US934251A - Thread and tape holder. - Google Patents

Description

Patented Sept. M, 1909.

/NVENTOH George/7( BY f TTOHNEYS G. W. WEISS.

THREAD AND TAPE HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED 350.51908.

, iiitentionally carry away a partly-used spool lyn, in the county oli Kings and State of New .the figures,' and in 'Which- GEGRGE Vif. WEISS', GF Ria-V lllf, ll?, EL.

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Application iiled Becember 5, 19,08. Serial No. ttl.

fo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that GEORGE W. lll/vines, a citi-zen of .the United States, and a resident of the city otN ew York, borough 'of Brook- Yorlghave invented a new and improved. Thread and Tape Holder, of which the followin.,T is a full, clear, and exact description.

In the ordinary form of sewing machines, the table or top is made no larger than is. .considered necessary for the supporting of thearticles or garments to be sew'ed, and this isparticularly true of those sewingmachines einployedin'large factories Where a great many machines are mounted upon a single table or to and operated by power. lt is therefore highly desirable that the machine top or table be eiicnnihered to the minimum amount by attachments, tint-ores or devices, which although serving to aid tl operator in seine respects, yet prevent and restrict the proper movement of the material. in tactories there is also a great deal et time wasted in removing one spool from the sewing niachine spindle andinserting, another when it is desired to sew with a ditlierent ltin'd or color of thread, and there are also a great many partly used spools of thread lost, inisplaced or stolen hy the operators. The ohject ot' my invention is 'to overcome these ohjections and diicultics .by providing an attachment which may be secured to the sewing machine table or top, or any other table or factory table space, and which will serve for the support notonly of a plurality of spools of thread but also for a plurality of rolls oi tape, ribbon, seam-binding, or other similar or analogous material, which it is desired lo sew to llic article or garment loeiiig manufactured, and these spools and rolls are locked against displacement, so that an employee cannot accidentally misplace or oi." roll. The invention involves various tea tures of the attachment, which will he described more fully hereinatterand particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is. to be had to the accompany? cation, in Which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both' Figure 1 is a perspective View of one vform of device constructed in accordance with my invention; and Fig.' 2 is side elevation ot aV lloindino,y lace, or a .y

hold-er.

I'nthe drawings there are illustrated two separate orins which my invention may assume, but inboth of these forms the lower portion of the. standard andthe support tol the rolls of tape, are substantially the saine. The lower portion of thev standard is formed of a rod lO having its lower end rigidly secured to a base plate 11 and held upright in respect to 'thesame hy a collar or boss 12. Longitudinally movable upon the rod or nonrotatable in respect thereto, l' provide supports for a plurality oi rolls or spools of material which it is desired to sew onto the garment hein@ manufactured. This material may he oft any character whatsoever dependent upon the nature the. and the use to which it is to he pnt.. mate rial may he tape, rihlion, seein hiiidirg, sltir;

` nel manly sold or used troni roll i `iol. the terni as used hereinaiter in specication, ll wish to cover any of these materials.

Each support is in the form oit or disk 13 having; an upwardly-extending oen- Ati'allydisp1osed collar 'lll through. which the rod 10 forming the lower section of the standard extends. The lower plate rests directly upon the boss or collar 12 and each plate above' the bottoni one rests upon the collar 14 of the plate holder. The plates are held against rotation in respect to the standard in any suitable manner, as, for instance, the standard may have a groove or 'hert 15 eiztcnding` longitudinally thereof,

and eacli'collar 1st may have a` radially-disposed pin or stud 16 extending into said groove or hert. The collar ot each plat-e is device showing a modified termici 'threadof slightly greater height than the width of n the material forming; the roll and is of slightly smaller diameter than the aperture through the spool or mbe about which the roll of material is formed. A separate roll of material may rest upon es ch of the plates,

so that the operator may use from any oney desired and the use from one roll cannot loe interfered with by tlie'presence of other rolls on the device, as the supports do not rotate, and, therefore, the rotating ot one roll will not rotate any other. The rod 10 forming the lower section of the standard extends to a slightly greater .elevation than the upper end of the upperl collar 14 and ico suitable mechanism is iovided for vpositively locking the supporting plates against removal save by a foreman or other authorized person. A simple form of locking mechanism'is illustrated and involves merely a padlock 17, having the curved bar 18 thereo extending through an opening 19 in the standard.A The upper latel cannot be removed from the stan ard without first re- -moving the padlock.

of thread, said means being in the form of plate subdivided into a plurality ofplate sections 23, eachv of which carries a spindle 2a extending u wardly therefrom an' substantially para lel to the standard. All ofv plate sections 23 may be formed intethe ' gral lwith thecollar 21, and each may, if desired, be slightly dished or concave toward the center.vv rli`he spindles 24'are secured to the supporting platesections, so as to be rigid t erewith and to avoidthe necessity for any support or brace for the spindles at their upper ends except in case the upper ends of the spindles are bent laterally out of their normal positions.

