Improvements in the Manufacture of Mats, Carpets, Screens, Life- belts, Lifeboat Belts, or the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 7th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Mats, Carpets, Screens, Life-
belts, Lifeboat Belts, or the like.
PAUL RAOUL DE FAUCHEUX D'HUMY of New York United States of
America at present residing at 50 Mulgrave Street Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The leading principle of this invention consists in forming superficies of a large
number of separate tubes or pieces strongly attached together by means of a steel
spring or springs, parallel wires, metallic ribbons or cords passing through them,
over them or alongside of them and to which they are firmly attached by means of
staples, strings, cords, wires or the like so as to form a sheet or broad band having
great strength in the direction of the spring, wires or metallic bands, and yet be
formed of separate pieces or tubes each performing its own duty as a means of
flotation and where the spring or metallic band is used it forms a stiff or elastic
backing so that in the case of a life belt for instance, the band forming the life belt
can be opened sufficiently for the wearer to place it round his body when the spring
closing will hold it tightly there. The invention relates to the manufacture of
mats, carpets, screens, life belts, life boats, and the like from india-rubber, wood,
metal, leather, bamboo, cork, cane or similar material. The invention may be
carried into effect in a variety of ways of which the following may be enumerated
by way of illustration. I take a series of lengths of tubing in india-rubber, bamboo,
cane, or thin metal pipes closed at their ends and united with a string, cord, wire,
etcetera. After having laid them side by side longitudinally or vertically, I form
these various articles :
In a life saving apparatus as life belt, a steel ribbon or spring is fixed on the top
of all the india-rubber, bamboo, cane, etcetera, tubing and each separate piece is laced
after to the spring.
In other cases, a series of lengths of tubing or solid strips of india-rubber, cloth,
or leather strips are laid side by side and a string or metal ribbon or wire passed
through the corresponding holes, placed at intervals.
Or the strip or band of india-rubber, leather or cloth, may contain in the inside a
metallic wire or metallic cord, the metallic wire or cord may be placed on the edge
or on the surface of the strip and fixed with rivet wires or any other material on
the strip.
For the life boat, the tubing closed at both ends, united as described before, will
form a belt around the boat.
By means of my invention, I am enabled to construct mats, carpets, screens,
coverings, life belts, life boats or the like economically and rapidly and also utilise
waste scraps or loose pieces of india-rubber, leather, wood, bamboo, cane, cork,
etcetera, and convert them into useful articles without skilled labour or large amount
of manipulation.
Dated this 5th day of December 1890.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Mats, Carpets, Screens, Life-
belts, Lifeboat Belts, or the like.
I, PAUL RAOUL DE FAUCHEUX D'HUMY of New York, United States of
America, at present residing at 50 Mulgrave Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster Civil Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
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The leading principle of this invention consists in forming superficies of a large
number of separate tubes or pieces strongly attached together by means of a steel
.spring or springs, parallel wires, metallic ribbons or cords passing through them,
over them or alongside of them and to which they are firmly attached by means of
staples, strings, cords, wires or the like so as to form a sheet or broad band having
great strength in the direction of the spring, wires or metallic bands, and yet be
formed of separate pieces or tubes each performing its own duty as a means of
flotation, and, where the spring or metallic band is used, it forms a stiff or elastic
backing, so that in the case of a life belt for instance, the band forming the
life belt can be opened sufficiently for the wearer to place it round his body,
when the spring closing will hold it tightly there. The invention relates to the
manufacture of mats, carpets, screens, life belts, life boats, and the like from india-
rubber, wood, metal, leather, bamboo, cork, cane or similar material. The invention
may be carried into effect in a variety of ways, of which the following may be
enumerated by way of illustration. I take a series of lengths of tubing in india-
rubber, bamboo, cane, or thin metal pipes closed at their ends and united with a
string, cord, wire, etcetera. After having laid them side by side longitudinally or
vertically, I form these various articles :-
In a life saving apparatus as life belt, a steel ribbon or spring is fixed on the top
of all the india-rubber, bamboo, cane, etcetera, tubing, and each separate piece is
laced after to the spring.
