IMPROVEMENTS IN REELS OR FRAMES FOR HOLDING PILE OR OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 13th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 15th Nov., 1887
I CHRISTOPHER LONGBOTTOM, of 27, Kirkgate, Bradford, in the County of York,
Estate Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
REELS OR FRAMES FOR HOLDING PILE OR OTHER FABRICS, to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to novel and useful improvements in reels, or frames, for
holding pile, and other fabrics; and its object is to simplify the construction of such
frames, and to facilitate the attachment of the hooks thereto.
My improvements consist in forming the hooks for attaching the fabrics to the said
frames of the same piece of metal forming the arms or ends of the frames, or in
employing metal of double, or folded, section, and fixing the hooks, preferably in pairs,
between the doubled metal by pressing the folds together and thus embedding the
shank of the hooks which may be bent. As an alternative arrangement the
doubled metal arms may be perforated at the bend, and the hooks formed after
being passed through such perforations, the folded metal being pressed together to
fix them.
The hooks and arms of the frames are formed in one piece of metal by casting, or
stamping. The stamped hooks are preferably stamped straight and afterwards
bent, the metal forming the arms, or frame, being preferably either doubled, or
rolled of a thicker section than that forming the hooks, in order to stiffen the
frame.
In this manner the arms and hooks forming the entire end of a frame may be
made in one piece of metal, or one, two, or more arms may be separately formed
and suitably connected. To combine lightness and stability I may corrugate the
various parts.
Dated this 10th day of Ionnow 1007
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.

page_text: I, CHRISTOPHER LONGBOTTOM, of 27, Kirkgate, Bradford, in the County of York,
Estate Agent, 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 novel and useful improvements in reels or frames for
holding pile and other fabrics, and its object is to simplify the construction of such
frames or parts thereof.
My improvements consist in forming the hooks for attaching the fabrics to said
frames of the same piece of metal forming the arms or end of such frames. Or in
employing metal of doubled or folded section and perforated at the bend so as to allow
the ends of wire staples to be passed through such perforations, and the folded metal
is afterwards pressed together to secure such staples and their projecting ends are bent
into the form of hooks.
In order to fully describe my invention reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawing forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 represents an end of a frame with the hooks formed of the same piece or
pieces of metal. Figure 2 is a side view of such end. And Figure 3 is a top view of
the same.
Figure 4 represents a section of the metal on a larger scale.
Figures 5, 6, and 7 illustrate the method of attaching wire staples to arms of
double or folded section. And Figure 8 shows the form of wire used when the hooks
are attached singly.
The frame A is formed of two pieces of sheet metal connected at both ends B by
the rivets C and is provided at the sides with the stiffening flange or turned over
piece D which is cut away at the top and bottom to facilitate making the joints B, B.
The hooks are stamped out of the arms E preferably first in the form of spikes as
shown at F (fig. 2) and afterwards formed into hooks as shown at P.
It is obvious that the whole end of the frame may in this manner be formed of one
piece of metal thus dispensing with a joint at one end, or that each arm may be
separately formed and afterwards connected, and also that any suitable section of metal
may be used.
In a similar manner one or more arms of the end of a frame may be cast preferably
in malleable iron. The books being either left as spikes and afterwards bent or they
may be cast in the form of hooks. In the latter case it is necessary to cast the arm or
arms straight or flat and afterwards bend them to the form of a frame end.
Figure 5 represents a piece of the perforated sheet metal employed to make the
frame ends when staples are used for the hooks. The staples G are passed through

page_text: the holes or perforations E as shown in figure 6, and the plate J is afterwards doubled
as represented by the section (figure 7) thus securing the staples, and their projecting
ends are formed into hooks.
Single wires similar to that represented in figure 8 may be used to form the hooks
instead of the above mentioned staples.
said Invention,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what I claim is:
1. The improved construction of frames for holding pile and other fabrics formed
by having the hooks and the ends or arms of one piece of metal, substantially as
herein shown and described.
2. The combination with a frame for holding pile and other fabrics having the hooks
and arms formed of one piece of metal, of a flange, fold, or ridge for stiffening the
arms or end, substantially as herein shown and described.
3. The improved method of securing the hooks to the arms of reels or frames
by using arms of doubled or folded section, substantially as herein shown and
described.
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DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.