Above the collar 21 and its spool supports, 1 .provide a second collar 25 having a plate subdivided into a plurality of outwardlyextending arms -or branches 26 corresponding in number and plate sections 23. has an opening 27 'therein concentric with the corresponding spindle and of a diameter somewhat greater than said spindle. The collar 25 and its arms or branches are so disposed that the spindles extend up to or bevond the openings, so as to leave an annu lar space between the outer surface of each spindle and the surrounding wall of the. corresponding opening. The arms or branches serve not only as guides for the thread which passes from the several spools on thespindles up through the openings27, but they also serve to prevent the removal of the spools by the lateral bending of the upper ends of the spindles. Above the collar '25, the rod 20 is provided with a suitable locking device, as the shackle'28 of a padlock 29, so that the collar cannot be raised to remove any spool from its spindle. The rod extends a considerable distance above the collar 25 and at its upper'end has l'a thread-guiding plate 30 rigidly secured thereto. The p ate 30 is provided with small apertures 31 disposed directly above ing 31, so that by pulling ont-he en '34, adapted for entry through an openinor radial distribution to the Each arm or branch'26' ca -resi the corresponding s' indle. The thread from each spool extends up through the corresponding opening in a branch 26 and thence up through .the correspondinfr o end ofp the thread, it is caused to unroll without binding and without rotating the spool. By 'f I dishing the supporting plate sections 23,

the thread is prevented from binding beneath the spool should a few of the lower coils slip oil' the lower end.

When it is desired to replace empty spools i by full ones, the operator may unloosen the i set screw 22 and take the entire upper portion of the standard, together with the' spindles, to the stock-room where the employee n charge of the supplies may unlock the padlock 29 and raise the collar 25. This from its spindle and replaced by a new. one

und the operator has no opportunity for stealing a spool of threpd unless he takes the entire upper portion of the standard, in which .event he will be immediately detect'- ed. The thread-guiding plate 30 is'rigid with the rod 20 and serves to limit the upward movement of the collar 25,v so that the latterlcannot be removed and misplaced even -whilc the padlock is detached.

For insuring the proper alincment of the openings 27 with the spindles 24;, the collar 25 may bekeyed to the rod, or 1 may make the-collar freely rotatable on the rod and provide a second or supporting collar 82. This collar -may be rigidly secured to the standard by a set screw 33 and may have an outwardly, and upwardly extending lug in one ofy the armsor branches 26. rlhe cdllar 32, willthus serve tol limit the downward' movement of the collar 25, support the same, and prevent its rotation when said last-mentioned'collar is in.. its lowered or operative position.' f

In place of the specific form of thread' holder illustrated in Fig. l, I may employ the thread holder shown in Fig. 2. This holder involves an upper standard section in the form of a rod 20EL similar to the rod 20 and adapted to, rest with its lower end in engagement with. theA upper end of the lowerv rod 10. The thread holder shown'in Fig. 2 is reversible and adapted to support sixteen separate spools. The rod has secured thereto intermediate its ends, a spoolsupporting plate 35 by means of a collar 36, and adjacent each end of the rod 20a ai'e two plates 37, each of which supports a plural-ity vot' standards 38 substantially parallel to said permits any one of the spools to be removed 'ment by menus plats 1%( imm \.'e11lied from 111mb@ lum u Yew lim' mov@- 111:15' bc scoured to lha lower rml in any Mutable mmm J, am, im' lnl'nxwlfy by n slmve lwmm lll@ lower vmls nl! 'Llumf splmlle mul l m' ul, but il also `supporl "-lml by l ilu-Qual slip all' x rom the 1 m' lue j. all ln' one l w lle. uppm rofl, und a pluaff , and moans zfarriml by smid w sul@ plaies fo:- Suppmng @all by moans; 0f which mill `\l may nu Scmwl lo a gm'- l wl" mail, comlcllumg :.5 lmse :xml :m f

slmulzml, :l [fiale carried lglfllss ilemlmgpsmllel theeto for supporting a plm centric' tluexrfewlth and spaced apart te' (zelve n plurality f rolls 'of amnsen'bnra rial, and a plurality of spindles carni-e the secmld-xnenlloned rod and substan' 7 y of spools of ilu-end.

5. A. device 0f fhe Class describedj eem prisng s standard, including a has@ and un upfglxt, said upright including nwo venida-Al rods lnnllnement with each other and de aelxabl' seem-ed tosether, n plurality of plates supported by che lower red and concentc there-wlll and spaced apart t@ (zelve a plurality of rolls of transient nmte'fal, a plumlty of spindles esried by the secondmenioned rod and. substantially psfallel 'lxeete fox' supporting :L plnmllf of spools ef ilnread9 locking means carried by the lmae?.` rnd foi' preventing the nwval of said rolls,l and means carried by tlle upper 20 md for preventing the 'removal of che spools from Said spindles.

6, A devlce of the class described., comprising :i basee a standard supported by the base, plates removably GERGE W. WEISS.'

Cham W. FAIRBANK,

JOHN l?. DAVIS.

supported on thev standard, between which a bmding or tapev sind standard, and means substmltlallyv

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