US1499769A

US1499769A - Fabricated beadwork

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Publication number: US1499769A
Application number: US605532A
Authority: US
Inventors: Godefroy Marcel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-12-07
Filing date: 1922-12-07
Publication date: 1924-07-01
Anticipated expiration: 1941-07-01

Description

July 1 1924,

M. GODEFROY FABRICATED BEADWORK Filed Dec. '7, 1922 Fig.1.

I N VENTOR Patented July 1, 1924.

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MARGEL GODEFROY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

FABRICATED BnADwonx.

Application filed December 7, 1922. Serial No. 605,532.

To all whom it may concem: I

Be it known that I, MARoEL GoDnFRoY,

a subject of the Republic of France, residing Bead-work is usually made up by taking beads, stringing them and crocheting the finished article from the string of beads. 2 Other types of beaded articles are made by stringing beads on. a number 'of' parallel strings which are held in a frame, and then weaving other beads and threads into place. Neither of these methods is well suited for factory production and articles made in this manner have t e disadvantage in that should a thread break a great many beads will be lost before the break can be repaired; and it is diflicult, if not impossible, to properly repair the same.

According to the present invention there has been devised a type of bead-work (the term bead-work being used in its broadest sense for the purposes of the present disclosure) which is capable of ready production and which, when completed, presents a most pleasing and beautiful appearance. The structure is also extremely strong so that there is little likelihood of breakage 4.0 with the resultant loss of the beads or the like, each bead being held in place by a multiplicity of elements so that the strain imposed upon any single element is exceedingly small. To enhance the security of the work I prefer to use strong fine wire, as it has excellent wearing qualities and also lends itself readily to the practice of my invention.

In the accompanying drawings there is shown for purpose of illustration one of the embodiments in which my invention may take form, it being understood that this showing is for the purposes of illustration only, and. that the invention is not limited to the precise details shown in the drawing.

Figure 1 of the drawing illustrates a section of bead-work made in accordance with the present invention, part being in section and part being in elevation; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken through a bead at right angles to the plane of Fig. 1.

The article may be considered to bersupported from a small wire 8, which is strong enough for fastening the bead-work to a frame or clasp or the like. The wire 3 5 passes through a plurality of wire loops 4. These wire loops may be made in any fashion, as for example by collapsing a wire ring. The loops 4 are arranged in pairs, and the middle portion 5 of each is squeezed together as indicated in Fig. 2. The middle portion 5 of the loops 4 of each pair is passed through a bead 6, the lower portion 7 of the loops 4, of each pair is opened, as indicated in Fig. 2, and is deflected outwardly as indicated in Fig. 1. The arrangement for fastening on these end beads is such as to provide a foundation for further weaving of the beads. The bead-work or fabrication of the material may be continued in the following fashion: 'A loop of Wire 8 is threaded through the open lower. ends 7 of one of the loops 4, then through a bead 9, then through the lower end 7- of the adjacent loop of the corresponding pair, then downwardly, as indicated in the drawing, through a bead 10, the end of the loop 8 extending below the bead 10 in such a fashion as to present an open eyelet similar to the lower end 7 of the loops 4. The so other end of the loop 8 passes downwardly through a head 12, similarly located to the bead 10, and the lower extremity 13 is disposed in a manner similar to the other end 11. 95

The drawing indicates two of the loops 8 together with the beads attached to these loops. The corresponding elements are numbered with the same reference characters with a prime attached. It is obvious that any number of beads 6 can be used to start the first horizontal row of beads, and that the string of beads can be made of any length desired; all that is necessary is to provide a sufficient number of beads and loops 8. Further, it will be noted that th general configuration of the bent loops 8 is U-shaped and that the ends adjacent to the loop are sointerlaced as to make a rectangular frame having four beads one on each of the sides of the frame.

It will be noted that'of the bead-work there will be provided twice the numberof wires that it has in the other direction. This is an important feature, as it provides for maximum strength in the direction in which the greatest strains are usually taken.

As Wires are used, there is very little danger of breakage such as in articlesin which thread is used. as at present. The beads themselves are exceedingly strong, and it is very seldom that one will be broken. Any breakage that could occur, whether it will be the breaking of a bead or the breaking of one of th wire loops, will not result in unraveling and consequent destruction of the entire piece of bead-work. This arrangement of making bead-work I have found to be especially well adapted for any structure in which the maximum of flexibility and strength is desired. A fabric: woven in this manner is exceedingly flexible; in fact, a length having four beads in a row can be doubled upon itself, the fabric: being soft in that it presents but little resistance to flexing in any direction. 7 H

This method of arranging and tying the beads is also especially valuable in that artistic designs Without limit can be readily Worked out by selecting beads of diflerent certain of the beads holding the adjacent loops together to continu the fabric laterally.

2. A fabricated material comprising 'a frame formed of loops having open ends small enough to be'upassed through the central orifices of beads, the freeends of the adjacent loops beinginterconne'cted to maintain the components of the frame in assembled relation, certain of the beads hold ing adjacent loops together to continue the fabric laterally.

3. A fabricated material having a flexible frame comp-rising strands of wire shaped to form loops having three sides, the free ends of said loops being small enough to be passed through beads, and meansfor interconnecting the extremities of adjacent loops whereby the heads will be'supported in a series of rows, the beads in certain series being carried on the abutting portions of the contiguous 100 s.

7 MAR EL GODEFROY.

Witnesses: v

Vroaon G; CORMIER, Tnnononn G. HARTWIG.

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