Патент USA US2112209

March 22, 1938.
2,112,209
B. J. GOLDSMITH
SPOOL FOR RIBBONS AND OTHER NARROW FABRICS
Filed May a, 1936
ATTORNEY
Patented Mar. 22, 1938
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umrso STATES PATENT'QFH'
2,112,209
SPOOL FOR RIBBONS AND OTHER
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NARROW FABRICS
‘Bertram J. Goldsmith, New York, N. Y., assignor
to General Ribbon Mills, Inc., New York, N. Y.,
a corporation of Pennsylvania
Application May 8. 1936, Serial NO. 78,562
12 Claims.
The present invention relates to spools and, in
its more specific aspects, is concerned'with. spools
for carrying rolls‘ of narrow fabrics such as rib.-'
bons, bands, tapeaetc. The invention is also» con
cerned with a novel method of mounting rolls‘ of
material
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packaging spools.
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Fig. 6 is a perspective view, on a reduced scale,
of a roll of ribbon mounted on a temporary car
rier, and. illustrates one step in the present
method:
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Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 4, illustrating a 5
form'of the invention, and another. step
Narrow fabrics such as ribbons; tapes, etc" are 'further
in the‘ present method; ‘ ,
usually Wound on pre-formed spools having cylin
' Fig. 8 isa perspective view of a member utilized
drical cores‘yand ribbon‘ manuiacturersarere
connection with the spool construction of
l0 quired' to keep in ,stock' large quantities of such ‘in
Fig. 5.
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spools. As the necessary‘stockoi spools takes up
Referring to the drawing in detail, the spool
a lot of room, pro-formed spools: are for that rea
10, illustrated in Fig. l, is formed from the blank
son, among other things, undesirable. It is thereu
fore an‘ object ‘of this invention to obviate the
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l2 illustrated in Fig. 2. Said blank may be made
W necessity for the manufacturer to keep‘in stock from any suitable sheet material such as card
preformed spools and, for that purpose, to pro~ board, ?bre-board, stiifened fabric, or thin bend- 15
vide spools which“ can be readily formed from able metal, although for the purposes of the
blanks of sheet material, large quantities of which present invention ‘and especially in order to keep
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kept in a relatively small space and made down the cost of the spools, said blank is made
preferably of cardboard.
225‘ up into the spools asneeded. '
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As here shown, the blank ii.’ is generally circular 20
Another object of the present invention is to
provide a spool ‘of such construction that it ‘can in peripheral outline and has a central opening
iii-oi octagonal outline de?ned by the inner edges
be formed from‘sheet material by simple, me
iii of the rectangular sections l8. Said sections
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chanical operations such as cutting and folding.
A further object of the invention is to provide iii are de?ned by scoring said blank along spaced
an improved method of mounting rolls of ribbons, lines 29, extending outwardly ‘at right angles .
tapes and other narro
spools.
fabrics on packaging
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A further object of the invention is-to provide a
30 spool of improved appearance whereby to ‘en
hance the ornamental appearance of the ribbon
roll or package, and thus favorably impress the
prospective purchaser and promote the sale of
the ribbon.
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A yet further Object of¢the invention‘ is gen
erally to provide narrow-fabric or other spools
which are. simple in construction and which can
be produced at low cost.
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. The above objects of the invention- and other
2m objects ancillary thereto will best be understood
from the following description considered with
reference to the accompanying drawing forming
apart of the present speci?cation.
In the
drawing:
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. Fig. l is a perspective view-of a spool embodying
the present invention;
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Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank of sheet material
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‘from which the spool shown in Fig. 1 is formed;
.Fig. 3 is a sectional view ‘on the line 3--.'i of
Fig. 1;
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Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a spool having a
roll of ribbon wound thereon;
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‘ Fig. 5 is a view'similarto Fig. 1, showing a
55' modi?cation;
from the inner edges is and constitutingfold lines .
for forming the spool 50 from theblank. Said
fold'lines 28 are arranged in pairs, the lines‘ of
each pair being disposedin diverging relation and
extending from the meeting ends of adjacent 30
edges iii to the outer periphery of the blank be
yond the outer edges I9 of the rectangular sec
tions I8, thereby de?ning together with an arou
ate circumferential edge 22 a section 24 which
is in the form of a sector of a circle, or substan- 35
tially in the form of a triangle. Thus, the blank
12 comprises alternate rectangular and substan
tially triangular sections l8 and 24, respectively,
disposed circumferentially of the blank about the
central opening ill. Said blanks may be; produced
in large- quantities by die-cutting the same from
the sheet material.
