Improvement in Thread Packages.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1895-Accepted, 20th July, 1895
Improvement in Thread Packages.
I, BENJAMIN LATHAM ARMSTRONG, of the City and County of New London
and State of Connecticut, United States of America, Silk 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:-
My present invention has for its object the production of a thread package for
protecting and marketing skeins of embroidery silk, floss and the like stuffs in
which the skein is enclosed by an envelope which has means within the doubled end
of the skein to prevent the withdrawal of the skein from the envelope, the envelope
itself being constructed to occupy a lesser length when ready for the market than
the length of the skein of silk enclosed therein.
In the annexed drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package of my improved form.
Figure 2 is an edge view of the same, and
Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank from which said package is folded.
Referring to the drawings, the letters a, b and c indicate the three folds of my
improved envelope or casing, the same being adapted to be folded upon each other
One of the
and also adapted to be folded mid way its length on the dotted line a¹.
described folds, preferably the middle one b, has projecting from one end as here
shown, a flap e which is spotted with gum. One of the folds a-c is also gummed
either before or at the time of making up the package.
The skein of silk, or other material, is laid upon the central section 6 of the
envelope blank and the flap e is passed through the loop of the skein at one end.
One of the sections a-c is then folded over the skein and the remaining section is
finally folded and stuck down upon the outer face of the flap first folded. The
package thus provided is then doubled on line a¹ and the flap e is passed through
the loop of the skein and stuck upon the outer face of the free end of the section b,
thus securing the two ends of the package together.
The flap e could be a separate piece stuck upon the outer faces of both ends of
the envelope, if preferred, or any other practicable means could be employed to join
together the ends of the envelope, but I prefer the simple pasted flap here shown as
it is quite inexpensive. When the flape is thus folded the doubled end of the skein
(which includes the knotted end of the silk) may be cut entirely through, leaving
the cut ends projecting, as in Figure 1. Each strand of the thread may then be
successfully drawn from the package by separating and grasping said strands at the
doubled uncut portion immediately over the flap e. Figure 1 shows a single strand
as partly drawn from the envelope. By thus grasping the doubled part, or center,
of each strand, the free ends of the thread render freely through the doubled
envelope with no tendency to tangle or displace the other strands of the skein.
It will thus be seen that a skein twice the length of the package, (as the latter
appears when ready for shipment), may be provided for and that its strands,
notwithstanding their great length, may with facility be withdrawn one after
another.
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 :-
A thread nackage consisting of an envelope, and a skein enclosed therein; said

page_text: envelope being donbled lengthwise and having its ends secured together, a loop
passing through one or both of the doubled ends of the skein, and said skein being
so arranged within the envelope that its individual threads will render freely around
the doubled portion of the envelope as they are successively drawn out.
Dated this 25th day of May 1805
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.