Improvements in Frames for Holding Plushes and other Pile Fabrics.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 2nd Feb., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames for Holding Plushes and other Pile
Fabrics.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK MATHEWS of 213, Friern Road, East Dulwich, London
S.E. Silk Buyer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in frames for holding plushes and other
pile fabrics, and has for object so to construct such frames that the fabrics
contained therein or thereupon may be compactly stored without the pile surfaces
being in contact with one another and thereby deteriorating the value and quality
of the goods in the piece as now so great a cause of annoyance and inconvenience
in the ordinary manner of folding velvets and like goods.
To obviate these difficulties it has in some cases been customary to hang the
fabric in the piece in folds over laths the ends of which laths fit into a frame or
cradle. This prevents the fabrics being spoilt by its weight pressing upon the
folds and forming creases in the stuff, but the frame or cradle so employed and as
hitherto constructed has possessed many disadvantages which in accordance with
this invention I am enabled to overcome.
And in order that this my invention may be fully understood and be readily
carried into effect I will now proceed to describe same with reference to the
accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon
that is to say :-
Fig. 1 represents in side elevational view a frame for holding plushes and other
pile fabrics constructed in accordance with this invention.
Fig. 2 shews the frame in end view.
Fig. 3 is a plan.
Fig. 4 a sectional plan through line A. B. Fig. 1.
Fig. 5. is a sectional end elevation of the stretcher hereinafter spoken of.
Fig. 6 is an end view of several folds of plush or other fabric folded over
the laths and connected at bottom folds with a cord or its equivalent by which
attachment of the fabric is made to the lower part of the frame, &
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of the cross pieces on cradle hereinafter
referred to.
a is the bottom or bed of the frame which may preferably be of a rectangular
shape and of a size to suit the width and length of the piece of plush or other similar
material to be contained or supported therein.
These rods b
At each corner of the bed a I have a vertical stanchion or rod b.
support upon their upper ends the cross pieces c shaped to receive the ends of the
laths d. The cross pieces c and laths d' thus form a cradle and the height of the
uprights 6 may conveniently be such as to permit the plush or other fabric contained
in the frame to hang in half yard folds, this for convenience in cutting off desired
lengths of fabric from the piece as and when required. ee are the stretchers
before mentioned consisting conveniently of bars or strips of wood or metal
adjustable upon the bed or bottom a of the apparatus by means of fly nuts ff upon
the vertical pins g screwed into bed a and passing through the bars e e. Upon the
inner edges of the stretchers e e are arranged the hooks under which the cord i or
its equivalent connecting the lower ends of the folds of the plush is passed and the

page_text: bars ee being adjustable by means of the fly nuts and pins g the amount of tension
upon the folded fabric may be regulated as desired.
To place the fabric in or upon the frame the laths d are fitted from the apparatus
and the material folded conveniently as aforesaid in half yard folds.
Between each fold is passed one of the laths d over which the material hangs as
seen particularly in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The lower ends of the folds of velvet
are connected or attached by the cord, wire or the like i, see also Fig. 6, and the
whole placed upon the apparatus each lathing taking into suitable grooves formed
upon the cross pieces c of the frame, see Fig. 7.
The cord, or wire is then passed under the books arranged as aforesaid upon
the inner edges of the stretchers e e. These latter are adjusted to the required
tension so that the material may be properly extended by means of the fly nut and
screw as aforesaid and when it is desired to cut off a portion of the material the
connecting cord or wire i is unfastened and withdrawn from the folds of the material
desired to be detached from the piece. The piece is then cut off and the cord or
wire again tied or otherwise fastened around the remaining portion of the
material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The improvements in frames for holding plush and other pile goods sub-
stantially as herein before described and shewn.
2. In frames for holding plushes and other pile goods the stretchers or bars e
provided with hooks upon their inner edges and having means of adjustment
consisting of fly nuts f working upon the screw pins g fixed in bed a of the
apparatus and passing through slots formed in said stretchers or bars e substantially
as shewn and described.
3. In frames for holding plush and other pile goods the combination of bed a
uprights b. cross pieces c and laths d with the adjustable stretchers or bars e
carrying hooks upon their inner edges under which are placed the cords or wires i
connecting the lower edges of the folds of the material substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore described and shewn.
Dated this 6th day of December 1894.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.