Improved Appliance to Facilitate the Winding of Wool from the Skein.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 28th July, 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliance to Facilitate the Winding of Wool from the
Skein.
HARRIET HELEN HIGH MORE High Street Hampton Hill, Middlesex wife of
William Highmore, Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Improved appliance to facilitate the winding of wool from the skein consisting of
a sliding rod, made in 2 or more divisions, with 2 ends fixed at right angles to
same, with a loop or catch in centre division to drop on to a bracket with screw to
attach to a table and the like.
Dated this 26th day of October 1895.
Improved Appliance to Facilitate the Winding of Wool from the
Skein.
1, HARRIETT HELEN HIGHMORE, of High Street, Hampton Hill, in the
County of Middlesex, wife of W. Highmore, Builder, 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 apparatus for facilitating the winding of wool, and the
like from the skein, and consists of a device by the use of which skeins of any
length or size can be held in a position convenient for winding.
The essential parts, the combination of which constitutes my invention, include a
sliding centre portion with a loop on the same, and loose ends to slip on; this
centre portion drops on an upright bracket which has a screw to attach it to a
table or shelf.
In order that my invention may be fully understood and ascertained, I append a
sheet of drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of my device.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, and
Fig. 3 is a plan.
The bracket A has a screw a tapped into it, and by turning the fly head a¹ of
this the bracket can be caused to grip and be firmly attached to a table or shelf X.
Formed integrally with or rigidly attached to the upper part of this bracket is a
pin or pillar B the upper end of which is so shaped as to form a tapered spike,
suitable for entering and engaging a socket C. This socket forms an integral part
of a tube D which when placed in position extends horizontally right and left of
the socket and pillar.
Inside the tube D, and projecting one from each of its ends d are two telescoping
tubes the inner one E of which slides inside the outer one F, the two being of
different diameters and both smaller than the tube D. The ends d of the tube D

page_text: are so designed as to prevent the tubes E and F being entirely withdrawn from
the tube D. The outer ends of the tubes E and F are formed into collars in
which holes e and f are bored to form sockets for the purpose of receiving
projecting spikes g which form integral parts of two loops G these being used for
the purpose of holding the skein of wool while it is being wound. The loops are
shaped somewhat as shewn, and when in use the larger ends are turned towards the
person winding the wool. Each of the tubes E and F together with their attached
loops can be drawn out, one of these ends being shewn as so drawn out, in dotted
lines in Fig. 3.
The device is fixed and used in the following manner :-
The bracket A. is placed upon the edge of the table or shelf X and clasped to it
by means of the screw a. The socket C is then placed firmly down upon the
spike b thus fixing the tube D in position. The loops G are then fixed in their
positions by inserting one of the projecting spikes in each of the holes e and fin the
ends of the tubes E and F respectively.
The skein of wool is then placed so that it rests upon and depends loosely from
the loops G. The telescopic rods or tubes E and F are then drawn out until the
skein of wool is distended sufficiently for the purpose.
When the wool has been wound the whole of the parts can then be taken apart,
and removed from the table or shelf.
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 :-
1. A device for holding skeins of wool and the like while being wound
substantially as described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2. A device for holding skeins of wool and the like, consisting essentially of a
stand for fixing to a table, a tube supported by the same, telescoping tubes sliding
inside the tubes, and loops for supporting the wool or the like.
3. In a device for holding skeins of wool and the like, the combination of a
stand A capable of being fixed by a screw a, a pin B formed integrally with the
bracket, a tube D containing two tubes E and F capable of sliding telescopically
therein, and two loops G attached to the tubes E and F by means of spikes g and
sockets e, and f, substantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 28th day of July 1896.
WILLIAM J. MUNDEN,
106 Priory Park Road, Kilburn, London, N.W.,
Agent for the Applicant.