Improvements in Ribbon Holders or Cases.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ribbon Holders or Cases.
I, OTIS GRANT SMITH, of Alamosa, in the County of Conejos, and State of Colorado,
United States of America, gentleman, 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 :-
The invention relates to ribbon-holders. The object of the present invention is to
provide a ribbon-holder of simple, inexpensive and compact construction from which
a bolt of ribbon may be readily removed and replaced and which will show at a glance
the quantity of ribbon contained therein.
The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts
hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the appended claims.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a ribbon-holder constructed in accordance with my
invention.
Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view and
Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the box, the cover and bolt of ribbon being
removed.
Referring to these drawings A designates a circular box designed to hold a bolt of
ribbon B and provided with a centrally located spindle C upon which the bolt turns
to unroll or rewind the ribbon.
The box A has a vertical opening a which extends the entire height of the box A
and permits the holder to contain ribbon as wide as the height of the box A, thereby
enabling the box to be entirely filled and the ribbon to be displayed to a great
advantage..
The side of the box A at the opening a is strengthened by cleats D which have
their edges farther from the opening a inclined and beveled on their inner sides
thereby forming between the cleats D and the side of the box, recesses which are
designed to receive the sides of an opening e in the flange of a cover E. The sides of
the opening e are slightly inclined whereby when the cover is put in place it will be
wedged in the recess formed by the cleats D and be securely retained in place.
The ribbon B is wound upon a sleeve F which rotates upon the spindle C to wind
and unwind the ribbon and the said sleeve may readily be removed from and placed
upon the spindle C. The sleeve is provided across its upper end with a piece of wire f
which serves as a handle to turn the sleeve. The cover has a central opening e¹ to
permit access to the handle and is provided with a slot e² which enables the amount of
ribbon on the sleeve to be seen without removing the cover.
In order to hold the ribbon and dispense with pinning the same the box is provided
with an elastic band G which allows the ribbon to be drawn from the holder without
removing it from under the elastic band G.
The upper end of the spindle C in the box A has a recess C2 to admit the thumb
and finger of the operator who grasps the wire or handle for the purpose of revolving
the sleeve F so as to wind the ribbon upon said sleeve. From the foregoing it will
readily be seen that ribbon holders constructed in accordance with the invention are
of simple and economic construction; will show at a glance the quantity of ribbon
and will permit the ribbon to be readily removed and replaced.
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 ribbon holder comprising the box having a ribbon opening extending the
entire width and provided with a spindle, and the cover having the central opening e¹
and the opening e in its side, substantially as described.

page_text: 2. A ribbon-holder comprising the box having the ribbon opening a and the
spindle C, the cover provided with the central opening e¹ and the opening e in its side
and the sleeve receiving the ribbon and turning on the spindle substantially as
described.
3. A ribbon-holder comprising the box having the ribbon opening the cleats
arranged upon the sides of the opening and forming recesses between them, and the
side of the box, and the spindle C, the cover provided with the central opening and
the opening in its side, and the sleeve, substantially as described.
4. A ribbon holder comprising the box having the ribbon opening, the cleats
arranged upon the sides of the opening and having their edges farther from the
opening, inclined and beveled and the spindle, the cover provided with the central
opening and the opening e having inclined sides and the sleeve provided with the
wire across its top substantially as described.
5. A ribbon holder comprising the box having a ribbon opening and provided with
the spindle and the cover having the central opening and the slote whereby the
quantity of ribbon may be seen substantially as described.
6. The combination of a vertically slotted box having a centrally located spindle, a
sleeve mounted upon said spindle and a slotted cover having a central opening through
which access may be had to said spindle substantially as specified.
7. The combination of the vertically slotted box, the spindle mounted vertically in
said box, and having a recess in its upper end, the sleeve mounted upon said
spindle and having a transverse wire or handle at its upper end extending across the
recess in the spindle and the vertically slotted cover having an opening in its upper
side substantially as specified.
Dated this 10th day of Naha 1000
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.