A New or Improved Method of and Apparatus for Pleating Woven Fabrics and like Material.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Sept., 1897-Accepted, 13th Nov., 1897
application, 11 mar, 097
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Sept., 1897--Accepted, 13th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of and Apparatus for Pleating Woven
Fabrics and like Material.
I, LUDWIG GOLDSMITHI of 57 Guildford Street, Russell Square, London, W.C.,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved method of and apparatus for
pleating woven fabrics or the like, and has for object to provide simple and
thoroughly efficient means for attaining the desired object with rapidity and in
such manner as to cause the material to retain the pleating or kilting folds
imparted to it.
In carrying out my invention I provide lengths of paper or other suitable sub-
stance which have previously been given the conformation and measurements
of the pleatings intended for the material, said lengths of paper being of ample
dimensions to fully cover the particular piece of material to be treated.
I first spread one of said lengths of paper on a suitable table, cover it with the
material to be treated and then superpose a second length of paper in such manner
as to make the folds or creases of the two lengths coincide with each other. Both
paper covers or wrappers together with the enclosed material are then folded
into the particular description of pleating previously provided in the paper
patterns or moulds. This process is easily and rapidly performed by hand and
the pleats or folds thus formed may be gathered into a conveniently shaped
and constructed double frame consisting of a double series of suitably connected
laths or bars made of wood metal or the like, adjustable relative to each other
according to the various measurements and kinds of pleatings that may be in-
tended to be enclosed therein. The component parts of said double frame may
after adjustment, be secured in position by means of set screws or similar con-
trivances. The aforesaid double frame, containing and properly maintaining in
position the material under treatment as gathered into pleatings together with its
paper covers or wrappers, is placed into a receptacle adapted to be tightly closed
an 1 admitting of the influx of steam from a suitable generator, vent holes or valves
being provided for the escape of cooled or waste steam and condensed water col-
lecting at the bottom of the receptacle.
A thorough steaming, the duration of which must of course be regulated in
accordance with the nature and quality of the material under treatment, having
been effected, the frame is taken out of the said steaming receptacle, the mould
taken from the frame and the material freed from its paper covers or wrappers
and subsequently dried by suitable artificial means or natural evaporation, when
the desired form of pleating will be found firmly and evenly imparted to the
whole length of the material.
This 1at doy of Narch 1897
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76 Chancery Lane, for the Applicant.

page_text: A New or Improved Method of and Apparatus for Pleating Woven
Fabrics and like Material.
I, LUDWIG GOLDSMITH of 57 Guildford Street, Russell Square, London, W.C.,
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 fol-
lowing statement:-
This invention relates to a new or improved method of and apparatus for
pleating woven fabrics or the like and has for object to provide simple and
thoroughly efficient means for attaining the desired object with rapidity and in
such manner as to cause the material to retain the pleating or kilting folds
imparted to it.
In carrying out my invention I provide lengths of paper or other suitable sub-
stance, which have previously been given the conformation and measurements
of the pleatings intended for the material, said lengths of paper being of ample
dimensions to fully cover the particular piece of material to be treated.
I first spread one of said lengths of paper on a suitable table, cover it with the
material to be treated, and then superpose a second length of paper in such manner
as to make the folds or creases of the two lengths coincide with each other. Both
paper lengths or moulds are now, together with the enclosed material, folded
into the particular description of pleatings previously provided in the paper
patterns or moulds. This process is easily and rapidly performed by hand and
the pleats or folds thus formed may be gathered into a conveniently shaped and
constructed double frame, consisting of a double series of suitably connected laths
or bars, made of wood, metal or the like, adjustable relative to each other according
to the various measurements and styles of pleatings that may be intended to
be enclosed therein. The component parts of said double frame may, after adjust-
ment, be secured in position by means of set screws or in other suitable manner.
The aforesaid double frame containing and properly maintaining in position the
material under treatment as gathered into pleatings, together with its paper
wrappers or moulds, is then placed into a suitable receptacle, adapted to be tightly
closed and admitting of the influx of steam from a suitable generator, ventholes
or valves being provided for the escape of cooled or wasted steam, and the con-
densed water collecting at the bottom and running off through a suitably arranged
pipe.
A thorough steaming, the duration of which must be determined in accordance
with the nature and quality of the material under treatment, having been effected,
the frame is taken out of the said steaming receptacle, the moulds are removed
from the frame and the material freed from its paper covers or moulds, is dried
by suitable artificial means or by natural evaporation, when the predetermined
style of pleating will be found to be evenly and firmly imparted to the whole
length of the material that has been under treatment.
In order to make my invention more readily understood and carried out in
practice I have hereunto attached a sheet of drawings, upon which the apparatus
required for the above purposes is fully illustrated.
Fig. 1 being a side elevation of the adjustable frame,
Fig. 2 a top view of the same, and
Fig. 3 a side view of the steaming chamber, part of the front plate being broken
away in order to show the position of the frame when enclosed in the steaming
chamber

page_text: means of which the said frame is adjusted and fixed in position. c and c¹ are
respectively the upper and lower paper mould, and the material under treatment
is shown in dotted lines and marked d. In Fig. 3 f is the steaming chamber,
f the removable cover or lid, g the steam inlet pipe, and the condense water
discharge pipe.
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. A new or improved method of and apparatus for pleating woven fabrics and
like material, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
2. In apparatus as claimed under 1, the employment of suitably prepared paper
covers or moulds c and e¹, and frame a a adjustable by set screws b, substantially
as set forth and set illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1897.
For the Applicant,
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76 Chancery Lane, London, W.C.