Improvements in Wire-netting, Wire-work, or the like, and in Apparatus for Making the same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 8th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wire-netting, Wire-work, or the like, and in
Apparatus for Making the same.
I, REGINALD HEBER SILCOCK of King Street Wire Works, Warrington in
the County of Lancaster, Wire Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Hitherto in the manufacture of wire netting, the wires or strands of which it is
composed, have generally been knotted or laced together at, their intersections.
This mode of making the netting is liable to wear out more or less quickly,
especially when subjected to exceptional wear and tear.
Now my invention is designed to produce wire netting, wire-work or the like,
which shall be very much stronger and capable of resisting wear much better than
has hitherto been the case.
In carrying my invention into effect, I, form my netting of wire or twisted
strands, the wires where they cross each other being interwoven, interlocked or
intertwisted the one with the other, whereby the interstices or meshes are each
individually secured and it is impossible to alter the size of the mesh or separate.
strands or wires, when they have once been interwoven or intertwisted one with
the other. The manufacture of this improved netting may be carried out by hand
or by a suitable apparatus in which one series of wires at one of their ends are.
held firmly by the usual devices, while the other series of wires which intersect
them are manipulated in such a way that strands of one series are interwoven,
interlooped or otherwise passed through strands of the intersecting series, each
wire after each interweaving or interlooping the one with the other, being twisted,
whereby the individual wires at the point of intersection are interlocked and inter-
twisted the one with the other. Any suitable length and width of wire netting
may be formed in this way, the twisting of the strands of the wires after being
interwoven or interlooped at the intersections, locking the wires together aud
preventing any alteration in the size of the mesh.
DL: 0.11 I 1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6. Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Wire-netting, Wire-work, or the like, and in
Apparatus for Making the same.
I, REGINALD HEBER SILCOCK, of King Street Wire Works, Warrington, in
the County of Lancaster, Wire 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 :-
Hitherto in the manufacture of wire netting, the wires or strands of which it is

page_text: composed, have generally been knotted, crossed, or laced together at their
intersections. This mode of making the netting is liable to wear out more or less
quickly, especially when subjected to exceptional wear and tear.
Now my invention is designed to produce wire netting, wire-work or the like,
which shall be very much stronger, more pliable and capable of resisting wear
much better than has hitherto been the case.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a general view of wire netting constructed in accordance with my
invention; and
Figure 2 a detail view on an enlarged scale, showing the method of interweaving
the strands of the wire at their points of intersection;
Figures 3 and 4 views of an apparatus which may be used for making the
netting.
I form my netting of wire or twisted strands A A' the wires where they cross
each other at B being interwoven, interlocked or intertwisted the one with the other,
whereby the interstices or meshes C of the netting are each individually secured,
and it is impossible to alter the size of the mesh C or separate the strands or wires A
when they have once been interwoven or intertwisted one with the other. The
manufacture of this improved netting may be carried out by hand, or by a suitable
apparatus in which one series of wires at one of their ends are held firmly by the
usual devices, while the other series of wires which intersect them are manipulated
in such a way that strands of one series are interwoven, interlooped or otherwise
passed through strands of the intersecting series, each wire after each interweaving
or interlooping the one with the other, being twisted, whereby the individual wires
at the point of intersection are interlocked and intertwisted the one with the other.
Any suitable length and width of wire netting may be formed in this way, the
twisting of the strands of the wires after being interwoven or interlooped at the
intersections, locking the wires together and preventing any alteration in the size
of the mesh. The interstices or meshes are each individually secured and in the
event of one of the meshes being broken and becoming damaged, the hole, or mesh
is not enlarged beyond the original breakage; each of the surrounding meshes
retaining its shape and security.
A convenient apparatus for making the netting is shown in Figures 3 and 4 of
the accompanying drawings, in which D is a flat bench or table, E a bar fixed
thereto having a series of upright teeth or projections with channels between and
hereafter called the comb, these teeth being substantially the size of the mesh
which is required to be made in the netting. Fa guide roller carried by a bracket
in proximity to the comb E. The twisted strands forming the warp A pass
between the teeth of the comb E, while the woof wires A' cross the warp A at the
channels between the teeth. In making the netting by this apparatus, I pass a
pair of strands a a through each channel between the teeth of the comb from front
to back, and the strands where they lie in the channel are twisted to form the
warp wires leaving however the strands outside the comb at the front untwisted,
as shown in Figure 3. The several strands in starting to make the netting are by
preference fastened together at one of their ends in pairs, or held firmly by
suitable devices. The woof strands bb are passed along the front of the comb,
twisting the respective strands a a and b b of the warp A and woof A', and inter-
weaving them the one with the other at their points of intersection, as shown in
Figure 4. This being completed, the network is lifted off the teeth E, and
replaced but with the woof wire A' at the back of the comb E instead of the front.
The strands of the woof A' are now brought back from one side of the comb to
the other, the strands of the warp and woof wires being twisted and interwoven
the one with the other, at their points of intersection, and the operation is again
and again repeated until a network of the required size is completed, the woof wire
being by preference of one continuous length by passing alternately from side to
side. In thus describing the apparatus which I am at present using, I wish it to

page_text: be understood that I do not restrict myself thereto, as other means may be
employed for making my improved interwoven netting.
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 improvement in wire netting, wire-work or the like, which consists in
forming it of wire or twisted strands, and in interweaving, interlocking or inter-
twisting the wires or strands the one with the other where they cross each other,
substantially as and for the purpose described..
2. As an improved article of manufacture, wire netting or the like, in which the
wires are formed of twisted strands, and the strands where they intersect are
interwoven, interlocked or intertwisted one with the other, whereby the individual
wires at their points of intersection are interlocked, and the netting is more
durable and capable of better resisting wear than in the old form in which the
wires were knotted, crossed or laced at their crossings, substantially as described.
Dated this 7th day of October 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.