Improvements in Door and other Mats.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1891-Accepted. 16th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Door and other Mats.
I, GEORGE BAKER the younger of Great Hampton Row in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction or make of flexible
metallic door, and other mats, and has for its object, the production of a strong and
cheaply made article, which is not liable to become materially deteriorated by wear
and exposure, and further, that dirt on the same cannot accumulate.
My said invention, consists primarily, of a chain mat, or a mat composed partly
of chain, and partly of coils or woven wire, or wholly of chain, or a mat consisting
partly of chain, with a coiled wire border, with intervening scraper parts, consisting
of linked together plates or bars, set on edge.
In carrying out one form of my invention, viz. :-a combined chain and coiled
wire flexible metallic mat, I take a coiled wire border, preferably rectangular in
shape, and with soft iron or other metal binding wire continuously directed through
it; and directed transversely across the said frame, at intermediate distances apart
are stay or tie rod coils of wire, with their ends coupled or connected to the insides
of the border parts, directly, or by one, two or more rings or loops.
Directed longitudinally across and from end to end of the said frame, and
connected and united with the transverse tie coils as aforesaid, are a series of chain
lengths, disposed at suitable distances apart, hence a combined chain and coiled
wire mat.
The binding or thin soft wire running within the border coils, consists of a
number of strands, slightly twisted, to connect the same into a cable, while the
ends of the lengths of chain, are linked to the coils of the end borders, and are
preferably adjusted, by worming the said links in position, before the borders are
made up.
The connections of the chain lengths, are made with the tie coils, by rotating or
worming the links of the chain, into the convolutions of the coils; so that the
chain lengths are stayed or connected at intermediate points.
The connection of the links of the chain, with the tie coils, is made by rotating
the latter before their connection with the border.
The end borders of the mat, are connected with the nearest transverse tie coils,
by straight or other stays.
The configuration of the surface of the mat, is alike unto a frame, with upwardly
extending ribs, having between them, chain spaces.
In another form of my invention, I may make the mat wholly of chain, with a
border, which may be of curb chain.
As a further form of my invention, I may make the border, of a rigid metal
frame, and with the inside enclosed by chain, stretched or directed across it in any
direction. Or the chain may be interlaced with woven wire, or wire coils.
propose
When a mat is made wholly of chain, or links connected together, I may employ
stretcher bars or rods in connection with them, and in this form of mat,
that rigid bars should constitute the ends, with stretcher bars directed between
them.
To give a border to the metallic mat, I may interweave cocoa-nut fibre or other
material, with the coils or strands.
The links composing the chain, may be made up of linked together plates,
strips, V, or cruciform sectioned iron, or like metal, united together linkwise, so as

page_text: to form scraper mats, and which lengths, are connected to coils, or to rigid stays or
frames, by links or loops.
Mats constructed according to my invention, are flexible, and lie perfectly flat,
when in use; and further, the said articles admit of being rolled up for transit.
In the case.of rigid borders or sides, I connect the ends together by joints, so as
to admit of the said sides lying flat, when upon a floor or surface.
I wish it to be observed, that I do not confine myself to the shape of the links of
the chain, nor to the kind of border employed.
Dated this 17th day of February 1891
GEORGE BAKER, JUNK.,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Door and other Mats.
1, GEORGE BAKER the younger, of Great Hampton Row, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 door and other mats, as hereinafter described.
In one form of my invention, a mat is made up of chain, and coiled wire, with
the chain in the middle, and the coiled wire on the outside, and forming the border
and edging.
Thus a rectangular shaped edging or border, composed of entwined metal coils
is arranged, having disposed within the space enclosed by it, a chain meshed middle
part, with ties or stays, directed across it at suitable distances apart.
In another form of my invention, the mat may be made wholly of ordinary chain
links with a border of curb chain.
As a further form of my invention the border may be made of rigid metal, or a
jointed frame, and with the inside space, enclosed by chain, stretched or directed
across it in any direction. Or the chain may be interlaced with woven wire, or
wire coils.
When a mat is made wholly of chain, or links connected together, and partly of
chain and partly of wire coils, stretcher bars or rods, in connection with them, may
be employed.
