US1741392A - Spliced paper reed - Google Patents

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Dec.3-1", 1929. G. B. AMBLER SPLICED PAPER REED Filed Nov. 23 192'? v a J 4 eflw 3 i Patented Dec. 31, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE B. AMBLER, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO F. A. WHITNEY CARRIAGE COMPANY, OF LEOMINSTEE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAS SACHUSETTS SPLICED PAPER REED Application filed November 23, 1927. Serial No. 235,241.

This invention relates to paper reed and to the splicing of the same and the object is to provide a reed of indefinite length independently of the limitation on the length 1n which it can or may be twisted as a unitary piece, which indefinite length of reed is Well adapted for use in looms.

My invention will be well understood by reference to the following description of an illustrative embodiment thereof taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

wherein:

Fig.1 is a side elevation of a reel of reed, part being drawn off and broken away to show successive splices;

Fig. 2 is a View of one end of a length of reed to be spliced illustrating the first step of a preferred method;

Fig. 3 is a similar View illustrating a later step; and

Fig. 4 is a view of the completed splice.

Paper reed, commercially known as fiber, and consisting of a tightly twisted strip of paper compacted with suitable size, as, for r instance, is described in the patents to Shaw 731,714 and 731,715, June 23, 1903, is widely used in the manufacture of wickerware articles such as baby carriages and reed furniture. For such uses it is customarily woven in large webs on power looms. One such loom as noW being used commercially under my supervision is adapted to handle reels containing ninety pounds of fiber. The twisted reed, however. can be manufactured in an unbroken length of only about three pounds and thus a full reel may contain at least thirty knots and each knot is likely to cause stoppage of the loom either accidental or deliberate to prevent a blemish in the fabric.

I am aware that various attempts to piece together lengths of fiber end to end, particularly by means of metal sleeves, have been proposed, but these have not been satisfac- LL metal or like extraneous material is used;

tory and have at best merely minimized thethe location of the splice, and one in which the exposed ends all point in the same direction. This direction in use would be away from the direction of movement of the warps of the drawings, I. have there illustrated a.

strand 5 of paper reed twisted tightly on itself. By this I do not mean to exclude the possibility of a core within the strand although I prefer to utilize a homogeneous reed, but characterize a compact body having the general characteristics of the one-piece integral fiber reed as now commonly known and used. To splice this length of reed 5 to' an adjacent length I preferably form a sort of terminal socket therein and as a convenient method of so doing I may slightly untwist the reed for a short distance adjacent one end as illustrated at 7 in Fig. 2, this being effected by grasping the reed at opposite sides of this location and applying an untwisting strain thereto, as indicated by the arrows. The reed may then be severed along the line 9 and the short end discarded. The untwisted portion of the longer end forms a sort of open socket 11 illustrated in, c

Fig. 3 which may be opened and shaped, if desired, by inserting a suitable pointed instrument 13 therein, as illustrated in that figure. The twisted and compacted end of an adjacent length of fiber 15 may be dipped in glue and inserted into the open end of this socket. The walls of the socket may then be compacted around and about the end of the adjacent length of fabric, this being conveniently effected by smoothing the same thereabout as if to reestablish the original twist or lay of the end, and held by suitable clamps until the adhesive sets. Untwisting the end of the reed exposes relatively flat portions of the paper strip of which it is composed to.

The strength of the which provides but a slight enlargement at i which the glue adheres and which may be pressed down securely on the end of the other piece. As is illustrated in Fig. 1, the splices, s, are made serially so that each length (except the terminal length) of any given coil or supply has a following end, the material of which embraces the compacted leading end of the subsequent length, which end telescopes within such following end of the suc ceeding length. As is apparent from Fig. 4:, the splice forms but a small enlargement of the strand, is smooth with no abrupt shoulders, the exposed ends are all pointed in the same direction, in use to the rear, and the compound strand thus produced is well adapted for use in weaving operations.

"In the case where the supply of reed is knotted as is now customary the loom must be stopped when a knot is. encountered, the knot cut out, and, in the case of the filling strand, the short length of pick thus left in the fabric drawn out and thrown away. This necessitates the stopping of the take-up for this pick and for the next following one so that the fresh filling strand may be put into the proper shed and no sleasiness in the fabric result. By the use of reed spliced as herein described not only is this labor and the stoppage of the machine avoided, but a very considerable waste of stock is done away with.

I have described fully the particular embodiment of my invention shown by way of example in the accompanying drawings: It will be understood that what I have thus illustrated and described in detail is a preferred embodiment of my invention which, however, is not limited to the exact procedure and arrangement shown. What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I shall express in the following claims.

Claims:

1. Twisted paper reed made up from a plurality of lengths, the end of one length telescoped within. and adhesively secured to the end of an adjoining length and the joints between the lengths all pointing in the same direction.

2. Twisted paper reed made up from a plurality of lengths, each length, other than a terminal length, having a tightly compacted body and having an end portion adhesively secured around and about the compacted end of a following length and holding the same in alignment with said body.

3. Twisted paper reed made up from a plurality of lengths united by homogeneous, adhesively formed splices approximating in bulk the body of the reed and having all the exposed end surfaces in said splices pointing in the Same direction throughout the length of the reed.

4:. A spliced paper reed comprising a piece having a body and end twisted on itself and an ad o1n1ng piece having a body twisted on itself and an end twisted over and about the end of the first piece and adhering thereto.

5. A spliced paper reed comprising a piece having a body twisted on itself and having the material at the end thereof separated from the axis, lying around and about the coaXially presented twisted end of an adjacent piece and adhering thereto.

6. A spliced paper reed comprising two pieces having body portions each twisted on itself, the twist of the end of one piece being unlaid to provide relatively fiat portions, said portions being spread over and closely secured by adhesive to the end of the other piece.

7. A method of splicing paper reed which consists in untwisting the end of one piece to provide a socket and compacting and ad hesively securing the walls of said socket about the twisted end of another piece.-

8. A method of splicing paper reed which consists in untwisting a part of one piece, severing the untwisted portion to provide a socket and compacting and adhesively securing the walls of said socket about the twisted end of another piece.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE B. AMBLE'R.

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