Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th, July, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 9th Aug., 1887.
I, GEORGE MEACOM, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States of America,
Gentleman, 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 :-
My invention relates to hose or flexible tubing usually employed for the conveyance
of water and steam; and has as its object the improvement of such articles with a
view to making the same stronger and more lasting, without affecting its flexible
nature to an appreciable extent, or materially increasing its cost of production.
My invention consists of a hose formed of convolutions of a single piece or strip of
textile fabric having fine wires woven therein at intervals, and treated with caoutchouc
or similar material in the usual way.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a portion of a fabric of which my improved hose is constructed.
Figure 2 is a similar view showing a slight modification in the structural character
of the fabric.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a short section of rubber lined hose formed from
the fabric represented in figure 1, a portion of the fabric being shown as unrolled.
Figure 4 is an end view of a rubber lined hose made from the fabric shown in
figure 2.
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Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
In the manufacture of hose of the class upon which my improvements have been
wrought, a textile fabric of the character commonly known as canvas or "duck
is treated with caoutchouc, gutta percha, or rubber cement, by coating or "frictioning"
one surface thereof with such material, when the fabric is rolled in the form of a tube,
the frictioning material serving to cement and hold the convolutions of fabric together
as one compact mass or body. Hose thus constructed is also commonly lined with
rubber in a way well understood by those skilled in the hose making art.
One of the difficulties met with in the manufacture of hose of this class is that of
securing the requisite strength with lightness of weight and necessary flexibility in
nature. It is the aim of my invention to overcome this difficulty, as I will now
proceed to explain.

page_text: In Figure 1, a represents a textile fabric, into which is woven at regular intervals,
as wefts, strands of fine, flexible wire b, shown in full lines, the dotted lines being
designed to represent the warps and wefts, of cotton, linen, hemp, or the like. This
fabric is coated or frictioned with rubber cement or similar material, as hereinbefore
described, and rolled into a hose tube, as shown in figure 3, in such manner that the
wefts of wire will run around, as shown. e indicates a lining of rubber or similar
material, which or may not be used as desired.
In addition to weaving into the fabric strands of wire as wefts, in the manner
described, I may also employ wire warps d, at regular intervals throughout the fabric,
as shown in figure 2, which, when the fabric is formed into a hose tube, will run
lengthwise thereof as shown in figure 4, and serve to still further strengthen the hose.
By my improvements a hose tube can be made very light and flexible, and at the
same time sufficiently strong to withstand any pressure to which it need be subjected,
and the bursting so frequently occurring in hose of this class as heretofore constructed,
is avoided.
I may form the hose tube by weaving a circular web in which the wefts will run
spirally through the entire tube with a wire forming the core of each weft thread
or alternate wefts, or wefts in any other order, and wires in this structure may be
made to form the cores of the warps as well.
I am aware that it is not new to incorporate strands of metal or wire into knitted
and woven hose, and therefore do not broadly make claim thereto, but confine myself
to the structure of hose herein shown and described.
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 :-
First. An improved hose or flexible tubing having a body composed of a textile
fabric and having strands of flexible wire woven therein at suitable intervals
throughout its structure, as set forth.
Second. An improved hose or flexible tubing having the body portion thereof
composed of convolutions of a single piece or strip of textile fabric, treated or
frictioned with caoutchouc or rubber cement, and having strands of flexible wire
woven therein at suitable intervals throughout its structure-constructed and combined
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
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CT11007
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.