In other cases, a series of lengths of tubing or solid strips of india-rubber, cloth,
or leather strips are laid side by side and a string or metal ribbon or wire passed
through the corresponding holes, placed at intervals.
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Or the strip or band of india-rubber, leather, or cloth, may contain in the inside
a metallic wire or metallic cord, the metallic wire or cord may be placed on the
edge or on the surface of the strip and fixed with rivet wires or any other material
on the strip.
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For the life boat, the tubing, closed at both ends, united as described before, will
form a belt around the boat.
By means of my invention, I am enabled to construct mats, screens, carpets, life
belts, life boats or the like economically and rapidly and also utilise waste scraps or
loose pieces of india-rubber, leather, wood, bamboo, 'cane, cork, etcetera, and convert
them into useful articles without skilled labour or large amount of manipulation. .
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 sets forth a complete life belt made of strips of light material A placed
vertically, the metallic spring band B being horizontal.
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Figures 2 and 3 show portions of another belt in which the light tubes or other
flotation material A are horizontal and have vertical slips of any tough rigid
material F, Figure 2 shows one side of the piece of belt and Figure 3 the
reverse side.
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Figures 4 and 5 show similar views of another variation.
Figure 6 shows how the flotation parts of Figures 4 and 5 are built up.
In this latter, C is an india-rubber tube, DĎ two wooden or cork plugs, E string
performing the twofold purpose of tying the ends tight so as to prevent the escape
of air or the admission of water. In all these cases, the flotation material is tied by

page_text: string, wire or the like to the spring bands B or to the cross pieces F themselve
firmly tied to the spring band.
Where carpets, mats or the like are made in this manner, the bands are normally
flat, but in the case of life belts they are normally the shape of a man's cross section
or rather thinner so that they can be forced open to introduce the person and will
then hold with their own resilience. For sheathings for ships, they are preferably
formed in two wide bands united by a piece of canvas. The canvas fits over the
keel and the two bands lie against the sides of the boat and are connected by bands
or are clipped onto the gunwale.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The manufacture of life belts, carpets, mats, life boat belts and the like, of
pieces of cork, rubber, cane, wood or other like material laid side by side and united
to steel, iron or other bands, wires, cords, or flexible strips by wire string or the
like, substantially as described.
2. The manufacture and use of life boats formed of ordinary boats coated on
each side by a layer of flotative material constructed and arranged substantially as
herein described.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 2nd July, 1891-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Driving or Carrying Belts.
I, PAUL RAOUL DE FAUCHEUX D'HUMY of New York, United States of
America, at present residing at 50 Mulgrave Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The leading principle of this invention consists in forming a belt of a number of
separate tubes or pieces strongly attached together by means of a steel spring or
springs, parallel wires, metallic ribbons or cords passing through them, over them,
and alongside of them, and to which they are firmly attached by means of suitable
strings, cords, wires or the like so as to form a band having great strength in the
direction of the spring, wires or metallic bands.
The invention may be carried into effect in a variety of ways of which the
following may be quoted by way of illustration.
A series of lengths of tubing or solid strips of india rubber, cloth or leather
strips are laid side by side and a string or metal ribbon or wire passing through the
corresponding holes placed at intervals, or the strip or band of india rubber may
contain in the inside a metallic wire or metallic cord. The metallic wire or cord
may be placed on the edge or on the surface of the strip and fixed with rivet wires
(staples) or any other material on the strip.
By means of my invention I am enabled to utilise waste scraps or loose pieces of
india rubber, leather etc.
Dated this 5th day of December 1890
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Driving or Carrying Belts.
I, PAUL RAOUL DE FAUCHEUX D'HUMY, of New York, United States of
America, at present residing at 50, Mulgrave Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object the construction of belts and wrapping power
conductors in such manner as to prevent or reduce the stretching of the leather or
other material, to strengthen the belting and to give a greater grip upon the
pulley. The invention is best described by means of the accompanying drawings,
in which:
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 show various arrangements of leather or other light
belting strengthened by means of steel or other metallic bands or wires.
