IMPROVEMENTS IN DRIVING BELTS OR BANDS FOR MACHINERY to be as follows
Year: 1885

page_text: I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DRIVING BELTS OR BANDS FOR MACHINERY
to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to driving belts or bands in which the hair of horses,
cattle or goats, or a mixture of the hair of these animals is employed.
According to the said invention the long hairs of horses cattle or goats are
worked into yarn which is afterwards woven in a similar manner to double
fabrics.
The yarns made from the said hair form the warp of the double fabric the warp
being on the outside, whilst for the other portions any other suitable material can
be used.
The special peculiarity of such driving belts is that they possess great flexibility
and extraordinary strength, whilst by reason of the nature of the hair yarn
employed, they only stretch with extreme difficulty and are left completely
unaffected under changing conditions of the atmosphere.
The belts having the warp composed of the hair of horses, cattle, or goats may
be impregnated with suitable substances to produce great friction upon the driving
pulleys, so that they will not slip and will run quite straight and correctly.
The improved belts can be made of considerable thickness and are of extra-
ordinary durability, because the bair yarn, is composed of long hairs.
This improved belt as compared with a belt of any other construction and
transmitting equal power will last for a much greater length of time.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1885.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Driving Belts or Bands for Machinery.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, 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 driving belts in which the hair of horses, cattle or
goats, or a mixture of the bair of these animals, is employed.
According to the said invention the long hairs of horses, cattle or goats are
worked into yarn, which is afterwards woven in a similar manner to double-
fabrics.
The yarns made from the said hair form the warp of the double fabric, the
warp being on the outside, whilst for the other portions of the fabric any other
suitable material can be used.
The special peculiarity of such driving belts is that they possess great flexibility
and extraordinary strength, whilst, by reason of the nature of the hair yarn
employed, they only stretch with extreme difficulty and are left completely
unaffected under changing conditions of the atmosphere, which qualities are not
possessed by any belts heretofore in use.
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The belts having the warp composed of the hair of horses, cattle or goats may
be impregnated with suitable substances to produce great friction upon the driving
pulleys, so that they will not slip and will run quite straight and correctly.
The improved belts can be made of considerable thickness, and are of extra-
ordinary durability, because the hair yarn is composed of long hairs.
This improved belt, as compared with a belt of any other construction for
transmitting equal power, will last for a much greater length of time.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated
to me by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is,
A woven driving belt, the warp of which is composed of the long hairs of horses,
cattle or goats or of a mixture of the hair of these animals.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1886
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.