METALLIC BELTS FOR SEWING MACHINES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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SYDNEY HERBERT FRANCE 24 Mulberry Street Flowery Field near Hyde Self
Acting Minder do hereby declare the nature of my invention for METALLIC
BELTS FOR SEWING MACHINES to be as follows:-
The advantageous of this invention are as follows. The present Belts bave a
peaceing with wire generally and are a failure they very often break out to the
annoyance of the worker and soon reduce them to a wreck and useless as the belts
cannot be so often repeaced or joined. So a more durable article or contrivance is
much needed, These Metallic Belts could be made endless with rings of India
Rubber or other suitable material around the wheel or wheels to stop the belt from
slipping and barring accidents I may reasonabley say this would be a Belt which
would out live the machine.
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To the durability, of the same might be made for one of the wheels to work in a
slot and moveable so as to get various tension or a facility for geting the Belt on
or off wheels. The novel features which I pray for protection are as follows.
Sewing Machines working with Metallic Belts the same to work with moveable
wheel or wheels if required or other suitable means.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
SYDNEY HERBERT FRANCE 24 Mulbery St Flowery Field nr Hyde Self Acting
Minder do hereby declare the nature of my invention for METALLIC BELTS FOR
SEWING MACHINES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
What I perticularly claim is metallic belts for sewing machines the same to be
made in the following manner I claim no perticular pieceing 1st The flat or tape
-belts-or-bands-to-be made of rolled steel or the like metal sufficiently flexable To
be pieced by soldering or reviting-having rubber or flexable materal around-wheels-
to prevent this belt from sliping 2d the flat or tape belts to be woven of hemp or
the like materal the warp to be made or intermingled with wire as different
strenghts may require and pieced after the manner of saddlery The ends or whole
to be coverd or saturated with rubber or other suitable adhesive materal singly or
in layers as differient-strenghts may require-especially when wire is woven in light
hemp or the like materal but when woven. in strong or heavy materal this adhesive
materal or covering may be dispensed with as circumstances may require 3d wire
rope or cord belts to have hemp or the like centre in each strand 4th or the
ropeing for belting to be made by twisting wire onto hemp or the like-centre-or-
having wire or metallic centre and twisting hemp or the like materal onto the
same 5th cord or rope with or without the above centres can have an intermeite
strand or strands namely (wire) hemp or the like materal) 6th these ropes or cord
belts to have intertwisted or intermingled wire in each or any strand I prepose
pieceing the above cording or rope belts by spliceing 7th wire or chain belts may
be coverd after the manner of telegraph wire or with a like adhesive materal
8th these cord or rope belts can be plaited or woven cercular being intermingled
with wire to be pieced by stiching or roughing ends laping them over securing the
same by laping with wire or other suitable materal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st The above metallic driving belts for sewing machines to be made endless
by the above or other suitable pieceing.
2d Covering these belts or metallic centres after the manner of a socket ring or
moulding on these metallic centres rubber or other suitable adhesive materal.
These belts will not stretch much if any and will seldom if ever requiro
tightening while in wear.