Improvements in connection with Reels for String, Wool, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1997--Accepted, 20th Mar., 1837
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Reels for String, Wool, and
the like.
We, EDWARD JAMES FLINT, Secretary to Public Company of 6, Lynette
Avenue, Clapham Common, S.W. and CHARLES WISE HOLLIS Engineer of
14, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W.. 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 improvements in connection with reels for use with
string, tape, wool, crochet cotton, paper and the like, and has for its object to
provide a simple arrangement by means of which the tape or wool, can be easily
unwound to the required length as it is used without any force being necessary.
To effect this purpose we propose to fit a reel constructed according to our
invention to a holder or frame which will allow it to revolve freely.
The reel we employ is formed with a tapering spindle of round, square, or any
other suitable section. This tapering spindle may be smooth or cut in the form
of a screw. The spindle is fixed to one of the flanges or the flange may be made
in one piece with the spindle.
The smaller end of the spindle, is bored through part of its length with a central
perforation. This receives a small spindle on the other flange which fits closely
into the aperture. The flanges may be of circular or other shape according to the
general form of the reel.
A small brass cup is fitted to each flange at the centre to receive the points of
supporting screws or pins which are fitted to a standard at each end. The reel
rotates on these points which are supported by the standards. The bearing screw
or pin at one end may be permanently fixed to the standard, or may be screwed
into position, but the screw at the other end is provided with a small knob or
finger piece by means of which it can be adjusted or removed as desired. Το
supply the reel with the string or other material, the flange at one end is removed
and the ball placed over the spindle, the tapering form of the spindle allowing the
ball to be easily fitted in place.
This allows such materials as string, wool, crochet cotton and the like, to he
supplied in a more convenient manner than when carried on loose balls.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. is a longitudinal section of
the reel, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation.
A is the base to which the wooden or other standards a are fitted. The bearing
screws B and B are fitted to the upper ends of the standards passing through
tapped holes or through a tapped metal sleeve fitted in the perforations. The
pin B may or may not be a fixture, but B' is furnished with the head bby which it
can be adjusted or withdrawn to allow the reel to be removed. The head should
be screwed up tight against the standard to prevent any danger of the pin
unscrewing, owing to the turning of the spindle.
The reel is formed with the spindle C tapering towards one end having the flange c
fixed to the spindle or formed in one with it.
The other flange D is provided with the smaller spindle or piu d which may
be screw-threaded screwing into the hole c¹ in the end of the spindle.
To support the reel the small cups E preferably of brass are fixed in recesses

page_text: at the centre of each flange, the points of the supporting pins B and B¹ projecting
into these cups allowing the reel to turn freely. The tapering form of the spindle
allows it to be used for various sizes of balls, the smaller end passing easily into
the centre of the ball.
A notch may be formed in any part of the stand which allows the loose end of
the string, wool or other material to be secured, and a cutting blade may be
provided at a suitable point on the frame. The reel and frame may be of wood,
or any other suitable material. This support or carrier can be placed in any
position or fixed by screws or otherwise.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
(1.) An improved carrier for string, wool and the like, consisting of a reel
having one flange fitted detachably on the end of the spindle, allowing the latter
to be passed through the ball and a stand or support having bearings supporting
the reel and allowing it to be turned substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
(2.) An improved carrier for string, wool and the like, consisting of a reel
baving a tapering spindle and a detachable flange at one end and a support
having bearing pins carrying the said reel substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
(3.) In an improved carrier for string, wool and the like, the combination with
a base having suitable standards and a bearing pin fitted to each standard of a
reel formed with a tapering spindle a flange fitted detachably to one end and
metal cups to receive the extremities of the bearing pins, substantially as and for
the purposes specified.
(4.) In an improved carrier for string and the like the combination with a
base of supporting standards of a reel formed with a screw shaped spindle and
a flange fitted detachably to one end, substantially as described and for the
purposes specified.
(5.) An improved carrier for string, wool and the like, adapted to receive an
ordinary ball of the material, and to allow it to be freely unwound constructed and
operating substantially as described and shown in the accompanying drawings and
for the purposes specified.
Dated this 29th day of January 1897.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicants.