Improvements in or connected with the Holding or Supporting of Cards of Silk or other Thread upon Sewing Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Holding or Supporting of
Cards of Silk or other Thread upon Sewing Machines.
I, JAMES GILMAN, of Wellington Street, Leek, in the County of Stafford,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It has hitherto been found necessary to wind thread upon cylindrical spools or
bobbins when intended to be applied to or employed in a sewing machine in order
that the thread may unwind therefrom as it is used and in the case of silk thread
in particular which is generally reeled in short lengths the use of spools is
objectionable on account of their great bulk and weight in proportion to the
quantity of material.
This invention is designed to provide means for the holding of a flat card of silk
or other thread upon a sewing machine so that the pull on the thread as it is used
will cause the card to rotate and the thread to unwind.
In carrying out the invention I construct the card with a tubular socket or the
like in the centre to receive a pin which is inserted therein. The socket may be
such that the card may rotate around the pin or the pin may be affixed thereto or,
otherwise attached to rotate with the card.
I at present prefer the former arrangement and the pin upon which the card is
to rotate I attach to a base or bracket with a tube or sleeve to fit upon the ordinary,
bobbin peg of the machine. This tube or sleeve is preferably in a plane parallel to
the pin and above the bracket but may be placed below the bracket or as an
extension of the pin or in any other convenient position.
Instead of attaching the pin to a plate or bracket carrying a sleeve or tube the
pin may extend below the card to connect with the arm of the sewing machine or
that part of the machine to which it is to be attached and a hollow peg or tube is
affixed to the machine to take the place of or in addition to the present spool
spindle or peg on the sewing machine. The lower end of the needle or pin is
placed in the hollow spindle or tube fixed to the machine and rotates therein and
it is provided with a washer or other friction device to give the required amount of
drag or tension to prevent unwinding too fast.
Instead of rotating the lower end of the needle or pin in a hollow peg the card
may be bushed at its lower edge or otherwise formed with a socket to receive and
rotate on the needle or pin in which case the lower end may be made to fit over
into or otherwise attach itself to the existing spool peg or to a hollow peg
substituted therefor.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1905
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with the Holding or Supporting of
Cards of Silk or other Thread upon Sewing Machines.
I, JAMES GILMAN, of Wellington Street, Leek, in the County of Stafford,
Manager, 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 :-
It has hitherto been found necessary to wind thread upon cylindrical spools or
bobbins when intended to be applied to or employed in a sewing machine in order
that the thread may unwind therefrom as it is used and in the case of silk thread
in particular which is generally reeled in short lengths the use of spools is
objectionable on account of their great bulk and weight in proportion to the
quantity of material.
This invention is designed to provide means for the holding of a flat card of silk
or other thread upon a sewing machine so that the pull on the thread as it is used
will cause the card to rotate and the thread to unwind.
It consists essentially in making the card hollow tubular or otherwise along its
longitudinal axis forming a socket to receive a pin or pivot around which it can
rotate or attaching a piu thereto with which the card cau rotate and in
providing a bracket for attachment to a sewing or other machine with a pin upon
which the card is supported in position to allow the silk or thread to be unwound
therefrom.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawing in which as examples several forms thereof are illustrated.
The card A is a flat article or piece of material of any convenient shape and
may be made of cardboard wood pulp, wood, papier maché vulcanite or other
compound or moulded material.
I construct the card A with a longitudinal socket a to receive a metallic or
other bush or tube B to fit upon a stationary pin C and I provide a bracket or
attachment D to be affixed to the arm of a sewing machine to carry the card A
and its contents.
The bush B instead of being metallic may be made of paper or other similar
material or an internal bush may be dispensed with and the interior of the card
itself forming the socket a come in direct contact with the stationary pin C, or the
card may be indented or embossed forming a groove on one side in lieu of a central
socket to receive the bush B or pin C.
