel of the spool, of wood, or it might be of some other
sufficiently light and cheap material, and applying end flanges of paper, pasteboard,
vulcanite, celluloid or the like. The thread or yarn is cross wound or wound in
the ordinary manner upon the spool and is confined between the two end flanges of
paper or other material.
The gist of my invention is the use of end flanges of paper, pasteboard, papier
maché, celluloid or any other suitably light and cheap material made separately
and applied to a hollow central core or barrel of wood or other suitably light and
cheap substance.
The method of applying such flanges might vary and I have in the accom-
panying sheet of drawings indicated one or two of the most useful and obvious
methods of securing the said flanges to the central wooden core or barrel.
For example as shown in Fig. 1 I might form a groove a' at the ends of the said
central barrel or core a, and slit the paper or other flanges b at the central hole
as indicated at Fig. 2 so as to spring them upon the core a and into the grooves a².
As a modification I might slit the ends of the barrel a as shown at Figs. 3 and 4
and spring them into the central holes in the flanges a; or I might (as shown at
Figs. 5 and 6) dispense with the grooves a¹ in the barrel and simply provide a
collar a² at the ends to keep the flanges 6 from slipping off. One of the ends of
the barrel b is slit so that it may be compressed sufficiently to let the flanges & slip
over that end. I might also as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 form tails or holdfasts 62
upon the flanges b and cement or otherwise secure the flanges to a perfectly plain
core a or I might form the barrel with locking pieces to pass through key holes in
the flanges. Cement is preferably used in all of the foregoing modifications to
bind the flanges to the barrel. All of these and other methods which will readily
suggest themselves to practical men, might be adopted to mount and secure the
paper or pasteboard or other flanges upon the central core or barrel, without
departing from the spirit of my invention.
A. spool or bobbin constructed as set forth is very light and cheap, and is
sufficiently strong to resist the handling and use to which it is subjected before
being denuded of its contents. The core and the paper or other end flanges may
be coloured and ornamented so as to present a tasteful appearance, or they be
printed upon or used for advertising purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
The combination of a central care
or barrel made of wood or other suitably

page_text: light and cheap material with applied end flanges of paper, pasteboard, papier
maché, celluloid, or the like, so as to form a flanged spool or bobbin substantially
as hereinbefore described and as indicated in the drawings.
Dated the 16th day of May 1895.
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Chartered Patent Agents,
For the Applicant.