An Improved String Holder and Cutter.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 15th May, 1900-Accepted, 16th June, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved String Holder and Cutter.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM NUTTING, of "Hazelwood," Prospect Road, Moseley,
near Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Umbrella Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved string holder and cutter having for
its object primarily the provision of a simple and effective means for holding
in an unentangled condition various-lengthed pieces of cut off string in
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such a manner that they will be readily accessible to the person wanting them.
Hitherto string bags have been used for containing these "cut-off" pieces of
string, but the different-sized pieces of string are apt to get entangled together
in these bags and it is always a matter of difficulty to pick out a piece of string
of the desired length and thickness.
The string holder and cutter according to my invention consists of vertically-
disposed sticks or pegs of wood or the like fixed at certain distances apart into
a horizontally-disposed wooden base. This wooden base is provided with a
back piece for supporting the holder against a wall or the like, and for carrying
a cutting piece, and with side pieces for enclosing the sticks or pegs; the
holder being open at its front part. A removable bracket carrying a metal
blade is centrally fixed upon the front face of the back piece of the holder as
aforesaid, the cutting blade being vertically disposed with its cutting edge pre-
sented towards the said back piece. This cutter is removable for the purpose
of sharpening when needed.
Pieces of string of a like size and length are put around or threaded upon a
particular peg so that the ends hang downwards. When a piece of string is
wanted it is lifted off its peg, tied round the parcel, and the waste ends of same
severed by the cutter as aforesaid.
Instead of "cut-off" lengths of waste string, balls of new string may be
threaded onto the sticks or pegs. Suitable advertisements may be displayed
upon the holder and the same strengthened, if necessary, by any suitable means.
Dated the 14th day of Luaust 1900
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Patents Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved String Holder and Cutter.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM NUTTING, of "Hazelwood," Prospect Road, Moseley,
near Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Umbrella Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
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This invention is an improved string holding and cutting appliance for use
for holding balls of string whilst being used up and for cutting lengths there-
from, and for supporting in an unentangled condition various lengthed pieces
of "cut off" string, or loose string lengths, so that they may be readily acces-
sible to a person wanting them, and easy of assortment.
Hitherto string bags have been used for containing these " cut off" pieces of
string, but the different-sized pieces of string are apt to get entangled when
together in these bags, and it is always a matter of difficulty to quickly pick
out a piece of string of the desired length and thickness.
The string holder and cutter according to my invention consists of vertically
disposed sticks or pegs of wood, or other suitable material, fixed at certain
distances apart outo a horizontally-disposed wooden base. This wooden base
is provided with a back piece for supporting the holder against a wall, or the
like, and for carrying a cutting piece, and with side pieces for enclosing the
sticks or pegs; the holder being open at its front part. A removable bracket
carrying a metal blade is centrally fixed upon the front face of the back piece of
the holder as aforesaid, the cutting blade being vertically disposed with its
cutting edge presented towards the said back -piece. This cutter is removable
for the purpose of sharpening when needed.
An appliance according to this invention is illustrated in the annexed sheet
of drawings, one form being shown in perspective in Fig. 1, in side elevation
in Fig. 2, and in top-side plan in Fig. 3, and another form in front elevation in
Fig. 4.
In Figs. 1 to 3, a, a, are sticks or pegs to support the balls of string or
from which to suspend loose pieces of string, and is a cutter for use in sever-
ing such string when desired. The pegs a, a, are formed by shaping two wire
lengths into the figure shown in the drawings, and then connecting each shaped
length at its ends to a back piece forming the body of the holder and cutter.
The cutter is a knife e fixed to the back piece between the pegs, its blade e³
being so disposed that a downward action across the edge cuts the string. The
pegs a, a, have sides a² a to them, which in the case of loose pieces of string,
have the effect of preventing the said loose pieces falling off the pegs. The
knife e can be detached from the back piece d for sharpening by the simple
withdrawal of the wood screws d² ².
In the form of appliance Fig. 4 the pegs a. a, are wooden ones standing up
from wooden bases m, m, the latter connected to the back piece d in a suitable
way. Sides a², a², to the pegs are also formed in this appliance by wooden
pieces which stand up from the said bases.
The back piece d is capable of hanging upon a nail or hook on a wall, it
having a hole n in it for the purpose.
Pieces of string of all sizes and lengths are put around or threaded upon a
particular peg so that the ends hang downwards. When a piece of string is
wanted it is lifted off its peg, tied round the parcel, and the waste ends of same
severed by the cutter as aforesaid.

page_text: Balls of new string may be threaded onto the sticks or pegs and used there-
from. Suitable advertisements may be displayed upon the holder.
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:-
First. A string holding and cutting appliance characterized by a number of
vertically disposed pegs and cutters arranged and carried upon a back piece -
or its equivalent so as to stand out some distance and be easily attached to a wall,
the said pegs preferably having sides, substantially as described and set forth.
Second. A string holding and cutting appliance constructed and having its
parts arranged in the manner substantially as described and set forth in the
drawings.
Dated
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1000
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.