Abstract: An accessory organizer device includes an elongated main body having a plurality of surfaces. A plurality of hooks is secured along one or more surfaces of the main body and can function to engage any number of secondary items such as clothing, jewelry, hats and glasses. The main body includes a layered construction having a rigid core, a padded layer, a decorative layer and a transparent layer. An outer layer is removably secured to the main body and includes a plurality of grommets that are shaped and sized to receive the plurality of hooks.

Abstract: A thread spool holding device has a plastic base plate that holds a series of preferably soft plastic spindles that can be introduced or removed from the base and can be arranged as needed by sliding along a slotted track of the base. Each spindle can hold a threaded spool and has a cross sectional configuration for gripping the center hole of the spool. The spindle ends can also hold a bobbin in tandem with a thread spool.

Abstract: A thread spool holding device has a plastic base plate that holds a series of preferably soft plastic spindles that can be introduced or removed from the base and can be arranged as needed by sliding along a slotted track of the base. Each spindle can hold a threaded spool and has a cross sectional configuration for gripping the center hole of the spool. The spindle ends can also hold a bobbin in tandem with a thread spool.

Abstract: A thread spool holding device has a plastic base plate that holds a series of preferably soft plastic spindles that can be introduced or removed from the base and can be arranged as needed by sliding along a slotted track of the base. Each spindle can hold a threaded spool and has a cross sectional configuration for gripping the center hole of the spool. The spindle ends can also hold a bobbin in tandem with a thread spool.

Abstract: Connection member integrally includes: a supporting section having a shape adapted to support a predetermined portion of a thread spool of a predetermined shape: a cylindrical portion for fixing a spool pin to the connection member by allowing one end portion of the pin to be inserted therein or thereon; and a fitting portion fittingly engageable with a mounting portion of a thread stand plate. Thus, the connection member and the spool pin are attached together to the thread stand plate with the connection member attached to the mounting portion of the thread stand plate via the fitting portion and the spool pin fitted at the one end portion to the cylindrical portion. The supporting section has a shape adapted to support predetermined portions of thread spools of at least two types having different configurations.

Abstract: An apparatus for managing lengths of flexible elongate elements between two fixed points has a single spool with a track of predetermined width sufficient for winding alternate turns of the elongate element about opposite side regions of the track in a folded figure eight pattern. A first turn of the elongate element is wound about a first side region of the track, then the element is crossed over to the second side region of the track and a second turn is wound about the second side region of the track. The elongate element is crossed back over to the first side region and a third turn is wound about the first side region. The process is repeated until at least the majority of the slack between the fixed points on the element has been taken up.

Abstract: A spool organizer includes an elongate trough, having end walls on opposing ends, a back configured for attachment to a generally vertical support structure, and a generally open top, whereby spools of elongate material can be placed side-by-sided in the trough in a generally upright orientation.

Abstract: The packing and stowing system of roll of automotive electric conductors is characterized by three independent sections that when adjusted, they form a back up cover that prevents the deformation of the cable during its winding and when it is being stowed. The sections are integrated by a cylindrical body that is opened when it is introduced in a bobbin, as guide and subjection element of the wound roll; and a post set on a base as support for the piling up of the packed rolls and the hoop of the platform.

Abstract: A wire dispensing rack for holding a wire spool such that wire may be dispensed from the spool includes a first frame assembly. At least first and second support rollers are carried by the first frame assembly. The support rollers are adapted to seat different sized spools holding wire to be dispensed. A puller roller is carried by the first frame assembly below said first and second support rollers. A wire spool is placed on the support rollers and the wire to be dispensed is passed under the puller roller. When the wire to be dispensed is pulled, the wire engages the puller roller creating a downward force on the spool pulling it into the support rollers. The spool is thus retained on the wire rack through the force of dispensing wire.

Abstract: A device for drawing a thread, ribbon or the like off from a package (1), in which the thread or the like can be withdrawn overhead from the package and, in order to obtain a practically twist-free drawing off of the thread, ribbon or the like, the thread, ribbon or the like is withdrawn alternately over one of the two opposite end surfaces (1', 1'') of the package (1).

