Improvements in the Manufacture of Felt Handles for Velocipedes and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Loft, 12th July, 1898-Accepted, 3rd Sept., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Felt Handles for Velocipedes
and the like.
We, CHARLES WILLIAM BLUEMEL and ERNEST ADOLPHUS BLUEMEL (trading as
C. W. Bluemel & Bros.), of Crown Works, Globe Road, Mile End, London, Manu-
facturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of felt handles for
velocipedes and the like, the object being to construct in an economical manner a
felt handle possessing to a great extent the advantages of a solid felt handle, and
at a greatly reduced cost as compared with the present method of manufacturing
felt handles.
In carrying our invention into practical effect we take a suitable core of paper,
wood or the like which is coated upon its outer surface with a suitable cement, and
around this core or basis we wind spirally a strip of felt in such
completely cover the outer surface.
manner as to
The felt is then screwed round bringing the meeting edges tightly and closely
together, when the outer surface is turned up in a lathe and the handle finished
off, the joins in the strip of felt can hardly be detected, while owing to there
being no longitudinal join or division in the covering material it is not liable to
become detached from the core by use. The ends may be furnished or fitted with
caps of celluloid, metal or the like, as desired.
Dated this 15th day of October 1897
Improvements in the Manufacture of Felt Handles for Velocipedes
and the like.
We, CHARLES WILLIAM BLUEMEL and ERNEST ADOLPHUS BLUEMEL (trading as
C. W. Bluemel & Bros.), of Crown Works, Globe Road, Mile End, London, Manu-
facturers, 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: --
Our invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of felt handles for
velocipedes and the like, the object being to construct in an economical manner a
felt handle possessing to a great extent the advantages of a solid felt handle, and
at a greatly reduced cost as compared with the present method of manufacturing
such handles.

page_text: In carrying our invention into practical effect we take a suitable core of paper,
wood or the like which is coated upon its outer surface with a suitable cement or
adhesive substance, and around this core or basis we wind spirally a strip of felt
in such a manner as to completely cover the outer surface.
The felt is then screwed round bringing the meeting edges tightly and closely
together, any convenient means being employed for retaining it in this position
until the cement or other adhesive substance is dry, and when the outer surface
is turned up in a lathe and the handle finished off, the joins in the strip of felt
can hardly be detected, while owing to there being no longitudinal join or division
in the covering material, it is not liable to become detached from the core by use.
The ends may be furnished or fitted with caps of celluloid, metal or the like as
desired.
In order that our invention may be more fully understood, we will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig.
is a view illustrating the method of winding a strip of felt on a continuous core.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of a plain handle constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 3 is a similar view of a fluted handle, and Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of one
of our improved handles.
According to this invention upon a core a, which may be of sufficient length to
form several handles, or of a length sufficient only to form one handle, and having
parallel sides or turned or shaped upon its outer surface to any required form, we
wind a strip of felt of any convenient size in a spiral direction as shown (Fig. 1),
the spiral windings being indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 2, 3 & 4, the outer
surface of the core a having been previously coated with any suitable adhesive
substance, while the meeting edges of the felt strip b may be likewise cemented or
secured together if required. The felt strip is then brought tightly and closely
against the core by screwing it up in such a manner as to place the felt under
tension and it is held in this position by suitable clamps or securing devices until
the cement or adhesive substance has dried.
The felt covered core constructed in this manner is then turned up in a lathe to
the required size and form, and may be fitted with end pieces or caps c as shown
while it may be left plain upon its outer surface (Fig. 1) or fluted longitudinally if
required (Fig. 2).
By this method of construction a very light, firm, and strong felt handle can be
cheaply produced having no longitudinal division or seam which usually in time
comes apart, moreover handles constructed according to this invention are possessed
in a greater or lesser degree of all the durability and advantages of a solid felt
handle.
Although in this description felt only has been referred to as the covering
material, yet it is obvious that any other material, suitable for the purpose might
be employed and applied to a core in a manner as hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
The new or improved method of manufacturing handles for velocipedes, con-
sisting essentially in the winding of a strip of flexible material such as felt or the
like spirally upon the outer surface of a core suitable for the purpose, substantially
as set forth.
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Dated this 30th day of June 1898,
F. G. CASSELL,
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicants.