Improvements in Frames for Holding Pile and other Fabrics.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 18th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames for Holding Pile and other Fabrics.
I, THOMAS WALTER HARDING, of the Tower Works, Globe Road, Leeds, in
the County of York, Engineer, do hereby declare, the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention consists in an improved frame for carrying pile and similar fabrics.
Instead of the material being hooked round a central board, I hook the material up
and 'down.
The frame ends consist of iron or wood combined with wood cross-pieces, into
which double or staple hooks are so fitted that they may readily be pushed back
and only brought forward by pressure of the finger, as required for hooking on.
Between each of the double hooks a space is left about double that between the
arms of the hooks. By this means the folds of the material become equidistant.
The frame sides are kept apart by one or more boards to which they are bolted.
The moveable hooks may be adapted to any of the old forms of frames.
Dated this Twant third day of M. 1900
T. WALTER HARDING.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames for Holding Pile and other Fabrics.
J, THOMAS WALTER HARDING, of Tower Works, Globe Road, Leeds, in
the County of York, Engineer, 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 :—
My invention consists in an improved frame for holding pile and other fabrics.
Instead of the material being hooked round a central board I hook the material up
and down. The frame ends consist of iron or wood combined with crosspieces into
which double or staple hooks are so fitted that they may readily be pushed back
and only brought forward by pressure of the finger as required for hooking
on the
material. Between each of the double hooks a space is left about double that
between the arms of the hook. By this means the folds of the material become
equidistant. The frame sides are kept apart by one or more boards to which they
are bolted. The moveable hooks may be adapted to any of the old forms of
frames.
Fig. 1 is a section and Fig. 2 a plan showing the hooks A A A A as pushed back
in a portion of the wooden crosspiece B B of a frame.
Fig. 3 is a section and Fig. 4 a plan of the hooks A. A A A when brought
forward for the purpose of hooking on the material.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation and Fig. 6 an end elevation of a complete frame with
the moveable hooks A. A A A fitted in wooden crosspieces B B B B which are
fixed to iron ends C C by means of screws D D D D. The ends of the frame are
held apart by boards E E to which they are fixed by means of bolts F F F F
which can be tightened up when the material is sufficiently stretched.
Fig. 7 is an end elevation of a portion of a frame with wooden crosspieces
showing another arrangement of hooks by which they are placed in two rows.
The fabric is hooked over each double hook as shewn at Figs. 6 and 7.
When it is desired to hook the fabric over single hooks, the staples are made with
wider crowns and set wider apart. The holes into which the hooks are put are
preferably drilled of such a size as to allow the arms of the hooks to move freely
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page_text: through them. The hooks or staples are made in a manner similar to that known
and employed in the manufacture of card teeth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, I declare that what I claim is :-
In frames for holding pile and other fabrics the construction, use and applica-
tion of moveable hooks which can be pushed back when not in use and brought
forward when desired for the purpose of hooking on the material substantially
as described and shewn in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive on the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
Dated this Seventeenth day of February 1891.
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