for Sewing and for other Purposes.
Year: 1885

page_text: for Sewing and for other Purposes.
I GEORGE KINGSTON COOKE of 15 and 17 New Brown Street Manchester in
the County of Lancaster Wholesale Clothier do hereby declare the nature of this
Invention to be as follows:-
"
My said Invention relates chiefly to boxes or holders which contain yarn or
sewing thread of linen, cotton, silk or other material and which are chiefly used in
connection with sewing machines. By the employment of these boxes the ordinary
spools are dispensed with and the yarn or thread is balled and placed in the box.
In course of consumption the yarn from the ball passes through a hole in the lid
or where no lid is employed, through flap or eye which will act as a guide.
When used in connection with sewing machines and for other purposes the yarn
thus drawn from the box is apt to become entangled, knotted or "snarled" owing
to the too great freedom with which the yarn or thread leaves the box, the said
knots, snarles or entanglements proving a great source of interruption to the
work. To obviate this defect, in using such boxes I employ a suitable tension or
drag arrangement which I apply to any suitable part of the box and which will
act as a check upon the too free delivery of the thread or yarn. In the form of
tension which I have now devised I mount an arm upon the box lid or flap or
upon the side of the box and upon this arm I arrange two discs or buttons which
are held in contact by means of a spring. The shank carrying the tension discs
and spring may be screwed or other means may be adopted to temper the pressure
of the spring. The thread or yarn after passing through the hole in the lid or
flap or through the central guide or eye, is led through an eye on the tension arm
and thence between the tension discs by which its delivery is controlled and the
formation of undue slack prevented. Although I at present consider the said discs
and spring as the most convenient form of tension apparatus I do not confine
myself to this form or arrangement as for example spring clips or tension bars or
other known modes of obtaining a drag might be applied so as to overcome the
herein before referred to defect in the use of the said thread or yarn boxes or
holders. The box might be attached to the sewing machine or in other required
position by being mounted upon a spindle passing through a sleeve at the centre or
side of the box or it might be held in spring clips or jaws formed on or in juxta-
position to the sewing machine.

page_text: for Sewing and for other Purposes.
I GEORGE KINGSTON COOK of 15 and 17 New Brown Street Manchester in the
County of Lancaster Wholesale Clothier do hereby declare the nature of this
Iuvention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying
drawings:
My said. Invention, relates. chiefly to boxes or. holders which contain yarn or
sewing thread of linen, cotton, silk or other material and which are chiefly used
in connection with sewing machines. By the employment of these boxes the
ordinary spools are dispensed with and the yarn or thread is balled and placed in
the box. In course of consumption the yarn from the ball passes through a hole
in the lid or where no lid is employed through a flap or eye which acts as a guide.
When used in connection with sewing machines and for other purposes the yarn
thus drawn from the box is apt to become entangled, knotted or snarled owing to
the great freedom with which the yarn or thread leaves the.box the said knots
sDarles or. entanglements proving a great source of interruption to the work. To
obviate this defect in using such boxes I employ a suitable tension or dray arrange-
ment which I apply to any suitable part of the box and which will act as a check
upon the too free delivery of the thread or yarn.
My Invention will be most clearly understood when described with reference to
the accompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1. represents a sectional elevation of a
box provided with a tension apparatus in accordance with my Invention, Fig. 2.
being an elevation taken on a plane at right angles to that of Fig. 1. Fig. 3. is a
plan view and Fig. 4. is a detached view of the tension apparatus drawn to a
larger scale. In the said Figs. or in Figs. 1 to 3 a is a box made of any suitable
form and material and designed to contain a ball b. of thread. Hinged to one side
of the upper edge of the said box is a flap al which carries an upright c A lid
might take the place of this hinged flap. Projecting from this upright is an arm d
which carries two friction discs or buttons e e¹. Between the disc e and the
upright is a spiral spring which tends to force the disc e, into contact with the
disc e¹. The latter is tapped to suit a screw thread which is formed upon the arm d.
A guide eye f is formed in a part c¹ which projects from the upright c. The thread
from the ball is brought through a hole g. in the flap and is passed first through
the guide eye f and then between the two discs. By drawing off the thread so
that it passes between the two discs as in the drawings the desired tension is
imparted to the thread whereby the delivery of the thread is controlled and the
formation of snarls is prevented. The tension can be increased or diminished as
desired by turning the disc or button " in one direction or the other. Although
I consider the tension apparatus illustrated in the drawings to be suitable for my
purpose I do not confine myself to the use of the apparatus as so drawn as other
arrangements might be substituted for such apparatus as for example spring clips
or tension bars or other known modes of obtaining a drag might be applied so as

page_text: to overcome the hereinbefore referred to defect in the use of the said thread or
yarn boxes or holders. The box may be attached to the sewing machine by being
mounted upon a spindle passing through a sleeve at the centre or side of the box
or it may be held in spring clips or jaws formed on or in juxta-position to the
Bewing machine or be otherwise suitably applied In the example the box a is
provided with a socket h whereby the box can be mounted upon a skewer or
spindle forming part of or which may be attached to the sewing machine. I do
not make any claim in respect of the tension apparatus illustrated in the drawings
apart from its combination with the thread box or receptacle.
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
1. The combination of parts as and for the purpose set forth and indicated
hereinbefore and in and by the accompanying drawings.
2. As an adjunct to a sewing machine a box or receptacle to contain a ball of
sewing thread or yarn fitted with a tension apparatus through which the yarn
passes on its way from the box to the ordinary parts of the sewing machine
substantially as set forth and indicated.
3. The combination of the thread box a. with the tension apparatus c. d, e:
substantially as and for the purpose set forth and indicated.