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In forming the spool ID from the'blank E2, the
latter is folded. along pairs of fold lines 26 alter- 4r
nately in opposite directions, forming substantially triangular side-wall portions 313 and 32 at
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opposite sides, respectively, of the spool, provid
ing the spool ?anges and intermediate wall por
tions 3d formed from the rectangular sections it, 50
providing the spool barrel.
Said intermediate
wall portions are disposed axially of; the spool be
tween the sides of the latter and are arranged in
pairs extending radially in V-oon?guration.
When the blank is thus formed into the spool, the 55
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outer edges 35 of the intermediate wall portions
34 are spaced circumferentially of the spool and
constitute the support or barrel for the ribbon R
wound thereon, and the inner edges 36 of said
prising ?at side-wall portions at opposite sides of
the spool, said portions being spaced from each
other at each side of the spool and the portions
at one side of the spool being circumferentially
intermediate wall portions 34 meet centrally of
the spool and extend along a line axially thereof
between opposite sides of the spool. The edge
portions 3| of the side wall sections 30 extend
radially beyond the edges 35 of the intermediate
offset from the portions at the other side of the
spool, and intermediate portions extending ra
dially of the spool and laterally of the latter
wall portion 34, forming ?anges for retaining the
roll of ribbon on the spool between the sides of
the latter.
Instead of winding the ribbon directly in con-'
tact with the edges 35, an annular band 38 of
paper or other suitable material may ?rst be
between the opposite sides thereof, the outer
ends of said intermediate portions being spaced
circumferentially of the spool and constituting 10
the support for the web wound on the spool.
secured circumferentially of the spool in engage
ment with said edges, thereby holding the folded
blank in the spool formation. This alternative
construction is illustrated in Fig. 5.
In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs.
6 to 8, and in accordance with the present method
of mounting rolls of ribbon on the spools, there
is utilized a spool l0, but instead of winding the
web of ribbon directly on the spool, said web is
2. A spool made of sheet material and com
prising flat side-wall portions at opposite sides of
the spool, said portions being spaced from each
other at each side of the spool and the portions 15
at one side of the spool being circumferentially
c?set from the portions at the other side of the
spool, and intermediate portions extending ra
dially of the spool and laterally of the latter
between the opposite sides thereof, the outer 20
ends of said intermediate portions being spaced
circumferentially of the spool and constituting
?rst wound into a roll Ra on a temporary carrier
such as a cylindrical spool or mandrel 39 of any
suitable form, after which said roll is removed
from the temporary spool and mounted on the
spool IB. While I have illustrated a single roll
mounted on the temporary carrier therefor, it
will be understood that in practice a relatively
large number of said rolls may be wound on a
single spool of suitable length, being disposed
axially of said spool and readily removable there
from for mounting on individual packaging
spools ii]. In order to permit the wound roll to
be placed on the spool II], the temporary spool
or mandrel 39 is of such size as to provide a cen
tral opening in the roll Ra large enough to en
able said roll to be slipped over the ?anged ends
3! of the spool when the spool is in contracted
condition with the inner edges 36 thereof in en
gagement with each other. After the wound roll
has been placed upon the spool, a cylindrical
1'; block or expander member 40 of wood or other
suitable material is inserted between said edges
36, thereby expanding the spool and forcing the
edges 35 of the intermediate wall portions 34 of
the spool into engagement with the inner con
voluticn of the roll of ribbon.
It will be understood that the roll of ribbon
may be wound on the spool in together with a
protective paper strip disposed between ribbon
convolutions, or when the roll is ?rst wound and
subsequently mounted upon the spool l0, said
protective paper strip may be wound together
with the ribbon on the temporary spool or man
drel 39.
While I have shown and described several of
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the preferred embodiments of my novel spool
construction and the method of packaging rolls
of ribbon in accordance with the present inven
tion, it will be understood that the invention is
capable of other embodiments than those herein
shown or described and that each of the em
plurality of said side-wall portions extending
outwardly beyond said outer ends of the inter 25
mediate sections thereby forming flanges for re
taining the web on said support between the
sides of the spool.
