IMPROVEMENTS IN REELS OR FRAMES FOR HOLDING PILE AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1886

page_text: I CHRISTOPHER LONGBOTTOM, of 27 Kirkgate, Bradford in the County of York,
Estate Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN REELS OR FRAMES FOR HOLDING PILE AND OTHER FABRICS to be as follows:-
This invention relates to reels or frames for holding pile and other fabrics and
consists in a novel method of forming the hooks for attaching the fabric to the
ends of the frame or reel, and also in improvements in the means of securing such
hooks to the ends or arms of the said reel or frame.
To carry out my invention I form the said hooks in rows by casting, stamping
or other means and then secure such rows of hooks to the arms or ends of the reel
by rivets, bolts or screws.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.

page_text: I CHRISTOPHER LONGBOTTOM, of 27 Kirkgate, Bradford, in the County of York,
Estate Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN REELS OR FRAMES FOR HOLDING PILE AND OTHER FABRICS, 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 reels, or frames for holding pile or other fabrics; and it
consists of a novel method of making the hooks for attaching the fabrics to the
ends of the reels or frames, and also in improvements in the method of securing
such hooks to the ends or arms of the said reel or frame.
Hitherto the said hooks have been separately riveted to the arms of the reels or
frames; by my invention the hooks are formed in rows preferably sufficiently long
to complete one arm of the reel, or frame, and the said rows are attached to such
arms by two or more rivets or their equivalent, thereby effecting economy in the
production of the hooks and greatly facilitating their attachment.
To carry out my invention I form the said hooks in rows by casting, stamping
or other means, and secure such rows of hooks to the arms of the reel or frame by
rivets, bolts, or screws.
Figure 1 in the accompanying drawing represents a row of hooks formed by
casting, or stamping. The said row of hooks are secured to the arm of the reel or
frame, by the holes B, preferably by means of rivets.
I find that malleable iron is the best metal from which to cast the rows of hooks,
and I prefer to use sheet brass from which to stamp them.
Figure 2 represents a perspective view of another method of forming a row of
hooks. In which case the said hooks are preferably formed in pairs as shown by
figure 3, and then soldered in the transverse groove C formed in the metal strip D,
which when complete is secured to the arm of the reel, or frame in a similar
manner to the cast or stamped row of hooks above described. Single hooks may
be used for this purpose, secured in grooves C, the object of attaching them in
pairs to the strip D, being to add to their rigidity.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what
I claim is
1. The combination with a reel or frame for holding pile or other fabrics, of a
row of hooks formed of cast metal, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. The combination with a reel or frame for holding pile or other fabrics, of
a row of hooks stamped from sheet metal, substantially as herein shown and
described.

page_text: 3. The combination with a reel or frame for holding pile or other fabrics, of a
row of hooks formed by attaching hooks to a suitable foundation adapted to
be secured to the arms of the reel or frame, substantially as herein shown and
described.
4. In a reel or frame for holding pile or other fabrics, the novel method of
attaching the hooks, substantially as herein shown and described.
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DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.