Means for Indicating the Quality of Ropes, Cords, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 28th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Means for Indicating the Quality of Ropes, Cords, and the like.
I, DAVID PRINGLE, Managing Director of The Edinburgh Roperie and
Sailcloth Company Limited, of Leith, in the County of Midlothian, North
Britain, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to means for indicating the quality of ropes, cords and the
like, and consists in the introduction of different kinds of colours of threads into
each of the strands of the rope or cord.
In carrying out my said invention I introduce the coloured or other thread into
the centre of the strand during the spinning of the strand through the centre of the
strand. For example I employ a blue thread running through each strand of first
quality ropes and cords of whatever material & nature whether made from Manila,
Russian or Italian hemp or tow, or coir fibre or any such like material. A red
thread running through each strand of second quality of such and a white or
uncoloured thread running through each strand of third quality of such.
Dated the 27th day of January 1891
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Means for Indicating the Quality of Ropes, Cords, and the like.
I, DAVID PRINGLE, Managing Director of The Edinburgh Roperic and
Sailcloth Company Limited of Leith in the County of Midlothian North
Britain, 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 :-
This invention relates to means for indicating the quality of ropes, cords and the
like, and consists in the introduction of different kinds of colours of threads into
the strands of the rope or cord.
In carrying out my said invention I introduce the coloured or other thread into
the centre of the strand during the spinning of the strand. For example, I
employ a blue thread running through one or more strands of first quality ropes
and cords of whatever material and nature whether made from Manila, Russian or
Italian hemp or tow, or coir fibre or any such like material; a red thread running
through one or more strands of second quality of such; and a white or uncoloured
thread running through one or more strands of third quality of such.
In the accompanying drawings A represents the rope yarns travelling forward in
the direction of the arrow through the register plate B thence through the tube
case C, whereby the strand D is produced all in the usual manner; E is the coloured
thread which I supply to the centre of the strand D through the centre of the
register plate and through the tube case.
In lieu of the said coloured thread being supplied to each strand of the rope it
may if desired be supplied to a few only of the strands or to only one of the
strands.
My invention is equally annlicable to wire vores

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
In the manufacture of ropes, cords and the like, the introduction through one or
more strands of a coloured or other distinguishing thread substantially in the manner
and for the purposes as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 27th day of October 1891
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.