Length Indicator for Fabric Materials.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1894-Accepted, 14th July, 1894,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Length Indicator for Fabric Materials.
We, JAMES WILLIAM WOODS, residing at 61 Maitland Street in the City of
Toronto in the County of York and Province of Ontario Canada Merchant, and
DAVID IRVINE BARNETT, residing at 57 Shaw Street in the said City of Toronto,
Clerk, 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 :-
This invention relates to a means whereby the length o material in the web can
be indicated, and the quantity of material sold from the same web determined;
and the object of the invention is to provide a device which will accurately measure
the quantity of material in the web and indicate the same, and to so construct the
device that it can be cheaply and readily manufactured, and so arranged as to form
a part of the web: and the invention consists essentially of the device hereinafter
more fully set forth.
In the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a web of cloth showing the device employed.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a view of a section of the measuring apparatus showing one' of the
indicating tags.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of one of the indicating tags showing the means for
locking the tag on the holding cord or twine.
Fig. 5 is an alternative means for locking the tag on the holding cord or twine.
Like numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout the Specification and
drawings.
Wound with the web A is an indicator which consists of cords or strands of
twine B, upon which are mounted at regular intervals the indicating tags C.
Printed, marked or otherwise indicated upon the tags C are reference numerals,
which represent the quantity of material supposed to be in the web. The tag C is
immovably secured to the cord or twine B, and under all ordinary conditions
remains stationary upon the cord where placed. As shown in Fig. 4 the cord B
passes through eyelets c formed in the tag C, and is then laced back through
eyelets e, making a double bend in the cord or twine B, to securely hold the tag
in place. In Fig. 5 is shown an alternative form for holding the tag stationary on
the cord or twine B. This consists of lacing two cords lettered respectively B
through eyelets e in the tag C, and after the cords have been laced through these
eyelets they are tightened at each end of the tag. In the operation of the device
the end of the indicating device is placed with that end of the material which will
be adjacent to the board D upon which the material is blocked, and at one yard
exactly from the end of the indicator will be a tag having printed or otherwise
marked on its surface the reference numeral "1," with the letters "yd" representing
"yard "following it, and exactly one yard remote from the first tag will be a
second tag having "2 yd." indicated on it, this being repeated until the entire
length of the material is measured out by means of these tags. There may be
located intermediate these tags, tags representing the half yards and quarter
yards. The indicator is preferably wound with the material at the mill and the
winding does not interfere in the slightest degree with the appearance of the web.
The salesman, by means of this device, is able to determine, by looking at the last
tag, the original quantity of material in the web, or he can determine at any
subsequent date the quantity of material which remains in the web, and by

page_text: subtracting the quantity of material remaining in the web from the original
quantity of material in the web, he is able to determine the quantity of material
sold, and by means of this indicator it is possible when taking stock to estimate
the amount of material in the web without the necessity of measuring it out, thus
saving a vast amount of time even in stock taking. Another advantage in
connection with the device is that it provides a tape or measure by means of which
the customer can see at a glance the quantity of material purchased, as in cutting
the material the indicator would be cut and delivered with the material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion we declare that what we claim is:
1. The length indicator hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with a roll of material, a length indicator comprised of a
cord or twine having arranged on it at regular intervals means for indicating a
specified length, and means for securing the indicator to the cord or twine,
substantially as specified.
3. The combination with a web of material of a length indicator comprised of a
cord or twine wound with the material and having arranged on it at regular
intervals, tags, upon which are indicated specified quantities to correspond with
the quantity or length of the material in the web, each of said tags having eyelets
formed in it, through which passes the said cord or twine, and means connected
with the tag and cord whereby the tag is held stationary on the cord, substantially
as specified.
4. The combination with the web A of a length indicator .comprised of a cord
or twine B having arranged on it at regular intervals tags C, and indicated on the
tags C specified quantities to represent the length or quantity of material in the
web, eyelets c formed in each of said tags, through which passes the said cords or
twine, and eyelets e' also formed in the said tag through which the said cord or
twine is laced back upon itself to form a lock to hold the tag stationary on the
cord or twine, substantially as specified.
Dated this 8th day of June 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.