Improvements in Woven Driving Belts and in Means for Producing the same.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 26th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Woven Driving Belts and in Means for Producing
the same.
I FRANK REDDAWAY of Cheltenham Street Pendleton in the County of
Lancaster Manufacturer of Machine Belting do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:
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My said invention relates to the manufacture of woven driving belts and bands
from any suitable vegetable or animal or other fibre or from combinations of the
same as is now well understood. Hitherto such belts or bands have been woven in
lengths which are cut off to the proper length to form a belt and joined by sewing
or splicing or by fasteners or other means. Such joints are difficult to make and
generally form a weak spot in the belt besides presenting an inequality in the
thickness of the belt which is disadvantageous.
My present invention has for its object to obviate these defects by the
production of an endless woven driving belt which is woven complete and without
any joint.
In weaving my said improved endless belt I employ two warp beams or rollers
set a sufficient distance apart or one warp beam set a sufficient distance back from
the loom and acting in conjunction with nipping rollers on the front of the loom the
said rollers carrying an endless warp or series of warps. The warp beams or
carriers or one of them are or is rotated at the requisite speed from the loom so as
to take up and let off. The upper stretch of the endless warp passes through the
Joom at a suitable point and engages with the healds. The weaving then proceeds
in the usual manner except that the woven belting instead of being coiled on a
beam in front of the loom or led into a receptacle as usual, traverses backward
beneath and behind the loom toward the rear warp roller and finally over the rear
warp roller and toward the back of the healds until it meets the shuttle, the last
few picks to complete the belt being made by hand in any suitable manner.
endless belt is thus woven continuously and without any joining. In weaving long
belts the warp or belt might be passed over supporting and guiding rollers in a zig-
zag manner so as to economise space. When completed the endless driving belt
woven in the manner described can be stretched and treated in the usual manner so
as to render it fit for service. In using such a belt, stenting rollers are applied to
take up any slack which may arise in course of working or the distance between the
pulleys may be increased.
Dated this 24th day of January 1891.
The
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Woven Driving Belts and in Means for Producing
the same.
I FRANK REDDAWAY of Cheltenham Street, Pendleton, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer of Machine Belting.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 and accompanying
drawings:-
My said invention relates to the manufacture of woven driving belts and bands
from any suitable vegetable or animal or other fibre or from combinations of the

page_text: same as is now well understood. Hitherto such belts or bands have been woven in
lengths which are cut off to the proper length to form a belt and joined by sewing
or splicing or by fasteners or other means. Such joints are difficult to make and
generally forin a weak spot in the belt besides presenting an inequality in the
thickness of the belt which is disadvantageous.
My, present invention has for its object to obviate these defects by the
production of an endless woven driving belt which is woven complete and without
any joint.
To render my invention properly understood I will now proceed more particu-
larly to describe the saine, reference being had to the annexed illustrative
drawing.
The fig. represents on the right hand the outline of an ordinary belt weaving
loom A, on the left an extension or frame marked B and intended to carry the
roller supporting the other end of the endless warp.
In weaving my said improved endless belt I employ two warp beams or rollers set
a suflicient distance apart, or as shown in the drawing one warp beam a set on the
frame B a sufficient distance back from the loom A. and acting in conjunction with
a drawing roller at the front of the loom covered with cards or spikes and with
nipping rollers c c. These beams and rollers carry an endless warp d or series of
warps. The warp beam or beams or carriers or one of them are or is rotated at
the requisite speed from the loom so as to take up and let off. The upper stretch
of the endless warp d passes through the loom at a suitable point and engages with
the heals eece.
The weaving then proceeds in the usual manner except that the woven belting d
instead of being coiled ou a beam in front of the loom or led into a receptacle as
usual passes over the breast beam and drawing roller band traverses backward
beneath and behind the loom toward the rear warp roller a and finally partly
around the rear warp roller and toward the back of the healds e e e e until it meets
the first heald the last few picks to complete the belt being made by hand in any
suitable manner or being sewn in by a needle so as to make up and complete the
belt.
The endless belt is thus woven continuously and without any joining. In weaving
extra long belts the warp d or belt might be passed over supporting and guiding
rollers ghin a zig-zag manner as indicated in dotted lines so as to economise space.
When completed, the endless driving belt woven in the manner described can be
stretched for example in the apparatus shown and described in the Specification
attached to my Patent No. 21 of 1891 and treated in the usual manner so as to
render it fit for service. In using such a belt, stenting or guide pullies are applied
to take up any slack which may arise in course of working or the distance between
the pullies may be increased.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
Weaving endless belting in the manner and substantially by the means herein-
before described and shown or any mere equivalent therefor.
Dated this 21st day of October 1891
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James' Square, Manchester, Agents.