US1122716A - Twine-holder. - Google Patents

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M. D. FLETCHER. TWINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 4, 1913.

1,122,71 6, Pate nted Dec. 29, 1914.

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MORRIS D. FLETCHER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TWINE-HOLDER.

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Application filed. August 4, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, MoRRIs D. FLETCHER,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Twine-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for gripping and holding cord,

The device is also provided preferably with a twine-cutter.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, convenient, and efficient device which is capable of holding twine in such a manner as at all times to cause to be presented in readiness for in stant use the free end of the twine, and to permit said twine to be drawn freely through the holder, the resilient gripping and releasing means operating automatically to prevent the twine from slipping or being drawn through the holder in the wrong direction, without interfering in any way with the twine. when drawn through the holder in the right direction.

A further object is to provide such a device or holder with convenient means for introducing the twine therein or for threading the same.

Still another object is to equip said holder with a suitable twine cutter, whereby the twine after being drawn through the holder in the desired amount may be readily and conveniently severed.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a practical form of my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the holder, showing the cover-plate swung open, and, Fig. 4:, a similar elevation to those shown in the two preceding views eX- cept that the cover plate is here omitted.

Similar figures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The holder as herein illustrated comprises a bracket which is designed to be fastened by means of screws against a wall or under Specification 01" Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914:.

Serial No. 782,809.

a counter in convenient relationship or adacency to a holder for a ball of twine, and such bracket consists of flanges 11, which are the screw-receiving parts, and a receiver 2 on opposite sides of which at one end said flanges are located. The receiver 2 is provided with a spring 3, and has a cover plate fl-pivotally attached thereto at 5. Formed in the receiver 2 is a longitudinal passage or groove 6 for the twine, a short length of which latter appears at 7 in the first three views. Leading from the groove 6 intermediate of its ends and forming an acute angle therewith is a passage or groove 8. The spring 3 is curved or bent at one terminal, as shown at 9 in Fig. l, and said spring is received in the groove or recess 8, and is of such length and so arranged that its free terminal projects across the groove 6 and bears against the wall thereof which is adjacent but opposite to the open end of said recess, or against the twine 7 when the same is present in said groove 6.

By constructing and arranging the holder and spring as above set forth, provision is made for retaining said spring in place through the medium of its own resiliency, and said spring becomes a most efiicient medium for gripping the twine in such a way that it can be drawn through the groove 6 in one direction only.

The plate 4: is designed to cover the grooves 6 and 8, when said plate is in its closed position, in which position the plate is retained by means of a stud 10 set therein and an indentation 11 in the adjacent face of the receiver 2. The plate 4 is provided with a twine cutter 12 which is an extension from said plate in the form of a hook. The cutter 12 extends from that portion of the plate a which is contiguous to the pivot When the plate 4: is closed one edge thereof contacts with or abuts one of the flanges 1 so that a rigid structure for cutting purposes is afforded, in view of the fact that the cutter 12 projects beyond the pivot 5 and has its cutting edge at the back or adjacent to said flange, it being observed that said pivot is located near what would be one corner and that an outer one of the device if the same were not curved in its side profile.

In practice, the holder is threaded by opening the plate and introducing the twine 7 into the groove 6, slipping said twine between the end of the spring 3 which is in said groove and the rear wall of the groove. N ow it will be readily seen that the twine 7 can be drawn upwardly through the groove 6 without hindrance on the part of the spring 3, since the latter, owing to its inclination upwardly and rearwardly yields for the passage of the twine, but that any tendency of the twine to drop down through said groove, or any attempt to draw the same downward, must be instantly checked, owing to the firm grip which said spring normally e-Xerts on the twine and which is greatly increased by force applied to the twine below the spring.

It is customary to draw off whatever length of twine may be required for a given purpose and then to severthe same on the cutter 12, the plate 4 being, of course, normally closed so as to present said cutter in operative position.

Although I have shownthe holder in a vertical position, it is clear that it can be used with equal facility when in a horizontal or any other suitable position.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A twine-holder comprising a member having therein a groove that extends therethrough, and a second groove that opens at one end into the first intermediate of the ends of the latter, and a spring in said second groove and extending into said firstinentioned groove, said spring being in acute-angular relation to the wall'of said Copies of this patent may be obtained for first-mentioned groove which is opposite to that through which said second-mentioned groove opens.

2. The combination, in a twine-holder, with a receiver having a twine-groove therein, and also having therein a recess opening into said groove, of a spring receivable in said recess and projecting into said groove, said spring having a bent terminal portion adapted forcibly to engage the sides of said recess to retain said spring in place.

3. The combination, in a twine-holder,

with a receiver having a twine-groove therein,- and provided with a resilient member which projects into said groove, of a coverplate attached to said receiver over said groove, and provided with a twine-cutter.

.4. The combination, in a twine-holder, with a receiver having therein a twinegroove, and provided with a resilient member which projects into said groove, and a flange projecting from said receiver, of'a,

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