Improvements in or relating to Seats and Seat Backs and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 2nd May, 1896-Accepted, 6th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Seats and Seat Backs and
the like.
I, SAMUEL MCDOUGALL of 16 Brentwood, Eccles Old Road, Pendleton,
Manchester Machinery Merchant and Commission Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
The object of my invention is to form the seats and seat backs of cars and other
vehicles, chairs, garden seats, and the like, in such a manner that rain-water, or
other fluids falling thereon, very rapidly passes through and away therefrom;
and at once leaves the seats and seat backs dry and ready for immediate
use again.
For this purpose, I form the seats and seat backs of steel or other wires-
interwoven or coiled one with another-in such a manner that the wire coils
intersect or wrap round one another at points in a plane below the surface of
the wire-woven material; and preferably midway or thereabouts between the two
faces of the material.
I further make the mesh or pitch of the wire coils, and the diameter of same, of
such a size as to leave spaces or interstices between the intersection of the wire
coils, sufficiently large to break up the cohesive or capillary attraction of drops of
rain-water or other fluid falling thereon; which instead, immediately falls through
and away from the wire woven seat and seat backs; and leaves them ready for
immediate use again.
I protect these wire coils from rust and corrosion by galvanizing them; or
covering them with non-corrosive paint, or other suitable protection.
All round the outer coils of the wire woven material above described-I insert a
strong wire frame for attaching the material to the frame-work-which may be
either fixed, hinged or reversible-of the cars, and other vehicles, chairs, garden
seats and the like; or the wire woven material may be attached to the frame-work
by clips or by other suitable means.
Dated this First day of August 1895
H. WALKER-HILL,
2 Church Gate, Nottingham, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Seats and Seat Backs and
the like.
I, SAMUEL MCDOUGALL of 16 Brentwood, Eccles Old Road, Pendleton,
Manchester Machinery Merchant and Commission Agent, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to form the seats and seat backs of cars and other
vehicles, chairs, garden seats and the like, in such a manner that rain-water or
other fluids falling thereon, very rapidly passes through and away therefrom;
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page_text: and at once leaves the seats and seat backs dry and ready for immediate use
again.
For this purpose, I form the seats and seat backs of steel or other wires-
interwoven or coiled one with another-in such a manner that the wire coils
intersect or wrap round one another at points in a plane below the surface of the
wire-woven materials; and preferably midway or thereabouts between the two
faces of the material.
I further make the mesh or pitch of the wire coils, and the diameter of same of
such a size as to leave spaces or interstices between the intersection of the wire
coils, sufficiently large to break up the cohesive or capillary attraction of drops of
rain-water or other fluid falling thereon; which instead, immediately falls through
and away from the wire woven seat and seat backs; and leaves them ready for
immediate use again.
I protect these wire coils from rust and corrosion by galvanizing them; or
covering them with non-corrosive paint or other suitable protection.
All round the outer coils of the wire woven material above described-I insert
a strong wire frame for attaching the material to the frame-work, which may be
either fixed, hinged or reversible-of the cars and other vehicles, chairs, garden
seats and the like; or the wire woven material may be attached to the frame-work
by clips or by other suitable means.
And in order that the said invention may be fully understood and readily carried
out and into effect, I shall now proceed more particularly to describe the same ;
and for that purpose shall refer to the several figures on the annexed sheet of
drawings, wherein the same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all
the figures.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a tram or other seat and seat back fitted with my
interwoven wire material; which is drawn nearly actual size; whereas the seat and
back are considerably under actual size.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the above.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the back of the same seat and back showing one mode of
fastening the material thereto.
Fig. 4 is a plan of my interwoven wire material, drawn nearly double the actual
size.
Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the material-as shown in Fig. 4-resting on a
suitable wood or other base.
Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of one of my improved fasteners for securing the
wire material to the framework.
Fig. 7 is a plan of the same fastener.
In all these views "A, A. " is the wire woven material formed of steel or other
suitable wire, which may be covered with nickel, silver, tin or other suitable
material to prevent the formation of rust thereon.
These wires are formed into the circular coils "A, A"-as shown in the drawings
-and interwoven one with the other so that they intersect, touch or partially wrap
round one another at the points "B, B" in a plane midway or thereabouts between
the upper surface "C" and the lower surface "D."
The spaces between each series of intersecting points "B, B, B, B" (seen
more distinctly in Figs. 4 and 5) or between each coil, I make sufficiently large
so as to break up the cohesive or capillary attraction of drops of rain, water or
other fluid falling thereon; which immediately pass away from the surface of the
material, down the wires, and thence pass away from the bottom "D" of the
coils on to the tram or seats "S" and seat backs S to which the material "A, A"
is attached by the hooks "E, E" and by my improved fasteners "F, F"; or by
other suitable means of attachment to the wire frame "H" with which I prefer to
surround the material.
In some cases I may form the interwoven wire material of sufficient strength
so that it can be used as a seat or scat back without the intermediate
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page_text: 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:-
1st. In seats and seat backs covering them with a wire woven material consisting
of coils of rustless wire so formed and interwoven that they Interlock or partially
wrap round one another at points midway or thereabouts between the two outer
faces of the material; for the purposes mentioned, and substantially as hereinbefore
described and shewn in the drawings herewith.
2nd. Seats and seat backs made of a wire material formed of coils of rustless
wire so interwoven that the points of contact of each coil with its adjacent one are
midway or thereabouts between the two outer surfaces of the material; all for the
purposes named, and substantially as herein set forth and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
3rd. Seats and seat backs covered with-or formned of an interwoven wire
material having the mesh or pitch of its wire coils, and the diameter of same, of
such a size as to leave spaces or interstices between the intersection of the wire
coils, sufficiently large to break up the cohesive or capillary attraction of drops of
rain, water, or other fluid falling thereon; which instead immediately fall through
and away from the wire woven material, and leaves the seats and seat backs dry
and ready for immediate use again; substantially as herein before described and
shewn in the accompanying drawings.
4th. Seats and seat backs of ordinary construction formed in combination with
the wire material interwoven-as described, and secured thereto by the improved
fastener "H"; as hereinbefore described, for the purposes named and as shown
in the drawings.
5th. The arrangement and construction of seats and seat backs for the purposes
named, and substantially as described and shewn on the drawings herewith.
Dated this First day of May 1896.
H. WALKER-HILL,
2 Church Gate, Nottingham, Agent for the Applicant.