US1169178A - Artificial reed. - Google Patents

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1. D. MILLER.

ARTIFICIAL REED. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4, I914.

Patented'Jan. 25; 1916.

WITNESSES BY' W u ##[Z "Wm I ATTORNEY/6' JOHN D. MILLER, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO A. D. MOBURNEY AND ONE-HALF T0 H. L. HITCI-ICOCK, BOTH OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

ARTIFICIAL REED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 25, 1916.

Application filed December 4, 1914. Serial No. 875,504.

. siding at Jackson, in the county of Jack- 'son and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Artificial Reeds, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to artificial reeds designed for use in the manufacture of furniture and other articles, such for instance as baby carriages, baskets, etc., as'a substitute for the natural reed. It is the object of the invention to obtain a construction which not only presents a similar appearance to the natural product but also may be manipulated with equal facility during the manufacture of the product.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved artificial reed; Fig. 2 is a section showing the reed as woven in a fabric; Fig. 3 is a plan view of a slightly modified fabric; and Fig. 4 is a section therethrough.

7. My improved artificial reed comprises essentially a resilient metallic core and a spiral wrapping of fibrous material, such for instance as paper.

Heretofore non-resilient metallic wires have been covered with spiral wrappings, as for instance in the manufacture of stems for artificial flowers. Such a product cannot, however, be substituted for a reed in the weaving of a fabric, for the reason that there will be no lateral tension upon the crossing strands, whereas with the natural reed there is suflicient resiliency to produce such a tension. I have therefore devised a construction in which the core is formed of resilient material, such as piano wire. As shown, A is the resilient core and B the spiral wrapping of paper.

C is a 'fabric formed by weaving the artificial reeds, and as shown at D whenever a strand is bent the resiliency of the core will tend to force it back into the original posit1on, as indicated by dotted lines at D. This will place a lateral tension upon the crossing strands, indicated by the letter E, with a result that the fabric will retain its form, and will operate the same as fabric formed of natural reeds.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a fabric may be formedin which the warp F is of larger '55 "resilient core facilitates bending forward and backward during the weaving operav tion, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4.

What I claim as my invention is 1. An artificial reed, comprising a resilient core and a spiral wrapping of fibrous '65 material thereon. 7

2. An artificial reed, comprising a core formed of a resilient metallic wire, and a spiral wrapping of fibrous material covering said core. I

3. A woven fabric formed of interlaced strands each comprising a resilient metallic core, and a spiral wrapping "of fibrous material.

4. A woven fabric comprising interlaced warp and woof strands exerting a lateral tension upon each other, each formed of a resilient core and a spiral wrapping of fibrous material, said warp strands being of larger diameter than the woof strands and being substantially straight.

In testimony whereof I aflix my slgnatur in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN D. MILLER.

Witnesses:

B. S. DAVIES, J. G. CUDDOHY.

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