Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Wicker-work, Plaited-work, and Imitations thereof.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Wicker-work,
Plaited-work, and Imitations thereof.
I, LAURA NAUNDORF, of Leipzig, in the Empire of Germany, Married Woman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of plaited-work and imitation
plaited work, and its object is to provide an efficient substitute for the straw and
the like at present used. It consists essentially in the use of cellulose, or of
cellulose strips for this purpose.
For straw hats, baskets and the like, one is obliged to find a material which is
a substitute for, and which is less brittle than, wood, and which straw could not
replace. The present invention has for its object the application to such purpose
of cellulose which is worked into the shape of pasteboard. The cellulose in this
shape is practically unbreakable, can be pressed into form, can be coloured as
desired and is not affected by damp.
According to my process cellulose which is produced in the form of paste-board
or paper is cut into strips and these strips are plaited. The strips can remain
smooth or be embossed, and in this latter case, the jagged or ragged strips are
placed together or juxtaposed. In imitation of plaited work, the cellulose may
be formed or moulded with stripes to resemble plaited work, by means of pressure;
in this case therefore the imitation of the plaited work may be produced by stripes
imparted to the cellulose by pressure and not by plaiting strips together.
The plaited strips or striped material to imitate plaited work, can be used for
the manufacture of hats, baskets, reticules and the like.
;
Hats which are made from this material can be worn during, and exposed to,
rain without losing their shape or form.
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Wicker-work,
Plaited-work, and Imitations thereof.
I, LAURA NAUNDORF, of Leipzig, in the Empire of Germany, Married Woman,
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 the manufacture of plaited-work and imitations of

page_text: plaited work, and its object is to provide an efficient substitute for the straw and
the like at present used. It consists essentially in the use of cellulose or of
cellulose strips for this purpose.
For straw hats, baskets and the like one is obliged to find a material which is
a substitute for, and which is less brittle than, wood, and which straw, could not
replace. The present invention has for its object, the application to such purpose
of cellulose which is worked into the shape of pasteboard. The cellulose in this
shape is practically unbreakable, can be pressed into form, can be coloured as
desired and is not affected by damp.
According to my process cellulose which is produced in the form of paste-board
or paper is cut into strips and these strips are plaited, woven' or 'otherwise laced
together.
The strips of cellulose, may be laced or fastened together in a similar manner
to straw used for straw hats etc.
The strips can be formed with smooth edges or they can be embossed or the
edges may be serrated or these edges may be otherwise fashioned. The jagged
edges of these strips may resemble the toothed-edge of a band-saw, for example,
or instead of angular toothed projections, these latter may be undulated or other-
wise formed.
In imitations of plaited work, the cellulose may be formed or moulded with
stripes to resemble plaited work, by means of any suitable pressure; in this case
therefore, the imitation of the plaited work will be produced by stripes imparted
to the cellulose by pressure and not by plaiting strips together.
In carrying out my invention therefore,
1. The stripes can be moulded by hydraulic or other suitable pressure so that
the flat sheet of cellulose can have any kind of embossed or relief-surface i.e.
portions of the moulded cellulose may, if desired, remain or be raised above the
plane surface of the sheet.
2. The strips can be cut out of sheet-cellulose or otherwise formed in cellulose,
with smooth edges.
3. The strips can be cut out of sheet-cellulose or otherwise formed in cellulose,
in such manner that their edges are serrated, undulated or otherwise fashioned.
The plaited strips or striped material to imitate plaited work, can be used for
the manufacture of hats, baskets, reticules and the like.
Hats which are made from this material can be worn during and exposed to,
rain without losing their shape or form.
Having now particularly described and
invention and in what manner the same is
I claim is:-
:-
ascertained the nature of my said
to be performed, I declare that what
1. The use of cellulose strips or cellulose paste-board for hats, baskets and the
like.
2. A process of manufacturing plaited-work, wicker-work or imitations of .
plaited work, principally for hats, baskets, reticules and the like, characterised
by the use of strips of cellulose plaited or laced together or by the use of cellulose
paste-board or paper pressed or moulded to the required shape and pattern,
substantially as described.
Dated this 24th day of October 1808
Dated this 24th day of October 1808
For the Applicant,
GEDGE & FEENY,
Chartered Patent Agents,
60, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.