US1046877A - Twine-holder. - Google Patents

Description

A. V. SHULL.

TWINE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1911.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

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"Attorneys ALBERT V. SHULL, OF HELENA, ARKANSAS.

TWINE-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT V. SI-IULL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Helena, in the county of Phillips and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful TwineHolder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to twine holders, its object being to provide a simple and durable device of this character having means whereby, after the twine has been broken, the loose end thereof will be elevated away from the counter and to a point where it can be conveniently grasped.

A further object is to provide a device of this type having means combined therewith for supporting paper sacks or a roll of paper as preferred.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made with in the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention'has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a front elevation of the holder. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of another form of holder. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of that portion of the holder for supporting a roll of paper. Fig. 5 is a section through a cup which may be used for holding a ball of twine.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates an elongated frame which may be formed with apertures 2 for the reception of supporting means, not shown, and this frame has a front stop bar or rod 8, mounted therein, and another or rear stop rod 1 also connected thereto. A pivot rod 5 extends transversely of the frame below the rods 3 and 4: and has an elongated bail 6 pivotally mounted thereon and carrying a guide spool 7. This bail extends between the rods 8 and 4 and is limited in its swinging movement by them.

A spool 8 is mounted upon the rod 5 between the ends of the bail 6 and directly over a guide eye 9 formed at the center of a rod 10 secured in the frame 1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 3, 1911.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912. Serial No. 631,165.

Eyes 11 project downwardly from the frame and support hooks 12 extending from the upper edge of a board 13 on which spring clips 1% are mounted, these clips being adapted to engage and hold bags upon the board. A guide eye 15 is arranged under the top of frame 1 at the center thereof and an arm 16 extends forward from the frame top and has a depending finger 17 provided with an eye 18.

The twine cone T is mounted in the usual manner on the bottom of frame 1 and the twine extends upwardly through eye 9, over spools 8 and 7 and thence through eyes 15 and 18 from which it hangs loosely.

It will be apparent that when the twine is pulled downwardly by the user, it will swing the bail 6 forwardly against the rod 3 and will then be pulled off of the cone T. After the twine has been broken and released the spool 7 will swing back so as to cause the bail 6 to move against the rod 1. This move ment of the spool will result in the elevation of the free end of the twine thus lifting it away from the counter, and to a point where it can be conveniently grasped.

Should it be desired to use a ball of twine in connection with the device a cup 19 will be placed on the bottom of frame 1.

It will be apparent, by referring particu larly to Fig. 2, that, when the structure is not in use but is to be stored away, the bail 6 can be swung into the frame 1 and against the cross rod 3, the device thus occupying the minimum space.

Moreover in lieu of providing a bag holder such as has'been described, a roll of paper, such as indicated at P, may be arranged below the frame 1, the eyes 11 receiving hooks 2O projecting upwardly from arms 21 having hooks 22 for receiving the trunnions 23 of the roll P. A spring plate 24 may be connected to arms 21 and bear on the roll P to facilitate tearing the paper.

that is claimed is In a device of the class described, a frame, upstanding means on the bottom of the frame for engaging a body of wound twine, a cross rod secured within the frame above said means and having a central guide eye integral therewith and above the center of the supported body, a guide eye supported by and arranged under the top of the frame and directly over the first mentioned eye, means pivotally mounted at its lower end within the frame and between said eyes, a twine engaging spool at the upper end of said means for gravitating against and holding taut that portion of the twine between the eyes, said means being shiftable into and adapted to be housed within the frame and between the eyes, spaced means extending across the frame for limiting the movement of said pivoted means, and means extending from the upper portion of the frame for supporting the free end portion of the twine beyond one side of the frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT V. SHULL.

Witnesses:

F. B. OGHSENREITER, MARIE E. GEIER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

Washington, G.

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