Improved Ornamental Stitching for Fabric-covered Metallic Strips.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date claimed for Patent under Sect. 103 of Act,
being date of first Foreign Application (in 6th Sept., 1892.
Switzerland),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 24th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1893)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Ornamental Stitching for Fabric-covered Metallic Strips.
We, The Firm of THEILER AND SCHNEELI of 6, Neustadt, Lucerne in the
Republic of Switzerland, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The
This invention relates to metallic strips covered with fabric, such as are used to
replace bones (imitation whalebones). The metallic strips inserted in the covering
of material have hitherto been mechanically sewn to the material, which is folded
over at the ends, in such a way that the stitches ran from a hole in one of the ends
of the strip to the edge of the same and thus formed a star shaped design.
drawback in this method however was, that the stitches formed in the usual
mechanical way, all ran together at a single point, and by the accumulation of silk,
in the case of many stitches, the latter were prevented from being properly drawn ;
the result of this was, that the stitches did not properly spread out in a neat fan
shape, but the separate stitches overlapped one another towards the point of
coincidence instead of resting side by side, and thus the ornamental effect was
destroyed.
Now we have endeavoured to prevent this, by not making the stitches, arranged
in a star shape unite at one single point, but by bringing them into a small arc of a
circle so that they are separated from one another by small interstices, that is to
say they lie side by side and not one over the other. This pattern of stitching has
thus a good appearance and remains unvariable in its regularity.
This improvement is shown on the accompanying drawing, on which
Figure 1 is a view of the upper side of a strip (steel) end;
Figure 2 is a section of the same, and
Figure 3 is a view of the underside of the same.
It is seen how the elastic metal strip d (which has a hole d') inserted in the layer
of material, or sheath c, is held firm by means of the stitching consisting of the
stitch threads a and shuttle threads b, the stitch threads a not being passed through
the centre point of the hole d', but leading in such a way to the hole d', that the
stitches which lie in the hole d' are limited to a concentric circular line.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicants.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Ornamental Stitching for Fabric-covered Metallic Strips.
We, The Firm of THEILER AND SCHNEELI, of 6 Neustadt, Lucerne in the
Republic of Switzerland, Manufacturers, 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 relates to metallic strips covered with fabric, such as are used to

page_text: replace bones (imitation whalebones). The metallic strips inserted in the covering
of material have hitherto been mechanically sewn to the material, which is folded
over at the ends, in such a way that the stitches ran from a hole in one of the ends
of the strip to the edge of the same and thus formed a star shaped design. The
drawback in this method however was, that the stitches formed in the usual
mechanical way all ran together at a single point, and by the accumulation of silk,
in the case of many stitches, the latter were prevented from being properly drawn ;
the result of this was, that the stitches did not properly spread out in a neat fan
shape, but the separate stitches overlapped one another towards the point of
coincidence instead of resting side by side, and thus the ornamental effect was
destroyed.
Now we have endeavoured to prevent this, by not making the stitches, arranged
in a star shape, unite at one single point, but by bringing them into a small arc
of a circle so that they are separated from one another by small interstices, that is
to say, they lie side by side and not one over the other. This pattern of stitching
has thus a good appearance and remains unvariable in its regularity.
This improvement is shown on the drawing accompanying the Provisional
Specification, on which,
Figure 1 is a view of the upper side of a strip (steel) end;
Figure 2 is a section of the same, and
Figure 3 is a view of the underside of the same.
It is seen how the elastic metal strip d (which has a hole d¹) inserted in the
layer of material, or sheath c, is held firm by means of the stitching consisting of
the stitch threads a and shuttle threads b, the stitch threads a not being passed
through the centre point of the hole d', but leading in such a way to the hole d',
that the stitches which lie in the hole d' are limited to a concentric circular line.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is―
In mechanically sewn metallic strips covered with fabric; the arrangement of
stitching in the form of a star for fastening the end of the metal strip, the separate
stitches of which arrangement extend mechanically to a circular line concentric to
the hole d¹ in the metal strip, substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicants.