and other such like Substances.
Year: 1888

page_text: and other such like Substances.
I, WILLIAM EDRIDGE of 255 & 256, Henenge Street, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare tho nature of my said 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 has for its object a combined winder and holder for balls of cotton,
wool, worsted, and other such like substances, constructed and formed so as to be
thoroughly portable and suitable to hang from a lady's belt or other portion of her
attiro so that it can be reached by her hand at any moment.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings containing
several illustrations which will enable others to carry the invention into practice
without difficulty.
Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the article in its complete form with a ball
of material wound thereon.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the winder before any material is wound thereon.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation otherwise agreeing with Figure 2.
Figure 4 is an end elevational section on the line A. B.
Figure 5 is an end elevation of the handle end of the winder.
The winder consists of a centre spindle K which may be either square, round, or
other convenient shape but finishing at the ends k round so as to form pivots at that
portion and upon which the handle M is fastened the body part of this handle M being
so formed hollow out of sheet metal that the handle m' when pivotted at m³ will turn
up into the hollow part as seen at Figures 1 and 5 thus being thoroughly out of the
way. Of course the handle may be hinged at other parts thereof to answer the same
purpose. Upon the spindle K are fixed the collars and in which the supplemental
rods and are rivetted so as to give a certain amount of leverage in commencing
to wind the material thereon. Instead of the centre rod K and two side rods k¹ and
the two side rods alone may answer the purpose by forming the pivots k³ separately or

page_text: 1 may use more rods than k¹³ and which would have a similar effect. These rods
thus form a skeleton reel with the collars and k at the ends and this 1 hang in the
jaw or frame E having the bulged part e' at the ends thereof for the purpose of
strengthening the jaw and forming a suitable recess to receive the collars and k
and in conjunction with this recoss or projection e¹ I may also form a rib e³ which
further strengthens the jaw thus allowing it to be made of lighter metal. The jaw
may finish with any suitable ornament e³ or its equivalent so as to form an attachment
to the chain R and may finish with an ordinary hook S or a safely or other clip which
may be readily attached to any part of a lady's dress. In using this winder it is only
necessary to pass the end of the worsted or other material between the bars K, k¹ or k³
and at the same time to turn the handle when the ball W may be easily wound without
difficulty. The handle M is then closed into its position and the winder allowed to
hang loosely at the side of the operator during the process of knitting, crocheting or
any other use when it quietly allows itself to be unwound as the work proceeds, thus
avoiding the liability of the ball falling to the ground and rolling into all manner
of inconvenient places besides often entangling and injuring the material wound
thereon.
It will of course be easily understood that the design of the jaw, handle, chain, hook,
and other parts may be greatly varied so as to suit the particular material from which
it may be made but generally speaking it would be made from stamped metal of
various kinds such for instance as brass, precious metals and imitations thereof, as
well as plated metal, or it may be made from ivory, bone ebonite, fancy woods or other
suitable material.
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 combined winder and holder for balls of cotton, wool, worsted and other such
like substances constructed as and for the purpose substantially as herein set forth, and
as shown upon the drawing.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.