with Leather.
Year: 1897

page_text: with Leather.
I, HARRY LOWE, of No. 120 Sherbourne Road Balsall Heath in the County of
Worcester, Whip Handle Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the methods
of covering velocipede handles with leather and has for its object to provide a neat
and simple means for attaching leathers of various kinds to any form of ordinary
velocipede handle, by the process of closed stitching. Heretofore handles for
velocipedes have been covored with various materials which have been attached by
various devices; such as metallic clips or adhesive compositions. By my invention
I adapt a process of sewing leathers of various kinds on wood or other handles
which produces a neat and offective appearance. In carrying my invention into
practice I preferably employ a process of hand sewing which is carried into effect
in the following manner:-
I provide an ordinary wooden handle and take a blank of leather equal in size to
the circumference thereof, the ends of the said blank I cut into the form of an arc
so as to allow for the curvature of the handle. I pierce the edges of the said blank
by means of a machine or hand tool. I attach tho said blank to the handle by
means of paste the leather being drawn out until the ends meet, while the paste is
still moist. I then proceed to sew the leather by aid of two needles one passing to
the right and the other to the left both needles passing through the same hole thus
forming one stitch and making a neat joint of the leather, which lies perfectly flat
along its seam. I attach ornamental metal or other fittings at each end of the said
handle for the purpose of producing effect. I may in some cases dispense with the
needles and use an ordinary shoemaker's aul and stitch the same by means of threads
or silk after the form of the "Saddlers Stitch." Or I may in some cases пве a
leather sewing machine in which case I preferably stitch the edges of the blanks
aforesaid together and then draw the tubular form over the end of the handle and
affix the same into its place by means of paste or other solutions the handles being
fitted up as hereinbefore described.
TOOL
1005

page_text: Improvements in the Methods of Covering Velocipede Handles
with Leather.
I, HARRY LOWE of No. 120 Sherbourne Road Balsall Heath in the County of
Worcester Whip Handle Maker 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 consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the methods
of covering velocipede handles with leather and has for its object to provide a neat
and simple means for attaching leathers of various kinds to any form of ordinary
velocipede handle, by the process of closed stitching. Heretofore handles for
velocipedos have been covered with various materials which have been attached by
various devices; such as metallic clips, or adhesive compositions. By my invention
I adapt a process of sewing leathers of various kinds on wooden or other handles
which produces a neat and effective appearance. In carrying my invention into
practice I employ a process of hand sewing which is carried into effect as follows:-
I provide au ordinary wooden handle and take a blank of leather equal in size to the
circumference thereof, the ends of the said blank I cut into the forin of an arc so as
to allow for the circumference of the bandle. I pierce the edges of the said blank
by means of a machine or band tool. I attach the said blank to the handle by
means of paste the ends being drawn out notil the edges meet while the paste is
still moist. I then proceed to sew the leather by aid of two needles one passing to
the right and the other to the left both needles passing through the same hole thus
forming one stitch and making a neat joint of the leather which lies perfectly flat
along its seam. I attach ornamental metal or other fittings at each end of the said
handle for the purpose of producing effect.
I may in some cases dispense with the needles and use an ordinary shoemaker's
awl and stitch the same by means of thread or silk after the form of the "saddler's
stitoh." Or I may in some cases use a leather sewing-machine in which case I
preferably stitch the edges of the blanka aforesaid together and then draw the
tubular form over the end of the handle and affix the same into its place by means
of paste or other solutions the handles being fitted up as hereinafter described. In
order that my invention may be more clearly understood I will describe it by
reference to the accompanying drawings the same letters of reference indicating
similar parts throughout.
Figure 1 representa in elevation a velocipede handle made in wood and Figure 2
shows the same covered with leather by my process of closed stitching.
Figure 3 shows the same in part and cross sections.
Figure 4 shows a leather blank which is employed to cover the handle.
Figure 5. illustrates the method by which leather is stitched on the handle.
Figure 6 illustrates the method of covering by means of the "saddler's stitoh."
Figure 7 illustrates a machine sewn cover for a handle.
A represents the grip part of the bandle, and B B the reduced ends for receiving
the metal fittings. Dis the leather cover, C showing the stitches. The edges E Ĕ
of the leather blank Figure 4 are cut arc shaped and pierced with holea F Feither
by a machine or hand tool. The under surface of the blank is covered with paste
and drawn over the grip part of the handle A as shown at Figure 5, when in position
it is stitched by aid of two needles H. I, and the threads J. K. the one needle
H passing to the right and the other needle I to the left both passing through the
same holes thus forming the stitch and drawing the leather in its place on the handle,

page_text: the edges being perfectly even one with the other as shown at M in the cross
section of Figure 3. In Figure 6 the cover of the handle is shown stitched by what
is known as the "saddlers stitch" that is to say the ends of the leather are drawn
up flush and stitches N formed by means of an awl and thread. In Figure 7
a similar cover is shown machine stitched the stitches being formed similar to those
in Figure 6 with the exception that the cover is sewn off the handle in the form of
a tube, afterwards being drawn over.
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 :-
1. The Improvements in the Methods of covering Velocipede Handles with
Leather substantially as described.
2. In the Method of covering Velocipede Handles with Leather by means of two
noedles operating substantially as in the manner described and illustrated at
Figures 1, 2, 8, 4 and 5.
8. In the Method of covering Velocipede Handles with Leather by means of an
awl and thread forming what is known as the "saddlers stitch "substantially as in
the manner described and illustrated at Figure 6.
4. In the mothod of producing leather for covering Velocipede Handles by means
of a leather sewing machine substantially as described and illustrated.
100
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agont for the Applicant.