Improvements in Wire-mats.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wire-mats.
I, SAMUEL TAYLOR, of 236, Manchester Road, Warrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Wire Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to wire foot mats; and it has mainly for its
object and effect to provide a wire mat in which the body is composed of a
fabric of inter-coiled spiral wires, which, while it is firm and tight in the tread,
is sufficiently pliable, both in the body and edges, as to lie flat and even, and
without a tendency to warp, and, in use, will retain its form generally and in
all directions.
According to this invention, the body fabric is of the cross woven type, with
the spiral wire coils running at right angles to each other, the adjacent wires
of the coils running in the longitudinal and transverse- directions, being inter-
coiled in the usual way. Then, at the edges, i.e. sides and ends, there are border
coils consisting of a plurality of coils, as three, four, or more, which engage
with, i.e. are intercoiled with, the edge wires or coils of the body fabric; and
outside these again, and engaging with these multiple border coils, i.c. inter-
coiled with the convolutions thereof, is another set of multiple border coils,
consisting of a plurality of coils in line and together.
These two sets of border coils are preferably carried and made up in such a
number, such as four in the inner row and three in the outer, that no more
coils or wires can be introduced with them.
At the corners, serving as a protection and finish, there are provided outside
caps, fitting over and covering in, the ends of the border coils. These corner
caps are, preferably, curved, and provided with prongs or projections extending
from either end, by which they are held in position; the holding being effected
by passing them in between some of the outer border coil convolutions, and the
outside edges of the inner border coil convolutions.
At the edges, and within the outermost coil with which the border coils
engage, the ends of the transverse wires or coils will be bent inwards, so that
they lie within the border coils, and also within the upper and under surfaces
of the mat..

page_text: Improvements in Wire-mats.
I, SAMUEL TAYLOR, of 236, Manchester Road, Warrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Wire Manufacturer, 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 has reference to wire foot mats; and it has mainly for its
object and effect to provide a wire mat in which the body is composed of a
fabric of inter-coiled spiral wires, which, while it is firm and tight in the tread,
is sufficiently pliable, both in the body and edges, as to lie flat and even, and
without a tendency to warp, and in use, will retain its form generally and in
all directions.
According to this invention, the body fabric is of the cross woven type, with
the spiral wire coils running at right angles to each other, the adjacent wires
of the coils running in longitudinal and transverse directions, being inter-
coiled in the usual way. Then, at the edges, i.e. sides and ends, there are border
coils consisting of a plurality of coils, as three, four, or more, which engage
with, i.e. are intercoiled with, the edge wires or coils of the body fabric; and
outside these again, and engaging with these multiple border coils, i.e. inter-
coiled with the convolutions thereof, is another set of multiple border coils
consisting of a plurality of coils in line and together.
These two sets of border coils are preferably carried and made up in such a
number, such as four in the inner row and three in the outer, that no more
coils or wires can be introduced with them.
At the corners, serving as a protection and finish, there are provided outside
caps, fitting over and covering in, the ends of the border coils. These corner
caps are preferably, curved, and provided with prongs or projections extending
from either end, by which they are held in position; the holding being effected
by passing them in between some of the outer border coil convolutions, and the
outside edges of the inner border coil convolutions.
At the edges, and within the outermost coil with which the border coils
engage, the ends of the transverse wires or coils will be bent inwards, so that
they lie within the border coils, and also within the upper and under surfaces
of the mat.
This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which give,
in Figure 1 a general plan of the mat, and in Figures 2 and 3, a plan and end
view, respectively, of one corner of the mat to a larger scale.
Referring to the drawings, a represents the coils of wire forming the mesh
and general body of the mat, being of the well known kind, consisting of two
sets of intercoiled spiral coils of wire running at right angles to each other,
each set being parallel to two of the edges respectively of the mat. 6 are border
coils, consisting of a plurality of spiral wires (four in the case shewn), the inner
parts of which-i.e. the whole four coils-are intercoiled with the outer part of
the spiral coils, forming the edge coils on all sides of the fabric or mesh.
another set of border coils (three being shewn in the drawings) intercoiled with
the coils of b. d are the corner caps, having the prongs d fitting in between
the coils c and b; by which means the caps are held in position.
c is
The caps d, as shewn in the drawings, are round on the outside, and their
side plates extend inwards, forming a substantial recess within them, in which
all the ends of the coils at the corners of the mat lie, and by which they are held.
This corner fitting or cap forms a neat finish to the corners of the mat, and

page_text: by the mode of its retention in between the convolutions of the outer and inner
or duplex border coils, as described, it cannot possibly get out of place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:―
1. The herein described improved wire mat having a body of wire mesh work
consisting of intercoiled spirals running transversely to each other and parallel
to the edges of the mat; border coils consisting of an inner and outer row of a
plurality of wires, as described, intercoiled with the outer coils of the body
at the four edges; and external metallic corner caps secured to the border coils
as described; substantially as set forth.
2. A wire mat having duplex border coils b and c, and cap d with prongs or
projections, held in position, and acting as and for the purposes set forth.
3. The wire mat having body wires, border coils, and corner fittings, parti-
cularly as shewn in and set forth with reference to the drawings.
תנית
1011 1
1000
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
Applicant's Patent Agents, 15, Water Street, Liverpool.