IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR WEAVING OR BRAIDING HOLLOW ARTICLES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Maurice Bauer, Civil Engineer, of the Firm M. Bauer &
Co., Solicitors of Patents, at Paris, in the French Republic, for an Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR WEAVING OR BRAIDING HOLLOW
ARTICLES." A communication by Paul Besté, Gentleman, of St. Denis
(Seine), in the French Republic.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Maurice Bauer at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st October 1881.
MAURICE BAUER, Civil Engineer, of the Firmn M. Bauer & Co., Solicitors of
Patents, at Paris, in the French Republic. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
WEAVING OR BRAIDING HOLLOW ARTICLES." A communication by Paul Besté,
Gentleman, of St. Denis (Seine), in the French Republic.
It is well known that in the braiding or weaving of caoutchouc or indiarubber
hose, and similar hollow very slightly resisting articles, a core must be used, which,
after the weaving is completed, has to be removed from the interior of the said
article. In most cases, and especially for small hose, caoutchouc cores have been
bitherto exclusively used with success.
When however the object to be braided has an irregular form or is of unusually
large dimensions, the use of the core presents difficulties to the inanufacturer.
Furthermore the construction of the weaving or braiding machines does not allow
of the production of hollow webs without the use of a fixed body. The present
Invention avoids these inconveniences, as by its use hollow articles of whatever
form or size they may be, can be woven or braided without using a fixed core, but
instead thereof the said hollow article is filled with air during the last operation,
and in the braiding an apparatus is used which is applied outside the article and
is suited for the reception of the weights emplowed in the machine for the stretching
of the part of the web in course of formation.
This apparatus consists of several fingers, the number of which is dependant
on the form and size of the object. Each single finger is fixed by two bolts to
an angle piece on which it is adjustable. These angle pieces are so fixed on the
machine that the upper ends of the fingers approach closely to the article or object
being woven (which is filled with air) without directly touching it, they constantly
catch in the part of the web in course of formation, give it form, and effect the
stretching of the same, which is often very important. In the weaving or braiding
of hollow objects the use of the fingers is exactly the same, as their upper ends are
set into the diameter suited to the inner shape of the web to be produced.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Maurice Bauer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th
April 1882.
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MAURICE BAUER, Civil Engineer, of the Firm M. Bauer & Co., Solicitors of
Patents, at Paris, in the French Republic. IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
WEAVING OR BRAIDING HOLLOW ARTICLES." A communication from Paul Besté,
Gentleman, of St. Denis, Seine, in the French Republic.
It is well known that in the braiding or weaving of caoutchouc or indiarubber
hose, and similar hollow very slightly resisting articles, a core must be used, which,
after the weaving is completed, has to be removed from the interior of the said
article.
In most cases, and especially for small hose, caoutchouc cores have been hitherto
exclusively used with success. When however the object to be braided has an
irregular form or is of unusually large dimensions, the use of the core presents
difficulties to the manufacturer.
Furthermore the construction of the weaving or braiding machines does not
allow of the production of hollow webs without the use of a fixed body. The
present Invention avoids these inconveniences, as by its use hollow articles of
whatever form or size they may be, can be woven or braided without using a fixed
core, but instead thereof the said hollow article is filled with air during the last
operation, and in the braiding an apparatus is used which is applied outside the
-article-aud-is-suited for the reception-of-the weights-employed-in-the-machine-for-
the stretching of the part of the web in course of formation.
This apparatus consists of several fingers, the number of which is dependant
upon the form and size of the object.
Each single finger A (see the Drawing hereto annexed) is fixed by two bolts
to an angle piece B on which it is adjustable.
These angle pieces B are so fixed on the machine that the upper ends of the
fingers A approach closely to the article or object being woven (which is filled
with air) without directly touching it, they constantly catch in the part of the
web in course of formation, give it shape, and take up the stretching of the same,
which is often very important.
In the weaving or braiding of hollow objects the use of the fingers is exactly
the same, as their upper ends are set in to the diameter suited to the inner shape
of the web to be produced.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that what I
claim is,
In machines for weaving or braiding hollow articles the employment of the
fingers A, as herein before described and illustrated in the Drawings hereto
annexed, and for the purpose herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Maurice Bauer, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
MAURICE BAUER. (L.S.)
Witness,
LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH, K.G.V.,
Proprietor of the Scandinavian Patent Office,
97, Finsbury Pavement,
London, E.C.