US425011A

US425011A - John talbert

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Publication number: US425011A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-04-08
Anticipated expiration: 1907-04-08

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(No Model.)

J. TALBERT. APPARATUS FOR HOLDING BOLTS OF CLOTH.

No. 425,011. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

J6 Wei-1 UNITED STATEs- PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN TALBERT, F sIMsBoRoUeH, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO FRANKLIN D. TALBERT, 0F SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR HOLDING BOLTS OF CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,011, dated April 8, 1890. Application filed July 8, 1889. Serial No. 316,372. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: guides 11, the same being preferably adjust- Be it known that 1, JOHN TALBERT, a citiable to and from its respective side, whereby zen of the United States, residing at Simsthe device is adapted for the accommodation borough, in the parish of Lincoln and State of goods of different widths. 5 of Louisiana, have invented a new and use The operation of myinvention is as follows:

ful Machine for Holding Bolts of Cloth, &c., A roll of goods is placed in the holder and of which the following is a specification. extends from one side to the opposite, and the This invention has relation to a holder for guides 11 are adjusted so as to prevent any supporting rolls or bolts of bagging, cloth, or great amount of lateral motion of the goods 10 other material handled in large bolts during during the operation of unwinding the same. the operation of cutting the same intolengths The leading end of the roll is then drawn for any purpose whatever; and among the over the rod 7, and by further drawing upon objects in view are to provide a cheap and the same any amount of goods may be taken simple holder adapted to readily receive a from the roll in desired quantities, said roll 15 bolt or roll of goods and to maintain the same in the meantime revolving within the holder in proper position so as to be withdrawn from upon the friction-pulleys and bars or rolls the holder evenly, and to provide means described. whereby the tumbling or rolling of the bolt By the above construction it will be seen or roll will not be impeded by frictional conthat I provide a holder adapted to receive 2o tact with the holder. goods regardless of the manner in which they WVith the above general objects in view the may be rolled or put up for the market, which invention consists in certain features of conholder obviates any liability of the goods bestruction hereinafter specified, and particuing delivered crooked from the roll or unduly larly pointed out in the claims. stretched by catching in objects, and also ac- 25 Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a complish this in a small space.

perspectiveof a roll support or holder con- If desired, the sides formed by the sections structed in accordance with my invention. 1 may be cast integrally and made of metal, Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a transverse I not limiting my invention to minor detalls section. Fig. 4 is a detail in longitudinal secof construction. 30 0 tion of one of the sides. Having described my invention, what I Like numerals of reference indicate like claim isparts in all the figures of the drawings. 1. In a holder of the class described, the

In practicing myinvent-ion Iprovide two opcombination, with the opposite connected U- posite U-shaped sides, each consistingof two shaped sides and a series of friction-rollers 3 5 U-shaped sections 1, spaced apart by means journaled therein and having their periphof space-blocks 2, and journaled between said eries projecting slightly above the inner pesections is a series of friction-rollers 3 upon riphery of the sides, of a transverse clothspindles 4, passing through the sections of guiding bar connecting the ends of the sides, each side. A pair of legs, as 5, are secured and a suitable support for the sides, substan- 40 between each pair of sections, and opposite tially as specified.

tie-bars 6 extend across the front and rear 2. In a holder for the purpose specified, the pairs of legs, for the purpose of maintaining opposite pairs of U-shaped sections forming the same in proper relation with each other. opposite sides, the sides and sections being One of the upper ends of the sides are consuitably connected to each other, in combina- 5 nected by a guide-rod 7. tion with a series of rollers journaled between 8 represents opposite cleats having regiseach pair of sections, and a guide-bar contering perforations or bearings 9, in which necting two adjacent ends of the sides, subare journaled a series of longitudinally-dis stantially as specified. posed rollers 10, said rollers being nearly flush 3. In a holder of the class described, oppo- 50 with the inner edges of the curved sides. Prosite U-shaped sides mounted upon suitable jecting from each of the sides are L-shaped legs and provided with an upper guiding-bar 5. The herein-described holder formed of 15 opposite sides supported on legs, each of which sides consists of a pair of U-shaped sections spaced apart and bolted together, and small frietion-r0llers mounted in the space between the sections, as set forth.

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

.TOI-IN TALBER'I.

\Vitnesses:

E. HOWARD, J. A. POLLARD.