US251871A

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Publication number: US251871A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 1899-01-03

Description

(ModeL) S. A. HALE.-

CLASP REEL FOR RIBBONS, &c.

No. 251,871. Patented Jan. 3.1882.

Fig. 1. Fig.2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SPENCER A. HALE, OF MORRISON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GONSTANTINE KELLEY, OF HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI.

CLASP-REEL FOR RIBBONS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,871, dated January 3, 1882.

Application filed August 10, 1881. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SPENCER A. HALE, a citizen of the United States of America, residin g at Morrison,in the county of Gasconade and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Olasp-ReelsforRibhens and thelike; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a roll of rib bon with holder applied thereto, and Fig. 2 a cross-section on the line a: a: of Fig. 1.

My invention has reference to devices for holding and protecting ribbon, tape, and the like on reels or rolls; and it consists in the construction and combination hereinafter particularly described, and then sought to be specifically defined by the claim.

suitablematerial. The clasp encircles or straddies the reel or ribbon transversely, and is held to the center of the reel by means of buttons E and pins F passed through the buttons or its axle.

the pins F pass, so that the clasp is allowed a vertical adjustment. The clasp is firmly held down on the face of the ribbon by means of which are connected at one end to the sides of the clasp and at the other end to the axle B or button E. As the diameter of the roll is re: duced by severing therefrom portions of. the ribbon, the springs draw down the clasp so as to make it bind on the face of the ribbon and hold it firmly to its place; and, again, when the ribbon is to be unwound the spring allows the slotted clasp to yield easily, so that by simply pulling the ribbon laterally from the roll the pressure of the spring on the roll is relieved and the ribbon drawn therefrom without straining or otherwise injuring the texture of the ribbon.

To wind the ribbon onto the roll you have only to take hold of the sides of the claspwith one hand and turn the roll with the other, the clasp guiding the ribbon straight and bearing down upon it so as to cause it to roll compactly. To unwind the ribbon you take hold of the two buttons with the thumb and forefinger of one hand and the end of the ribbon with the other hand and draw itout, the springclasp guiding the ribbon and holding what remains on the roll firmly thereon. 7 Having described my invention, what I t-laim 1s-- A iibbon or tape holder consisting of a roll, A. provided with slotted clasp D, buttons E,

'structed and arranged to operate as set forth. In testimony whereof I'atiix my signature in presencc'of two witnesses;

SPENCER A. HALE.

Witnesses:

F. W. MALLENBROOK, AUG. H. G. JAEGER.

the gum or other elastic or yielding springs Gr, 45

and spring G, the several parts being con-