Improvements in Transit Frames for Velveteens and other Pile Fabrics.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 20th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 14th Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Transit Frames for Velveteens and other Pile
Fabrics.
I, ALFRED BANCROFT of Faulkner Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to those frames or reels used in the packing of pile fabrics
upon which the fabric is distended for the purposes of transit and storage to prevent
creasing and injury of the pile either from pressure or contact of two surfaces. It
is primarily designed for velveteens and other fabrics of short pile though it may
also be applied to imitation seal-skins, plushes, and other goods.
Hitherto these, transit frames have usually been made with a series of rigid
hooks upon which the selvage of the fabric is secured to hold it in an open or
distended state.
In carrying out my invention I propose to make the frame of the usual or any
convenient shape without hooks, the corners being formed to receive a sliding or
detachable clip and in conjunction with each corner of the frame I employ a metal
plate or clip with a projecting pin or pins. The plate or clip engages with the end
of the frame and the projecting pin or pins engage with the edge of the cloth.
When the first plate or clip with projecting pin or pins is in position at each corner
of the frame the cloth is wound or lapped upon the frame and between each layer
of cloth I place upon the pins a wad or piece of cloth or other material until a
number of layers of cloth have been rolled equal in depth to the length of the
projecting pins or sufficient to cover the pins, when another plate or clip is placed
in position at the corners and the rolling continued as before with wads interposed
between each lap and so on until the frame or reel is full or the required length is
reeled upon it.
Each end of the frame I prefer to make telescopic, sliding or movable so that the
tension on the material may be adjusted and the head or end of the frame be secured
in any desired position by a screw or other device.
The ends may be provided with sockets or bearings for a bar or spindle to pass
through from one to the other or with a projecting pivot or stud to hold the reel in
the machine in which the fabric is wound or lapped or upon brackets stands or the
like for unrolling the material therefrom.
Dated this 19th day of February 1890.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Transit Frames for Velveteens and other Pile
Fabrics.
I, ALFRED BANCROFT, of Faulkner Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, 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 those frames or reels used in the packing of pile fabrics
upon which the fabric is distended for the purposes of transit and storage to prevent
creasing and injury of the pile either from pressure or contact of two surfaces.
It

page_text: 18 primarily designed for velveteens and other fabrics of short pile, though it may
also be applied to imitation seal-skins, plushes, and other goods.
Hitherto these transit frames have usually been made with a series of rigid
hooks upon which the selvage of the fabric is secured to hold it in an open or
distended state.
My invention consists essentially in constructing these frames with loose or
removable pieces carrying pins which slide upon arins or in grooves at each end of
the frame and upon which the successive layers of the cloth are rolled or wound,
the removable pieces being either in themselves of sufficient thickness, and placed
so as to protect each several fold of cloth or contain a pin of a length to hold several
layers of cloth, and a wad of required thickness is then placed between each layer,
by which the layers are held so as not to press one upon the other.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
as examples two modifications of the invention are shown.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of frame constructed in accordance with this
invention.
Fig. 2, front elevation of the end of frame as constructed with solid arms the
cloth being shown in section.
Fig. 3, back elevation of same.
Fig. 4, front elevation of the frame end as constructed with slotted or grooved.
arms the cloth being shown in section.
Fig. 5, back elevation of same.
Fig. 6, transverse section of the arm of frame shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
Fig. 7, transverse section of the arm of frame shown in Figs. 4 and
Fig. 8, perspective view of the slide or clip which fits onto the arms of the frame
end as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
Fig. 9, enlarged elevation showing the position two of the slides or clips will
assume when covered with cloth.
Fig. 10, ditto showing position of same on opposite arm.
Fig. 11, perspective view of the slide or clip which fits into the grooved arm of
the frame shown in Fig. 4, and 5.
The general shape or construction of the frame is somewhat similar to that at
present in use with two ends A connected together by a board D round which the
cloth E is wrapped and supported without one lap or ply lying upon the next.
The ends A of the frame are formed either with solid or slotted arms a upon or
in which are placed a series of small slides or clips B cach provided with a
projecting pin or pins b.
Referring to Figs. 2 and 3 the ends of the frame A are made with two arms a
at the top and two similar arms a at the bottom. The arms a are preferably of
Tsection as shown in Fig. 6. Upon each arm a I place one after the other as the
cloth is wound a number of small sliding pieces or clips B of the shape shown in
Fig. 8 (or of shape corresponding thereto) and between each fold or layer of cloth
a wad C of woven metallic or compressed material is placed which prevents each
layer of the cloth from being pulled tightly down or upon the one preceding it.
The sliding piece or clip B as shown in Fig. 8 is stamped out of metal or other
rigid material and has soldered to it or otherwise affixed or stamped out in it a
pin which projects up some distance from the surface. In each of these clips
there is also a slot or slit & which when in position engages with the end of the
preceding pin and prevents undue strain upon the pin (see Figs. 8 and 10). The
pins & may be of any suitable length say about half an inch long and set at an angle
of about 30° at one side and 45° at the other or any other suitable length and
angle so as not to cause any perceptible difference in the tension of the cloth.
b
Referring to Figs. 4 and 5 the arms a of the frame end A are formed with slots a¹
extending from top to bottom into which the slide B Fig. 11 fits. The slot a' may
be of any suitable form preferably of the shape shown in section Fig. 7 and the
slide B is formed with a T or other head to slide down behind the slot. The
slide B shown in Fig. 11 is preferably stamped out of cardboard and bent to the

page_text: required shape being stiffened by a metallic corner piece or by a piece of textile
material glued to it or it may be stamped out of thin sheet metal. It is provided
with two pins bone projecting upwards and the other downwards. In this instance
I prefer to use short pins capable of holding about one layer of the cloth and
interpose between each layer one of the slides B. The end of each pin will stick
into the cardboard of the slide next above it and thus be supported against undue
lateral strain.
The end frame A may be made either of metal, with projecting arms, or of wood
of any suitable shape, with slots or grooves cut therein.
In winding the cloth upon the frames I place first one of the clips or slides B
upon each arm a of the frame end A and as each layer of cloth is lapped the
selvage passes over the pins and is held thereby. When the pins bare of the
length shown in Fig. 8 after each layer of cloth is wound a wad of cloth or other
material is placed in position over the pins until they are filled when another clip
or slide B is placed in position and so on as each pin is filled with its complement
of cloth until the frame is full. Where short pins are used as in Fig. 11 as each
layer of cloth is lapped or wound on the frame one of the clips or slides B is
interposed at each corner and acts also as a wad.
The board D is attached to the ends A. by means of screws or bolts and may be
provided with an adjusting screw and nut whereby the ends may be drawn asunder
so that the lateral tension on the material may be adjusted to the required degree,
or the tension may be increased by raising or moving outwards the slide pieces B
or wads in the frame.
If desired the ends A may be provided with sockets or bearings for a rod or
spindle to pass through from one end to the other, or with a projecting pivot or
stud to hold the frame either for winding on the cloth or for unwinding it
therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1.) A transit frame for velveteens and other pile-fabrics having arms at each
corner and slides or clips provided with projecting pins which slide thereon and
engage with each layer of cloth the requisite distance between the layers being
secured by slides or wads substantially as described.
2.) In a transit frame for velveteens and other pile-fabrics the combination with
the end frames A of the slides or clips such as B provided with pins 6 substantially
as shown and described.
3.) A transit frame for velveteens and other pile-fabrics with the several parts
constructed and arranged substantially as described.
Dated this 18th day of November 1890.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.