Appliance for Cramping or Securing in a Stretched Condition Plush, Velvet, and similar Fabrics.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1894
Appliance for Cramping or Securing in a Stretched Condition Plush,
Velvet, and similar Fabrics.
I, ALBERT HOX, of Crefeld, in the Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, Merchant,
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 folding of plush, velvet and similar fabrics as effected according to the
hitherto known method suffers from the great inconvenience, that in particular in
good or heavy qualities of plush having a high pile, such as cloak plush, pleats are
readily formed, which cannot be entirely removed by any available means and
which considerably lessen the value of the plush, velvet etc.
My invention has for its object to entirely obviate this inconvenience, and I
attain this purpose completely by the following arrangement.
:
On the side walls of the box (by preference a paste board-box) serving to
receive the fabric, and the front and back wall of which are capable of being
turned down, I arrange flat bars or plates furnished at determined intervals with
cramps, between which the fabric, when being folded, is passed through. The
cramps consist of round plugs, the diameters of which are sufficiently large to
insure that in the fabric placed round them no pleat can be formed, and moreover
the cramps are provided with points, into which the selvages of the fabric are
hooked; by these means the fabric is maintained in its fixed position. After the
fabric has been completely arranged in the box the front and back walls of the
latter are raised and pinched in between the side walls and are then conneeted
with the latter by any suitable means.
The side walls are by this means pressed outward and in consequence thereof
the layers of fabric, which owing to the weight of the stuff, may have bagged or
sunk, are stretched so that any detrimental contact between the piles of the several
stuff layers is effectually avoided. Finally the box is closed by means of a cover.
The number of the cramp holders to be arranged in the box depends entirely on
the width of the stuff. If the stuff is of considerable width three and more
cramp holders are provided on each side wall of the box in order to avoid too
great a bagging or sinking of the central portion of the stuff.
On the cramps of the outer cramp holders the points are applied advantageously
laterally, while on the cramps of the middle cramp holders the points are of
course arranged on the top of the cramps. Moreover the cramps may be provided
with two or more points instead of with only one.
In lieu of arranging the front and back walls in such a manner, that they may
be turned down, they may be completely removeable and be connected with the
side walls by any suitable means.
The accompanying drawing shews a mode of constructing the new appliance.
Fig. 1 is a front view of the closed box (by preference a paste board box).
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the box, the front and back wall of which are turned
down.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the opened box.
Fig. 4 shows to a larger scale à flat end bar or plate provided with the cramps,
while
Fig. 5 represents to a larger scale one of the middle flat plates and cramps.
The box (preferably of paste board) A has two fixed walls a' a² and two jointed
moveable walls a³ a' capable of being turned down. To the fixed walls a¹ a flat

page_text: plates are applied, which at determined distances carry_cramps c provided with
points or pins d. The box is closed by means of a cover D.
My said invention is distinguished by its simple manipulation for securing the
fabric in a stretched condition and by its small volume and weight, which is
important for the transport of the fabric. A very great advantage also consists
in the possibility of cramping up the fabric when the box is in a fixed position.
It is advisable to maintain and to convey the box in its upright position, so that
the stuff layers are in a vertical hanging position, as in this manner any pressure
and any detrimental effect on the pile will be avoided. In the interior of the box
a measuring scale is advantageously arranged, so that the length of the fabric may
be read off at once.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is -
:-
1. A device for cramping up or securing in a stretched condition plush, velvet
and similar fabrics consisting of a box (by preference of pasteboard), the front
and back walls of which are arranged in such a manner, that they can be turned
down or entirely removed, while the side walls of the box are provided with two or
more flat bars or plates on which at determined distances cramps carrying points
are arranged for the purpose of separating the several layers of the stuff to be
cramped up from each other and at the same time to hold it fast at the selvages
by means of the points, while by inserting the front and back wall between the
side walls the layers of the fabric are stretched and a detrimental influence on
the pile by an injurious folding and flattening is effectually avoided, substantially
as above described and shown in the accompanying drawing.
.
2. The arrangement of the flat bars or plates supporting the cramps in such a
manner, that they are in a vertical position, when the fabric is being cramped up,
and in a horizontal position, when the fabric is stored up and conveyed, for the
purpose of bringing the stuff layers in a vertically hanging position and to avoid
by these means any pressure on the layers of fabric substantially as above described
and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 31st day of January 1894.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.