A border may be given to the metallic mat, by interweaving or otherwise
applying cocoa-nut fibre or other like material.
The links composing the chain, may be made up of linked-together plates, strips,
or suitable section iron, or like metal, united together linkwise by rings or other
loose connections so as to form scraper surfaces.
Mats constructed according to my invention, are flexible, and lie perfectly flat
when in use.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, represents a flexible metallic door. mat,
made according to one form of my invention. The said mat is a composite one, and
made up partly of chain, and partly of entwined wire coils, with the convolutions
of the latter, running side by side with each other, and the chain lengths, which
arc stretched longitudinally, and at equal distances apart, from end to end of the
surface, disposed between the said coils constituting the edging or border.
Thus we have a mat made up partly of chain, and partly of entwined wire coils,
with tie coils directed across the inside chain part.
This said view shows the right hand side of the mat, in diagram only, while the
left hand side shows the same fully drawn.
Figure 2 represents upon an enlarged scale, and upon the dotted line A, a section
of one end of the mat Figure 1.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 and 2.

page_text: a is the body or middle part of the mat, composed of a concatenation of links b,
united at their longitudinal ends to coils c², of end coiled wire edging or border c,
consisting of entwined wire coils or twin convolutions, ², c³.
d are side borders, and are of a like construction to the end borders, and are
united together at the corners of the mat, by entwining the metal wires of the
terminal ends of the respective coils of the sides, with the terminal ends of the coils
of the ends, although I do not confine myself to this. method of connection, as
other methods may be used with like effect."
where-
The body of the mat composed of chain, is crossed by stay or tie coils
through thin wires or a series of binding wires, pass and with the ends of the said
last named wires f, connected to the end parts of the coils e, which are themselves
connected to the side borders d, hence stays to the mat.
Figure 3 represents a metallic and semi-flexible mat, constructed according to
another form of my invention, and which is composed partly of wire or rod lengths
crossing each other, and partly of entwined wire coils.
Thus, the middle or body part of the mat, is composed of lattice or in and out
wire work, and connected to the inside parts of the borders, by loops or loose
rings.
The said view only shows part of the mat on one side, and diagram lines
representative of the other portion of the mat on the other side.
Figure 4 represents a section upon an enlarged.scale, upon the dotted line B.
The same letters of reference, indicate corresponding parts in Figures 3 and 4.
is the body or middle part of the mat, consisting essentially of a frame, com-
posed of interlaced or crossed wires b, ', with the frame thereof connected by
loops 2, to the inner coils c³, 3, of the border c, d, composed of coils c', c², c³,
d³, 112, 113.
Instead of connecting the inner frame by loops 62, loosely fitted rings may be
employed, and further, instead of the coils constituting the end of the side borders c
and d, being connected together by the entwining of the adjacent coils, the same
may be connected together by loosely fitting links or rings, and further, the border
coils may, if necessary, be provided in their interiors, with binding or other thin
wires, alike unto the transversely directed tie coils, as in Figures
Figure 5 represents a diagramatic view of another form of my invention.
and 2.
In this arrangement, the mat is composed wholly of chain, other than the tie or
stay coils directed transversely across the same.
is the middle or body part, composed of ordinary link chain, and surrounded by
curb-chain sides c, d, chain middle part b, and with tie coils b', with threaded wires,
directed across its middle, and with the ends of the said chain and coils and wires
connected to the inside edges of the border curb chains, by links or other means,
hence a flexible metallic mat.
Figure 6 represents a diagramatic view of a further form of my invention.
In this form, the body or middle a, is composed of a series of dingonal scraper
lengths b, united to the inside border edges of entwined coils c, d. constituting the
border or edging of the mat, by link or loosely fitted rings 2, so as to allow the said
bars to fall to the surface of the ground, likewise the border or bordering.
If necessary, direct cross stays may be employed in conjunction with the
diagonal bars.
Figure 7 represents a diagramatic view of a mat constructed according to a still
further form of my invention, and
Figure 8 is a section of the same.