Abstract: A corotron restringing tool includes a locking drum downstream from a spool of corotron wire. A torsion spring connected to the locking drum allows wire to be drawn from the spool under a minimum of tension and subsequently manipulated without placing tension on the remaining wire on the spool. An alternative is to use a locking wedge instead of the drum configured such that the harder the wire is pulled, the tighter the wire is held by the wedge.

Abstract: An apparatus including a plurality of spaced support blocks, with spring biased support arms mounted therebetween. The support arms are arranged for reception of a plurality of spools therealong for support and storage. The support arms are of a spring biased configuration mounted at its rearward end within a rear support block and received within a slot within a forward support block. The slot is directed from a forward wall of the support block downwardly thereof and at an acute angle to secure and receive the forward terminal end of the support arm within the slot.

Abstract: An installation cable unwinder for dispensing a wire leader and pintle, which joins the ends of a papermachine fabric in a pin seam, includes a spool attached to a larger plate-like member. The pintle is wound onto the spool with the wire leader extending therefrom. The wire leader is then coiled loosely about the spool, and fastened by staples or tie straps to the plate-like member. A hole passing through the spool and plate-like member allows the user to place the installation cable unwinder on a dowel to rotate thereabout, so that the wire leader and pintle may be conveniently dispensed therefrom.

Abstract: Apparatus including a horizontal rectangular frame and a vertical rectangular frame receivable within the horizontal frame. The framework of the horizontal frame includes plural link members mounted vertically of a forward end of the horizontal rectangular frame and to an upper end of the vertical rectangular frame to pivotally receive the vertical rectangular frame within the horizontal rectangular frame. A propeller support brace is rotatably mounted to the vertical rectangular frame and includes a plurality of threaded bosses to threadedly mount a spaced plurality of yarn containers thereto where each yarn container is of a cylindrical configuration formed with a coaxial bore therethrough including an upper lid thereof to direct yarn therethrough.

Abstract: A container for dispensing thin line, such as tippet material used for fishing, includes a housing having a flat end wall and a cylindrical peripheral wall which together define a cavity for holding several spools of the line. The lines pass from their respective spools through a slit in the peripheral wall. The slit has elastomeric liners along its edges, and these liners serve to grip the line, so that its ends are presented for gripping beyond the container. The housing also has a spindle which projects from the end wall of the housing through the spools, beyond which it has a screw thread. An end plate extends across the cavity where it opens out of the housing, this plate being attached to the housing at the screw threads on the spindle so that it can be turned down to clamp the spools between it and the end wall of this housing. This controls the resistance with which the spools will rotate when dispensing line.

Abstract: A device permitting yarn or the like to be pulled from a skein by the performance of a handcraft such as knitting. A spindle passes through the skein and a support structure holds the spindle in a vertical position. The support structure includes a base, an upright attached to the base, and a spindle support at the top of the upright. The base and spindle support have means rotatably attaching them to the upright to allow folding up the device for storage and portability. However, means are provided to fix the position of the upright with respect to the base, when the device is in use. The ends of the spindle fit into recesses in the base and spindle support. The means for attaching the spindle support to the upright allows the spindle support to rotate upward so that the spindle can be inserted in and removed from the recesses. The spindle has a spacer attached near its lower end to hold the yarn away from the base.

Abstract: An assembly for holding and dispensing yarn from a skein of yarn includes a frame, a spindle and a basket. The frame is collapsible with two pairs of pivotally crossed legs spaced by four horizontal rods connecting the upper and lower portions of oppositely faced legs. Two of the legs are upwardly extended to a pair of journals which rotatably support the spindle which will hold a skein of yarn. The basket is formed from a piece of T-shaped cloth. Fasteners disposed on the cloth permit it to be detachably suspended from the upper horizontal rods and detachably folded into basket shape around the upper and lower horizontal rods.

Abstract: A device having a spool around which a knitting yarn is wound and a holder member holding the spool for rotation and having a slot through which a leading portion of said yarn passes through so that when said device is suspended with the leading portion of the yarn engaged with opened hooks of the concerned latch needles of a hand knitting machine for forming Argyle patterns, said spool may be frictionally held without rotating. Thus, when using a necessary number of said devices, it is possible to avoid troublesome drawing up of two or three colors of yarns which often causes tangle of yarns and replacement of weights respectively attached on the yarns as the knitting operation progresses.

