US1204680A - Spool-holder. - Google Patents

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J-. H. MEYERS. sPooL HOLDER.`

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14. 1915. RENEWED MAY 22.1916. l l 204 680V Patented N0v.14,1916.

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Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Application filed January 14, 1915, Serial No. 2,192. Renewed May 22, 1916. Serial'No. 99,213.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN I-I. MEYnRs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Island, in the county of Hall and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool- Holders; and I do 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.

This invention relates to improvements in containers for reels or spools and more especially for spools of wire such as are used by dentists and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide such a container which is so constructed that the wire may be unreeled without wasting or tangling and which will so hold the loose end of the wire that it will not become disengaged until force is exerted thereon.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a side elevation of this container showing it applied: Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof: Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 8-3 of Fig. 2 with the parts in the position which they assume when not in use: Fig. 4 is a similar view' with parts broken out and with the members in the position assumed when the thread is being unreeled; and, Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

In the embodiment illustrated a spool holder 1 is shown in the form of a cylinder closed at one end and open at the other, said open end being provided with a removable top or closure 2 which is shown detachably connected with the cylinderby means of oppositely disposed bayonet slots 3 which engage laterally projecting pins 4 disposed at diametrically opposite points at the upper end of the cylinder but any desired number of these pins and slots may be employed for securely locking the top to the cylinder.

An attaching bracket 5A is secured to the cylinder 1 by soldering or in any other suitable manner and is provided with oppositely extending laterally disposed plates 6 which are apertured for the passage therethrough of fastening elements for securing the container to a wall or other support.

This cylinder 1 is provided in the side wall thereof preferably at a point opposite the bracket 5 near its upper end with an opening 7 through which the wire or other thread T is designed to be fed. A spring 8 here shown in the form of a metal strip is secured at one end to the outer face of the cylinder in longitudinal alinement with the aperture 7 and at a point spaced therefrom and is preferably bowed outwardly through out its length with its free end bent outwardly and apertured as at 9 to' receive the wire or thread T which is fed through the opening 7. This deflected wire receiving end of the spring ispositioned above the opening 7 to provide a sharp turn for the wire in its passage from the opening 7 through the opening 9 so that the wire or thread will bind and thus remain in position until a pulling action is exerted thereon, and when a pulling action is exerted on the wire, the spring 8 moves outward and consequently the friction on'the wire is reduced and thus permits it to feed freely.

A thread cutter 10is secured to the bottom of the cylinder 1 and may be of any suitable or desired construction, it being here shown provided with an inwardly extending arm spaced from `the bottom of the container and having a V-shaped recess 11 therein into whichI the thread is designed to be passed and cut, the edges of said recesses being sharpened for this purpose, and when the wire has been cut it will be securely held in the fork of the recess against accidental unwinding.

The top 2 is provided on its inner face at the center thereof with a laterally extending stud 12 which is designed to enter one end of the spool S to assist in retaining it in operative position within the container, the other end thereof being engaged with a similar stud 13 formed on a disk 14 which is loosely mounted in the cylinder with a coiled spring 15 disposed between it and the bottom of the'cylinder, said spring exerting its tension to hold the spool reliably in position between the .disk 14 and the top 2 and thus prevent the spool from turning until a pulling Iaction is exerted on the thread wound thereon. This cylinder 1 may be made of any suitable or desired size and of any suitable material preferably of metal and about an inch and a half in diameter and two and a half inches high. In the use of this container the spool of wire is placed ico ' exerted thereon.

iirst been passed out through the opening 7 in the cylinder before the top'is applied.V

This Wire end is then threaded through the opening 9 in the spring 8 and because of the arrangement of Vthe apertured end of the spring relatively to the opening 7 the lWireV Will beVV bound against accidental unraveiing and will not feed until a pull is W hen it is desired to use a piece of Wire for any purpose a lateral pull is exerted thereon which causes the spring 8 to inove outward and thus permit the Wire to feed easily through the opening 7 and eye 9 until the desiredamount has been unreeled. rEhe Wire is then passed down into the recess 1l or" the cutter secured to the bottom of the cylinder and a sharp lateral jerlr thereon will Vcause this cutter to sever the Wire, leaving a portion thereof securely clamped in the forli of said recess ready for use again and in which position it Will be reliably held against unraveling.

l claim as my invention:

1. A spool holder comprising a cylinder having one end closed and the other end open, a closure for said open end, means for detachably locking said closure in closed position, spool supports mounted in said container, means in said container for bindingly holding said spool against turning, said container having an opening therein for the passage of the thread contained on the spool, a spring arm secured at one end to the outer face of said container and provided at its outer end Withan eye positioned adjacent the opening in the container. 2. A spool holder comprising a cylinder closed at one end and open at the other, a closure for said open end, means for detachably locking said closure in closed position, an attachingbraclret carried by said cylinder, said Cylinder' having a thread opening Vthereina spring arm secured at one end in alinement with said opening and having its free end bent outwardly and provided with an eye, the eye in said end being positioned out of alinement withv the opening in the cylinder to provide for a binding engagement of the thread to hold it against unraveling Vpermitting the free' Withdrawal of the thread When the arm is extended.

ln testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

J OHN HENRY MEYERS,

Witnesses BEN J. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN DWYER.

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

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