Improvements in Reels or Spools for Carrying or Supporting Balls of Twine or Thread.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 30th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Reels or Spools for Carrying or Supporting Balls
of Twine or Thread.
I GEORGE EDWIN MEWIS, of No. 35 St. Paul's Square Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The improvements hereinafter described in reels or spools for carrying or
supporting balls of twine or thread, the twine or thread being unwound from the
outside of the said balls, have for their object to accommodate or hold balls of
twine or thread of different sizes.
The reel or spool constituting my invention is made in two parts. Each flange
or end of the reel or spool has on its inner face an open mouth tube and on its outer
face a pin or pivot. The tube on one flange has an external diameter a little less
than the diameter of the hole left in the ball of twine or thread and the tube on
the other flange or end has an external diameter slightly less than the internal diameter
of the tube on the first named flange or end.
The caid reel or spool is put together by passing the smaller tube on one flange
or end into the larger tube on the other flange or end. The pins or pivots on the
outer faces of the said flanges constitute the spindle on which the reel or spool
turns.
In order to place a ball of twine or thread on the reel or spool the parts of the
reel or spool are separated and the said ball of twine or thread is passed onto the
larger tube and the other tube is passed into the last named tube in the manner
before described. The reel or spool with the ball of twine or thread on it is
introduced between the spring arms of a preferably wire frame which spring arms
contract upon the reel or spool the spindle of the reel or spool taking a bearing in
eyes formed in the ends of the said spring arms. The said wire frame is suspended
by eyes formed at the junction of the spring arms with the horizontal connecting
branch. Or the spring arms may be fixed to a support or stand for use on a table
counter or desk.
Dated this 10th day of March 1802
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Reels or Spools for Carrying or Supporting Balls
of Twine or Thread.
I GEORGE EDWIN MEWIS, of No. 35 St. Paul's Square, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The improvements hereinafter described in reels or spools for carrying or
supporting balls of twine or thread, the twine or thread being unwound from the
outside of the said balls, have for their object to accommodate or hold balls of
twine or thread of different sizes.
The reel or spool which I use for holding the ball of twine or thread is made in
two parts. Each flange or end of the reel or spool has on its inner face an open
mouth tube and on its outer face a pin or pivot. The tube on one flange has an
external diameter a little less than the diameter of the hole left in the ball of twine
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page_text: or thread and the tube on the other flange or end has an external diameter
slightly less than the internal diameter of the tube on the first named flange
or end.
The said reel or spool is put together by passing the smaller tube on one flange
or end into the larger tube on the other flange or end. The pins or pivots on the
outer faces of the said flanges constitute the spindle on which the reel or spool
turns.
In order to place a ball of twine or thread on the reel or spool the parts of the
reel or spool are separated and the said ball of twine or thread is passed onto the
larger tube and the other tube is passed into the last named tube in the manner
before described. The reel or spool with the ball of twine or thread on it is
introduced between the spring arms of a preferably wire frame which spring arms
contract upon the reel or spool, the spindle of the reel or spool taking a bearing in
formed in the ends of the said spring arms. The said wire frame is suspended
by eyes formed at the junction of the spring arms with the horizontal connecting
branch. Or the spring arms may be fixed to a support or stand for use on a table,
counter or desk.
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Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings represent in front elevation,
end elevation and section respectively, a reel or spool made according to my
invention and Figure 4 represents in front elevation the two parts of the reel or
spool proper separated for the purpose of introducing a ball of twine or thread
onto the said reel or spool.
Figures 5 and 6 represent a modified form of the flanges of the reel or spool.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of
the drawings.
a,
b are the flanges of the reel or spool made of sheet metal or alloy by the
ordinary process of spinning or otherwise. The said flanges a, have on their
inner faces the open mouthed tubes a², and on their outer faces the central pins
or pivots c, c the said pins or pivots constituting the spindle on which the said reel
or spool turns. The external diameter of the tube a² on the flange a is a little less
than the diameter of the hole in the ball of twine or thread to be held by the said
reel or spool and the internal diameter of the said tube a² is such as to admit of
the easy insertion in and withdrawal from it of the tube 2 on the other flange bas
will be seen by reference to the section Figure 3.
When the tube 2 of the end or flange b is inserted in the tube a² of the end or
flange a the two parts are held or kept together by the spring wire frame or
holder d, d, d. The said spring frame or holder is preferably made by bending a
piece of wire into three sides of a nearly rectangular figure, the parts of the wire
at the two angles being formed into coils e, e of preferably two convolutions.
irce ends of the two parallel arms d², d of the spring holder are formed into
yes f, for taking upon the pins or pivots c, c of the reel or spool proper.
The
Instead of giving the sides of the inner faces of the flanges a, the concave or
trumpet mouth shape represented in Figures 1, 3 and 4 the said inner faces of the
flanges may have the convex or semi-bulbous form represented in Figures 5 and 6.
In order to place a ball of twine or thread on the reel or spool the said reel is
detached from its spring holder, one or other of the spring arms d² being opened
cut into the dotted position represented in Figure 1 for that purpose and the two
arts of the reel or spool are separated as represented in Figure 4. The ball of
wine or thread is then placed on the tube a' and the tube 2 is passed through the
hole in the other end of the ball into the said tube a². The reel or spool with
the ball of twine or thread on it is introduced between the spring arms d² of its
holder and the twine or thread is ready to be unwound as required. The ball of
twine or thread supported on the reel or spool is indicated in dotted lines in
Figures 1, 3, 5 and 6.
،
The spring frame or holder d, d³, d² may be suspended by means of its coils e, e
or the said holder may be fixed to a stand or support for use on a table, counter

page_text: By the construction and arrangement of the parts of reels or spools hereinbefore
described balls of twine or thread of varying length may be accommodated on
the same reel or spool and by the pressure of the spring arms upon the parts
of the reel or spool the said parts are pressed together and are thereby made to grip
the ball so that the rotation of the ball of twine or thread with the said reel or
spool is ensured. In addition to the advantage herein before pointed out which the
reel or spool hereinbefore described provides, namely its power of accommodating
itself to balls of twine or thread of varying length, the said reel or spool provides
the further advantage that as the length of the ball diminishes by the unwinding
of the twine or thread therefrom the ends or flanges of the reel or spool contract
on the diminishing ball and preserve the tight fit of the ball on the reel or
spool.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention:-
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The improvements in reels or spools for carrying or supporting balls of twine
or thread hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
that is to say, a reel or spool made principally of thin sheet metal or alloy
consisting of two detachable parts connected together telescopically, the said parts
having pins or pivots which constitute the axis of the reel or spool, the said pius
or pivots engaging in a spring frame or holder in which the said reel or spool
proper is supported and turns, the spring arms of the said frame or holder pressing
the telescopic parts of the reel or spool together so that the said reel or spool will
accommodate itself to balls of twine or thread of different lengths and also
accommodate itself to the diminishing length of the ball on the reel or spool
during use substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated the Twenty-fifth day of November 1893.
GEORGE EDWIN MEWIS.