IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BANDS, CORDS, OR ROPES
Year: 1877

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Leedham Binns at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th August 1877.
LEEDHAM BINNS, of Grove House, Oakenshaw Low Moor, near Bradford, in the
County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BANDS, CORDS, OR
ROPES."
The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of bands,
cords, or ropes, in order to facilitate their conversion into endless bands, cords, or
ropes, without the necessity for splicing or tying their ends together, or connecting
them together by means of a small metal hook or connection as has heretofore been
the case.
According to my present Invention I take an endless double-looped band, cord,
or rope, having a single loop at each end thereof, or a single loop at one end, and
two loops at the other, made in any convenient manner, or I take a length of cord,
band, or rope, or any desired number of strands of yarn or twist, or other suitable
material twisted together, and double it in the middle, after which I twist the two
parts together so as to form a cord, rope, or band, with a loop at one end. I then
form on one end or loop of the endless double-looped band, cord, or rope, or on the
two loops at one end thereof, or on the end of the last-described cord, rope, or band,
an enlargement or knot which can be readily passed, when desired, through the
loop at the other end of the band, cord, or rope, and thus convert the same into an
endless band, cord, or rope, when desired.
The knot or enlargement may be formed by tying, or by sewing, or in any con-
venient manner. The mode, however, which I prefer to adopt in the manufacture
of my improved band, cord, or rope, is as follows:-I take one or any desired
number of strands of yarn, or twist, or other suitable material, and double or fold
them together any desired number of times, according to the size required, leaving
at each end thereof a projecting loose end or ends of yarn, twist, or other material; I
then twist these strands together, after which I double them and twist the two
parts together so as form a cord, rope, or band, with a single loop at one end, and
with two loops and loose ends of yarn, twist, or other material at the other end
thereof. I then sew the loose ends into the two loops so as to form a knot or
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page_text: enlargement thereon, or instead of first twisting the strands and then doubling
them previous to the second twist being put thereon. The strands may be doubled
previous to the first twist being put thereon, or they may be doubled in the process
of building up the substance of the desired cord, band, or rope. Or I take a band,
cord, or rope, having one or more loops at each end, or one loop at one end, and
two at the other, made in any convenient manner; I then pass the loop or loops at
the one end through the loop or loops at the other end, after which I pass a small
piece of leather or other suitable material through the first-mentioned loop or loops
so as to retain the parts firmly together. By these means I provide a cheap,
simple, and efficient means of connection, and obviate the expense of splicing, as
also the wear incurred when the ends are tied or connected together by a metal
connection.