US1373757A - Twine-holder - Google Patents

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A. E OSTERBEHG AND G. OBERG.

TWINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 061231, 1919.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921,

2 SHEETS-SHEET A. E. OSTERBERG AND G. OBERG.

TWINE HOLDER;

APPLlCATlON FILED OCT. 31, 1919.

1,373,757. Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

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UNITED STATES AXEL E. OSTERBERG AND GUSTAF OBERG, OF NORWAY, MICHIGAN.

TWIN E-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

Application filed October 31, 1919. Serial No. 334,706.

To all whom it may concern:

c itlznown that we, AXEL E. Os'rnunnnc and GUs'rAr Onnne, citizens of the United States, residing at Norway, in the county of Dickinson, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Twinel-loldcr; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to twine holders and has for its object to provide a twine holder which may be suspended from a ceiling and the free end of the twine allowed to be fed downwardly so as to be at all times within reach of a counter and to provide weight means whereby the free end after being released by the operator at the counter will be raised by means of a weight above the counter thereby preventing the tangling of the string and the further feeding of the same.

A further object is to provide a twine holder of the type that is suspended from the ceiling and wherein the apex oi the twine extends upwardly so that the string will feed upwardly to a tubular member thence downwardly through a double sham-- bered extension, one of said chambers having therein a weight through an eye of which weight the string passes, thence pass, ing upwardly and over a roller and thence downwardly through the other chamber having its end disposed below the lower end of the chambered extension. Also to so shape the weight so that it will be prevented from becoming slow in "its action by the compression of air within its chamber.

l Vith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing "from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the twine holder.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the holder.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4; is a perspective view of the weight.

Fig. 5 is a view of a notched member for placing the string in the holder. r

Fig. 6 is a view showing a hooked tool used in threading the holder.

Referring tothe drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body of the holder, said body having a downwardly extending extension 2 having chambers 3 and l therein. Extending horizontally from said body member near its upper end are arms 5 to which arms the arms 6 of theU-shaped supportirx member 7 are secured. The U-shaped member 7 is adaptedto be supported in a ring 8 which ring may hook over a hook carried by the ceiling of a room or wherethe ceiling is extremely high a cord or wire may extend downwardly from the ceiling and be secured in the ring 8. The upper ends of the Cl12LIl1- bers 3 and 4: terminate'in a chamber 9, which chamber extends upwardly through the ta pered cone holder 10, on which holder the cord cone 11 is adapted to frictionally engage. Extending upwardly from the upper end of the cone holder 10 and in communication with the chamber 9 is a tubular mem ber 12, which tubular member extends above the twine cone and through its upper end, The ball of twins being disposed on the cone holder 10 the twine 13 is then led upwardly and downwardly through the tubular member 12, through the chamber 9 and over a pin 9 disposed in an opening 9 so that thecorners 9 and 9 will form angular bends in the. cord thence through the eye 14; of a weight 15, which weight is disposed in the chamber 4. The weight 15 is formed with vertically disposed grooves 16 so the; as said weight moves upwardly and downwardly the air will be allowed to escape from the chamber 4: thereby preventing the weight from becoming air bound on its downward movement and also preventing the sluggish movement of the weight. The cord after passing through the eye 14: then passes up wardly and over a roller 17 which is dis posed between the upper ends of the chambers 3 and 4 there being a transversely dis posed pin 18 for preventing displacement of the cord from engagement with the roller 17. The cord after passing over the roller 17 passes downwardly through the chamber 3 and thence to a position near the counter or place where the cord is being used. As the cord is used the operator pulls down upon said cord which raises the weight 15 until the weight is raised to a point adjacent 9 out of the cord and allowing the cord to feed the ball. However, when the operator finishes wrapping a bundle and breaks the cord and releases the end thereof the weight 15 will move downwardly in the chamber 4 thereby raising the free end of the cord and preventing the same from becoming tangled with other things and consequently becoming unwound and wasted, also preventing further feeding of the cord from the ball.

In placing the cord within the chambers dand 5 a tool 19 is inserted in the tubular member 12 and its notched end 20 used for carrying the cord through the chamber 9 where it may be caught up and threaded through the eye 14 of the weight 15 by the tool 21 having a hook 22 on the end thereof. Tool 21 may be inserted through the apertures 9 in the walls of the downward extending extension 2. However, to facilitate the threading and to allow access to the chambers 3 and 4c the front wall of the downwardly extending extension 2 is provided with a closure 24, hingedly connected as at 25 to the extension 2. Closure 24L may be provided with a rotatable knob 25 by means of which a lug 26 may be rotated into a channel 27in the wall between the chambers 3 and. 4 thereby holding the closure in closed position. Y a

Itjwill be seen that a twine holder is provided which may be easily suspended from a ceiling and one wherein the cord after being released "by the operator will be raised from the counter by means of a weight. It will also be seen that a cord holder is provided supporting the body member, said body member being provided with a chamber at its' upper end, a pair of chambers at its lower end and in communication with the chamber at its upper end, one side of said chambers being open and normally closed by a cover, one of said chambers at its lower end having its lower end closed, a welght provided with an eye, said weight being disposed in said closed lower chamber and adapted to receive in the eye thereof the twine after it has been passed through the chamber in the upper end of the holder, said weight having vertically disposed grooves for preventing the compression of air with in the chamber when said weight lowers, a roller disposed between the upper ends of the chamber and over which the twine passes, the transversely disposed pin ,for preventing displacement of the twine on the roller, the free end of the twine passing downwardly through the other chamber at the lower end of the body member so that its free end will be disposed below the body member, said weight forming means whereby the free end of the cord will be raised when the cordis released, and a pin disposed in an aperture of the wall of one chamber and into which aperture and over which pin a bight of the cord passes, thereby preventing unwinding of the cord from the ball when the free end of the cord is released.

2. A twine holder comprising a body member, means at the upper end of said body member for holding a ball of twine, a

chamber in said body member, the lower end of said chamber being divided into two compartments, a roller centrally disposed in the chamber adjacent the upper ends of the two lower compartments, an aperture in one wall of the chamber and having a transversely disposed pin therein, the cord from said ball being adapted to feed downwardly into the aperture and outside of the pin thereby forming angular bends in the cord, said cord being formed in one of the chambers with a bight, a slidable weight carried by said'bight, the free end of the cord passing over the roller and out of the body member through the other chamber, said angular bending of the cord preventing the feeding of said cord until the weight has been raised Substantially to the lower angu lar bend, at which point it willbe maintained during the feeding of the cord.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. V I

AXEL E. OSTERBERG. GUSTAF OBERG. V Witnesses a A. T. SETHNEY, EnrrI-I BRODEN.

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