US1298233A - Method of producing woven-reed articles. - Google Patents

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, M. B. LLOYD] :METHOD OF PRODUCING WOVEN REED ART' ICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 19!]- Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

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MARsHALnB. LLOYD, or MnnoMINEa-MIcHIe AN.

METHOD OF PRODUCING \VDVEN-REED ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, rate.

Application filed July 17, 1917. Serial No. 181,056.

Tonll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARs IAm. B. Lnoi n, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Menominee, Michigan, have invented a certain new, useful, and Improved Method of Producing Woven-Reed Articles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Until recent date in the production of reed articles it has been the universal practice to weave the reed fabric into the form or shape ultin'iately desired. If the article be one which has a frame it practiceto weave the fabric directly upon and thereby secure it to the article frame.

Applicant proceeds upon an entirely new principle and weaves the fabric in a shape convenient for the weaving operation and then if necessary, rc-shapes or re-forms the woven reed fabric to the form. For those articles which have a frame the fabric is woven independent of the frame and then secured thereto. is not claimed broadly here since it the subject matter applicants application. Serial No. 109,7l is an example and by reference. to which a thorough undcrstz'mdingof the method of operating and the advantages to be gained will be better understood. Sullicc it here to statethat bythis method freedom of action is secured which greatly simplifies. chcapcns and often improves reed articles.

The general object of the present invention isfurthcr to cilitatc the manufacture of certain reed articlcs under the method before referred to. Further objects of the invention arc to climinate waste; to provide a method whereby articles of ditlicult shape can be produced rapidly even by unskilled workers; and generally to reduce the hitherto highly. individualistic weaving of each rccd fabric to a factory method of weaving" and assembling in the most convenient or acceptable manner.

My invention consists generally in the steps, acts and sequence thcrcof whereby the above named objects, together with others which will appear hereinafter arc attainable and my invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying, drawings which illustrate steps in the production of an vcntion.

I n said drawings- Figure 1, iso perspective vicw of the upperport-ion of a reed article frame.

has been the universal desired shape or This novel method of other applications of which simplify, chcapcn and fa-- article under the prcscnt in Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the lower portlon of 'a reed article frame.

fabric for use in covering the upper and lower frame portions.

Fig. 4, is a plan view of the fabric shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5, is a side elevation of the fabric of Figs. 3 and 4, but in inverted position.

Fig. 6, isa perspective view illustrating one of the fabrics applied to the lower frame portion.

Fig. 7, is a perspective view bled, completed article applied to both the tions, and

Fig. 8; is a vertical transverse sectional view passing through the completed article substantially on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

For the purpose of illustrating the prescnt invention Ihavc chosen to depict the manufacture of a babys bassinet, because this is fairly representative of a class of articles that can be advantageously manufactured under the present invention. This, it should be understood,

of the assemupper and lower por- The esufacture of an article having a frame is thought to be invention.

Referring now to the drawings, seals the upper frame portion of a babys bassinet and B. the lower portion thereof. The upper franic'portion comprises a substantially rectangular upper frame member, 2, from the ends ofwhich depend imvardly extending frame members 3. connected by suitable cross braces 4. The lower frame portion B.,co nipriscs in this'instancc a. tablelilcc top member 5. to which are secured suitable legs. 6. which are rigidly connected by cross braces 7. The sizes of the upper and lower frame portion' A and B are substantially the same. that is to say. the lower portions of the upper frame members 3, are so positioned as to tit in suitable holes 8, providul therefor in the lower frame men sutlicicnt to teach the present A represhowing the fabric is by way of illustra-' tion and not by way of limitation. 'scnce of the present inventlon consists in proher 53, and the perimeter of the upper frame member 2., is subs antially the same as a line around the lower portions of the legs, 6, of the member B. Both of these frame portions A and B are to be covered upon the sides with reed fabric and to this end I pro-- coed to provide a plurality of similar woven found most convenient to weave this fabric in circular shape and as the article in this instance is -somewhat rectangular in shape I apply pressure to the sides of the fabric i lar shape in which condition it may be readily the fabric is applied to'the frame.

causing it to assume a rectangular form somewhat as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. i. The fabric in this condition may be then readily placed over the lower portion B substantially as indicated in Fig. 6.

The projecting stake portions 10, of thefabri'c can be laid down either before or after The fabric is secured to the edges, 5, of the frame member, 5, and to the legs thereof by any suitable fastening devices, such for ex amplaas brads, tacks, or the like. Having thus pifodifced the lower part of the article,

I proceed next to produce the upper part.

This I accomplish in the present instance by using another reed fabrlc of the same size "and'shape illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, but in which is inverted as illustrated in Fig. 5. Pressure is applied to the fabric of Fig. 5, causing it to assume a substantially rectanguplaced over the upper frame portion A, or in other words, the upper frame portion may be placed within the fabric and the frame then mounted upon the lower frame portion thus completing the article as illustrated in Fig. 7. The lower portion of the upper fabric is also preferably secured to thesides of the lower frame member 5. By laying down the stakes, a finished border is formed as indicated in 12,.in Fig. 7. Of course, if dcsircd the fabric may be first secured to the edges 5 of the lower frame member 5, and then the frame A placed within the fabric. Of com-so, the upper portion of the upper,

' fabric issecured suitably to the frame mem bore 2 and 3 of the upper frammportion A;

In this manner the beautifully shaped symsuggest to others skilled in the art to which this appertains, various methods whereby the substantial objects of the present invention may be attained, I do not wish to be limited to the specific steps shown and described or to the precise sequence thereof except only as may be necessary to express limitations in the hereunto appended claims.

I claim:

1. 'lhg'e herein described method of producing a woven reed article having a relatively small centralportion and relatiuely large top and bottom portions, that consists in providing identical tubular reed fabrics of conical form, and in securing the small end of one conical fabric to the like end of the other conical fabric.

2. The herein described method of producing a woven reed article having a relatively small central portion and relatively large top and bottom. portions, that consists in providing upper and lower frame portions of tapering form, inserting the frame v members into the fabrics small end first, and then securing the .small ends of the fra-m members together.

I In testimony thereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 22nd day of June, 1917, in the presence oftw'o subscribing witnesses. MARSHALL B. LLOYD.

Witnesses:

EARLE LINnsTRUM, Cncn. J. BELONGY.

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