New or Improved Manufacture of Covered Whalebone.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Manufacture of Covered Whalebone.
A communication from LA SOCIÉTÉ ROSENWALD FRÈRES, of No. 5, Rue du
Ponceau, Paris, France, Manufacturers.
I, FREDERICK JOHN BROUGHAM, of 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Managing Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
When real whalebone is employed in the making of costumes or their accessories,
each strip of whalebone is usually enclosed in a sheath of woven or other material
by means of which it can be fixed in position by sewing. This method of covering
whalebone does not offer any advantage either in respect of strengthening the
whalebone which remains independent of its sheath, nor in respect of economy of
material, since the whalebone inust be worked and finished before being introduced
into the sheath.
Now this invention relates to the manufacture of a continuous covered or braided
whalebone strip, formed by weaving or plaiting two or more fine whalebone strips
with a number of interlacing threads that serve to form a braid or webbing.
In the accompanying illustrative drawings,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation;
Fig. 2 a side elevation; and
Fig 3 a plan of a braiding machine suitable for manufacturing covered or braided
whalebone according to this invention.
Fig. 4 shows in plan the movement of the rotary bobbins which serve to effect
the interlacing of the threads upon the two whalebone strips, thereby producing the
new product.
Fig. 5 illustrates to a larger scale whalebone covered or braided according to
this invention.
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The threads of fibrous material, the interlacing of which serves to produce that
kind of braid known as "webbing" are carried by vertical bobbins a each having a
double motion that is to say displacement in a serpentine course and of rotation
about its axis. For this purpose the spindles on which the bobbins a are mounted,
are arranged so as to be capable of being passed from one of the driving plates c to
the other driving plate e by the action of cams d, and by the four rotating plates
in the notches of which the spindles are guided as shown in Fig. 4.
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The axles f of the two inner plates e are tubular and serve each to feed a strip of
whalebone into the interlacing threads that constitute the braid or webbing h
(Fig. 5).
In order to effect the engagement of the strips of whalebone with the threads
forming the braid or webbing, the strips of whalebone after being suitably worked
or set, are each fed in a continuous manner into the lower end of one of the tubular
axles through which it passes and from the upper end of which it is led to the
point of interlacing i by a flexible tube k that is mounted on the axle and the free
end of which follows the inflections of the whalebone during the covering or
braiding thereof. The drawing mechanism of the machine serves to ensure the
effectual interlacing of the strips of whalebone with threads constituting the braid
or webbing. This drawing mechanism comprises two rollers 1 m arranged to fit
one into the other and between which the covered or braided whalebone passes.
Motion is transmitted to the upper roller m from the main driving shaft of the
machine as shown, and the lower roller l, whose axle is carried by a counter-
weighted lever receives its motion by frictional contact with the roller m.
The
whalebone according to this invention.
Fig. 4 shows in plan the movement of the rotary bobbins which serve to effect
the interlacing of the threads upon the two whalebone strips, thereby producing the
new product.
Fig. 5 illustrates to a larger scale whalebone covered or braided according to
this invention.
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The threads of fibrous material, the interlacing of which serves to produce that
kind of braid known as "webbing are carried by vertical bobbins a each having a
double motion that is to say displacement in a serpentine course and of rotation
about its axis. For this purpose the spindles on which the bobbins a are mounted,
are arranged so as to be capable of being passed from one of the driving plates c to
the other driving plate e by the action of cams d, and by the four rotating plates ce
in the notches of which the spindles are guided as shown in Fig. 4.
The axles of the two inner plates e are tubular and serve each to feed a strip of
whalebone into the interlacing threads that constitute the braid or webbing h
(Fig. 5).
In order to effect the engagement of the strips of whalebone with the threads
forming the braid or webbing, the strips of whalebone after being suitably worked
or set, are each fed in a continuous manner into the lower end of one of the tubular
axles through which it passes and from the upper end of which it is led to the
point of interlacing i by a flexible tube k that is mounted on the axle and the free
end of which follows the inflections of the whalebone during the covering or
braiding thereof. The drawing mechanism of the machine serves to ensure the
effectual interlacing of the strips of whalebone with threads constituting the braid
or webbing. This drawing mechanism comprises two rollers 1 m arranged to fit
one into the other and between which the covered or braided whalebone passes.
Motion is transmitted to the upper roller m from the main driving shaft of the
machine as shown, and the lower roller 1, whose axle is carried by a counter-
weighted lever receives its motion by frictional contact with the roller m. The

page_text: drawing action thus produced effects a very tight interlacing of the strips of whale-
bone with the covering or braiding threads.
The construction and arrangement of the mechanism employed for operating the
bobbins a to produce the braid or webbing, will be readily understood without
further description. Such mechanism may be of any of the well known types
heretofore used in braiding machines, the foregoing description serving to indicate
how such braiding machines can be adapted to produce covered or braided whale-
bone according to this invention.
