US2239226A - Crochet cotton ball holder - Google Patents

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' V. F. GRAHAM, SR

CROCHET COTTON BALL HOLDER Filed May 17, 1939 ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 22, 1941 omrao STATES PATENT optics CROCHET ooTToN BA L'HoLn R' Vernon F. Graham, Sr.,' Chester, Pa. 7 ApplicationMay 17, 1939, Serena 274,264. 3 Claims. (01. 242- 130) My invention relates to new and useful improvements in holding devices for spools.

An important object of my invention is to provide a device for holding spools of crochet cotton, or the like, that may be easily and conveniently attached to any plain surface.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device for holding spools that will not mar or scratch the surface to which it is attached.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a device for holding spools that will prevent the thread from twisting and knotting as it is unwound from the spool.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a device for holding spools that is adjustable in its nature to permit the spool to be retained in a vertical position regardless of the degree of inclination of the plain surface to which the device is attached.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device for holding spools that includes novel means to prevent the accidental displacement of the spool therefrom.

A still further object of my invention. is to provide a device for holding spools that is simple in construction, efficient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent during the course of the'following description.

In the drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side bodying my invention, and showing parts broken away,

Figure 2 is a side elevation, showing parts in section, of a spindle and cap therefor embodying a part of my invention,

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a modification of the supporting base,

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view, taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the modified form of my invention, and showing the same attached to a supporting surface,

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the base portion of the modified form of the invention, and

Figure 7 is a top plan view thereof.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration, is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral II] designates'a cylindrical base having a constricted lower portion II to which the suction cup I2 is elevation of a device emattached by the screw I3, or the like. A vertical gudgeon I4 extends upwardly from the base member I0 and rotatably receives the spindle I5. The stud bolt I6 has the end I! thereof threadedly received in the upper end of the spindle and the upper end I8 of the said bolt is pointed to pierce the transverse wall I9 of the spool 20. The retaining cap 2| has the nut 22' imbedded therein to threadedly receive the stud bolt I6 and to hold the said cap in superimposed relation to the wall I9 of the spool.

In the form of my invention as illustrated in Figures 3 to '7, the base member I0 is formed with bifurcations 23 and 24 which embrace the depending tongue 25 of the supporting gudgeon 26. The bolt 21 extends transversely through the bifurcations 23 and 24 and the tongue 25 to hold the same in pivotal relation and the wing nut 28 is threaded thereon in appressed relation with the bifurcation 24 to hold the gudgeon 26 in the desired pivotal position. The supporting gudgeon 26 is formed with an integral disk shaped base 29 which supports the spindle I5 rotatably carried by the gudgeon 26.

In the first form of the invention the device may be detachably secured to a horizontal surface by the suction cup I2 and the thread, yarn,

or the like 3|] may be unwound there-from without danger of displacing the support.

It may be seen that when the retaining cap 2| is removed from the stud bolt I6, the transverse end wall I9 of the spool may be easily pierced by the pointed end I8 thereof and that when the cap 2| is threadedly received by the stud bolt in superimposed relation to the end wall I9, the spool will be securely held thereby and that as the thread is unwound from the spool the spindle I5 will freely rotate on the gudgeon I4.

In the modified form of the invention the suction cup I2 may be secured to any surface regardless of the inclination of the same. This surface may be the arm or leg of a chair in which the person is sitting, a table or wall near the chair or any supporting surface in close proximity to the user. The pivotal connection of the gudgeon 26 with the base will permit the said gudgeon to be retained in a vertical position at all times to prevent the spindle I5 from being accidentally detached therefrom.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention, herewith shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to with out departing from the spirit of my invention, or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A holder for a spool having a transverse end wall comprising a base having a gudgeon, a spindle rotatably mounted on the said gudgeon and having an upstanding threaded shank the distal end of which is pointed to pierce the transverse wall of the spool, and a spool securing cap threadedly received by the last-mentioned shank and adapted to be moved into pressed superimposed relation with the transverse wall of the said spool to hold the same clamped to the spindle.

2. A holder for a spool having a. transverse end wall comprising a base, a gudgeon pivotally mounted on the said base, a spindle rotatably carried by the gudgeon and having an upstanding threaded shank the distal end of which is pointed to pierce the transverse wall of the spool,

and a spool securing cap threadedly received by the last-mentioned shank and adapted to be moved into pressed superimposed relation with the transverse wall of the said spool to hold the same clamped to the spindle.

3. A holder for a. spool having a transverse end wall comprising a base, a gudgeon pivotally mounted on the said base, means to hold the gudgeon in a selected pivoted position, a spindle rotatably carried by the gudgeon and having an upstanding threaded shank the distal end of which is pointed to pierce the transverse wall of the spool, and a spool securing cap threadedly received by the last-mentioned shank and adapted to be moved into pressed superimposed relation with the transverse wall of the said spool to hold the same securely associated with the said spindle.

VERNON F. GRAHAM, SP...

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