NEW OR IMPROVED SKEIN OR HANK HOLDER FOR BALLING OR REELING SKEINS OR HANKS OF COTTON OR SILK AND THREAD YARN OR WOOL
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Fanny Mautsch, née Lecocq, of Termonde, in the Kingdom
of Belgium, for an Invention of "NEW OR IMPROVED SKEIN OR HANK
HOLDER FOR BALLING OR REELING SKEINS OR HANKS OF COTTON OR SILK
AND THREAD YARN OR WOOL."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Fanny Mautsch, née Lecocq
" NEW
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th September 1881.
FANNY MAUTSCH, née LECOCQ, of Termonde, in the Kingdom of Belgium.
OR IMPROVED SKEIN OR HANK HOLDER FOR BALLING OR REELING SKEINS OR
HANKS OF COTTON OR SILK AND THREAD YARN OR WOOL."
This Invention relates to a new or improved skein or hank holder for balling or
reeling skeins of cotton or silk and thread yarn or wool, the object being to provide
a series of adjustable arms upon which to hold skeins of various lengths, and to
mount such arms upon a swivelling device which will conveniently support and
contain the adjusting mechanism and provide for clamping the apparatus to a
table, board, or the like.
This skein holder is composed of radially projecting arms of resisting wood (ash,
for instance), carrying metal socket pieces or shoes at each end. The one shoe
serves to pivot the arms in the swivelling device, and the socket piece at the
extremity of the arms is for the purpose of receiving the curved movable prongs,
which will serve to support or hold the skein to be unwound. Said prongs will be
of horn, ivory, vulcanite, or polished hard wood, as convenient, and be of arc form
of about one third of a circle, and with rounded surfaces on the side for receiving
the skeins, and the position of such holder-prongs in the socket is determined by
the notches of said prongs, or by pins passing through said prongs on the outward
curve of the same, which allows of the prongs occupying a position in their sockets
at either one third or half-way their length.

page_text: The shoe pieces at the lower extremities of the radial arms terminate in feather
pieces provide with curved rack or teeth, which feathers are pivoted in the holding
block, said block being provided with a central cylindrical hole or having and
divided to about four-fifths of its height, with slits to receive the aforesaid feather
pieces, the teeth or racks whereof are in gear with a rack placed in the said centre
boring of the holding piece upon the central pin. Two wing pieces are provided
at the top of the rack, and engage with or take into any two of the slits of the
holding block to prevent this upper portion turning on the centre part, and a screw
nut working on the thread on the lower portion of the rack piece on the central
pin will when turned impart an ascending or descending motion to the rack,
according to the direction of turning, and so lower or raise the radial arms of the
holler, and these parts are held in position upon the central rod between the flange
or collar thereof and the cap held by the pin, and thus there may readily be given
to the prongs the requisite degree of separation for holding the skein taut. The
holding block is covered and strongly bound together by a plate, which is fixed by
screws corresponding to the sections formed by the slits, and it is to be remarked
that the holding block must be of such a height as to leave to the rack sufficient
room to give to the arms all the positions from the vertical to the horizontal
direction.
For the swivelling motion, or for retaining this skein holder in the clamp piece,
there is provided to a pin taking into the boring of the socket of the clamp and a
groove below the flange, into which takes a screw.
For using this skein or hank holder the clamp will be secured to the work table,
and the skein be placed upon the prongs, and the requisite tension thereon will then
be obtained by turning a screw nut whilst holding the block with the other hand.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Fanny Mautsch, née Lecocq in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
19th March 1882.
FANNY MAUTSCH, née LECOCQ, of Termonde, in the Kingdom of Belgium. "NEW
OR IMPROVED SKEIN OR HANK HOLDER FOR BALLING OR REELING SKEINS OR
HANKS OF COTTON OR SILK AND THREAD YARN OR WOOL."
