THE MANUFACTURE OF SPLIT CANE " INTO TISSUES OF ALL KINDS FOR DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL REQUIRE- MENTS.
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Nyland, of 21, Mincing Lane, in the City of
London, Merchant, for an Invention of "THE MANUFACTURE OF SPLIT CANE
"
INTO TISSUES OF ALL KINDS FOR DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL REQUIRE-
MENTS. A communication from abroad by Hidde Nyland, of Dordrecht,
Holland.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Nyland at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th January 1880.
"THE
JOHN NYLAND, of 21, Mincing Lane, in the City of London, Merchant.
MANUFACTURE OF SPLIT CANE INTO TISSUES OF ALL KINDS FOR DOMESTIC AND
INDUSTRIAL REQUIREMENTS." (A communication from abroad by Hidde Nyland, of
Dordrecht, Holland.)
The technical manufacture of the rattans or so called Spanish canes coming into
commerce chiefly from the East Indies has been long confined principally to the
plaiting of coarse basket ware or to the seating of chairs. For the last named
purpose the glance cane (or bright cane, "Glanz-rohr") formed of the outer shell
of the cane has alone been employed, whereas the split cane formed from the core
or weaker portion has been almost entirely limited in its use to corsets or bonnet
making. Nevertheless, the soft split cane, as well as the hard glance cane, is a
very proper material for woven tissues of the most varied kind, and I have suc-
ceeded in producing therefrom carpets, table covers, and matting for walls and
floors, rolling blinds for verandahs and greenhouses, filtering cloth for sugar factories,
chemical factories, and it is excellent as compared with all other known tissues for
its great durability. As I believe that herein I have given an impulse to an entirely
new industry, an increased demand for the Spanish canes will be created, so that
they will in future be introduced and play a prominent part.
According as the strings of cane are to have a round, prismatic edged, or
splintered section the cane must be prepared by means of the known cane splitter
and planing machine, whereby the strings can be quickly obtained of the desired
section.
The manufacture of the tissue is performed in the ordinary loom with warp and
woof, and either by hand or power.
The (cane) string for the warp is wound as in ordinary weaving round a spindle,
or according to the quality of the web on the so called spool, and the whole of the

page_text: spools are arranged close to each other on one common spindle, whereby a sym-
metrical unwinding of the whole of the warp threads is ensured, and at the same
time it will be possible on the accidental breaking of a thread to change a single
spool. In order to provide long threads suitable for long tissues the ends of the
(cane) threads are laid over each other and bound together by means of a (geötten)
thread. Such connections neither injure the strength of the fabric nor the outward
appearance thereof, provided they be carefully and accurately made.
The woof is composed either of a single thread terminating at the end of the tissue,
or it is drawn without visible interruption to and fro in the warp whilst it passes
round the outermost of the warp threads, and then returns. In the latter case the
woof thread in the same way as with the warp thread is combined to make up the
length, wound on a spool, and carried through the fabric by means of a shuttle
(Schützen oder Schiffchen).
When the closest possible fabric is to be produced, such, especially, as that
necessary for filtering purposes, the close laying together of the woof threads must
be obtained with a lineal-formed beater or with the well known batten used as in
the ordinary weaving process.
In order to give to the fabric a certain finish I finally pass it between rolls,
whereby all unevenness will be removed, and the fabric will be closer and
smoother.
For the split cane fabric for domestic use I give, by means of certain variations,
different sections (to the split cane), or by the use of colored cane strings the desired
pattern is obtained, or I produce the latter also by the regular, repeated plaiting
together (verschlingungen) of the warp thread and the woof thread, as well as by
the making of trellis-like openings by means of the peculiar arrangement of the
Gacestuhl.
For the fabric to be used for filtering purposes, for which uniform closeness is the
principal thing, the splintery form of split cane and the uniform interlacing of
warp and woof are alone necessary.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Nyland in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th July 1880.
JOHN NYLAND, of 21, Mincing Lane, in the City of London, Merchant. "THE
MANUFACTURE OF SPLIT CANE INTO TISSUES OF ALL KINDS FOR DOMESTIC AND
INDUSTRIAL REQUIREMENTS." (A communication from abroad by Hidde Nyland, of
Dordrecht, Holland.)
The technical manufacture of the rattans or so called Spanish canes coming into
commerce chiefly from the East Indies has been long confined principally to the
plaiting of coarse basket ware or to the seating of chairs. For the last named
purpose the glance cane (or bright cane, Glanz rohr) formed of the outer shell of the
cane has alone been employed, whereas the split cane formed from the core or
weaker portion has been almost entirely limited in its use to corsets and bonnet
making. Nevertheless the soft split cane, as well as the hard glance cane, is a very
proper material for woven tissues of the most varied kind, and I have succeeded in
producing therefrom carpets, table covers, and matting for walls and floors, rolling
blinds for verandahs and greenhouses, filtering cloth for sugar factories, chemical
factories, and other purposes, and it is excellent as compared with all other known
tissues for its great durability. As I believe that herein I have given an impulse
to an entirely new industry, an increased demand for the Spanish canes will be
created, so that they will in future be introduced and play a prominent part.
According as the strings of cane are to have a round, prismatic edged, or splintered
section the cane must be prepared by means of the known cane splitter and
planing machine whereby the strings can be quickly obtained of the desired
section.
The manufacture of the tissue is performed in the ordinary loom with warp and
woof, and either by hand or power. The (cane) string for the warp is wound as in
ordinary weaving round a spindle or according to the quality of the web on the so
called spool, and the whole of the spools are arranged close to each other on one
common spindle, whereby a symmetrical unwinding of the whole of the warp
threads is ensured, and at the same time it will be possible on the accidental
breaking of a thread to change a single spool. In order to provide long threads
suitable for long tissues the ends of the (cane) threads are laid over each other and
bound together by means of a (geötten) thread. Such connections neither injure
the strength of the fabric nor the outward appearance thereof, provided they be
carefully and accurately made.
The woof is composed either of a single thread terminating at the end of the
tissue, or it is drawn without visible interruption to and fro in the warp whilst it
passes round the outermost of the warp threads, and then returns. In the latter
case the woof thread in the same way as with the warp thread is combined to
make up the length, wound on a spool, and carried through the fabric by means of
a shuttle (Schützen oder Schiffchen). When the closest possible fabric is to be
produced, such, especially, as that necessary for filtering purposes, the close laying
together of the woof threads must be obtained with a lineal-formed beater or with
the well known batten used as in the ordinary weaving process.
In order to give to the fabric a certain finish I finally pass it between rolls,
whereby all unevenness will be removed, and the fabric will be closer and
smoother.
For the split cane fabric for domestic use I give, by means of certain variations,
different sections (to the split cane), or by the use of coloured cane strings, the
desired pattern is obtained, or I produce the latter also by the regular repeated
plaiting together (verschlingungen) of the warp thread, and the woof thread, as
well as by the making of trellis-like openings by means of the peculiar arrange-
ment of the Gacestuhl.

page_text: For the fabric to be used for filtering purposes, for which uniform closeness is
the principal thing, the splintery form of split cane and the uniform interlacing of
warp and woof are alone necessary.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-
The manufacture, in the manner hereinbefore described, of split cane into
tissues of all kinds for domestic and industrial requirements.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Nyland, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twenty third day of July, One thousand eight hundred and
eighty.
JOHN NYLAND. (LS.)