US1205141A - Cloth-reel. - Google Patents

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R. M. BMRD.

CLOTH REEL.

APPLICATION man NOV. 9.4915.

1 05, 1 @1 Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Witneses j Inventor UNTTED STATES PATENT orrion.

ROBERT M. BAIRD, OF NEW YORK, 1 T.Y., ASSIGN'OR 0F ONE-HALF T0 FRANK H. OTIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTH-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 8, 1915. Serial No. 60,255.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT M. BAIRD a citizen of the United States, and resident of borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Cloth-Reel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in reels for holding cloth.

The objects I have in view are to make a reel which is very cheap, very light, strong and of pleasing appearance. These and further objects will more fully appear in the following specification and accompanying drawings, considered together or separately.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a reel embodying my invention, the left half of the figure showing the reel in elevation, the right half in horizontal section; Fig. 2 illustrates the parts from which the reel is made, certain of these parts being in section; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. l on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 4: is a sectional view on the line 4let of Fig. 1 also on an enlarged scale.

In all views like parts are designated by the same reference characters.

In carrying out my invention, I make a reel which is entirely of paper or card board and thereby avoid the use of wooden strengthening pieces, ledges, etc. The inside of the reel is made of a box which comprises a body 1 and a cover 2. Both of these are rectangular in shape, one nesting within the other. For the purpose of strengthening the box, reinforcements 3 are provided. These reinforcements are preferably of the lozenge shape shown, are preferably glued or otherwise secured in position, and they prevent collapsing of the center of the box when the latter is subjected to strains. Associated with the box is a flexible tube 4. I prefer to make this tube of paper or card board suitably finished to form the outer surface of the reel when the latter is completed. The tube is preferably made of a single piece of material bent to shape with its ends united by means of a joining strip 5. This joining strip I prefer to locate on the inside of the tube so as to produce a flush outer surface. In use the tube is slightly longer than the box and its diameter is such that when the box is introduced in it it makes a tight fit therewith. The tube lies smoothly against the top and bottom ofithe box and curves around the sides, as shown in Fig. 1, thus giving the finished shape to the reel. The material forming the tube should be sufliciently stiff so as to preserve this curved shape. After the box has been introduced into place within the tube, and has assumed the flattened shape on top and bottom caused by the close fit of the box therewith, the ends are closed by suitable end pieces 6, 6. These end pieces are preferably made of thick card board or pasteboard and are of such a size that they snugly fit within those portions of the tube which project beyond the ends of the box. After the end pieces have been put in place the joint in the tube may be covered by a strip of paper 7 pasted in place and the.ends covered with strips 8, 8, these being suitably pasted in place. Before the box is placed within the tube 4: the ends of the interior of the latter are coated with paste which when it hardens will secure the parts together.

The finished reel is very light, strong and rigid and has the desirable curved edges and sharply defined ends.

By making the joint in the tube by means of a strip 5 located within the tube, the outside of the finished reel will be smooth for the reason that the strip 5 can distort the side of the box or cover with which it comes into engagement without producing a protuberance on the outside of the tube, see Fig. 4. The end pieces 6 having curved extremities and lying within the ends of the tube, will protect the corners of the reel and prevent them from becoming dented.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principle of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative and that the invention may be carried out in other ways.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A cloth reel comprising a rectangular paper box, a reinforcing strip within the box, said strip inclosing a portion of the interior of the box and engaging the box by its edges, and a surrounding flattened paper tube.

2. A cloth reel comprising a rectangular paper box, a reinforcing trip adjacent to the center thereof, said strip forming a lozenge outline with its edges engaging the box, and a surrounding flattened paper tube.

3. A cloth reel comprising a rectangular paper box, a surrounding flattened paper tube, said tube having curved edges, and flat end pieces located Within the tube beyond.

each of rectangular shape, a reinforcing strip Within the body, said strip forming a lozenge outline with its edges engaging the top and body, a flattened paper tube inclosing the center member and forming curved edges beyond the edges of the box member, end pieces having curved ends also located Within the tube, and end covers inclosing the end pieces and connected to the tube.

This specification signed and witnessed 7 this &th day of November, 19-15..

' ROBERT M. BAIRD.

Witnesses EDWARD F. PROPER, V

G. D. WEEKS.

Copies. of this patent may be obtained forfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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