Bracelets, and for other Purposes.
Year: 1885

page_text: Bracelets, and for other Purposes.
We JOHN EMPSON & JOHN HEWITT of the firm of Wilkins & Wright of
58 Graham St, Birmingham in the county of Warwick, Stampers & Piercers do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for AN IMPROVED CHAIN OR BAND
APPLICABLE FOR CURTAIN BANDS, BRACELETS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES to be as
follows:-
Our invention consists of an improved Spiral Curtain Chain or Band for looping
up Curtains or any simular purpose whereby we are able to produce a strong &
effective Curtain Chain with one or more coils of wire.
We will describe our invention as follows We take a piece of half round or
any other shape wire & wind it on to a spit or maundril into a spiral or tubular
form until the required length is reached Through the centre of this tube, or
spiral, we pass a length of chain, wire, cord or any other suitable material and to
the ends of which we fasten the rings or form the loop by which the chain is
suspended, thus strengthening and effectually preventing the tube or spiral from
being strained or opened when in use.
We vary the pattern or design of this spiral chain by winding the wire upon
either an oval square, three-square or any other shape spit or maundril, and cover
the open ends with caps or tassells which may be made of various shapes and
materials.
JOHN EMPSON.
JOHN HEWITT.

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Bracelets, and for other Purposes.
We JOHN EMPSON and JOHN HEWITT of 58 Graham Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
Our invention has for its object an improved spiral curtain chain or band which
may be adapted to other purposes of ornamentation and service and consists of an
improved spiral chain or band for looping up curtains or similar purposes whereby
we are able to produce a most effective fastening and ornament with one or more
coils of wire.
We will describe our invention as follows:-We take a piece of half round or
other shaped wire and wind it on to a spit or mandril into a spiral or hollow form
until the required length is obtained for the particular article. then being made.
We vary the pattern or design of such spiral chains or fastenings by the shape of
the mandril or spit used which may be oval square, triangular or other shape but
not round as there must be one or more ribs or projections thereon to form the
ornament or twist. Wire thus wound upon a maudril will of course be spiral in
itself before being withdrawn therefrom but when it is withdrawn it immediately
twists upon its own axis into a spiral having one or more threads or twisted lines
formed around the same according to the sectional shape of the said mandril as
will be hereafter explained.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which we have
illustrated two applications theroof and from which other modifications may be
made and various purposes met.
Figure 1. is a view of a chain such as is suitable for the purpose of looping up
curtains and is made from triangular section such as that shown by Figure 5 and
it is therefore composed of three distinct spiral ribs or projections 1, 2 and 3 like
a three threaded screw.
Figure 2. is a chain made up from the oval section Figure 4 which when colled
upon the mandril and twisted upon its axis produces a double ribbed spiral or
twist like a double threaded screw having the two distinct threads 4 and 5 running
the whole length,
Figure 3. is a figure of pear shaped section which when twisted upon its axis
would produce a single ribbed spiral the narrow part a producing the rib.
Figure 6. is of square section and would when twisted produce a spiral with four
distinct ribs answering to the four corners 6, 6', 6' and bª.
When the chain is intended for looping up curtains we generally finish the ends
with rings such as E and E' which may be connected to the spiral wire by a cap K
and K¹ through which the loop M passes which is connected to the ring E¹ at one
end and a similar one to the ring E at the other end the two caps K and K¹ and
rings E and E' are in this case shown connected by an internal sinall chain, cord,
rope or wire N which has the effect of preventing or limiting the elasticity of the

page_text: coil but the caps may be attached without the internal connection. Where the
chain is intended for a bracelet, ancklet, arınlet, necklet or other similar purposes,
a different fastening is preferable such for instance as shown at S Figure 2. but
we do not confine ourselves to any particular kind of fastening. In chains which
taper being thicker at the centre than at the ends we use a mandril half the length
of the chain and unite two chains at the large or centre part whereas in making
the parallel chains we use a very short tapered mandril having a shoulder against
which the wire grinds and the chain is constantly pushed off the smaller end and
the winding is thus done very rapidly. Two or more of these chains may be used
side by side and coupled together by rings or other couplings at intervals and the
ends may finish with tassels which may also be used at the centre and other parts
or the chains may be twisted together or looped together in a variety of ways to
produce various pleasing effects to the eye. It is necessary to select wire which
will give the right twist when drawn off the mandril. Hard wire gives more
twist than soft wire. The quality should also be regular or the result will not
be good.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The manufacture of coiled wire chains which are of such sections as to produce
a spiral rib or ribs thereon by twisting upon its axis when removed from the
mandril substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.
GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for Applicant,