NEW OR IMPROVED MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert Greg, of the Firm of James Chadwick and
Brother, of the Eagley Mills, Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, for an
Invention of "NEW OR IMPROVED MEANS OR APPARATUS
FOR MOUNTING
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Herbert Greg at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th September 1881..
HERBERT GREG, of the Firm of James Chadwick and Brother, of the Eagley Mills,
Bolton, in the County of Lancaster. "NEW OR IMPROVED MEANS OR APPARATUS
FOR MOUNTING CROTCHET COTTON AND OTHER BALLS."
The object of this Invention is to mount crotchet cotton balls, or balls of
knitting or tatting cotton, or balls of wool or other similar material in a convenient
'form for use, and so that the cotton or other material is prevented becoming
entangled as it unwinds, and further to facilitate the ball being suspended from
any part of a lady's dress or conveniently disposed for use; and consists in turning
the ball in two or more directions with, by preference, card board bands, or with
bands of metal or other suitable material, and to which bands a hook or other
convenient fastener is affixed, either by what is known as a safety pin arrange-
ment, or which hook or fastener may be riveted or otherwise secured to the band,
this hook or fastener being used for suspending the ball as aforesaid, whilst a hole
formed through the bands constitutes the means of guiding the thread of cotton
or other material as it unwinds from the centre of the ball, and thus prevent
entanglement as aforesaid.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Herbert Greg in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th March
1882.
HERBERT GREG, of the Firm of James Chadwick & Brother, of the Eagley Mills,
Bolton, in the County of Lancaster. "A NEW OR IMPROVED MEANS OR APPARATUS
FOR MOUNTING CROTCHET COTTON AND OTHER BALLS."
The object of this Invention is to mount crotchet cotton balls, or balls of
knitting or tatting cotton, or balls of wool or other similar material in a convenient
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page_text: form for use, and so that the cotton or other material is prevented becoming
entangled as it unwinds, and further to facilitate the ball being suspended from
any part of a lady's dress or conveniently disposed for use, and consists in
surrounding the ball in two or more directions with, by preference, card board
bands, or with bands of metal or other suitable material, and to which bands a
hook or other convenient fastener is affixed either by what is known as a safety
pin arrangement, or which hook or fastener may be rivetted or otherwise secured
to the band, this hook or fastener being used for suspending the ball as aforesaid,
whilst a hole formed through the bands constitutes the means of guiding the thread
of cotton or other material as it unwinds from the centre of the ball, and thus
prevents entanglement as aforesaid.
And in order that this my said Invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, I have hereunto annexed a Drawing illustrating my
improved apparatus for mounting crotchet and other balls, and will now proceed
to describe the same by the assistanco of the letters of reference marked on the two
views. Fig. 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 a side view, of my improved apparatus.
In both views A is the ball of crotchet cotton or other material which, in accordance
with this Invention, is surrounded by the two bands of card board or other suitable
material B, these bands crossing each other in contrary directions, as illustrated,
and thus enclosing and preventing the ball escaping. The inner end C of the
cotton or other material forming the ball A being now passed through the eyelet
hole D, it will be apparent that this eyelet hole forms a guide for the cotton or
other material, and permits the ball to be unwound from its core or centre
outwards, and so prevents the possibility of entanglement.
When made, of cardboard the bands B are gummed or otherwise fastened
together where they cross each other after the ball has been placed in position
between them. E is a hook of wire forming a simple and convenient means of
suspending the apparatus, say, from the waistband or other part of a lady's dress,
or by which the apparatus may be otherwise disposed whilst in use. Although
hereinbefore described as made of cardboard, it will be readily apparent that this
improved apparatus may be made of metal or other suitable material, in which case
the bands may be rivetted together so as to form a swivel or joint for convenience
of introducing the ball.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
-Invention, together-with-the-best-methods-with-which-I-am-acquainted-for
carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be understood that what I
claim as my Invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,―
The improved apparatus for mounting crotchet and other balls, substantially as
herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Herbert Greg, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.
HERBERT GREG. (L.S.)