Figure 7 shows another variety of belt, of which, while the leather or other
material takes all the friction, the metallic bands take all the strain.
Figure 8 shows a junction of two metallic bands.
Figures 9 and 10 show a method of joining two leather belts together by means
of the staples, and
Figure 11 shows a round belt in which the metallic core takes all the strain and
the leather or other light material takes the friction.
Like figures relate to like parts on all the drawings.

page_text: Keferring now to Figure 1 :—
A, is a series of parallel wires, B a leather or other light belt, C transverse
strips of leather covering the wires and forming the working face of the belt,
D iron, steel or other staples driven through the two layers of leather, clenched at
the ends and firmly holding all together.
Figure 2 shows a variation of this, in which steel or other bands take the place
of wire, and in which there are two main leather belts instead of one.
Figure 3 shows two metallic bands with a series of short pieces of leather fixed
thereto by means of staples and leather forming the working face. It will be
noticed that there are two arrangements of staples shown, namely, staples D of the
ordinary form tightly embracing the metal band and clenched on the working face,
and d similar staples driven into notches in the band.
These notches are shown rather exaggerated, but in actual practice will be only
just deep enough on each side to prevent the band from slipping end wise through
the staple and will only be used where there is any fear of a longitudinal
movement.
Figure 4 shows about the simplest form of a belt according to this invention, to
which two metallic ribbons are attached, by ordinary staples, to a single leather
belt. The two blades are shown with their joint ends projecting together. This
is necessary only where the joint is made in the belt. In all other cases, if there
be a joint at all in the steel ribbons or in the leather, I prefer that no two joints
be opposite each other, but that the various joints break with one another.
Figures 5 and 6 show the method of jointing up belts at the usual lacing point.
The two metal bands overlap each other and are well wound with wire, as set forth
in detail in Figure 8, the two ends of the leather band having iron or other metal
caps E folding over them and rivetted by rivets F. A séries of holes is punched
or drilled through each of these caps and through the leather, and a series of
staples D is passed through and clenched on the other side, as shown.
Figure 7 shows a modification, in which four bands A¹ are passed through slots
formed in a series of bars of leather C set on edge.
Figure 8, as already explained, is a junction between two ends of metallic ribbon.
These ends are notched like a saw, but preferably with rounded notches, and are
well laced up by being wound in two directions with wire, as shown.
Figures 9 and 10 set forth a joint of two leather or other bands, in which
staples D, similar to those already described, pass through both ends of the band.
Figure 11 sets forth a small flat band or wire on which are strung discs or
washers of leather or other like material C¹, these taking the friction while the
band or wire A takes the strain. I have given a few instances only of my
invention, but it is obvious that the principle can be adopted, while the details are
very largely varied.
In this Specification, I have described my most improved method of joining up
the metal bands Figure 8, this is not described in the Provisional Specification and
I make under this application no claim for it, nor yet for the methods of joining up
the ends of bands as set forth in Figures 5, 6, 9 and 10, these being covered by a
fresh Complete Application filed at or before the filing of this Complete Specification
and numbered 12521 of 1891, and I only set them forth in the present Specification
in order to fulfil the law, which requires that I should set forth the best method
known to me of carrying my invention into effect, and I have found that my present
system of joining up is much better than the simple rivetting contemplated when
my Provisional Application was made.
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. In a belt or other wrapping power conductor, the combmation of belting B'or
pads or strips C of leather or other like material, with metallic wires or ribbons A

page_text: or A¹ in such manner that the leather or other soft material shall form the fric-
tional surface on the belting while the metal ribbon or wire shall take up the main
longitudinal strain.
2. In combination with composite belts formed in part of metal and in part of
leather or other light material, a series of staples D firmly holding the whole
together, substantially as described.
Dated this lot dow of Tul 1801
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.