An Improved Twine Holder.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1890-Accepted, 12th July, 1890
An Improved Twine Holder.
I, WILLIAM HENRY PAULIN, of Winnipeg in the Province of Manitoba, and
Dominion of Canada, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for AN IMPROVED TWINE HOLDER, and in what manner the same is to he
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention has for its object to draw up the twine after tying has been effected,
whereby the end of the twine will be removed from the counter above which abové
which the twine holder is suspended.
My invention consists of a spherical box to contain a ball of twine, said box having
a loop and a twine-hole at the bottom exterior, and a bail with arms fixed to opposite
poles, and gravitating bails hung to the arms of the fixed bail, the lighter bail having
extended ends to engage and lift the heavier bail, said lighter bail having a loop at
the middle through which to pass the twine, and said twine returned to the loop
pendent at the bottom of the box, so that by drawing down the twine out of the box
the bails will be raised from their position after gravitation, and when the twine is
released the gravitation of the bails will take up the twine by the bails casting it to
and fro on the outside of the box.
In the figures, Fig. I is a side elevation of my twine holder suspended and showing
the gravitating bails at the position at rest. Fig. 2 is a like view showing the bails
in a raised position to gravitate. Fig. 3 is a front view showing the lighter bail
pulled up by the twine when drawn downwardly and the heavier bail ready to be
pulled up by further drawing the twine down, said bails reacting by gravitation to
wind the loose twine back and forth on the outside of the box.
A is a spherical box or twine-receptacle having a door 2 for the insertion of the
ball of twine, and said box is suspended from a hook 3 by a bail B, having horizontal
arms 4, secured at their termination to opposite poles of the box, and said box has a
twine hole through the bottom to pass through the twine, and near said hole a
pendent loop 6, through which the twine is threaded prior to its departure from the
twine box, as hereinafter described
C is a gravitating bail, provided with a weight 7 and suspended from the arms 4,
said weight provided with a loop 8. The twine D from the hole 5 is passed over
the outside of the box A and threaded through loop 8, and thence returned through
loop 6, from whence it is drawn down by hand to the extent that use may
require.
The box is hung above the counter sufficiently high whereby the twine will not
dangle below loop 6, when the bail is at rest more than will be convenient to seize
for use, and when pulled down the effect is to lift bail to the position shown in
Fig. 3 against the resistance of the twine, so that after tying a parcel the end of the
twine will be drawn upwardly from the counter by the gravitation of the bail to a
position of rest, as shown in Fig. 1, and the "take-up" of the twine will be about one
half of the circumference of the box.
In order to diminish the size of the box and to utilize more of its circumference
to increase the take-up of the twine, a second gravitating bail E is independently
hung to the arms 4 of the bail B, and said bail E is provided with a weight 9, which
overbalances bail C and its weight, and said bail C is provided with outwardly bent
ends 10, to engage bail E when the weight 7 of bail is at its zenith, so that by
continued pulling on the twine weight 9 will be lifted to the zenith until it is
obstructed by stop F pendent from the top of bail B, and the twine will be drawn
out through the hole 5 and fractionally through loops 6 and 8 and downwardly against
the resistance of bail E. When the twine is let go after use in tying, bail E will

page_text: gravitate and overbalance bail (until bail has passed the zenith, when it will fall by
its own gravity and take up the twine by winding the twine upon the circumference
of the box A or doubling it between the twine-hole 5 and loop 6 and the loop 8 of
bail C.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
The combination with the twine box A, provided with a loop 6 and bail B, having
arms 4, fixed to opposite poles of the box, of the gravitating bail C, provided with
bent ends 10 and a weight 7, having a loop 8, and the gravitating bail E, hung to
arms 4 and overbalancing bail C when raised to the zenith by the ends 10 engaging
bail E, substantially as and for the purposes heretofore described, set forth and
illustrated in the drawings annexed.
1
1000
F. W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.