The frame or border is composed of rigid sides c, d, preferably united at their
junctions, by loosely fitted links g, while a is. the middle or body of the mat, com-
posed of chain links b, united to the rigid sides c, d, by loose links or connections b',
and to each other, by links or like connections 62, hence a flexible or fall-to mat,
with solid sides, which may be of any section: as desired.
Figure 9 represents a mat constructed according to another form of my invention

page_text: and consisting of a single coiled edging or border, preferably made flat, and with
the middle or body part of the mat, composed of chain or other like links, associated
together by loosely fitted links, and, if necessary, the said mat may have cross stays
or wires, with tie coils as represented in Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 10 is a section of one end of the same.
a is the middle of the mat, composed of links b, connected to the boundary
edging c, composed of a single and flattened coil, by connecting links, and to
themselves, by other links
The said coil, is preferably flattened or broadened out, and has running up its
middle, soft or binding wire or wires f, and which border coil has a single seam at
one part only, as the same is made preferably from a single length of metal.
Instead of the middle of the mat being composed of links or chain, it may be
composed of bars or cross wire lattice work, as in Figures 3 and 4.
Figure 11 represents a part metallic, and part non-metallic composite mat, of
which the border is made of cocoa nut fibre, and the interior or body part, com-
posed of chain or links, the latter united together, forming a meshed and flexible
bottom, which may be employed as a scraper, while the fibre edging may be
employed as the wiper.
a is the body of the mat, composed of links, connected by link connection 2, to
the edging or border c, composed of cocoa-nut or like fibre. The said link con-
nections of the frame, are preferably composed of wire interwoven with the edging,
during the process of its manufacture.
Figure 12 shows a modification of Figure 11.
In this mat, the middle part a, is composed of interlaced or crossed wires,
arranged grating-wise, while the border c, is composed of cocoa-nut or like fibre.
Figure 13 is a still further form of my invention, consisting of a cocoa-mut fibre
middle part a, and a broad or coiled wire edging e, composed of two or more con-
volutions, entwined or connected to each other.
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 :-
First A metallic door or other mat, consisting of a chain body or middle part,
encircled or bordered by an edging, composed of entwined or connected together
wire coils or convolutions, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1
and 2.
Secondly-A metallic door or other mat, having a coiled wire border or
edging c, d, chain or linked together middle part a, b, and tie coils, e, with or
without internally disposed wires, and which parts are constructed arranged and
put together, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 and 2.
Thirdly-In a metallic door or other mat, the combination with a coiled wire
edging or an edging composed of united together coiled wires, with a grating or
interlaced wire middle part, as set forth, in Figures 3 and 4.
:
Fourthly In a metallic mat, consisting wholly or mainly of chain, the middle
part of open links or connected together rings, and the edging part composed of
curb chain or close meshed links, with or without cross stays or ties, substantially
as set forth in Figure 5.
Fifthly In a metallic mat, consisting of a boundary edging or border c, com-
posed of coiled wire, and a grating middle part a, composed of bars b, connected to
the said border by links or other loose connection as set forth in Figure 6.
Sixthly In a door mat, composed of a middle or body chain part, encircled by
loosely connected solid-sides, which forms the border, hence the semi-flexible mat,
consisting of parts, constructed, arranged, and put together, as in Figures 7
and 8.
Seventhly In a metallic mat, consisting of a border made of a continuous coil
or coils of wire, having soft metal cores or binding wires within it or them, and

page_text: with the body part, composed of chain or interlaced wire work, as set forth in
Figures 9 and 10.
Eighthly A composite mat, consisting of a chain or linked together middle
part, encircled or surrounded by a cocoa-nut fibre or like border or edging,
substantially as described and set forth in Figure 11.
Ninthly In a composite mat, consisting of a wire or other lattice work middle
part, surrounded by a non-metallic border, composed of cocoa-nut fibre or like
material, hence a scraper mat, as set forth in Figure 12.
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Tenthly In a mat, having cocoa-nut fibre or like middle part, encircled by
metallic coil or coils, united together, as set forth in Figure 13.
Dated this 20th day of October 1891
GEORGE BAKER, THE YOUNGER,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.