Year: 1886

page_text: I, FRANK GREENLAND of Gold Street, Brooklyn in the State of New York, one
of the United States of America, Mat. 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:—
The improved mat may be of manila or analogous material, with, or without a
pile on the upper surface. The invention relates to the border.
It has long been common to border mats with a braid of the same or a different
material secured by stitching.
It is difficult to thus secure the marginal braid." The joining of the ends,
whether abutting or overlapping, is unsightly. I employ a similar marginal braid,
but secure it with facility and permanence by metallic fastenings. I enclose the
ends in a sheet metal tube peculiarly formed and adapted to also. receive metal
fastenings.
I insert through the tube a long staple adapted to serve as an eye, by which
the mat may be chained when it is necessary to thus secure it, as for vestibule
door mats in houses in cities.
The staple thus secured constitutes a specially strong and tasty eye for this
purpose.
The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and represent what
I consider the best means for carrying out the invention.
Figure 1, is a perspective view of a portion of a finished mat. Figs. 2 and 3 are
vertical sections showing the mode of attaching the braid on the edge. Fig. 4 is a
section corresponding to Fig. 2, and shows the mode of attaching the fastening
staple. Fig. 5 is a face view of the flattened tube. Fig. 6 is. a section on the
line xx in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a section on the line y y in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a plan
view of the blank which' forms a tube. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the fastening
staple detached.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
A is the body of the mat, and a pile or tuft thereon. A narrow space along the
edge of the body A. is formed without tufting, or the tufting is sheared off or
otherwise removed.
B is a sufficient length of braid, of manila or other suitable material, extending
around the mat and partly superposed upon the edge thereof.
CC, &c., are staples of Swede iron or other tough iron coated with zinc, tin, or
other protecting material. These staples are formed with their legs parallel, and
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page_text: are driven in an inclined direction through the braid and through a portion of the
mat. For this operation the mat is held on an anvil, M, presenting a surface, m,
adapted to receive the points of the staples and clinch them firmly together.
.
The ends of the braid B are embraced within a splicing shell or tube, D, of
brass or soft iron, which is flattened after its application, so as to compress the
lapped ends firmly together.. This tube D is formed from a suitable piece of sheet
metal perforated and notched, as will be presently described. It is locked around
the braid by its edges being hooked together. Holes d near each end receive each
one leg of a staple, C¹.
Notches d', previously formed in the edges of the metal, provide liberal openings
for the staple to pass through and take hold of the body A of the mat and clinch
therewith like the other staples, C. The staples thus applied engaging each on one
end of the tube D should be a little longer than the other staples. They may be
clinched by the same means.
Two holes, d', near the mid length of each tube, receive the legs of a staple, E.
One leg of this staple is longer than the other. Both extend quite across through
the tube and into the body of the mat A.
Notches d, formed in the edges of the metal before the tube is formed, provide
liberal apertures for this staple to pass through on the back side. The short leg of
the staple E is bent so as to spread a little in the material of A and aid to hold
therein.. The longest leg of E extends a good distance inward in the body A, but
finally extends out at the bottom, and is bent and clinched, as shown in Fig. 4.
The tube D may be silvered, nickeled or otherwise coated. It may be stamped,
engraved, or otherwise made to carry the name of the owner. This may be
important in places where the mat is liable to be misplaced by accident or design.
I propose to stamp or otherwise produce thereon not only the date of the patent,
but also the address of the manufacturer or principal agent.
Modifications may be made in many or all of the details. The ends of the
braid B may abut together either squarely or diagonally, or they may be lapped
upon each other. All the staples may be of brass. The several staples may be set
by machinery.
Parts of the invention may be used without the whole. The staple E may be
like the staples C, except in increased length. It may be clinched in a similar
manner by driving against an anvil, M. The widening or eye at the bight of the
long staple E may be omitted, and there may be sufficient width between the
parallel parts of the staple to allow the engagement of a chain. (Not represented.)
I prefer all the parts as shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st. The tube D, formed of sheet metal, with its edges locked together and
provided with perforations, as shown, in combination with the edging B and mat
body A, and suitable connecting fastenings, substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described, set forth and illustrated in the drawings annexed.
2nd. The long staple E, adapted to engage with a chain, in combination with a
mat, A, edging B, splicing tube D, and staples C', substantially as and for the
purposes herein before described, set forth and illustrated.in the drawings annexeḍ.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1886.