US1334744A - Curled-hair fabric - Google Patents

Description

E. C. FAHR.

CURLED HAIR FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. l1, 191s.

1,334;744. Patented Ma1-.1920.

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EDWARD C. FARB, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN.

GURLED-HAIR FABRIC.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

Application led March 11, 1918. 4Serial No. 221,658.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it4 known that I, EDWARD C. FARE, a citizen of theUnited States, and resident of Flint, Genesee county, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curled-Hair Fabric, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in curled hair fabric as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part thereof.

The invention consists essentially in the novel arrangement of curled hair upon a textile material whereby comparatively short hair may be utilized to provide an efiicient filling for upholstering purposes; the hair will be retained in an even layer with consistent fullness; a bat will be formed to facilitate shipping, handling and the insertion of the same in upholstery and waste prevented.

The invention further consists in arranging the hair and textile backing in strips with an extending portion of textilematerial whereby upholstery formed of pipings may be readily and evenly filled and the strip readily guided into proper posltion 1n the pipings.

The invention further consists in the particular arrangement of` interlaced hairs through the textile materia-l whereby the bat is securely formed and the hair effectively united to the textile reinforcing back.

These and other objects will more clearly appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the curled hair fabric.

i Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of one end of a`length of fabric showing the selvage portion turned under.

Fig 3 is an enlarged longitudinal elevation of a portion of a length of fabric having the selvage end extended and ready for use.

Fig. 4: is a sectional view of the curled hair fabric further enlarged andpartially diagrammatic, showing the manner of s ecuring'the curled hair to the textile materlal.

' Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the manner of placing the fabric in a metal sheath.

of a length .fur textile materials, and t- Flg. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the fabric in a sheath showing the selvage fastenlng means.

Fig. 7 is a sectional perspective view of a. cushlon section showing the strips of fabric arranged in pipings.

Like numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout the views.

10 1s a relatively long and narrow strip of textile material, the weave of which is comparatively 'coarse and substantially that of burlap, and or border end one side thereof the bat vof curled hair 12.

It must be understood that the curled hair 12, if desired, may extend in an un- 'broken surface over the entire surface of the burlap, though many advantages, as hereinafter. fully described, will be obtained by arranging the same in the strip having the selvage end 11, as shown.

It 1s well understood in the art that a bat of curled hair may be made by spreading the desired thickness of curled halr and then interlacing or stitching the same together as in quilt form, or by hooked needles to be passed through the layer of hair with a crocheting effect and thus interlace certain of the hairs together suiii'ciently to unite the same for the purpose of feeding a machine. It is also known lin the art to tuft wool, hair or other material through a textile fal'bric, as in the well known domestic art of making rag carpets; also lin the manufacture of certain ru and imitation e present invention, in its more specific form, takes advantage of the action of the hooked needles in interlacing the individual hairs of a bat of curled hair together to further interlace the same to a. textile material, that is, pracf tically crochet the hair into the textile material, whereby a very excellent fabric is fabricated for upholstery purposes having the desired thickness of curled hair with a backing of textile material substantially integral therewith, whereby the /completed fabric may be readily handled for transortation, or use in filling cushion pipings.

As particularly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the fabric is preferably manufactured in a continuous length by placing a layer of curled hair upon a length of textile material and having a suitable machine opcrate hooked needles 13, similar to a crochet hook, whereby they are inserted through the preferably having the selvagel 11, and having secured to textile material into the center of the curled hair, and upon withdrawal, will thread the several individual hairs 14 gathered by the hook of the needle through the bat of curled hair as the needle is withdrawn., and onwardly over the textile material to a predetermined extent, so that when the needle is next inserted through the fabric and Withdrawn the hair will be interlaced or crocheted as shown at 15. The strips of fabric as shown in Fi g. 1 are formed by cutting the continuous length of fabric across the Width thereof as it comes from the machine. The curled hair is closely interwoven with the textile material and substantially forms a part thereof, the interweaving being so intimate that the entire fabric may be handled 'for shipment and upholstery-fitting or other purposes and the equal distribution of curled hair will be maintained even when arranged in sections or piping strips as shown.

When the continuous length of fabric material with the curled hair on the top is being interwoven, the selvage for the tab 11 of the textile material may be turned under, as shown in Fig. 2, and afterward the tab 11 of each strip is pulled out as shown in Fig.

3, but it must be here explained that the turning under of the selvage border part is only to accommodate and facilitate the operation of the machine which works the needles for interlacing the curled air and textile material, as hereinbefore described, and it is preferable to have the machine arranged so that the fabric is manufactured With the selvage or tab part extending beyond the curled hair facing as shown in Fig. 3.

The tab end 11 of each strip is used for securing the strips of fabric in a metal sheath as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the sheath comprising an under trough-shaped member 16 having a handle 17 formed at one end and an orifice or cross-slot 18 through the other end. The strip of fabric is laid in the trough with the tab 11 extending over the cross-slot/ 18 and a Cover plate 19 having a handle 2O and the tongue 21 is placed on the strip, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, to complete the sheath with the tongue 21 extending into the cross-slot 18, whereby the tab 11 has been looped into the cross-slot and is clamped therein by the tongue end of the sheath cover.

The sheath with the strip of fabric clamped therein as described is inserted Ain a piping of a cushion cover, as shown in Fig. 7 and first the cover and then the trough portion of the sheath are withdrawn from the piping, leaving the fabric material properly placed in the piping to complete the cushion filling.

It will be readily understood that much time will be saved over the ordinary method of fabricating cushions by stitching the required pipings into form and then filling them by stuffing with curled hair from bulk, and further that a much more even distribution of the stuffing or filling will result, giving a maximum filling of the cushion with a minimum amount of curled hair. The s acing of the bats or sections of curled air throughout the length of the textile material will also provide effectual means of ventilating the entire fabric, and more especially when the piping or upholstery covering is drawn down between the sections of curled hair as shown in Fig. 7

The fabric as described also permits the use of short hair which ordinarily would be of little practical use as it would quickly shift and become` uneven and matted, but providing a small quantity of long hair or other material such as sisal is used, the crocheting operation will interlace the long hairs or fibers with the short ones and to the textile backing in such a manner that a very satisfactory cushion filling is obtained.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that many modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of manufacture comprising a relatively long and narrow strip of textile fabric and a layer of curled hair of uniform thickness secured thereto, the strip of fabric projecting beyond the layer of hair at one end to provide a. tab, for the purpose set forth.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a relativel)7 long and narrow strip of textile fabric and a layer of curled hair uniformly distributed thereon, the hair being interlocked with the fabric, and the fabric projecting beyond the hair at one end to form a ta'b, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD C. FARR.

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