An Improved Measuring Apparatus for Clothing Material Out Rhomboidally.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 30th Aug., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Measuring Apparatus for Clothing Material Out
Rhomboidally.
I, WILHELM RHEINHOLD, of 2, Taunustrasse, Darmstadt, in the Empire of
Germany, Merchant, 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:-
It is customary to cut many materials including velvet intended for velvet
collars, obliquely, in order thereby to economise the stuff. For measuring such
material obliquely, it is necessary to take a measure at the top and bottom ends,
and join the two points thus obtained by means of a line, which is then cut
through.
If, however, the stuff is not measured obliquely, but in the middle, a measure-
ment of the kind is dependent entirely upon the cleverness of the seller and a
disadvantage to the latter or to the buyer may easily occur.
This invention relates to an apparatus by means of which the actual width, as
also the length of the oblique end edges, of a piece of material in the form of a
rhombus, can be measured, either before or after being cut from the main piece.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a plan of the apparatus. Fig. 2 a
side view. Fig. 3 an end view taken in the direction of the arrow h Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 a section along the line 4 4 in Fig. 1, seen in the direction of the arrow r.
Fig. 5 a section along the line 5 5 in Fig. 1, seen in the direction of the arrow y.
Fig.
represents on a reduced scale, a strip of material cut rhomboidally.
a and b are the two longitudinal staves of the rhomboidal frame, whilst c
and c, and e and are the two bipartite oblique end staves between which are
two openings or slots and e³. The bipartite end staff c is firmly connected with
the two staves a b, whilst the bipartite staves e e¹ are adjustable on the two
horizontal staves. For this purpose, the longitudinal etaves are each furnished
with a slot g and through these slots, as also through the two staff parts e e¹,
the screws m are inserted. By screwing up the nuts n, the bipartite staff e can
be made fast. Further, besides being connected by means of the two staves c
and e, the two staves a and b are firmly joined together by a cross piece d. It
is not necessary, but still desirable, to make the piece d in two parts d das
shown in Fig. 4. The bar f is pushed through all the staves c d'e. This bar
can move freely in any direction in the slots ². It has, however, a thickened
head-piece o, which can be employed to guide it in one of the end staves, e for
example.
The distance between the two staves a and b must be as great as the largest
width of fhe strip of material to be measured. The length of this strip of
material may be considerably larger or shorter than the length of the frame.
The two end staves c and e, or only one of them, are furnished with graduations
for measuring. If each of the staves cand e be graduated, the nil point of the
one scale may be in the staff b, and the other in the staff a, as shown in Fig. 1.
The cross-piece d is also furnished with either one or two scales. If two scales
are employed, the one nil point may be near the longitudinal staff a and the
other near the longitudinal staff 6.