An Improved Spool or Bobbin Holder for Thread and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1898-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Spool or Bobbin Holder for Thread and the like.
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I, THOMAS WATSON, of Ferguslie 'Thread Works, Paisley, in the County of
Renfrew, North Britain, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows, that is to say:-
My said invention has for its object to provide a simple and convenient holder
for spools or hobbins of thread or the like.
My improved holder, as made according to one modification, consists of a piece
of wire one part of which is formed as a spindle to pass through the bore of a spool
or bobbin and has one or more springs fixed to it to boar against the inside of the
bore with some friction. At the free end of the spindle there is loosaly jointed in
B slot a small piece one end of which is longer or heavier than the other; and
when the spindle is held vertically this piece hangs in line with the spindle and
con with the spindlo be entered easily into the bore of the spool or hobbin, but
when the spindle is held horizontally the jointed piece remains vertical and prevents
the spool or bobbin from getting off the spindle. The other end of the spindle is
continuous with a part at right angles to the spindle, and at a distance from the
spindle sufficient to admit the largest apool or bobbin for which the holder is
intended, the part at right angles to the spindle is continued in a part parallel to
the spindle, and this last part is formed with an eye or hook for susponding the
implement on a pin or hook. A small guide hole is formed through the parallel
part so as to be nearly opposite the middle of the spool or bobbin and the thread is
passed through the hole and is by it guided so as not to get over either end of the
spool or bobbin.
With this improved holder the spool or bobbin will not continue to rotate after
strain has ceased to act on the thread. The holder may be made of any suitable
form of metal instead of wire; and it may be made with a projecting pin to fit in
a holding socket.
Dated this Nineteenth day of October 1895.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Spool or Bobbin Holder for Thread and the like.
I, THOMAS WATSON, of Ferguslie Thread Works, Paisley, in the County of
Renfrew, North Britain, Mechanic, 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, that is to say :-
My said invention has for its object to provide a simple and convenient holder
for spools or bobbins of thread or the like.
My improved holder is shown in the accompanying drawings, Figure, 1, being
an elevation of the spool and holder, Figure, 2, an elevation of the holder without
the spool and Figure, 3, an inverted plan. The holder consists of a piece of wire
one part, A, of which is formed as a spindle to pass through the bore of a spool or

page_text: bobbin; B, and has one or more springs, C, fixed to it to bear against the inside of
the bore with some friction. At the free end of the spindle there is loosely jointed
in a slot a small piece, D, one end of which is longer or heavier than the other;
and when the spindle is held vertically this piece hangs in line with the spindle, A,
and can with the spindle be entered easily into the bore of the spool or bubbin, B,
but when the spindle, A, is held horizontally the jointed piece, B, remains vertical
and prevents the spool or bobbin, B, from getting off the spindle. The other end
of the spindle, A, is continuous with a part; E, at right angles to the spindle, and
at a distance from the spindle sufficient to admit the largest spool or bobbin, B,
for which the holder is intended, the part, E, at right angles to the spindle, A, is
continued in a part, F, parallel to the spindle, A, and this last part is formed with
an eye or hook, G, for suspending the implement on a pin or hook. A small guide
hole, H, is formed through the parallel part, F, so as to be nearly opposite the
middle of the spool or bobbin, B, and the thread, J, is passed through the hole and
is by it guided so as not to get over either end of the spool or bobbin, B.
With this improved holder the spool or bobbin will not continue to rotate after
strain has ceased to act on the thread. The holder may be made of any suitable
form of metal instead of wire; and it may be made with a projecting pin to fit in
.a holding socket.
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':-
A holder for a spool or bobbin made of the form shown in the drawing with a
spindle having a friction spring and with a jointed and piece to retain the spool or
bobbin on the spindle when horizontal all substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated Third day of July 1896.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.