Silk, Wool, and such like Purposes.
Year: 1885

page_text: Silk, Wool, and such like Purposes.
We WILLIAM BOWN of Summer Lane, Birmingham in the county of Warwick,
Manufacturer and GEORGE CAPEWELL of Victoria Place Aston, Birmingham afore-
said Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This improved skein holder consists of a tubular centre piece of any desired
material allowing it to revolve on a spindle or peg in connection with a suitable
holder. The said centre piece supports a flat or corrugated carrying plate or disc
or plates or discs of wood metal or other suitable material having eyes, catches,
pegs or tubular pieces fixed to or made therefrom for the purpose of carrying one
or more radiating arms or rods. The said plate or plates or disc or discs has
suitable slots, holes or projections formed on its edges to steady the said arms or
rods when in use. The radiating arms or rods are formed by preference of flat or
fluted wire or sheet metal bent at right angles at one end or a piece of wire
or other suitable peg may be fixed therein for taking into the said eyes, catches or
tubular pieces on the plate or disc or we may form the eyes or tubular pieces on
the ends of the radiating arms or rods thereby forming a joint or holdfast. By
these means the radiating arms or rods can be removed from the centre plate for
packing purposes and readily replaced for use when required.
On the said arms or rods we place sliding gauges for the purpose of holding
skeins or hanks of various sizes. These gauges are by preference made from sheet
metal or wire with slots at each end and bent into the desired shape to take on or
slide over the said arms or rods which arms or rods may be provided with holes or
serrated for the purpose of adjustment or left plain as desired.
We also fix or make from the said arms or rods, small projecting pieces for
preventing the sliding gauges coming off thereby dispensing with screws for that
purpose.
The spindle or peg carrying the holder is supported by a clamping piece which
may be fixed to a chair back or table and may be made of cast iron or sheet metal
bent into the required shape, the peg or spindle being fixed thereon by preference
at right angles, or we joint pivot or fix the spindle or peg at the outer corner of
the clamp piece.

page_text: :
Silk, Wool, and such like Purposes.
We WILLIAM BOWN of Summer Lane Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Manufacturer and GEORGE CAPEWELL of Victoria Place Aston Birmingham
aforesaid Machinist do hereby declare the nature of our said invention for "AN
IMPROVED PORTABLE ADJUSTABLE SKEIN HOLDER FOR COTTON SILK WOOL AND
SUCH LIKE PURPOSES and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
"
This improved skein holder consists of a tubular centre piece of any desired
material allowing it to revolve on a spindle or peg in connection with a suitable
holder The said centre piece supports a flat or corrugated carrying plate or disc
or plates or discs of wood metal or other suitable material having eyes catches pegs
or tubular pieces fixed to or made therefrom for the purpose of carrying one or
more radiating arms or rods--The said plate or plates or disc or discs has suitable
slots holes or projections formed on its edges to steady the said arms or rods when
in use The radiating arms or rods are formed by preference of flat or fluted wire
or sheet metal bent at right angles at one end, or a piece of wire or other suitable
peg may be fixed therein for taking into the said eyes catches or tubular pieces on
the plate or disc-or we may form the eyes or tubular pieces on the ends of the
radiating arms or rods, thereby forming a joint or holdfast-By these means the
radiating arms or rods can be removed from the centre plate for packing purposes
and readily replaced for use when required.
On the said arms or rods we place sliding gauges for the purpose of holding
skeins or hanks of various sizes-These gauges are by preference made from sheet
metal or wire with slots at each end and bent into the desired shape to take on or
slide over the said arms or rods, which arms or rods may be provided with holes or
serrated for the purpose of adjustment or left plain as desired.
We also fix or make from the said arms or rods small projecting pieces for
preventing the sliding gauges coming off thereby dispensing with screws for that
purpose.
The spindle or peg carrying the holder is supported by a clamping piece which
may be fixed to a chair back or table and may be made of cast iron or sheet metal
bent into the required shape, the peg or spindle being fixed thereon by preference
at right angles, or we joint pivot or fix the spindle or peg at the outer corner of
the clamp piece.
But in order that we may be better understood we will describe our invention
in connection with the Drawings hereunto annexed reference being made to the
figures and letters marked theron,
. DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.

page_text: spindle or peg C shown in part sectional elevation at Figure 2. screwed into or in
connection with the clamp or holder D. which may be firmly secured to the
table E. chair or other furniture by means of the clamping screw F.-To the centre
piece A we secure the plate or disc G. G. by means of screws a. a. a. a. or other
means as shown in the top view Figure 3-H. H. H. H. are four ears or clips
turned up at right angles and having contracted slots J. (see figure 1.) formed in
them for holding the radiating arms K. K. K. K. firmly in position when they are
placed horizontally for the purpose of winding skeins of wool cotton or other
material as shewn at Figures 3 and 4.-These arms K. are made circular at
their inner ends and bent at right angles for insertion into the tubular eyes or
loops L. L. L. L. formed with or attached to the disc or plate G. thereby making
the joints for the radiating arms K. to work in, and which are held in position by
the small projections M. M. M. M. raised from the disc or plate G.-N. Ñ. N. N. are
sliding clips or holders which can be moved backwards or forwards on the radiating
arms K. into any position desired-Thus it will be seen that in use the skein of
wool cotton or other material to be wound is placed over and outside the holders
or clips N. and stretched tight by sliding the clips outwards according to the size
of the skein permitting the user to wind the skein off the holder the centre piece A
tubular piece B. disc G: arms K. and attendant parts revolving around the vertical
pin C. shown at figure 2 during the operation all shaking or oscillation being
prevented by the small spring Ŏ pressing into the recess formed in the pin or
spindle C.
In cases where it is inconvenient to have the arms to revolve horizontally
provision is made at P. figure 2, so that the pin C. may be unscrewed from the
position shewn and screwed into the part P. in which case as will be readily
understood the radiating arms would then revolve vertically instead of horizontally.
Although we have described and represented four radiating arms and parts,
nevertheless it will be obvious that more or less may be used if desired.
Having now described our invention and the manner of giving effect to the
same we wish it understood we do not purpose confining ourselves to the exact
details described and exhibited as they may be considerably varied without
departing from the spirit of our invention but what we claim and desire protected
by Letters patent is,
The improved appliance for winding skeins of wool silk or other material
substantially as herein described and exhibited.