The Manufacture of Cane or Rattan Seating, and Machinery or Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 1st Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
The Manufacture of Cane or Rattan Seating, and Machinery or
Apparatus therefor.
1, WILLIAM PAULGRAVE ELLMORE, trading as W.'T. Ellmore & Son, of 16, City
Road, in the county of London, Furniture Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to the manufacturo or weaving of cane or rattan seating
suitable for chairs, lounges, settees, and the like.
Hitherto cano or rattan seating has been formed by the workmen interweaving
strips of cane or rattan in the chair or other seat itself the ends of the strips being
fixed in the chair by pegs in holes provided for the purpose.
According to my invention I manufacture or weave cane or rattan seating in
continuous lengths with selvedges and in such a manner that it can be cut up as
required to suit the size and shape of the chair or other seat to which it is to be
applied.
In carrying out my invention I employ a hand power loom worked by treadles
producing an up and down motion. In place of the usual leases or males we use
wires, shafts being arranged so that the leases or malos are worked along a wire
beam. These shafts are worked by small rocking shafts supplied with straps the
usual lambs or wires not being used. The edges are arranged so as to bind all
the outer ends of the fabric by means of an independent cam motion thereby
producing a selvedge, this action being obtained by a backward and forward motion
of the batten.
1 day RICHMOND
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
The Manufacture of Cane or Rattan Seating, and Machinery or
Apparatus therefor.
I, WILLIAM PAULGRAVE ELLMORE, trading as W. T. Ellmore & Son, of 16, City
Road, in the county of London, Furniture 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 :-
This invention relates to the manufacture or weaving of cane or rattan seating
suitable for chairs, lounges, settees and the like.
Hitherto cane or rattan seating has been formed by the workmen interweaving
strips of cane or rattan in the chair or other seat itself, the ends of the strips being
fixed in the chair by pegs in holes provided for the purpose.
According to my invention I manufacture or weave cane or rattan seating in
continuous lengths with selvedges whereby it can be cut up as required to suit
the size and shape of the chair or other seat to which it is to be applied.
In carrying out my invention I employ a hand power loom worked by treadles.
In place of the usual leases or males I use wires, shafts or frames being provided
with wire beans on which the leases or males are loosely arranged. These shafts
are worked by small rocking shafts through the medium of straps in place of the
usual lambs or wires. Each of the warp threads or strips is wound on a separate
bobbin mounted in a frame and provided with means for keeping them at the required
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page_text: tension. The onter threads of the warp are of twine in order to bind all the outer
ends of the weft thereby producing a selvedge.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can
be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hand power loom or apparatus constructed for
weaving cane or rattan seating according to my invention.
Figure 2 is an elevation of part of the shaft or frame carrying the leases or
males..
Figure 3 is a view showing a section of one of the warp bobbins and means for
producing the tension on the warps.
Figures 4 and 5 are an edge view and plan respectively of the shuttle or device
which I use for putting in the weft.
Similar referenco letters indicate similar parts throughout the drawing.
a is the frame of the loom and b, bare the treadles by which it is worked, the
said treadlos serving to actuate the shafts or frames c, c carrying the leases or males d, d
through the medium of the straps e, e, and rocking shafts f, f, the said rocking
shafts being connected to the treadles by levers and connecting rods not shewn in the
drawing or by other suitable means. The treadles also serve to actuate the beam g
by mechanism (not shown) similar to and in the manner usual with hand looms, on
which beam the finished fabric is wound. As will be seen by reference to Figure 2,
the leases or males d, d, which are of wire, are provided with eyes d', d' at their
ends through which pass wire beams, a fixed in the shafts or frames c, c.
By this
arrangement the said leases or males are free to slide upon the said wire beams in
order to accommodate themselves to any unevenness of the strips h, h of cane or
rattan forming the warp.
i, i are the bobbins on each of which one of the warp strips is wound, the said
bobbins being mounted in a frame j; grooves j¹ are provided in the frame to allow
of the bobbins being insorted in or withdrawn from the said frame. In the drawing
two rows of bobbins only are shewn. The frame however is adapted to contain several
rows as shown.
a', a are cross bars or rods in the frame a above and below which the series of
warp strips are alternately arranged as shown clearly in Figure 1. In order to
produce the required amount of tension upon each warp strip h as it is drawn through
the loom, each bobbin i is provided with a groove i¹, as clearly shown in Figure 3,
in which is arranged an endless wire or its equivalent, the said wire also engaging
with a notch in a weighted lever k fulcrummed to the frame j. By this arrange-
ment the weight on the lever k causes the wire to press in the groove so as to
prevent the bobbins turning till the warp strips are in tension, the degree of tension
being regulated by adjusting the weight k¹ on the lover k.
As herein before mentioned figures 4 and 5 illustrate the shuttle or carrying device
for putting the weft strips in the sheds. This device comprises a bar to one end of
which is attached a spring which is bent so as to bear upon the said bar 7 so that
if a cane or rattan strip corresponding with the width of the fabric or cane seating
to be woven be laid upon the bar with one and underneath and hold by the said
spring, it can be easily passed into the shed, it being released so as to be left in
position by lifting the spring ; the bar loan then be withdrawn and another shed
is then formed to receive the next weft strip and so on.
m is the batten of the loom and which is operated in the usual manner.
In order to bind the ends or strips of the weft so as to form a kind of selvedge
to prevent the outer warps from becoming displaced I advantageously employ twine
to form the outer threads of the warp.
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 manufacture of cane or rattan seating by weaving it in continuous lengths
substantially as hereinbefore described.

page_text: (2.) The use in the manufacture of cane or rattan seating of a hand power loom
or apparatus constructed and operating substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 14th day of January 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.