Improvements in the Manufacture of Foundations of Cards for Carding Fibres.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 20th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 20th Jan., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in the Manufacture of Foundations of Cards for
Carding Fibres.
We, SQUIRE ROBERTS of Perseverance Works Cleckheaton, in the County of York,
Card Maker, HENRY LAW of Moorland Mills, Cleckheaton aforesaid, Card Maker, and
JOHN VOSPER CURRY of 13 Piece Hall Yard, Bradford in the said County, Solicitor,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of the class of
" foundations or material (in which the teeth or cards are set) composed of woven
fabrics joined by means of an intervening layer of india rubber or cement, the object
of the invention being to render such "foundations" or materials more durable
especially when used for narrow filleting, the foundation in narrow widths being most
liable to breakage.
According to this invention we employ in combination with the woven fabrics and
india rubber or cement of which the foundation is composed, soft steel iron copper, or
other wires, which at intervals of width of the piece are fed from bobbins or other
source of supply longitudinally after the manner of warp threads between the woven
fabric during the operation of calendering or jointing the fabrics.
Dated this 21st day of February 1887.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of "Foundations" of Cards for
Carding Fibres.
We, SQUIRE ROBERTS of Perseverance Works, Cleckheaton in the County of York
Card Maker, HENRY LAW of Moorland Mills, Cleckheaton aforesaid, Card Maker, and
JOHN VOSPER CURRY of 13 Piece Hall, Bradford in the said County, Solicitor 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 the manufacture of the class of
❝ foundations or material (in which the teeth or cards are set) composed as hereto-
fore of woven fabrics, joined by means of an intervening layer of india rubber or
cement, the object of the invention being to render such foundations" or materials
more durable especially when used for narrow filletting the foundation in narrow
widths being most liable to breakage.
According to this invention we employ in combination with the woven fabrics and
india rubber or cement of which the foundation is composed soft steel, iron, copper, or
other wires, which at intervals of width of the piece are fed from bobbins or other
source of supply longitudinally after the manner of warp threads between the woven
fabric during the operation of calendering or jointing the fabrics composing the com-
pleted clothing, the wires being imbedded in the india rubber or cement, and fabrics
and are thereby securely held in the relative positions as fed between the layers of
fabric.
The distance apart or number of the interlaid wires may according to the width of
the foundation be varied as also the strength of the wires employed as circumstances
may require.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
The combination of interlaid wires with the layers of woven fabric or other material
of which the foundation is composed, as and for purpose herein fully described.
Dated this 19th day or December 1887.
ΟΙ Deconicor 1887.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicants.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicants.