IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STRAPS OR BANDS FOR DRIVING MACHINERY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Michael John Haines, of Barton Street, in the
County of Gloucester, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF STRAPS OR BANDS FOR DRIVING MACHINERY AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Michael John Haines
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 18th October 1871.
I, MICHAEL JOHN HAINES, of Barton Strect, in the County of
5 Gloucester, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STRAPS OR BANDS FOR DRIVING MACHINERY
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows :—
The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of
straps or bands for driving machinery and for other purposes.
For this purpose I take canvas or other strong woven material and
cords or ropes by preference formed of twisted leather.. The woven

page_text: material is of a width sufficient to form the width of the intended strap
or band when folded into three thicknesses. I lay one or more cords
or ropes upon the woven material at such position that when the woven
material is folded close over tho. cords or ropes, one edge of the strap
or band will be formed; I then take other cords or ropes and place them
in position upon the woven material so that when the woven material is
folded over on that side the other edge of the strap or band will be
formed.
In order to make the separate thicknesses of the woven material to
adhere together, I employ by preference a glue or cement prepared by
dissolving about a quarter of a pound of gum dragon in a sufficient
quantity of hot new bear to make it of the consistency of ordinary
dissolved gum; I then dissolve about one pound of the best Scotch glue
in a sufficient quantity of hot new beer to make it of the consistency of
ordinary dissolved glue. I mix these two solutions together, and apply
the combined solution to the woven material with an ordinary glue
brush.
If desired, more than three thicknesses of woven material may be
folded together in a similar manner to that above described so as to
produce a strap or band of any desired width and strength.
In some cases I apply to the outside of the strap or band a waterproof
solution (by preference a solution of india-rubber), and sift on to such
solution powdered flock or other powdered material in order to fill up
and protect the woven material.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Michael John Haines in the Great Scal Patent
Office on the 18th April 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MICHAEL
JOHN HAINES, of Barton Street, in the County of Gloucester, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the

page_text: thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Michael John Haines, Her special
licence that I, the said Michael John Haines, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Michael John Haines,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter. during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF STRAPS OR BANDS FOR DRIVING MACHINERY AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Michael
John Haines, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next.and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Michael John Haines, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings here-
unto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say :-
The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of
straps or bands for driving machinery and for other purposes.
For this purpose I take canvas or other strong woven material and
cords or ropes by preference formed of twisted leather, as shown at
Figures 1 and 2, which are respectively a section and side view of a
portion of a strap or band constructed according to my Invention. The
woven material a is of a width sufficient to form the width of the
intended-strap or band when folded into three thicknesses. I lay one
or more cords or ropes 6 upon the woven material at such position that
when the woven material a is folded close over the cords or robes b, one
edge of the strap or band will be formed. I then take other cords or
robes b, and place them in position upon the woven material, so that
when the woven material a is folded over on that side the other edge of
the strap or band will be formed.

page_text: In the Drawings I have shown four cords or ropes at each edge of.
the strap or band, but one or other number than four may be employed
according to the purpose for which the strap or band is required.
In order to make the separate thicknesses of the woven material a to
adhere together, I employ by preference a glue or cement prepared by 5
dissolving about a quarter of a pound of gum dragon in a sufficient
quantity of hot new beer to make it of the consistency of ordinary
dissolved gum; I then dissolvo about one pound of the best Scotch
glue in a sufficient quantity of hot new beer to make it of tho
consistency of ordinary dissolved glue. I mix these two solutions 1
together, and apply the combined solution to the woven material with
an ordinary glue brush.
If desired more than three thicknesses of woven material a may bo
folded together in a similar manner to that above described, so as to
produce a strap or band of any desired width and strength.
In some cases I apply to the outside of the strap or band a waterproof
solution (by preference a solution of india-rubber), and sift on to such
solution powdered flock or other powdered material in order to fill up
and protect the woven material.
1
I would here remark that I do not claim generally the manufacturo 2
of straps or bands by folding a strip of woven material into two, three,
or more thicknesses, cemented together; but what I do claim is, the
construction of straps or bands of strips of canvas or other strong woven
material folded into several thicknesses, cemented together, and having
one or more ropes or cords inserted at each edge of the strap or band, 2
in manner substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Michael John Haines, have hercunto
set my hand and scal, this Seventeenth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.