This Invention relates to a new or improved skein or hank holder for balling or
reeling skeins or hanks of thread, cotton, or silk, and thread yarn or wool, the object
being to provide a series of adjustable arms upon which to hold skeins of various
lengths, and to mount such arms upon a swivelling device which will conveniently
support and contain the adjusting mechanism, and provide for clamping the
apparatus to a table, board, or the like.
In the Drawings Fig. 1 is a detached plan view of the radial arms, supporting
piece, or swivelling device.
Fig. 2 is a general view of the device, with skein or hank in position; and
Fig. 2ª, a detached view shewing detail of end of radial arms in section on line m of
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3 is vertical central section, shewing detail of working parts of the
swivelling and operating device.
According to this Invention this skein holder is composed of radially projecting
arms A, B, C, D, E, F, of resisting wood, ash, for instance, carrying metal socket
pieces or shoes at each end. The one shoe serves to pivot the arms in the swivelling
device, and the socket piece (a at the extremity of the arms is for purpose of
receiving the curved movable prongs g, which will serve to support or hold the
skein to be unwound. Said prongs will be of horn, ivory, vulcanite, or polished
hard wood, as convenient, and be of arc form of about one third of a circle, and
with rounded surfaces on the side for receiving the skeins, and the position of such
holder prongs in the socket a is determined by the notches n or n' of said prongs,
or by pins passing through said prongs (not shown) on the outward curve of the
same, which allows of the prongs occupying a position in their sockets a at either
one third or halfway their length. These details will be readily followed by
reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 2*.
The shoe pieces at the lower extremities of the radial arms terminate in feather
pieces provided with curved rack or teeth (see Fig. 3), which feathers are pivoted
in block R, U, V, S, said block being provided with a central cylindrical
hole or boring, and divided to about four-fifths of its height with slits to
receive the aforesaid feather pieces, the teeth or racks whereof are in gear
with a rack placed in the said central boring of the holding piece upon the
central pin T. Two wing pieces i, i, are provided at the top of the rack r, and
engage with or take into any two of the slits f of the holding block to prevent this
upper portion turning on the centre part, and a screw nut H working on the
thread von the lower portion of the rack piece r on the central pin T will when
turned impart an ascending or descending motion to the rack r, according to the
direction of turning, and so lower or raise the radial arms A, B, C, D, E, F, of
the holder, and these parts are held in position upon the central pin T between
the flange e thereof and the cap held by the pin W, and thus there may readily
be given to the prongs the requisite degree of separation for holding the skein taut.
The holding block R, U, V, S, is covered and strongly bound together by a plate p,
which is fixed by screws corresponding to the sections formed by the slits f, and it
is to be remarked that the holding block must be of such a height as to leave to
the rack r sufficient room to give to the arms all the positions from the vertical to
the horizontal direction.

page_text: For the swivelling motion, or for retaining this skein holder in the clamp piece P,
there is provided to pin T a footstep T₁, taking into the boring of the socket of
clamp P and a groove below flange e, into which takes the screw K.
For using this skein or hankholder,-
The clamp P will be secured to the work table, and the skein be placed upon
the prongs g, and the requisite tension thereon will then be obtained by turning
the screw nut H whilst holding the block R, U, V, S, with the other hand.
Having now described the said Invention in such wise that the same may be
readily carried into practical effect, I claim,-
First. In a skein or bank holder the radial arms pivoted in the holding block
and actuated through screw nut H, rack r, and toothed extremities of said arms,
as and for the purpose herein set forth and shown by the Drawings.
Second. In combination with the holding block the central pin T with flange e
and pin W the screwed and racked sleeve provided with wings or stops i, i, working
in the holding block R, U, V, S, the whole constructed and operating as and for
the purpose herein specified.
Third. The central pin T of the skein or hank holder provided below the flange e
with the footstep and groove, into which takes screw K of the clamp, constructed
and operating as and for the purpose herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Fanny Mautsch, 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.
FANNY MAUTSCH, (L.S.)
née LECOCQ.