Improvements in Stiffening Wire and Ribbon or Tape Wire, Especially Suitable for Millinery Purposes.
Year: 1889

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Date of Application, 18th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 10th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stiffening Wire and Ribbon or Tape Wire,
Especially Suitable for Millinery Purposes.
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I RICHARD HOWARD WALL of the firm of Howard Wall and Company of Blytho
Street Works Bethnal Green in the County of Middlesex Busk Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce a stiffer ribbon or tape wire than that.
used at present and with less metal wire for a given width of ribbon or tape than is
attainable by the ordinary process of manufacture.
According to this invention I take plain or covered metal wire not too soft either
round or flat and corrugate or make the same into a zigzag or wavy form and I then
cover the zigzag wire with calico tape or other suitable material by folding the same
over the wire and glueing or otherwise suitably fastening it together at the edges or
the calico or other covering material may be attached to the wiro aforesaid by any
other suitable means.
In some cases the calico or other covering may be dispensed with and the corru-
gated wire (preferably covered) alone used."
Stiffening wire or wire tape made according to this invention is a great improve..
ment on the old wire braid now in use consisting of two or more parallel wires woven
into the braid as it cannot get out of shape and condition as is the case with parallel
wire braid.
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BROWNE & Co.,
9 & 10, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stiffening Wire and Ribbon or Tape Wire,
Especially Suitable for Millinery Purposes.
I RICHARD HOWARD WALL of the firm of Howard Wall and Compy, of Blythe Street.
Works, Bethnal Green in the County of Middlesex, Busk Manufacturer 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 this invention is to produce a stiffer ribbon or tape wire than that
used at present and with less metal wire for a given width of ribbon or tape than is
attainable by the ordinary process of manufacture.
According to this invention 1 take plain or covered metal wire not too soft either
round or flat and corrugate or make the same into zigzag or wavy form and I then
cover the zigzag wire with calico tape or other suitable material by folding the same
over the wire and glazing or otherwise suitably fastening it together at the edges or
the calico or other covering material may be attached to the wire aforesaid by any
other suitable means.
In some cases the calico or other covering may be dispensed with and the corru-
gated wire (preferably covered) alone used. And in order that my said invention may
be the better understood I will proceed to explain the same with reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 represents length of round
wire corrugated or zigzaged.
Figure 2 shows the same when covered by calico attached by glue.
Figure 3 shows a section of the wire when zigzaged and covered.
Stiffening wire and wire tape made according to this invention is a great improve-
ment on the old wire braid now in use consisting of two or more parallel wires' woven

page_text: into the braid as it cannot get out of shape and condition as is the case with the
parallel wire braid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declaro that what I
claim is:
1. An improvement in millinery or supporting tape which consists of a corrugated
or zigzag wire.
2. An improvement in wire tape or ribbon wire which is lighter and firmer for
keeping in place and supporting ribbon or other millinery articles when made as sub-
stantially set forth.
day of hahruary 1800
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RICHARD HOWARD WALL,
Applicant.