Improvements in Cloth-boards.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 19th May,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cloth-boards.
I, AARON LUCAS of Poquetannoc in the County of New London and State of
Connecticut, United States of America, Woollen Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to so improve cloth boards that the end of the
cloth may be quickly and firmly attached thereto and the creasing or wrinkling of
the piece of goods will be practically impossible.
After the operations necessary for the manufacture of certain kinds of cloth have
been fully completed, the cloth is usually left in given lengths or
66 cuts." These
66 cuts,"
" for convenience in shipping, as well as to facilitate handling the same when
placed in the market, are wound upon narrow strips of thin board about the length
of the width of the cloth.
When it is desired to wind a cut upon a board of the form ordinarily used, the
ends of the board are clamped between suitable journal bearings and the end of
the cloth to be wound is laid upon one of the flat sides of said board and held
thereon until the same is revolved one or more times to bind said cloth end so that
it cannot slip. The board is then revolved until the entire piece of cloth has been
wound thereon.
It often happens that the inner end of the piece of cloth is placed, at the
commencement of the winding operation just described, about midway between the
edges of the board, and a ridge, or fold, is formed on which the successive folds
are wound. Should any pressure be brought to bear upon the complete roll, the
several inner folds will after a time receive an imprint of the end of the initial
fold as well as of any wrinkles that may be in said initial fold, thus detracting
from the appearance of the yard or so of cloth first boarded and rendering it not
so saleable as the rest of the piece which has preserved its smooth, finished
appearance.
To overcome this objection, I have invented a cloth board having a longitudinal
slit or groove in one edge thereof, into which slit the end of the cloth is first forced
and wedged. This holds the cloth firmly whilst it is being wound upon said board.
The flat sides of the board are thus left free from the initial fold, and all creasing
or wrinkling is effectually prevented.
Should the goods be of great thickness it sometimes happens that at the point
where the cloth leaves the slit a slight ridge or hump will be formed, which would
tend to injure the fold, or folds, of cloth bearing against the same, and to avoid
such a result, I cut back one of the side walls of the longitudinal slit a distance
about equal to the thickness of the cloth. The cloth as it passes from said slit is
carried first around the shortened wall and builds said wall up to a level with the
companion wall so that a smooth surface is provided for the next succeeding fold.
Near one end of the board a perforation is made, through which a tag-string
may be passed and tied, instead of tying said string into one or more folds of the
cloth, as heretofore practised.
Dated this 17th day of July 1893
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Cloth-boards.
I, AARON LUCAS, of Poquetannoc, in the County of New London, and State of
Connecticut, United States of America, Woollen Manufacturer, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to so improve cloth boards that the end of the
cloth may be quickly and firmly attached thereto and the creasing or wrinkling of
the piece of goods will be practically impossible.
cuts.
"
After the operations necessary for the manufacture of certain kinds of cloth
have been fully completed, the cloth is usually left in given lengths or
These "cuts," for convenience in shipping, as well as to facilitate handling the
same when placed in the market, are wound upon narrow strips of thin board about
the length of the width of the cloth.
When it is desired to wind a cut upon a board of the form ordinarily used, the
ends of the board are clamped between suitable journal bearings and the end of the
cloth to be wound is laid upon one of the flat sides of said board and held thereon
until the same is revolved one or more times to bind said cloth end so that it cannot
slip. The board is then revolved until the entire piece of cloth has been wound
thereon.
It often happens that the inner end of the piece of cloth is placed, at the
commencement of the winding operation just described, about midway between the
edges of the board, and a ridge, or fold, is formed on which the successive folds
are wound. Should any pressure be brought to bear upon the complete roll, the
several inner folds will after a time receive an imprint of the end of the initial
fold, as well as of any wrinkles that may be in said initial fold, thus detracting
from the appearance of the yard or so of cloth first boarded and rendering it not
so saleable as the rest of the piece which has preserved its smooth, finished
appearance.
To more fully explain this. invention, the annexed drawings have been
provided,
Figure 1 showing side and end views of said improved board,
Figure 2 an end view, somewhat enlarged, showing several folds of cloth wound
around the same, and
Figure 3 is a sectional view of a portion of a similar board showing a slight
modification of said invention, hereinafter described.
Referring to these drawings, the letter a indicates said improved board, having
a narrow slit sawn or otherwise cut along one edge thereof throughout its entire
length.
When it is desired to wind a piece of cloth upon such a board, the extreme end
of the cloth is forced down into the slit by means of a knife blade or other thin
tool, the said end being thereby firmly wedged in the slit and securely attached to
the board, as will be clearly understood by reference to the drawings. The board
is now set in revolution and the entire piece of cloth wound tightly and smoothly
thereon, and, as the flat sides of the board are thus left free from the initial fold,
all creasing and wrinkling are effectually prevented. Should the goods be of very
heavy weight, it sometimes happens that, at the point where the cloth first leaves
the slit, a slight ridge or hump may be formed which might possibly tend to injure
the fold or folds of cloth bearing against the same, and, to avoid such a result, one
of the side walls of the slit 6 may be cut back a distance about equal to the
thickness of the cloth as at c, Figure 3.

page_text: The cloth as it passes from said slit is carried first around the shortened wall c
and builds said wall up to a level with the companion wall, so that a smooth edge
is provided for the next fold.
Near one end of the board, a perforation d is made, through which a tag string
may be passed and tied, instead of tying said string into one or more folds of the
cloth, as heretofore practised.
The described improvements add practically nothing to the cost of producing
boards of this class, yet they effectually overcome the objections now existing in
cloth boards as most commonly used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A cloth board of the class herein referred to having a longitudinal slit in one
edge, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. A cloth board having a longitudinal slit in one edge thereof, one of the
side walls of said slit being slightly shortened, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
3. A cloth board having in one longitudinal edge thereof a slit to receive the
end of the cloth and also provided with a perforation to receive a tag-string as
set forth.
Dated this 16th day of April 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.