Improvements in the Manufacture of Woven Belting, also in the Method of and Means for Piecing or Uniting the Ends of Woven Belting and the like.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 23rd Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 11th May, 1888
Improvements in the Manufacture of Woven Belting, also in the
Method of and Means for Piecing or Uniting the Ends of
Woven Belting and the like.
I HENRY BERNOULLI BARLOw of 4 Mansfield Chambers 17 St. Anns Square
Manchester in the County of Lancaster Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent do
hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC-
TURE OF WOVEN BELTING ALSO IN THE METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR PIECING OR
UNITING THE ENDS OF WOVEN BELTING AND THE LIKE to be as follows :-
The chief object of my Invention is to enable woven belts to be pieced or united
with the least possible loss of strength and to avoid the necessity of lapping the ends"
over one another or employing an extra strip. of material to strengthen the joint.
My invention embraces four distinct and separate improvements namely―
(a) An improvement in the manufacture of woven belting.
(b) An improvement in the method of piecing or uniting the ends of the belting
when woven.
(c) An improvement in the means or fastenings employed in piecing or uniting
the ends of woven belting.
In carrying out my improvement in the manufacture of woven belting I propose
to insert transverse wires cut to any length required into the shed at intervals as the
belt is being woven. These wires may either be inserted by hand into the open shed
by stopping the loom for a moment as each wire is inserted or the wires may be
inserted by an automatic wire motion in a belting loom.
This wire motion may
be somewhat of the kind now employed for inserting wires when weaving carpets but
any suitable mechanism for the purpose may be used automatic mechanism being of
course preferred.
The belting woven with transverse wires as above described can be then cut to any
required length and the wires besides giving additional weight and proportionately
increased driving power will be in position for the joint.
In narrow belts or in belts already woven but without transverse wires I propose to
employ gimlet pointed or other wires which can be readily turned by a hand vice
or other means to insert them transversely into the belt near each end where the joint
is to be made.

page_text: In carrying out my improved method of piecing or uniting the ends of a woven
belt furnished with transverse wires as above described I employ metal hooks of any
well known form or of the improved construction hereinafter specified links laces wire
or other fasteners so connected or attached that when the joint is completed the strain
put upon the belt is taken from the hooks links laces or equivalents by the transverse
wires embedded in the belt which prevent the fastenings tearing through the woven
fabric and effectually resist the strain.
In the case of machine aprons blankets and the like a very smooth joint could be
made with fine twine or wire passed round the tranverse wires.
I have referred to transverse wires it is obvious that in place of wire any suitable
material such as reed might be inserted in the shed during the operation of weaving
or as a modification I may stitch one two or more rows of wires transversely across
the belt near to the ends to be pieced the fastenings being then placed so as to bear
on all or some of the transverse wire stitches the joint being in this way much
strengthened and in the case of folded canvas belting the belt will be further
improved.
The improved construction of fastening above mentioned consists of a metal hook
of a new form. Hooks as now made are generally flattened so as to offer their thickest
side to the pull or strain on the belt. Now 1 propose to make the straight portion or
back of the hook of a flattened section and the ends or portion which passes through
the belt preferably round or if flattened so applied that the narrow edge bears upon
the transverse wires my object being to obtain the greatest strength of hook without
making large holes in the belt.
:
Another novel form of fastener which may be used in combination with transverse
wires consists of a metal plate with teeth or projections on one side similar to the
Harris fastener described in the Specification to Letters Patent No. 760 A.D. 1867 but
with the teeth flat on edge. Any desired number of teeth may be used and through
some of the teeth a small hole is drilled the plate may then be attached to the ends
of the belt by driving the belt on to the teeth gimlet or other pointed wires or pins
are then inserted and guided through the holes in the teeth. The wires may extend
the full width of the belt or they may be inserted from each side and extend only part
way across. The metal plates may be either solid or of separate pieces hinged
.together.
My improved method of piecing and the fastener are applicable to rubber belting
in which a woven or canvas core or middle portion is employed.
Dated this 2nd dox of Aux 1987

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Woven Belting, also in the
Method of and Means for Piecing or Uniting the Ends of
Woven Belting and the like.
I HENRY BERNOULLI BARLOW of 4 Mansfield Chambers 17 St. Anns Square
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Consulting Engineer and Patent 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
The chief object of my Invention is to enable woven belts to be pieced or united
with the least possible loss of strength and to avoid the necessity of lapping the ends
over one another or employing an extra strip of material to strengthen the joint.
My invention embraces three distinct and separate improvements namely
(a.) An improvement in the manufacture of woven belting.
:-
(b.) An improvement in the method of piecing or uniting the ends of the belting
when woven.
(c.) An improvement in the means or fastenings employed in piecing or uniting the
ends of woven belting.
In carrying out my Improvement in the manufacture of woven belting I propose to
insert transverse wires cut to any length required into the shed at intervals as tho
belting is being woven. These wires may either be inserted by hand into the open
shed by stopping the loom for a moment as each wire is inserted or the wires may be
inserted by an automatic wire motion. This wire motion may be somewhat of the
kind now employed for inserting wires when weaving carpets but any suitable
mechanism for the purpose may be used automatic mechanism being of course preferred
for inserting the wires."
The belting woven with transverse wires as above described can be then cut to any
required length and the wires besides giving additional weight and proportionately
increased driving power will be in position for the joint. The wires may extend
across the belt or they may be inserted from each side and extend only. part way
across.
In narrow belts or in belts already woven but without transverse wires I propose to
employ gimlet pointed or other wires which can be readily turned by a hand vice or
other means to insert them transversely into the belt near each end where the joint is
to be made.
In carrying out my improved method of piccing or uniting the ends of a woven
belt furnished with transverse wires as above described I employ metal hooks of any
well known form or of the improved construction hereinafter specified or links laces
wire or other fasteners so connected or attached that when the joint is completed the
strain put upon the belt is taken from the hooks links laces or equivalents by the trans-
verse wires imbedded in the belt which prevent the fastenings tearing through the
woven fabric and effectually resist the strain.

page_text: In the case of machine aprons blankets and the like a very smooth joint could bo
made with fine twine or wire passed round the transverse wires.
I have referred to transverse wires it is obvious that in place of wire any suitable
material such as reed might be inserted in the shed during the operation of
weaving.
The improved construction of fastening above mentioned consists of a metal hook
of a new form. Hooks as now made are generally flattened so as to offer their widest
side to the pull or strain on the belt. Now I propose to make the straight portion or
back of the hook of a flattened section and the ends or portions which pass through
the belt preferably round or if flattened so applied that the narrow edges bear upon
the transverse wires my object being to obtain the greatest strength of hook without
making large holes in the belt.
The hooks metal plates or their equivalent fastenings may be either solid or of
separate pieces hinged together.
My improved method of piecing and the fasteners are applicable to rubber belting
in which a woven or canvas core or middle portion is employed.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Similar letters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.
Fig. 1 represents a piece of woven belting made according to my Invention.
Fig. 2 is an edge view and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section of the same and Fig. 4 is a
sectional view showing the ends of the improved helt joined by ordinary belt hooks
passed over the transverse wires.
a is the belt b b are the transverse wires which are inserted, while the belt is being
woven, either automatically or by hand and cc are the belt hooks. The holes for the
belt hooks are preferably pierced with an awl close to the wires so that when the hooks
are inserted in the belt they bear against the wires the ends of the hooks being
afterwards bent as shown round the wire in each end of the belt to complete the
piecing.
Fig. 5 is an edge view and Fig. 6 is a view looking on the top or outer side of a
piece of ordinary woven, canvas, or other belting pieced or joined according to my
Invention. In this case two wires bb have been inserted through the belt one near
each end by hand or machine in any convenient manner; the piecing can be com-
pleted by wire hooks as shown or otherwise, the transverse wires distributing the strain
upon the whole width of the belt.
.
Fig. 7 represents part of a woven belt made and pieced according to my Inven-
tion in this case the transverse wires 6 are inserted from each side extending about half
the distance across the belt allowing it to bend freely over the crowned surface of a
pulley.
Fig. 8 represents a sectional view of a piece of woven belting in which transverse
hollow wires or tubes have been inserted according to my Invention and Fig. 9 a
view of the same after the belt has been passed through calendering rollers which
flatten the said wires or tubes and make the belt smooth on the surface.
Fig. 10 is a perspective view partly in section of a belt joined according to my
Invention.
Fig. 11 shows two views in which a pair of hooks c are coupled together by a pin d
to form a buckle joint.
F
Figs. 12 and 13 represent fastenings particularly applicable for belts running over
very small pulleys.
Fig. 14 is a view of a belt pieced with such a fastening as that shown on Fig. 13
and Fig. 15 is a sectional view of the same lying on a pulley. In this case the hooks c
lap round a pin d to insure flexibility.
Fig. 16 represents an improved belt hook made according to my Invention. In
making this hook from round wire I flatten the back or straight portion and the ends
preferably leaving that portion which passes through the belt round.
Fig. 17 represents a top view of a woven belt made and pieced according to my

page_text: Invention in which a few transverse wires bare inserted into the belt at such intervals
as may be required for piecings. In the case of large and other belts woven of special
lengths the wires b may be inserted at the beginning and near the end of the belt while
the belt is being woven.
In place of using belt hooks I may use wire or laces or metal plates with teeth in
combination with the transverse wires to complete the fastening.
Woven belts pieced according to my Invention become practically endless belts
which can be shortened or lengthened and pieced so that the joint passes smoothly
and evenly over the pulleys.
My improvements can be applied to all solid woven belts and to belting made of
canvas with or without a covering of rubber or other material.
In canvas belts and rubber belts with a woven foundation the transverse wires
or pins may be embedded in the folds of the canvas during the manufacture
of the belting or if used at the piecing only can be inserted by hand where
required.
Belts in which transverse wires are inserted at regular intervals run more
steadily and transmit more power than ordinary woven belts owing to their increased
weight.
The transverse wires may be slightly rivetted at the ends to prevent them moving
endwise or they may project at each side of the belt to carry strips of leather or other
material for strengthening the edges of the belt or for other purposes or washers or
links may be rivetted on to the wires.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is―
1. Woven belting in which transverse wires or other pins are inserted either
automatically or by hand during the process of weaving as and for the purposes
herein described.
2. Rubber belting and other analogous belting composed chiefly of canvas in strips
or doubled said belting having transverse wires or pins introduced during the
manufacture of the belting as described.
3. In woven, rubber, and canvas belting, the combination with transverse wires or
equivalents imbedded in said belting of metal hooks or equivalent means for piecing
the same.
4. The manufacture of belt hooks of metal of different sections for the purposes
described and as shown in Fig. 16.
5. The improved belt piecing consisting of two or more transverse wires combined
with hooks, laces, wire, or other equivalents.
6. The several constructions combinations and arrangements of parts embodying
my improvements in means for piecing and uniting the ends of woven belting and the
like substantially as and for the purposes herein described and as shown by the
Drawings annexed.
7. The method of piecing or uniting the ends of woven belting and the like by
means of transverse pins introduced during or subsequent to the process of manufac
ture in conjunction with metal hooks, links, laces, wire, or equivalents substantially as
berein described with reference to the Drawings annexed.
Dated this 21st day of March 1888.
HENRY BERNOULLI BARLOW.