Anas.
Year: 1886

page_text: and other Analogous Articles.
I, HERBERT JOHN ALLISON, of the firm of Allison Brothers, of 52 Chancery
Lane, London, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agents, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention, which has been communicated to me from abroad by
Joseph Chamberlain Wilson, Merchant, and Hobart Ford Atkinson, Banker, both
of Rochester, New York, United States of America, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My Improvement relates to lacing bearings for corsets, gloves, shoes, and other
analagous articles, where lacing cords are used, and is of that kind where tho
bearing is in the form of a pulley around which the lacing cord passes, and the
bearing is attached to the fabric by means of an eyelet. Heretofore, so far as
I am aware, the bearing has been provided with a shouldered shaft, and washers
have been used against which the eyelet is turned to clinch the fabric in place.
This is not only expensive and troublesome to make, but washers are objectionable,
as they enlarge the size of the bearing, and are unsightly.
My Invention consists of a cord bearing, in the form of a pulley, and a tubular
eyelet capable of being passed through the same, and clinched at the ends to clamp
the cloth to the pulley, and make the pulley fast in place without the use of
washers, as hereinafter set forth.
In the drawings-
Fig. 1 is a cross section of the pulley-shaped cord bearing.
Fig. 2 is a similar view of the tubular eyelet.
Fig. 3 is a cross section of the two parts fitted together, and before being
clinched.
Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the device secured in place to
the cloth.
The device is made of two parts, viz-a hollow bearing a, in the form of a
pulley, on which the lacing runs, and a tubular eyelet b, which fits in the bearing
and forms the attachment therefor. These parts are made separate as shown,

page_text: The device is applied in place as follows:-The bearing a, is placed between the
two sides of cloth or other fabric, and the eyelet b, is then run through from side to
side, and is pinched up or clinched at the ends by any suitable instrument, which
not only clamps the cloth directly between the eyelet and bearing, without washers
or other intervening parts, but also tightens the bearing to the eyelet, so that it is
perfectly fast and cannot turn or work loose.
The great advantage of this arrangement, is its simplicity and cheapness, and
the great facility by which it is attached in place; also the fact that it does not.
swell or enlarge the attachment outward beyond the plane of the cloth as washers
necessarily do. The eyelet is of such length that when the ends are spread, us
shown in Fig. 4, the edges come within the rim of the pulley and present a
perfectly rounded surface. By this, arrangement all the advantages of the
attachment of a common eyelet, and the use of a grooved pulley are attained.
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;
A Lacing bearing consisting of a bearing in the form of a pulley, and a tubular
eyelet capable of being passed through the same, and clinched at the ends to clamp
the cloth fast against the pulley, and make the pulley fast in place, without the use
of washers, as hereinbefore set forth.