Improvements in the Manufacture of Bindings or Trimmings.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1891-Accepted, 17th Oct., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Bindings or Trimmings.
1, MARCUS MERRITT BEEMAN of 208 Oak Street Syracuse. County of
Onondaga State of New York United States of America Gentleman 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 the new and novel method of construction hereinafter
described and specifically set forth in the several clauses of claims hereunto
annexed.
It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which
Fig. 1, is a view of the velveteen or material as its edges are secured together.
Fig. 2, is a sectional view, thereof, unfolded.
Fig. 3, is a similar view thereof, showing a layer of cement or rubber tissue
between the butt ends, partly folded over on body of the material.
Fig. 4, is a similar view of the same having the butt ends connected.
Fig. 5, is a sectional view, showing in detail, detached, the preferred method of
connecting the butt ends to the main body and to each other.
Fig. 6, is a similar view, showing the same connected.
Fig. 7, shows three pieces of velveteen or cloth, secured together upon their
lateral edges by my process.
It has been found by experience that in order to make binding, cut on the bias,
from napped cloth, as velveteen, having longitudinal selvage edges, free from nap
or pile, it is necessary to eliminate them or cancel them in uniting pieces of the
cloth by bringing the selvages together. For this reason I have devised this
process of concealing the selvages, and at the same time utilizing them.
I take a roll of cloth of this class, cut in on a true bias into rhomboids "A," in
such lengths on the selvage edges as may be desired.
I then place two of these pieces together, as shown in Fig. 1, and with their
naps or piles face to face, and selvages one upon the other, and stitch them
together through the selvage, close to the nap or pile, or in the nap or pile, close
to the selvage, and then turn the upper one over, which will bring the bias cut
edges of these two pieces in line, and adding other pieces by this selvage stitching,
I create a continuous band of bias pieces of the goods.
The selvages, exterior to the stitching, I here call the butts or butt ends 3, and
they naturally project from the back of the band of goods, as shown in Fig. 2, and
these butts are then secured to the back of the cloth in the following manner;
I then insert a rubber or cement 2 between the butt ends 3 and the body of the
cloth, and cement the ends to the body, as shown in Fig. 4.
In Fig. 5, I show in detail, the piece or rubber tissue 4, which is placed over the
butt ends and a piece of cloth 5 which is placed upon the same, and the whole then
cemented to each other, and upon the butt ends as shown in Fig. 6.
In Fig. 3, I trim off or otherwise reduce the widths of the butt ends just above
the strip, and insert a piece of cement or rubber tissue in place thereof, then fold
the remaining end over it and cement down, as shown in Fig. 4.
The strips of binding are then cut from the material thus secured together, as
shown in Fig. 7.
It will be seen that my invention lies in producing commercially, a bias cut
binding, having the selvage edges stitched together, turned, and having the butt
ends secured down onto the back of the goods.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed,, I declare that what I
claim is:
1:-The herein described method of manufacturing binding from velveteen, as a
new article of manufacture, consisting first, in cutting the pieces into rhomboids ;
second, in placing the napped faces of the pieces upon each other; third, in
stitching them adjacent to the edge; fourth, in turning them to bring their napped
faces into the same plane; fifth, in folding the butt ends down upon the back of
each piece; sixth, in cementing down the butt ends; seventh, in cutting the pieces
thus secured together on the bias, into strips.
2: The herein described method for manufacturing binding from velveteen as a
new article of manufacture, consisting first, in cutting the pieces into rhomboids ;
second, in placing the napped faces of the two pieces upon each other; third, in
stitching them together adjacent to their edges; fourth, in turning them to bring
their napped faces into the same plane; fifth, in folding the butt ends down upon
the back of each piece; sixth, in cementing a piece of cloth upon the butt ends
onto the back of the velveteen, adjacent thereto; seventh, in cutting the pieces
thus secured together, on the bias, into strips.
Dated this 16th day of July 1891.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.