Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Woven Driving Belts.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Woven
Driving Belts.
We, JAMES CHARLES FISHER, of 20 Rook Street, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, and EDWARD WELSBY, of Wales House
Newchurch-in-Rossendale, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of woven driving belts in which the
plies are held together by binding threads of warp, and its objects are to cause
the binders to lie more closely in the belt; to enable the weaving to be effected
in less time; to enable a greater length of belt to be produced from the same
length of warps; and to increase the strength of the belt.
The binding warp is as usual, wound upon a separate beam, and it is according to
this invention treated during the process of winding, with melted wax or wax
compositions or similar materials. This treatment may be effected by passing the
threads of the binding warp through the melted material, thence through holes
formed in felt and afterwards through a leather or hide comb. Some such arrange-
ment as this is necessary because of the unavoidable presence of knots in the warp
threads which would make the use of rigid wipers scrapers or rollers inadmissible
for removing the superfluous matter.
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By this treatment the yarn is condensed or rendered more compact, and sufficient
be wound upon a single beam to last out two ordinary warps for belts of average
thickness, thus obviating the necessity for piecing the binding warp in the middle
of a belt.
Owing to the compact manner in which the binders are laid up in the belt, a
shorter length of binding warp is required per foot of belt, and the belt itself is
woven more closely. The treatment also renders the binders more durable and
removes their susceptibility to atmospheric changes, and thus increases the durability
of the belt in which they are used. Also, since the binders render the belt more
compact, they increase the weight of the belt, by enabling the weft to be beaten up
closer, and slightly reduce the thickness. Hence the belt containing the treated
binding warp is stronger and not so liable to crack.
Dated this 8th day of December A.D. 1892.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Woven
Driving Belts.
We, JAMES CHARLES FISHER, of 20 Rook Street, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, and EDWARD WELSBY, of Wales House
Newchurch-in-Rossendale, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, 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 the manufacture of woven driving belts in which the
plies are held together by binding threads of warp, and its objects are to cause the
binders to lie more closely in the belt; to enable the weaving to be effected in less

page_text: time; to enable a greater length of belt to be produced from the same length of
warp and to increase the strength of the belt.
The binding warp is as usual wound upon a separate beam, and it is according to
this invention treated with melted wax, wax compositions or similar materials. By
means of this treatment the yarn is condensed or rendered more compact, and a
shorter length is required per foot of belt, whilst the belt itself is woven more
closely.
The treatment also renders the binders more durable and removes the suscepti-
bility to atmospheric changes, thus increasing the durability of the belt in the
manufacture of which they are used. Also, since the binders render the belt more
compact, they increase the weight of the belt by enabling the weft to be beaten up
closer, and slightly reduce its thickness, hence the belt containing the treated
binding warp is stronger and not so liable to crack.
The method of treating the binding warp for the purpose of this invention may
be varied according to the nature of the wax or compound employed, that is to say
according to its viscosity when in the melted condition. Thus, should the melted
material be viscous or contain a powder such as French chalk, plumbago, or the
like in suspension, the treatment may be effected by passing the threads of the
binding warp through the melted material, thence through holes formed in a strip
of felt, and afterwards through a leather or hide comb to clear off the superfluous
material. Some such arrangement as this is necessary, because of the unavoidable
presence of knots in the warp threads which would make the use of rigid wipers
scrapers or rollers inadmissible.
Should the wax or composition be fluid and free from matters in suspension,
the method of treatment may advantageously be modified by winding the warp
on the beam in the usual manner and then soaking the beamed warp in the
melted material for about an hour or for such a time as may be found necessary
to ensure the penetration of the melted material to the inmost layer.
We do not limit ourselves to any particular wax or composition, since a large
variety of such materials may be employed, but we in all cases employ one of
the waxes or a material analogous therewith either alone or as the principal
element of the compound. Either paraffin wax ozokerite or compounds containing
stearine may be advantageously employed, and for ordinary purposes we prefer
to employ paraffin wax alone.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In the manufacture of woven driving belts, saturating the binding warp with
wax, wax compound, or analogous material, substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described.
2. As a new article of manufacture, a woven driving belt containing a binding
warp charged or saturated with wax, wax compound, or analogous material,
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
Dated this 7th day of September A.D. 1893.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants.