Basket Plaiting Machine.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Basket Plaiting Machine.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM GOLBY, of 36, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middle-
sex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is
to be performed, as communicated to me by Arno
Pohorzeleck, Basket Maker, Alteoschatzerstrasse, Oschatz, Saxony, Germany, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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The object of this invention is to produce a machine for plaiting baskets, in
such a manner as to be practically the same as hand plaiting. The difference
between the plaiting done with this machine and that effected by hand, lies in
the fact that the withes are no longer slung around the rods, but the latter are
bent alternately backwards and forwards, so that the withes can be conveniently
inserted throughout their length. Consequently the completed basket, clothes
basket, travelling hamper, etc., is not only plaited much more uniformly but
has the same appearance as baskets hitherto made. In connection therewith it
should also be borne in mind that in consequence of the employment of this
machine, much less time is necessary for the production of a basket and that
the control of the machine can be left to entirely unskilled workers.
The machine is illustrated in the accompanying drawings; Fig. 1 being a view
in elevation of a basket plaiting machine with bevel wheel driving gear, and
Fig. 2 a similar view of such a machine in which treadle mechanism such as is
known in connection with weaving looms is employed for producing the necessary
motion.
Fig. 3 is a plan of a crown" with the guide rollers, cords and "rod eyes" for
the production of a round basket, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the insertion board or
beating-up plate belonging thereto.
Fig. 5 is a plan of a frame with guide rollers, cords and "rod eyes" for a
square basket and Fig. 6 a plan of the insertion board or beating-up plate belong-
ing thereto.
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Fig. 7 is a further form of the frame with guide rollers, adapted for use with
the machine illustrated in Fig. 2.
Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are views of the plaited work, produced on the present
machine.
In the fixed frame A a second and rotatable frame B is arranged, so that the
workman can turn every side of the basket that is being plaited, without leaving
his place. The frame B carries the bed plate C which can be raised or lowered.
To this plate, the bottom of the basket is secured. The rods a are then fixed in
or to the bottom of the basket and put through the loops or eyes b on the guiding
cords c.
The guiding rollers d, over which the guiding cords c run, are mounted
in the fixed frame e which is attached in any suitable manner to the rotatable
frame B. Between the guiding roller frame e and the bed plate C is suspended
the insertion frame or beating-up plate f, through the slots in which the rods a
must be carried before being inserted in the " eyes" on the guiding cords c.
By means of any driving gear, and which as expressly mentioned, is not to be

page_text: considered as any part of this invention, the guiding cords c are caused to move
on the guiding rollers d. In Fig. 1 this is represented as being effected by
means of a wheel gear, which acts on two cranks B placed at an angle of 180°
in relation to each other, and also on a cam B² fixed on a parallel shaft, which
cam is connected by tension cords to the insertion frame or beating-up plate f
so as to raise and lower the same at the proper time. To the cranks 13 tension
cords are fixed, which are connected with the guiding cords c in such a manner
that in consequence of the motion produced by the rotation of the cranks, a
portion of the cords is moved in the direction of the plain arrow, shown in Fig. 1,
and the other portion in the direction of the fledged arrow. The loops or eyes b
fixed to the guiding cords c and which may be made of wire, or other suitable
material, of course take part in the motion, whereby the rods are forced to go
alternately outwards or inwards. Each time that the end position is reached, a
withe is laid by hand between the opened out rods a, whereupon the insertion
frame, or beating-up plate f, falls down and so fixes the plaited work. In the
following motion, the rods a are guided in opposite directions, so that they form
a sling around the inserted withes and open out again above the latter in order
to receive a fresh withe. In Fig. 2 the motion of the cords c is shown as being
produced by treadle mechanism arranged and operated in the following manner.
The lever g (Fig. 2) is pivotted over the machine and one end is attached to a
cord which may be pulled over by the weight of the person serving the machine
or may be operated by any other suitable mechanism, whereby the cord i which is
attached to the other end of the lever g, removes the beating up plate from the
crossing points of the rods a so far as to allow the next withe to be laid in posi-
tion under the insertion frame or beating up plate f.
The withe is then passed down by the beater f when the lever g occupies the
position represented by dotted lines. .
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The levers k and I serve for moving the cord c and are operated as follows:-
To the cords are fastened several small blocks m, which, when moving down-
wards act upon the lever n and bring it into a position, that the edge
pattern barrel or cylinder p is by the toggle lever arrangement shown, brought
against the hook q by which means the pattern barrel or cylinder p is held and
is rotated on a horizontal axis by the continuous movement of the toggle con-
nected to the lever n.
In moving backwards the pattern barrel or cylinder p causes the spring peg r
to push back the lever t disengaging its hooks from the lever u which is there-
after acted upon by one of the blocks m and is lowered and falls into the jaws
of the hooks on the lever t which is raised and so on alternately.
By the repeated motion of this mechanism the cords c are pulled backwards
and forwards according to the plaiting.
The motions of the guiding rollers d, guiding cords c, and rods a and of the
ascending and descending insertion frame f are the same as in Fig. 1 except that
the guiding roller frame e is so far altered, as will be seen by Fig. 7, that the
cords do not cross in the middle, but run over a second set of guiding rollers
and then are secured to the beams of the treadle mechanism so as to be oscillated
thereby.
By suitably operating the loops or eyes 6 for the threads or rods a on the guid-
ing cords c the plaiting can of course be varied so as to exhibit on the surface
either a weft and a warp thread alternately or a weft and several warp threads
alternately or again on the contrary one warp thread and several weft threads
alternately the terms employed in weaving being thus introduced into basket
plaiting. In this way the varied character of the plaiting being produced is
brought about. By arranging the rods a in a vertical plane and connecting them
alternately to eyes 6 carried by guiding cords c having a straight line travel at
right angles to the plane of the rods a and providing also a beating-up frame f,
to correspond, flat plaiting can be produced, as employed for instance for the
bottoms of the baskets.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A machine for basket plaiting, the distinguishing feature of which is that
the rods are secured at one end and in the course of the plaiting are moved alter-
nately to and fro in the manner employed in weaving, whilst upon each alterna-
tion of the rods, the withes are inserted by hand and worked in mechanically
substantially as described.
2. A machine of the kind indicated in Claim 1 hereof, in which the rods are
firmly secured to an adjustable table or bed, carried through slots in an insertion
or beating-up plate, and firmly held in eyes or loops on guiding cords which
latter run over guiding rollers mounted in special guiding roller frames and being
actuated by any known driving gear, such as crank mechanism, loom machinery,
treadle mechanism, or the like, whereby the rods, in consequence of their alter-
nate connection with the eyes or loops on the guiding cords are drawn to and fro
sideways in such a manner that a piece or withe can be inserted with the hand
between the upright threads or rods, and the latter form a sling around the
threads or withes, upon the next motion of the machine, which piece or withe is
made fast by means of a special insertion or beating-up frame substantially as
described.
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