Whalebone covered or braided as described is practically unbreakable; can be
easily adapted and secured to wearing apparel; and has an elasticity equal to that
of whalebone of the same width when employed in its natural or uncovered state.
Although only two strips of whalebone are herein before described as used in the
manufacture of a compound strip of covered or braided whalebone, it is to be under-
stood that a greater number of strips can be used if desired, but two strips fed
parallel and simultaneously into the braiding or webbing as described, have been
found to give the best results, by reason of the practically perfect interlacing of
the strips of whalebone and threads. The parts of the braid or webbing between
the two adjacent inner edges of the strips of whalebone where the threads are inter-
laced, and at the two outer edges where the threads naturally form a selvage,
admit of the new product being easily sewn upon wearing apparel.
Dated this 4th day of August 1892
F. J. BROUGHAM.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Manufacture of Covered Whalebone.
A communication from LA SOCIÉTÉ ROSENWALD FRÈRES, of No. 5, Rue du
Ponceau, Paris, France, Manufacturers.
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I, FREDERICK JOHN BROUGHAM of 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Managing Clerk, 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:—
When real whalebone is employed in the making of costumes or their accessories,
each strip of whalebone is usually enclosed in a sheath of woven or other material
by means of which it can be fixed in position by sewing. This method of covering
whalebone does not offer any advantage either in respect of strengthening the
whalebone, which remains independent of its sheath, nor in respect of economy of
material, since the whalebone must be worked and finished before being introduced
into the sheath.
Now this invention relates to the manufacture of covered or braided whalebone
by weaving or plaiting two or more fine whalebone strips with a number of inter-
lacing threads that serve to form a braid or webbing.
In the illustrative drawings filed with my Provisional Specification,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation,
Fig. 2 a side elevation; and
Fig. 3 a plan of a braiding machine suitable for manufacturing covered or braided
whalebone according to this invention.
Fig. 4 shows in plan the movement or course of the rotary bobbins which serve
to effect the interlacing of the threads upon the two whalebone strips in order to
thereby produce the new product.
Fig. 5 illustrates to a larger scale whalebone covered or braided according to
this invention.
The threads of fibrous material, the interlacing of which serves to produce that
kind of braid known as webbing, are carried by vertical bobbins a each of which
has a double motion imparted to it that is to say displacement in a serpentine course
aud of rotation about its axis. For this purpose the spindles 6 on which the

page_text: bobbins a are mounted, are arranged so as to be capable of passing from one of the
driving plates c to the other driving plate e by the action of cams d, and by the
four rotating plates c e, in the notches of which the spindles are guided as shown in
Fig. 4.
The axles f of the two inner plates e are tubular and serve each to feed a strip of
whalebone 9 into the interlacing threads that constitute the braid or webbing h
(Fig. 5). In order to effect the engagement of the strips of whalebone with the
threads forming the braid or webbing, the strips of whalebone after being suitably
worked or set, are each fed in a continuous manner into the lower end of one of the
tubular axles through which it passes and from the upper end of which it is led to
the point of interlacing i by a flexible tube k which is mounted on the axle and the
free end of which follows the inflections of the whalebone during the covering or
braiding operation. The drawing mechanism of the machine serves to ensure the
effectual interlacing of the strips of whalebone with threads constituting the braid
or webbing. This drawing mechanism comprises two rollers 1 m, arranged to fit
one into the other between which the covered or braided whalebone passes. Motion
is transmitted to the upper roller m, from the main driving shaft of the machine as
shown, and the lower roller l, whose axle is carried by a counterweighted lever n,
receives its motion by frictional contact with the roller m. The drawing action
thus produced effects a very tight interlacing of the strips of whalebone with the
covering or braiding threads.
The construction and arrangement of the mechanism employed for operating the
bobbins a to produce the braid or webbing will be readily understood without
further description. Such mechanism may be of any of the well known types
heretofore used in braiding machines, the foregoing description serving to indicate
how such braiding machines can be adapted to produce covered or braided whale-
bone according to this invention.
Whalebone covered or braided as described is practically unbreakable; can be
easily adapted and secured to wearing apparel; and has an elasticity equal to
that of whalebone of the same width when employed in its natural or uncovered
state.
Although only two strips of whalebone are hereinbefore described as used in the
manufacture of a compound strip of covered or braided whalebone, it is to be under-
stood that a greater number of strips can be used if desired, but two strips fed
parallel and simultaneously into the braiding or webbing, as described, have been
found to give the best results, by reason of the practically perfect interlacing
of the strips of whalebone and threads. The parts of the braid or webbing
between the two adjacent inner edges of the strips of whalebone where the threads
are interlaced, and at the two outer edges, where the threads naturally form a
selvage, admit of the new product being easily sewn upon wearing apparel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The manufacture of the new material, strips of natural whalebone covered or
braided with threads of fibrous material applied substantially in the manner and by
the means hereinbefore described with reference to and shewn in the drawings.
Dhin 19th J of A woust 1000
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per W. Cross,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.