Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 13th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 16th Mar., 1888
I, ALFRED WILLIAM POWELL of 94 North Road Montpelier in the city and county
of Bristol Manager at an Wholesale Basket Warehouse do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
In constructing the bottom, place a metal rod, tube or band, or rods, tubes or
bands across through the centre & pass up through the sides or ends of the baskets
which is to be rivetted or otherwise secured at its extremities, and those as stakes-
will form part of the handle, and the remainder of the handle to be completed or built
up and finished in the usual way (enclosing the rods above mentioned), or, secondly
place osier, cane or other continuous rod or rods in the manner described above,
across through the centre of the bottom and sides or ends of the baskets and twist or
fold them at the top, and tie, which twisted or folded portions-(enclosed with others
necessary to complete the handle)-will form part of the handles, and the remainder
of the handle to be completed or built up and finished in the usual way.

page_text: An Improved Method of Construction or Manufacture of Baskets.
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I, ALFRED WILLIAM POWELL of 94 North Road Montpelier Bristol Manager at an
Wholesale Basket Warehouse 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 :-
In constructing the Baskets, insert through the centre of the bottom a Metal rod'
tube, or band; or rods, tubes or bands and pass the same up through the sides or
ends of the Baskets and the same are to be rivetted or otherwise secured at its
extremities and such as stakes-will form part of the handle; the remainder of the
handle to be completed or built up, and finished in the usual manner enclosing the
rod or rods above mentioned; or secondly and further it may be effected by working
Osier, Cane, or other continuous rod or rods through the bottom crosswise or
lengthwise or both, which are to be continued up the sides, or ends or both, and some
one or more of them to form part of the handle over the top and would be twisted or
folded and tied, and so enclosed with others necessary to complete the handle and
which others will be built up and finished in the usual manner, the remainder of the
said continuous rods not included in the handle would be worked in, or plaitted, some
portion in the foot or bottom rim, and the remaining portion in the border.
The continuous rods are also adapted with the same security to all Baskets that have
side, end or border handles either alone or in combination with bow handles, or to
those without any handles, as perfectly securing the foot or bottom rims and the
borders.
The rod, tube, or band; or rods, tubes or bands of whichever kind may be encreased
or diminished in size, substance, or number, in accordance with the size and require-
ments of the Basket wanted and the judgment of the operator.
The method is represented in the accompanying Drawings thus:-
Section A Fig. I. shows the continuous metal rod, clenched at its extremities, and
Fig. II. shows a twig or osier continuous rod, folded at its extremities. These
continuous rods form the inside or foundation of the bow handles "b,” their course is
depicted by the dotted lines.
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Section B-Fig. I. & II. show some of the continuous rods "a" in, unfinished
baskets, all passing through the bottom & continued up the sides, (or ends or both) a
portion of which are worked in the border and some in the foot, whilst others that
are necessary, go to form the border handles "d," and side handles "c" and the
inside or foundation of bow handles "b."
Fig. III. shows the completed article: the dotted lines point out the course of the
continuous rods as passing through the bottom sides and ends.
It is applicable to all kinds of Square, Round and Oval Basket work generally,
likewise to Cradles, Bassinettes or Cots, and to Perambulator Bodies, Basket Chairs &
such like.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
That this method will keep the baskets locked as it were-firmly together and
hence not only necessarily give more strength and durability but producing thereby
the foot or bottom rims, Borders and Handles perfectly secure and practically
unbreakable.
Dated thin Talenth of D. 1007