Referring to Figs. 12 and 3 I show a front elevation sectional elevation and
sectional plau respectively of the construction I at present prefer. The card A
is made with a hollow or tubular socket a running longitudinally through it into
which fits a metallic bush sleeve or tube B which is formed with a base b upon
which the lower edge of the card rests. A stationary pin C projects up into the
bush or sleeve B to form a pivot upon which the card can rotate. This pin C is
affixed to or carried by a bracket D provided with a socket d and clamping
screw d' at the other end by which it can be attached to the ordinary bobbin peg
of a sewing machine.
Referring to Figs. 4 5 and 6 I show a front elevation sectional elevation and
sectional plan respectively of a modification in which the card A is formed with
a longitudinal internal socket a into which the fixed pin C fits and upon which
the card A rotates dispensing with the metallic bush B. The bracket D carries
the pin C and is attached by the sleeve or socket d and screw d¹ to the sewing
machine.
Referring to Figs. 7 and 8 I show a back elevation and sectional plan respectively
of another modification in which the card A is curved or indented at the back aud

page_text: the socket is formed by a sleeve or tube B of paper metal or other suitable material
attached to the card. The fixed pin C fits into the sleeve or tube B and the card
rotates thereon the pin being carried by the bracket D as before.
Referring to Figs. 9 and 10 I show a back elevation and sectional plan.
respectively of another modification in which the card A is indented or embossed
on one side to form the socket a the tube or sleeve B being inserted or attached to
the socket a so formed.
Referring to Fig. 11 I show a front elevation of another modification in which
the card A is formed in either of the ways above described but instead of
attaching the pin C to a plate or bracket such as D carrying a sleeve or tube d the
pin C extends below the card to connect with the arm of the sewing machine or
that part of the machine to which it is to be attached. The pin C may be affixed
to the machine in any suitable way. Or the card A may be provided with an.
internal bush or sleeve B large enough to fit upon the present bobbin peg of the
machine as in Fig. 11ª.
Referring to Fig. 12 I show a sectional elevation of another modification in.
which instead of forming the card with a socket in either of the ways above
described the pin C' is affixed to it and rotates with it. The pin extends below
the card A to connect with the arm of the sewing machine. A hole or socket may
be made therein in which the pin can rotate or a hollow peg may be affixed thereto.
or to take the place of the present spool spindle or peg the lower end of the needle
or piu C¹ is placed in the hollow spindle or tube fixed to the machine and rotates.
therein and it is provided with a washer or other friction device to give the required
amount of drag or tension to prevent unwinding too fast.
It is to be understood that the cards may hold or carry any form of thread or
yarn such as silk cotton, linen, wool, tinsel-thread, twist or the like and may be
applied to a sewing machine button hole machine or to other purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.-
1. A card for holding or carrying silk or other thread constructed with.
a hollow tubular or other socket running longitudinally therein, with or without
a bush or sleeve to receive a fixed pin upon which it may rotate substantially as
described.
2. The combination with a card for holding or carrying silk or other thread of
a tube or sleeve running longitudinally thereof and a fixed pin upon which it may
rotate substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. The combination with a card for holding or carrying silk or other thread of
a pin attached thereto and extending below the bottom edge to fit into a socket.
or tube to permit of the rotation of the card substantially as and for the purposes.
described.
4. The combination with a card for holding or carrying silk or other thread
constructed with a longitudinal socket or sleeve of a fixed pin such as C and
a bracket such as D for attachment to a sewing or other machine substantially as
described.
5. An attachment for a sewing machine to support a card of thread and permit
the rotation thereof comprising a fixed pin C a bracket D and socket d
substantially as described and shown.
6. A card for holding or carrying silk or other thread constructed substantially
as described and shown with reference either to Figs. 1 to 3, Figs. 4 to 6, Figs. 7
and 8, Figs. 9 and 10, Fig. 11, or Fig. 12 of the drawings.
Datcu this 20th day of February
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.