Improvements in Fasteners for Securing Card Clothing to the Bars or Flats of Flat Carding Engines.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left,. 27th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 30th Dec., 1893
:PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners for Securing Card Clothing to the Bars
or Flats of Flat Carding Engines.
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I, WILLIAM HIGHLEY of Croft Mills, Halifax in the County of York Card
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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The object.,of this invention is to provide a means of securing the clothing
without the necessity of costly stamping and folding machines and so that the flats
can be reclothed by means of hand appliances and is designed for flats having
holes.
I employ a plain strip of soft and pliable metal preferably mild steel, a portion
of the strip is placed over the holes and the foundation is then placed in position, a
staple (or a pin) is then passed through the foundation fabric and through the
under part of the strip, and through the holes, and is clenched, the remaining part
of the strip is then folded over the margin and pressed or rolled closely down
upon the upper face of the foundation fabric, thus securing one edge. The opposite
edge of the fabric is stretched over a similar strip by means of ordinary clamps, and
fixed down by the staples, the waste strip of foundation is cut off and the remaining
part of the strip is folded over and upon the face of the foundation and the operation
is completed.
The staples may be placed with their crowns upon the foundation and the legs.
clenched under the bar, or the legs may be put through the holes from the under-
side of the bar, and the legs clenched upon the face of the foundation, the legs being
of such length, as just to reach the adjoining legs and in that way form a continuous
line of wire along the whole face of the foundation.
I prefer staples but headed pins or rivets may be used in combination with the
encasing metal sheet.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners for Securing Card Clothing to the Bars
or Flats of Flat Carding Engines.
I, WILLIAM HIGHLEY, of Croft Mills, Halifax, in the County of York, Card
Maker, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a means of securing the card clothing
to the flats or bars of carding engines without the necessity of costly stamping and
folding machines, and so that the flats can be reclothed by means of hand appliances,
and is designed for flats having rivets or pin holes.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in
which:-
Fig. 1 is an end sectional view of a flat or bar having pin or rivet holes therein.
Fig. 2 is an end sectional view of a flat or bar with the fillet or card clothing
thereon, one edge of the clothing being shewn as secured, and the strip folded into
the finished position, the other edge being shewn as secured by the staples and strip,
but the latter is not folded into the finished position.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a side view of part of a flat, with the card clothing secured thereon
according to this invention, two of the staples been shewn with their crowns on the
top or face of the foundation, and two with their crowns on the underside of the flat
or bar, and their legs clenched on the face of the foundation.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a view of one of the staples.
All the several views are drawn about twice full size.
According to this invention I employ a plain strip 1 of soft and pliable metal,
preferably mild steel. A portion 2 of the strip 1 is placed over the holes 3, and
the foundation 4 of the card clothing is then placed in position, staples 5 (or pins)
are then passed through the foundation fabric 4 and through the part 2 of the
strip 1, and through the holes 3 in the flat, and the points of the staples 5 are then
clenched underneath the edge of the flat or bar, the remaining part of the strip 1 is
then folded over the margin or edge of the foundation 4, and pressed or rolled
closely down upon the upper face of the foundation fabric, thus securing one edge.
The opposite edge of the fabric 4 is stretched over a similar strip 1, by means of
ordinary clamps or stretching devices, and is then fixed down by the staples 5. 5,
the waste strip of the foundation 4 is cut off, and remaining part 6 of the strip 1 is
folded over and upon the face of the foundation, and the operation is completed.
The staples 5. 5 may be placed with their crowns upon the foundation 4 as shewn,
and the legs clenched under the bar, or vice versa, that is the legs may be put
through the holes 3. 3 from the underside of the bar (see Fig. 3) and the legs
clenched upon the face of the foundation 4, the legs being of such length as just to
reach the adjoining legs, and in that way form a nearly continuous line of wire
along the whole face of the foundation.
I prefer staples such as 5, but headed pins or rivets may be used in combination
with the encasing metal sheet.
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 :-
..hy
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The improvement in fasteners wherein is comprised staples or pins for holding
the foundation and one edge of the strip to the bar or flat, the remaining portion of
the strip being folded around the edge, and to a distance over the margin of the
foundation fabric, and creased or pressed thereon and thereto, as described and
illustrated by the drawings annexed.
· Dated this 25th day of November 1802
WILLIAM HIGHLEY,
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.