Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Woven Driving Belts.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan.. 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Woven
Driving Belts.
I, JAMES CHARLES FISHER, of 20 Rook Street, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
This invention relates to the manufacture of woven driving belts and its objects
are to enable the weaving to be accomplished more easily and in less time, and to
increase the strength and durability of the belts.
In carrying this invention into effect the whole of the warp threads are
impregnated with melted wax or wax compositions or with similar materials. This
impregnation may be effected during the process of warping, the threads being
caused to pass through a bath of the melted material and thence, preferably,
through a flexible wiper by which the superfluous waxy matter is removed. The
flexible wiper, when employed, may consist of a textile or a leather pad or comb
through or against which the impregnated threads are passed. The action of the
wiper also is to condense the yarn and render it more compact.
As an alternative method of treating the warp, the beam upon which it is wound
may be immersed in the wax bath for a suitable time, or, as a further alternative,
the threads may be waxed in the loom. In all cases it is preferred to use the
flexible wiper or an equivalent device.
If desired, and instead of or in addition to treating the warp or warps separately,
the finished belt may be placed in a similar bath or be passed through it for a
sufficient time to allow of thorough impregnation.
A belt treated or constructed as hereinbefore described is not affected by
atmospheric changes, and is much more, durable than a belt of ordinary
construction.
Dated this 24th day of March A.D. 1894.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Woven
Driving Belts.
I, JAMES CHARLES FISHER of 20 Rook Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, 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 of woven driving belts and its objects
are to enable the weaving to be accomplished more easily and in less time, and to
increase the strength and durability of the belts.
In carrying this invention into effect the whole of the warp threads are treated
or impregnated with a substance which will preserve them and render them

page_text: impervious, such for instance as melted wax, wax composition, and similar materials.
This impregnation may be effected during the process of warping, the threads
being caused to pass through a bath of the melted material or other substance and
thence preferably through a flexible wiper by which the superfluous impregnating
substance is removed. The flexible wiper when employed may consist of a textile
or leather pad or comb through or against which the impregnated threads are
passed. The action of the wiper also is to condense the yarn and render it more
compact.
The impregnating material employed may consist for example of melted paraffin
wax or ozokerite with which tar may be mixed. The proportion of tar may be
varied according to the nature of the material from which the belt is manufactured
and according to the purposes for which the finished belt is to be employed. Thus, for
instance, a cotton belt or one in which cotton predominates, is preferably treated
with a mixture containing a large proportion of tar or even by tar alone. A belt
consisting of hemp or hair or chiefly of hemp or hair is preferably treated with a
mixture containing but a small proportion of tar or the impregnating substance may
be all wax. As a rule too, driving belts would be treated with tar or a mixture
consisting largely of tar, while carrying belts would be treated with wax or a
mixture consisting largely of wax.
As an alternative method of treating the warp the beam upon which it is wound
may be immersed in the bath of impregnating material for a suitable time, or, as a
further alternative, the threads may be treated in the loom. In all cases it is
preferred to use the flexible wiper or an equivalent device.
A. belt treated or constructed as hereinbefore described is not affected by
atmospheric changes and is much more durable than a belt of the ordinary
construction.
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. In the manufacture of woven belts, treating or impregnating the warp threads
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
2. A woven belt, having its warp threads treated or impregnated substantially as
and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
Dated this 22nd day of December A.D. 1894.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.