Improvements in Bale Laths.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 25th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bale Laths.
I ERNEST TAYLOR OLDFIELD of 94 Bloom Street Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, Bale Lag and Lath Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to what are known as "bale laths" which are employed
for placing between bundles of yarn and other goods when packing them into
bales.
These laths are usually made of red pine and are split or rent in the ordinary
way of splitting laths used for building and other purposes, and the objections to
their use are that as a consequence of their method of manufacture they cannot be
made uniform in thickness and width, and owing to the knots and curvatures of the
growth of the timber they cannot be obtained without occasional curves or bends,
causing them to break when under hydraulic pressure and thus cut or otherwise
injure the goods and the timber (Russian fir) of which they are made also contains
a large amount of resin, turps, and other ingredients which have a tendency to
stain the goods.
:
To remedy these defects and to produce a better and cheaper article for the
purpose I proceed as follows:--I take white pine and I cut it into planks of
uniform thickness by means of a sawing machine each plank being of a thickness
corresponding to the width of the lath required.
These planks are placed on edge in a suitable frame or clamp and then by means
of a knife or cutter sliding horizontally shavings or strips of the required thickness
to form the laths are cut from the edges of the planks.
Or the timber may be cut into sheets of the required thickness by a machine
similar to a veneering machine and then cut into strips of the desired width to form
the laths. In either case these strips are cut to the proper leugths and the laths
are then ready for use.
Baling laths thus made will be all of uniform thickness and width perfectly
straight and free from knots and curls and will not be liable to become broken by
pressure, and owing to the extreme whiteness of the wood and the absence of resin
turps, or other injurious matter will have no tendency to stain the goods. They
will also be less costly than the split or rent laths made by hand as heretofore.
Dated this 8th day of August 1892.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bale Laths.
I ERNEST TAYLOR OLDFIELD of 94 Bloom Street Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, Bale Lag and Lath 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:—
This invention relates to what are known as "bale latlis” which are employed
for placing between bundles of yarn and other goods when packing them into
bales.
These laths are usually made of red pine and are split or rent in the ordinary
way of splitting laths used for building and other purposes, and the objections to
their use are that as a consequence of their method of manufacture they cannot be

page_text: made uniform in thickness and width, and owing to the knots and curvatures of the
growth of the timber they cannot be obtained without occasional curves or bends,
causing them to break when under hydraulic pressure and thus cut or otherwise
injure the goods; and the timber (Russian fir) of which they are made also contains
a large amount of resin, turps, and other ingredients which have a tendency to
stain the goods.
To remedy these defects and to produce a better and cheaper article for the
purpose I proceed as follows:-I take white pine or other white and non-resinous
timber and I cut it into planks of uniform thickness by means of a sawing machine
each plank being of a thickness corresponding to the width of the lath required.
These planks are placed on edge in a suitable frame or clamp and then by means
of a knife or cutter sliding horizontally, shavings or strips of the required thickness
to form the laths are cut from the edges of the planks.
Or the timber may be cut into sheets of the required thickness by a machine
similar to a veneering machine and then cut into strips of the desired width to form
the laths. In either case these strips are cut to the proper lengths and the laths
are then ready for use.
Baling laths thus made will be all of uniform thickness and width perfectly
straight and free from knots and curls and will not be liable to become broken by
pressure, and owing to the extreme whiteness of the wood and the absence of resin,
turps, or other injurious matter will have no tendency to stain the goods. They
will also be less costly than the split or rent laths made by hand as heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
First Bale laths" made from white pine or other white non-resinous timber
by cutting the same into planks of the thickness of the laths required, and then
cutting or slicing from the edges thereof strips or laths of the desired thickness.
Secondly I claim "bale laths" made from white pine or other white non-
resinous timber by cutting the same into thin slabs or sheets similar to veneer, and
then cutting the same into strips of the required width to form the laths.
Dated this 15th day of February 1893.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.