3. A spool made of sheet material and com
prising ilat side-wall portions at opposite sides 30
of the spool and integral intermediate portions
extending radially of the spool and laterally of
the latter between the opposite sides thereof, and
a member engageable with the inner ends of said
wall portions for holding said ends spaced from 35
the center of the spool.
1i. A spool comprising side-wall portions hav
ing side edges extending in divergent relation
from the center of the spool toward the periph
ery thereof, intermediate portions integral with 40
said side-wall portions and extending laterally
of the spool between the sides thereof, and a
member engageable with the inner ends of said
wall portions for holding said ends spaced from
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the center of the spool.
5. A spool comprising side-wall portions hav
ing side edges extending in divergent relation
from the center of the spool to the periphery
thereof, intermediate portions connected to said
side-wall portions and extending laterally of the 50
spool between the sides thereof, said intermediate
portions being arranged in pairs extending ra
dially of the spool in V-con?guration, and a
member engageable with the inner ends of said
wall portions for holding said ends spaced from 55
the center of the spool.
6. A spool blank comprising a sheet of foldable
material having a central opening and wall
forming portions disposed about said opening
and comprising alternately arranged substan 60
tially triangular and rectangular sections de?ned
by pairs of fold lines extending in diverging re
lation from said opening toward the periphery
of the blank.
'7. A spool blank comprising a sheet of foldable 65
material having a central opening and wall-form
tails of construction and arrangements of parts.
Therefore, I do not wish to belimited precise
ing portions disposed about said opening and
comprising alternately arranged substantially
triangular and rectangular sections de?ned by
ly to the present disclosure or to any part there
of, except as may be required by the appended
claims considered with reference to the prior art.
Having thus described my invention, what I
desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent of
the United States is:
1. A spool made of sheet material and com
pairs of fold lines extending in diverging relation 70
from said opening toward the periphery of the
blank, the outer edges of said triangular sections
being further from said opening than the outer
edges of said rectangular sections.
8. A spool comprising a blank of sheet material 75
bodiments herein disclosed may vary as to de
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the support for the web wound on the spool, a
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having a central opening and foldable along
spaced pairs of lines extending in diverging rela
tion from said opening toward the blank periph
ery, the portions of the blank between alternate
pairs of fold lines being folded in opposite direc 7
tions and positioned at opposite sides of the spool
and extending radially thereof, and the portions
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tions and positioned at opposite sides of the spool
and extending radially thereof, the portions of
the blank between successive lines of different
pairs of fold lines being disposed axially of the
spool and extending radially thereof, and a strip
of material disposed circumferentially of the spool
in engagement with peripheral portions of the
spool for holding’ the blank in said folded rela
tion.
'11. A spool comprising ?at side wall portions
extending perpendicular to the axis of the spool 10
and forming the side ?anges therefor, and por
tions extending parallel to the axis of the spool
of the blank between successive lines of different
pairs of fold lines being disposed axially of the
10 spool and extending radially thereof.
9. A spool comprising a blank of sheet material
having a central opening and folded along spaced
pairs of lines extending in diverging relation from
said opening toward the blank periphery, the por
15 tions of the blank between alternate pairs of fold
and forming a barrel therefor, the said perpen
dicularly disposed portions being integral with
lines being folded in opposite directions and posi
said barrel-forming portions, said ?at side Wall 15
tioned at opposite sides of the spool and extend
portions extending beyond said barrel of the
ing radially thereof, the portions of the blank be
spool.
tween successive lines of different pairs of fold
12. A spool formed from sheet material and
20 lines being disposed axially of the spool and ex
tending radially thereof, and means for securing comprising ?at side Wall portions extending per 20
said blank in folded spool formation.
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10. A spool comprising a blank of sheet mate
rial having a central opening and folded along
26 spaced pairs of lines extending in diverging rela
tion from saidopening toward the blank periph
ery, the portions of the blank between alternate
pairs of fold lines being folded, in opposite direc
pendicular to the axis of the spool and forming
the side ?anges therefor, and folded portions ex
tending parallel to the axis of the spool and form
ing a barrel therefor, the said perpendicularly
disposed portions being integral with said barrel
forming portions, said ?at side wall portions ex
tending beyond said barrel of the spool.
BERTRAM J. GOLDSMITH.