Improvements in or connected with the Manufacture of Cane-seated Chairs and other Seats.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 16th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SP
FICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Manufacture of Cane-seated
Chairs and other Seats.
I, WILLIAM PAULGRAVE ELLMORE, trading as W. T. Ellmore & Son, of 16, City
Road, in the county of London, Furniture Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in applying cane seating to chairs, tramcar
seats and other seats having cane bottoms or seats.
In carrying out this invention 1 employ cane or rattan seating manufactured
according to the Provisional Specification filed with my application of even date with
this application. The said cane seating is first cut into pieces of the required size and
shape to suit the chair or other seat and in order to fix the same I proceed as
follows:-
I take the seat frame and by means of a saw I cut around it vortically so as to form
two hoops or frames which when placed together will leave a small space between
then. The cane seating is stretched over the inner hoop or frame to which it is fixed
by a suitable cement or otherwise and the inner frame or hoop with its cane covering
is then placed within the outer frame or hoop the two parts of the frame then being
fixed together by screws or otherwise.
Dated the Lith day of March 1880
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Manufacture of Cane-seated
Chairs and other Seats.
I, WILLIAM PAULGRAVE ELLMORE, trading as W. T. Ellmore & Son, of 16, City
Road, in the County of London, Furniture 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 improvements in applying cane seating to chairs, tramcar
seats, and other seats having cane bottoms or seats.
In carrying out this invention I employ cane or rattan seating manufactured
according to my Specification No. 4497 of 1889. The said cane seating is first ent
into pieces of the required size and shape to suit the chair or other seat and in order
to fix the same I proceed as follows :—
I take the seat frame and by ineans of a saw I cut around it vertically so as to form
two hoops or frames which when placed together will leave a small space between
them. The cane seating is stretched over the inner hoop or frame to which it is fixed
by a suitable cement or otherwise and the inner frame or hoop with its cane covering
is then placed within the outer frame or hoop, the two parts of the frame then being
fixed together by screws or otherwise.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into effect by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 represents a plan and
Figure 2 a vertical section of a chair having the cane seating applied thereto
according to my invention.
In the drawing, a represents the cane seating, b the seat frame from which is cut
the hoop c thereby forming two boops or frames b and c with a small space d between
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page_text: them. A piece of cane seating a, being stretched over the hoop or frame c and
cemented or otherwise fixed round the periphery thereof; the inner hoop e with the
covering a is then placed within the outer frame b, and the two parts b and c are
secured together by screws e or in any other suitable manner thereby fixing, holding
or clamping the seating in position.
I have for the purpose of illustration described my invention as applied to a chair
having a circular seat but it will be obvious that it is equally applicable to chairs of
other shape and to seats of all kinds having cano bottoms; also that the inner frame or
hoop may be formed separate from instead of being cut from the seat frame as above
described.
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:
(1.) The method herein described of applying cane seating to chairs and other seats
by clamping the seating between two frames or hoops forming the seat frame sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
(2.) A chair or other seat having cane seating applied thereto in the manner
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 16th day of December 1889.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.