Improvements relating to Baskets.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 199
minte Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1900-Accepted, 6th Dec., 1900
Date of Application, 6th Dec., Toys
Complete Specification Left. 6th Sept., 1900-Accepted, 6th Dec., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Baskets.
We, HENRY STAINSBY, Secretary, WILLIAM JAMES POSTLE, Traveller, WILLIAM
GEORGE WHYLEY, Chief Instructor of Basket Making, and JOHN STEVENS FURSE,
Assistant Teacher of Basket Making, all of The General Institution for the
Blind, Carpenter Road, Edgbaston, in the City of Birmingham, do hereby de-
clare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the production of baskets suitable for use
in the process of dipping metal articles in acids and other liquids and for
similar purposes.
For such dipping process in the metal and other trades the articles have
hitherto been placed in perforated earthenware vessels having cross handles,
but such vessels are objectionable in that they are easily broken, and, moreover,
a great variety of such vessels must be kept in stock, with perforations of
different sizes, to suit the various articles that require dipping. Our improved
baskets are very durable and one of the ordinary size will replace a set of the
aforesaid earthenware vessels.
We construct our improved baskets exclusively of round or whole cane having
the hard and glossy bark left thereon, it having been found that the acids do
The baskets are constructed on a foundation
not appreciably effect such cane.
of cane runners, which, after passing up the sides, entirely form the border of
the basket. Each runner is in one length and extends from the border on one
side, through the sides and bottom, and upwards to the border on the other side,
sticks and stakes." The sides and
forming what is known in basket work as
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bottom of the basket are thus woven into one piece.
or sharply bending the canes at the
In the ordinary method of "kinking"
bottom of the basket, the bark of the cane is disturbed and if used for dipping
the acid will find its way into the interior of the cane and destroy it and so
cause the bottom to give way. This difficulty we have overcome by making a
gradual bend in the canes, commencing a short distance from the centre of the
bottom of the basket, and continuing the gradual or easy bend in the canes until
the basket sides are fairly commenced. In addition the bottom of the basket is
wale" or
upset," commencing a short distance from the centre
protected by a
of the bottom and continuing until the sides of the basket are well formed; the
whole of the bend is thus well protected.
The baskets are fitted with either side handles or a cross handle composed of
cane.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, &
25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: We, HENRY STAINSBY, Secretary, WILLIAM JAMES POSTLE, Traveller, WILLIAM
GEORGE WHYLEY, Chief Instructor of Basket Making, and JOHN STEVENS FURSE,
Assistant Teacher of Basket Making, all of The General Institution for the
Blind, Carpenter Road, Edgbaston, in the City of Birmingham, do hereby de-
clare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention has for its object the production of baskets for use in the
process of dipping metal articles in acids and other liquids and for similar pur-
poses.
For such dipping process in the metal and other trades the articles have
hitherto been placed in perforated earthenware vessels having cross handles,
but such vessels are objectionable in that they are easily broken, and, moreover,
a great variety of such vessels must be kept in stock, with perforations of
different sizes, to suit the various articles that require dipping. Our improved
baskets are very durable and one of the ordinary size will replace a set of the
aforesaid earthenware vessels.
The accompanying illustration, which is hereinafter referred to, represents
one form of basket constructed in accordance with our invention.
We construct our improved baskets exclusively of round or whole cane
having the hard and glossy bark left thereon, it having been found that the
acids do not appreciably affect such cane. The baskets are constructed on a
foundation of cane runners as A, which, after passing up the sides, entirely form
the border B of the basket. Each runner is in one length and extends from
the border on one side, through the sides and bottom, and upwards to the border
on the other side, forming what is known in basket work as "sticks" and
stakes." The sides and bottom of the basket are thus woven into one piece.
The canes are tied or bound together at the central portion of the bottom of the
basket in any well known manner.
In the ordinary method of "kinking" or sharply bending the canes at the
bottom of the basket; the bark of the cane is disturbed and if used for dipping
the acid will find its way into the interior of the cane and destroy it and so
cause the bottom to give way. This difficulty we have overcome by making a
gradual bend in the cames A, commencing a short distance from the centre of
the bottom of the basket, and continuing such gradual & easy bend in the canes
until the basket sides are fairly commenced, as illustrated. In addition, the
bottom of the basket is protected by ordinary supplementary cane work in the
form of what is known as a wale or "upset," commencing a short distance
from the centre of the bottom and continuing until the sides of the basket are
well formed; the whole of the bend is thus well protected. The portion which
is so protected in indicated by the thick dotted lines in the illustration.
The baskets are fitted with either side handles or a cross-handle as C composed
of cane.
It will be understood that the ordinary lateral or circumferentially
disposed canes as D extend throughout the length of the basket, although in
the drawing they are shown only for a portion of such length.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
:-
1. In baskets for dipping metal articles in acids and other lionido and

page_text: similar purposes, forming the foundation of the sides and bottom of the baskets
from cane runners in one length, substantially as described.
2. Improved baskets for dipping metal articles in acids and other liquids and for
similar purposes, constructed substantially as described and as illustrated.
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MARKS & CLERK,
8, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, &
25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents for the Applicants.
Dated this on day
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, &
25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents for the Applicants.