IMPROVED APPLIANCE FOR SECURING CARD CLOTHING TO THE BARS OF CARDING ENGINE FLATS, AND FOR PROTECTING THE EDGES OF SUCH CLOTHING to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: We NATHAN WHITLEY, and FREDERICK WHITLEY THOMSON, Card Manufacturers,
and HENRY HOYLE, Manager, all of Brunswick Mills, Halifax, in the County of
York, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention for " IMPROVED
APPLIANCE FOR SECURING CARD CLOTHING TO THE BARS OF CARDING ENGINE
FLATS, AND FOR PROTECTING THE EDGES OF SUCH CLOTHING to be as follows:--
"
For securing the card clothing to the bars or foundations of carding engine flats,
lead pins or revits, brass pins or revits, staples such as are employed for securing
the layers of leather in the manufacture of driving belts and as employed for book
binding or after the form of card dents or teeth or split T metal holders after the
manner of ordinary paper fasteners have been heretofore employed.
Now according to this invention we employ a continuance which not only has
a continuous bearing upon and secures the card clothing to the bars of the flats,
but also protects the outer edges of the clothing from being turned up by the
action of the cleaning brush or cleaning card, and thus the edging tapes are
dispensed with.
I employ longitudinal strips of metal (preferably brass) on the inside of which'
at intervals of their length are protruding parts or tongues-The strips as aforesaid
are laid upon and along the edges of the clothing and flats,-The clothing is pierced
opposite the holes in the bars of the flats and the tongues are passed through the
holes in the clothing and bars and the protruding ends of the tongues are bent or
clenched on the other or underside of the bars of the flats, whereon the clothing is
secured in the required position and its outer edges are protected by the outer
edge of the strips as aforesaid-The said tongued strips may be manufactured by
stamping from sheet brass or other metal one being cut "out of the other" so
as to avoid waste or they may be otherwise manufactured.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicants."

page_text: Figs. 14, 15, 16, and 17 are front elevations of part of an iron flat having the
card clothing attached by our improved apparatus.
Fig. 18 is a plan view of the same.
Figs. 19 and 20 are end elevations partly in section shewing various methods of
applying our improved apparatus.
At 1 is a longitudinal strip of metal of any desired width and having at intervals
of its length protruding parts or tongues 2, and in some cases we employ a smaller
projecting part or neb 3 which assists in holding down the clothing-The
projections 2 may be made to fill the hole or twisted a quarter of a turn for
purpose hereinafter explained or where the projection is tongue shaped as shewn at
Fig. 5, the tongue being flat and similar to the blank of a steel writing pen, the
tongue is coiled upon itself as shewn at Fig. 6 forming a pin or shank pendent from
the continuous or longitudinal strips-The iron flats have holes as usual and as
illustrated by Figs. 8 and 9 or they may have slots as shewn at Fig. 10.
The card clothing 4 being placed on the iron flats and punctured over the holes
or slots, the protruding parts or tongues 2 are passed through the edge of the card
clothing 4 through the holes or slots 5, and turned and clenched on the underside
of the bar as at 6.
When the part 2 is twisted a quarter of a turn (see Fig. 13) the object is to
arrange the tongue in most favourable position for resisting strain, the clenched
end then lies in the direction of the length of the flat (see Figs. 14 and 15).
Fig. 15 varies only from Fig. 14 in that the clenched parts or ends are in a recess
formed in the underside of the bar of the iron flat, also illustrated at the left hand
side of Fig. 19 and right hand side of Fig. 20.
Figs. 16 and 17 shew precisely the same construction of fastener except that the
part 2 has not the quarter twist described-The right hand sides of Figs. 19
and 20 illustrate clearly the end views of Figs. 16 and 17, varied only in that the
outer edge of the longitudinal strip is turned down at 7 and over the edge of the
card clothing 4, enlarged view see Fig. 11.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
The appliance herein described consisting of a longitudinal strip of metal having
protruding parts or tongues for purpose set forth and substantially as illustrated by
the drawings annexed.
2. The improved appliance the card clothing and iron flat all in combination for
purpose and substantially as illustrated by annexed drawings.