IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO WOVEN DRIVING BANDS OR BELTS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, ISAAC JACKSON of 2 Victoria Street Glossop in the County of Chester
Saddler do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
OR APPLICABLE TO WOVEN DRIVING BANDS OR BELTS to be as follows: -
These Improvements relate to cotton, camel hair and other woven driving bands
or belts and have for their object to prevent the fraying or wear of the selvedges
of such belts.
For this purpose I apply a strip of leather or similar suitable material such as
soft vulcanized fibre to each edge or selvedge of the belt and secure it thereto by
wire staples or by sewing.
Strips of leather have already been applied to the edges of woven belts for a
similar purpose but they have been "whipped" or sewn upon the belt above the
selvedges and thus have increased its thickness and resistance to bending. By my
Improvements the strips of leather or similar material are applied to the edge of
the belt and add to its strength without reducing its liability.
The wire staples may be similar and be inserted by similar means to those
employed in "wire stitching" books and pamphlets. If the strips are sewn to the
selvedges of the belt waxed thread or copper wire may be used.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.

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I, ISAAC JACKSON, of 1 Victoria Street, Glossop, in the County of Derby,
Saddler, 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 :-
These improvements relate to Cotton "Camel Hair" and other woven driving
bands or belts and have for their object to prevent the fraying or wear of the
selvedges of such belts.
For this purpose I apply a strip of leather or similar suitable material such as
soft vulcanized fibre to each edge or selvedge of the belt and secure it thereto by
wire staples or by sewing or equivalent means alone or in combination with
eement.
The wire staples may be similar and be inserted by similar means, to those
employed in " wire stitching" books and pamphlets-If the leather or other strips
are sewn to the edges of the belt waxed thread or copper wire may be used.
And in order that this my said Invention may be more readily understood and
carried into practical effect I have hereunto appended a Sheet of Drawings having
the Figures thereon marked with similar letters to denote similar parts and
reference being hereinafter had thereto.
The upper Figure represents in plan and the lower Figure in section a portion of
a band or belt having these Improvements applied thereto.
The strips of leather or equivalent material B. are cut or otherwise formed to a
thickness corresponding to the thickness of the belt to which they have to be
applied and of width equal to or greater than the thickness-The inner edges of
the strips are made concave or otherwise suitably formed to fit the edges or
selvedges of the belt and they are by preference cemented thereto before being
finally attached by the staples or by sewing-I prefer to employ wire staples in all
cases for securing the strips to the belt and to apply them in the manner indicated
at C, in the lower Figure of the Drawings: that is to say, the ends of the staple
pass from one side completely through the leather strip and the belt respectively
and are returned or clenched on the other side-Alternate staples may advan-
tageously be thus applied on alternate sides-Shorter staples may be employed as
indicated at C. in the lower Figure-If the strips are sewn to the belt the stitches
may be formed as shewn at E in the upper Figure-The ends of the strips
may be secured together by means of additional staples as shown at D inserted
from above, from below or at the edge-After the strips have been secured to the
belt the whole of the surfaces may be painted or otherwise treated in the usual
manner.
I am aware that strips of leather have already been applied to the edges of
woven belts for a similar purpose but they have been "whipped" or sewn upon
the belt above the selvedges and thus have increased its thickness and resistance
to bending or they have been inserted within the edge of the belt producing a
similar defect while in either case some portion or the whole of the edges of the
belt have been exposed to possible wear with consequent fraying.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
(1.) The combination with a "Camel hair" Cotton or other woven belt, of strips
of leather or similar material applied and secured to the edges or selvedges of the
belts, substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and set forth.
(2.) In a "Camel hair" cotton or other woven belt having its edges or selvedges
protected by strips of leather or similar material, wire staples connecting the
leather strips to the body of the belt substantially as herein before described and
set forth.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.