Improvements in the Manufacture of Laces, Cords, and Flexible Tubes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 7th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Laces, Cords, and Flexible
Tubes.
I LUKE TURNER of Deacon Street Leicester Manufacturer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The chief object of this invention is to manufacture laces and cords from silk
and other materials, whether of long or short fibre, of greater strength than heretoforo
for the quantity of material employed.
To this end I first prepare strands, by plaiting or braiding together three, four
or more spun threads, and then, by a repetition of the braiding process, convert
these strands into laces or cords as required. The laces will in general bo flat, but
they, as well as the cords, may take a tubular form, if thought desirable, or the
cords may consist of a plaited tube having a core or filling of spun hemp or other
material.
The invention is also applicable to the manufacture of tubes commonly known
as hose pipe, for conducting water to or from fire engines, cotton being generally
the fibre used in such manufacture.
In carrying out my invention, I use the well known braiding machinery both
for the production of the strands and the articles to be manufactured therefrom.―
I thus obtain laces suitable for ladies' corsets, also for boots and shoes, and cords
applicable for window blinds, fishing lines, &c., such articles possessing the charac-
teristics of great strength and endurance, and having a comparatively small amount
of elasticity.
When making tubes for hose pipes, as a considerable thickness of material is
required to ensure the requisite strength, I propose to braid two or more courses,
locking them together at proper intervals, to ensure a consistent whole. The
covering of these tubes internally and externally with india rubber, to make them
water-tight, may be effected in any well known manner.
Dated this 7th day of February 1889.
Agents for the Applicant.
N
NOS NOTALENT
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Laces, Cords, and Flexible
Tubes.
I, LUKE TURNER of Deacon Street, Leicester, Manufacturer, 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:
The chief object of this invention is to manufacture laces and cords from silk
and other materials, whether of long or short fibre, of greater strength than heretofore
for the quantity of material employed.
To this end I first prepare strands by plaiting or braiding together three, four,
or more spun threads, and then, by a repetition of the braiding process, convert these
strands into laces or cords as required. The laces will in general be flat, but they, as
well as the cords, may take a tubular form, if thought desirable, or the cords may
consist of a plaited tube having a core or filling of hemp or other material.
The invention is also applicable to the manufacture of tubes commonly known as
fire-engine hose, for conducting water to or from fire engines, cotton being generally
the fibre used in such manufacture.

page_text: In carrying out my invention, I use the woll known braiding machinery both for
the production of tho strands and the articles to be manufactured therefrom.
In the accompanying drawing, my invention is illustrated by a diagrain, showing a
piece of braid magnified to an extent that will admit of its construction, and of the
strands composing it, being clearly soon. In this Figure, the strand a, which is
unravelled at its end, shows that it is composed of eight spun threads, and the
braid b, which is also unravelled, shows that it is composed of 17 strands of like
character.
It will be understood that the number of threads used to produce a strand, or of
strands used to produce a bruid, will ho determined by the character of the article
desired to be manufactured. This illustration will serve to explain not merely the
application of the invention to flat laces, but also to round laces, and to tubes, the
braiding action being the same in each case, but modified by the character of braiding
machine employed.
By the use of braided strands such as that shewn at a, I am enabled to produce
braids and cords suitable for the edging of couts and vests, which braids and
cords will not wear greasy, or shrink, and disfigure the garment to which they are
applied.
I also obtain strong laces suitable for ladies' corants, and for boots and shoes. Cords
applicable for window blinds, fishing lines, etc., may also be produced, having the
characteristic of great strength and endurance, with just sufficient elasticity to meet
the requirements of the case.
When making tubes for fire engine hose, as a considerable thickness of material
is required to ensure the requisite lateral strength, I propose to braid two or more
tubes one over the other, relying on the grip of the overlaid tubes to make a consistent
whole. The covering of the compound tube internally & externally with india rubber,
to make it water-tight, may be effected in any well known manner.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in wluit mannor the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The manufacture of braided articles, such as laces, cords, and flexiblo tubos,
from strands formed of braided threads of spun fibro, as & for the purpose above set
forth.
Daid this 7th day of Nawansha 1920