Abstract: A device for holding a plurality of floss bobbins is described. The invention comprises a floss bobbin holding carrier which has a peripheral surface and a plurality of mounting sites on the surface. A plurality of modular floss bobbins are detachably mounted onto the floss bobbin holding carrier, which are arranged spatially on the peripheral surface of the floss bobbin holding carrier.

Abstract: An adjustable thread and yarn dispenser and winder caddy includes a base supporting a vertically mounted dowel over which is mounted a removable spindle. On the spindle is at least one thread supporting member frictionally fitted and vertically adjustable thereon. The bottom of the spindle rests loosely on the base and is freely rotatable. A spool of crochet thread or skein of yarn may be mounted between the vertically adjustable and removable frusto-conical support members which accommodate variances in spool sizes, shapes and thread mass. A hank of thread or left-over length of yarn may be wound onto the spindle for storage or for dispensing. Flat circular discs can be substituted for the frusto-conically shaped support members.

Abstract: A creel for reels of electrical wire. A creel member has spindles extending out to receive reels of electrical wire, and a support leg is pivoted at the upper end of the creel member and movable out to provide a tripod arrangement. A chain extends from the support leg to the creel member to limit the movement. The spindles are perpendicular to the stanchions of the creel member so flanges of the reels will lie along the stanchions. Guides, or eyes, are fixed to the support leg so wires from the reels are gathered for control. The support leg has a roller mounted at its end so the creel and support leg can be pivoted to lie together, the apparatus slanted back with the creel member above the support leg, and the roller will engage the floor to facilitate transport.

Abstract: An adapter for use on a sewing machine which is equipped with first and second spool pins permits the machine to operate with non-conventional spools such as plastic or cardboard tube spools, small conical base spools, and large spools having a large bore therethrough. A yoke is rotatably mounted on a stabilizing bar which in turn is mounted on the spool pins. The yoke supports first and second mounting fins. A rod is hingedly coupled to one of the mounting fins and is capable of assuming stable horizontal or vertical positions. Plastic or cardboard tube spools may be mounted on the rod when in a horizontal position. The yoke is then adjusted so as to minimize the distance between the point the thread comes off the spool and the first thread guide on the machine. Larger spools may be mounted on the first mounting fin or, when the rod is in a vertical position, on the second mounting fin.

Abstract: A spool pin holder for accommodating deflection of a spool pin wherein a spherical segment adjacent the ends of the spool pin is seated in a socket in a spool pin post adjacent a socket of square profile having grooves extending along the diagonals of the square beyond the square so as to accommodate therein a first pair of leaf springs in a first diagonal on either side of a spool pin end and a second pair of leaf springs in the second diagonal about the spool pin end adjacent the first pair so as to provide a restoring force to the spool pin in response to any disturbing force displacing the same.

Abstract: A spool holding device for a sewing machine in which a spool holder base is positioned above a rear portion of the sewing machine and supports a plurality of upper and lower thread spools thereon, a first thread guide plate is positioned above the spool holder base and has a plurality of spaced upper and lower thread guide holes, a second thread guide plate is supported on the arm of the sewing machine and has a plurality of upper thread guide holes and a thread retaining means is associated with said second thread guide plate for retaining a thread which is not used for sewing.

Abstract: A line winding device for fishing reels consisting of a holder for a spool of bulk line mountable on any rigid support, line being extendable from the spool for winding on the reel of a fishing rod, the holder being adjustable to position the spool in various positions relative to the support and to the fishing rod to provide twist-free and kink-free winding of the line on the reel, regardless of the type of reel being used.

Abstract: A thread keeper to prevent undesired unwinding of thread from a spool. The unit comprises a channel shaped element with the mid portion paralleling the axis of the spool and the two arms straddling the ends of the spool. The arms have short projections that enter the ends of the cylindrical bore through the spool whereby the spool can rotate within the keeper unit. The space between the mid portion of the keeper and the thread on the spool is filled with compressible friction applying material that expands to be in continuous braking engagement with the thread as it is pulled and unwound from the spool.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for supporting and training plants and in particular for layering tomato plants. It comprises a longitudinal stem portion formed with an integral hook which is adapted to grip and slide along a support wire which is mounted above and parallel to the plant row, and a spool rotatable about a cylindrical bearing surface of the stem portion. The spool carries a support cord which passes upwardly from the spool, through an aperture in the top of the stem portion and down through the hollow interior of the stem portion to where it is tied to the stem of the tomato plant. When it is desired to layer the plant the stem portion is moved along the wire and simultaneously the spool is rotated to pay out sufficient cord to layer the plant. Rotation of the spool is controlled by means of ribs on a flange of the spool which engage with the horizontal support wire.

Abstract: A holder for a paper towel roll or toilet paper roll. A stationary base member has an annular flat rim surrounding a central frustoconical projection. A rotatable member also has an annular flat rim surrounding a central hollow frustoconical projection that nests around the projection of the base member and is rotatable with respect thereto. The facing flat surfaces of the rim and the facing surfaces of the projections enable relative rotation with some resistance, to provide braking action. The outer surface of the frustoconical projection of the rotatable member includes means, such as splines, for firmly non-rotatably engaging the hollow core of a paper towel roll or toilet paper roll. The base member is secured horizontally, so that the rotatable member stands up vertically and holds the paper roll vertically.

Abstract: A holder and dispenser of cable wire such as ROMEX is provided to hang from rafters or joists whether or not the flooring or roof have been laid. The dispenser includes a cable reel holding frame, a swivel such that the frame rotates to the direction the cable is pulled from the reel, a vertical telescoping strap support on which the swivel and frame hang and a rafter and joist attachment means including an inverted U-shape to hang over the top of rafters or joists and an upright U-shape to attach from below together with hand screw devices to secure the attachment.

Abstract: A spool for thread or the like is provided with means for locking or securing the spool in position over a spindle. The spool may be of the type having a base member and a substantially cylindrical portion in which the thread may be taken from the spool in a direction substantially parallel to the spool axis. A locking means is provided to prevent spool jumping when the thread on the spool is partially removed making the spool with the remaining thread thereon lighter. In one embodiment, radial score marks, indentations or grooves are formed in a thin membrane section of the spool formed across the bore of the spool. The spool is designed so that the thin membrane will break along the radial score marks when placed over the spindle with the inwardly pointing ends of the thin membrane engaging the spindle thereby holding the spool down. In another embodiment, an adhesive is provided on the bottom of the base portion of the spool to temporarily fasten the spool to the thread stand plate.

Abstract: The spool holder is provided with a plurality of circular discs of different diameters in which each disc is provided with one or more rows of pins, each pin being of such diameter and length as to extend loosely into the hole formed in a standard type spool. The pins are positioned on the upper surface of each of the discs, and the discs are supported one above the other in a single vertical axis arranged in order of their diameters, the smallest diameter disc being at the top, the disc immediately above a disc carrying more than one row of spool-carrying pins being provided with a single recess extending inwardly from the outer edge of the disc to a point substantially over the pins on the inner row adjacent the outer row of pins.

Abstract: Spool holder apparatus for positioning a spool of thread in a generally horizontal plane on a sewing machine head. The spool holder apparatus base has a pair of vertically extending arms extending therefrom. A spool holder is formed of an elongated member secured at its ends to said vertically extending arms, respectively, and has an axis perpendicular to said arms. Securing means are provided for attaching the base to the machine.

Abstract: A spool magazine for a sewing machine includes a first member having a tubular portion and an elongated rod projecting axially from opposite sides of a spool support disc. The first member is vertically received in extension of the upstanding spool support post of a sewing machine via the tubular portion and a plurality of centrally apertured spool support discs are received on the rod. Each of the latter discs has downwardly projecting legs to enable the discs to be stacked in vertically spaced apart relationship on top of the disc of the first member. The various discs serve as support shelves for spools of thread which are received about the elongated rod.