Whalebone or the like.
Year: 1886

page_text: Whalebone or the like.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of No. 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention (a communication to me from abroad by Elphège Leroux, of
Bernay (Eure) in the Republic of France, Manufacturer of ribbons and woven
goods) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved manufacture of covered whale-bone
or the like in which the strips of whale-bone or other substance are enclosed each
in a continuous sheath so that each strip shall be entirely enclosed its ends being
covered as well as its sides and edges in a fabric produced directly by machinery
in such a manner as to obviate ulterior work such as cutting or fixing.
In carrying out the invention there is produced in any convenient way a fabric
that is alternately tubular and close ribbon like or flat (that is to say, not hollow).
During the manufacture of the tubular part there is or are placed in it either by
hand, or mechanically, a strip or strips of whalebone steel or other suitable material
so that the weaving of this part of the fabric shall enclose such 'strip or strips to
the extremity thereof. At this point the machine employed is arranged to close
the end of the tubular part and produce a close woven or riband like fabric,
and so on.
The drawing hereunto annexed shews an example of the product.
a is the strip, of any suitable elastic substance; it may be whalebone, steel,
cane etc. b is the tubular part of the covering which is woven over and encloses
this strip. c is the close-woven portion of the fabric that intervenes between two
tubular portions and closes their adjacent ends. This separating part is or may
be produced by causing the weft to connect the two opposite parts of the fabric
over the entire width thereof, as will be readily understood from the drawing.
Thus it will be seen that each strip of whalebone or its equivalent instead of having
to be covered separately, is enclosed in a tubular part of a continuous riband like
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page_text: fabric of any desired continuous length so that any required lengths can be cut off
in readiness to be used for corsets or other articles without its being uecessary to
sew the end or ends.
Any suitable machinery may be employed in carrying out the invention.
By way of explanation my foreign correspondent indicates a construction of
tubular weaving loom suitable for carrying out the invention.
In this loom four shafts or headles serve to form two sides or ribbons of the
fabric of which the tube is composed and which are united at their edges by a fifth
and sixth shaft or headle. It is these two latter which serve to close the tubular
portion of the fabric after each solid or close woven portion but it is to be under-
stood that any suitable arrangement of loom may be used for this purpose.
Dated this 4th day of February 1886.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Manufacture of Ribs or Covered
Whalebone or the like.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of No. 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention (a communication to me from abroad by Elphège Leroux, of
Bernay (Eure) in the Republic of France, Manufacturer of ribbons and woven
goods) and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
This invention relates to a new or improved manufacture of covered whalebone
or the like in which the strips of whalebone or other substance are enclosed each
in a continuous sheath so that each strip shall be entirely enclosed its ends being
covered as well as its sides and edges in a fabric produced directly by machinery
in such a manner as to obviate ulterior work such as cutting or fixing.
In carrying out the invention there is produced in any convenient way a fabric
that is alternately tubular and close ribbon like or flat (that is to say, not hollow).
During the manufacture of the tubular part there is or are placed in it, either by
hand or mechanically, a strip or strips of whalebone steel or other suitable material
so that the weaving of this part of the fabric shall enclose such strip or strips to
the extremity thereof. At this point the machine employed is arranged to close
the end of the tubular part and produce a close woven or riband like fabric
and so on.
The drawing hereunto annexed shews an example of the product.
a is the strip of any suitable elastic substance, it may be whalebone, steel,
cane etc. bis the tubular part of the covering which is woven over and encloses

page_text: this strip. c is the close-woven portion of the fabric that intervenes between two
tubular portions and closes their adjacent ends. This separating part is or may
be produced by causing the weft to connect the two opposite parts of the fabric
over the entire width thereof, as will be readily understood from the drawing.
Thus it will be seen that each strip of whalebone or its equivalent instead of having
to be covered separately, is enclosed in a tubular part of a continuous riband-like
fabric of any desired continuous length, so that any required lengths can be cut off
in readiness to be used for corsets or other articles without its being necessary to
sew the end or ends.
Any suitable machinery may be employed in carrying out the invention.
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
The new or improved manufacture hereinabove described namely woven ribbon-
like material made in a continuous manner alternately tubular and close or flat
(i.e. not tubular) with strips of suitable resilient material such as whalebone steel
cane or the like enclosed within the tubular portions as above set forth.
W. LLOYD WISE.