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D LLOY B- E' SAM THE `ING MAK

METHOD v AND ICL . ART

NEY TOR A T Patented Jan. l5, 1924.

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:MARSHALL B. LLOYD, OF MENOMINEE, MCHGAN, SSIGNQR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- IYKENTS, TO LEVI H. GREENWOOD AND GEDRGE A. KEYWOETH, BOTH OE GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, .AND WILLIAM E. HOLMAN, OF LEOMINSTEE, VIASSACHUSETTS,

TRUSTEES. y

REED ARTICLE AND METHCD OE MAKING THE SAME.

Application filed July 13, 1921. ySerial No. 484,394.

To all whom t may] concern Be it known that I, MARSHALL B. LLoYp, a citizen of the United States. and a resident of Menominee, county of Menominee,

and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new, useful, and Improved ReedArticleand Method of lilaking the Same, ofy which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to the pro# duction of woven reed articles by the general method disclosed in my prior Patents Nos. 1.243,079, 1,243,080, 1,248,081 and 1,243,082, that is to say to a reed article which is composed in part of the frame and in part of a woven reed fabric of the `kind defined in my former patents, and which embodies a reed or reed-like fabric formed independently of the frame and thereafter applied thereto. More specifically, my invention relates to the production of woven -reed articles from' strips of fabric from which it is desired to produce tubular `articles.

ln making articles embodying therein an independently woven'recd fabric. i. e..a

. stake and strand fabric whether' of the natural reed or so-called fibre reed. I find it highly desirable to aiiix metallic `binder strips tothe edge portions of the fabric. rihese metallic binder strips serve a number of very useful and important purposes, suchfor example as preventing disintegration of the fabric, in facilitating manipula# tion of the fabric, and in making easy the metallic edge binders. however, as heretofore used. are objectionable in that their presence is readily detected and serve to mar the beauty of the article. Since reed articles are designed quite as much-'for beauty for utility this is a serious objection.

lt is an object of my invention to provide a reed article and a method of making the same wherein a metallic edge binder can be successfully used and, at the same time, in the completed article, shall be wholly invisible.

My invention also consists inan article of manufacture, and in the steps, acts and stated sequence thereof whereby the above named objects, together with others that will appear hereinafter are attainable, and

application of the fabric to the frame.' Such my inve'ntionwillbe more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate what i consider at the present time to be the preferred embodiment thereof.l i

I In` `said drawings:

.i Fig. lis a View of a piece of woven reed or reed-likefabric having metallic edge binders thereon.

2 is an enlarged sectional view substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a view of the fabric shownin Fig. lfbut with one of theA metallic edge binders folded `back upon one side of the fabric. *Y i i 4 is a view illustrating the next step in the operation ofproducing the article, shown in Fig. 6.' n f Fig'. 'is an enlarged sectional View substantially on the line ko of Fig.V

Fig. 6 is perspective viewy of a completed article of manufacture formed in accordance with my invention; and

7 isan enlarged sectional view substantially on the line 7*'7 of Fig. 6.

- yTheffabric which isgshown in the drawings may be wovenin any desired manner and while it isa' stake and strand fabric, it may `bc-composed*either of the natural reed, fibre reed'or-ithe like. 'It comprises the typical spaced stakes Lover and under; which filler strands 2 are woven. To the ends of thefabric are 'affixed metallic binder strips 8 'and 4. These binder strips. as is well shown 'in'k "Figs 2 and 5, are U-shaped in cross-sectiomthusforming a channel for they reception of the ends 2 and 2, respectively. ofthe .filler strands. These metallic edge binders are firmly pressed upon the filler strands and therefore tightly `grip them` and positivelyprevent any loosening of the fabric or displacement of the contiguous stakes.

`As by way of illustration. and not by way of limitation I have depicted the manufacture of a tray. the vertical outer wall of which is tubular in form and which is manufactured from the fiat strip of woven fabric previously described.

After aiiixing the metallic edge binders to the fabric l fold the binder strip 3 backwardly toward one face of the fabric and the hinder Strip 4 backwardly toward the opposite face. In folding 'theseback,vhoyv ever, 'they are not tightly 'pressed against the fabric, but are slightly separated to form intermediate spaces 5 and 6, respectively, which spaces are ,substantially the thickness Vof the binder strips.

The difference bettveen Figs. 3 and 4 iS that Fig. 4 is slightly enlarged and also shows the upper part of :a portion of a ystrip cut to form the undulatory line marked 7 which is purely for ornamental purposes.

The strip of fabric is now in condition to be bent or shaped into tubular 1form which is accomplished by bringingthe ends of the produced in this manner very quickly and at loW cost and at the same time are -adniirably adapted for the purpose intended. The quality of durability does not '-ifn any sense affect adversely the ornamental appearance of the device, Whichis so v7much desired in articles composed of Woven reed.

'It will be understood that the fabric is secured to the frame 8 bu-t since this may be accomplished in Well-known manner 'no description will be given.

lThe cross partitions 9 and 1-'0 and the bottom ll form no part of lthe-present vinvention and 'have been illustrated merely to show the article in completed form,

I claim: f

l. The herein 'described method of 'pro'- ducing Woven reed articles of tubular forml from non-tubular fabric that consists in providing a non-tubular piece lof Woven reed Y fabric or the like, securing metallic binder strips to opposite end .portions thereof, forming the fabric to tubular shape, meantime folding one metallic fbinder strip back-v Wardly toward one face lof the fabric, and

folding the other -metallic binder strip backwardly toward the opposite face of the fabric, and in interlocking the binder strips one with the other.

2. The herein described method of producing Woven reed articles of tubular form from non-tubular fabric that consists in providing a non-tubular piece of Woven Areed fabric or the like, securing vmetallic binder strips to opposite end portions thereof, forming the fabric to tubular shape around a frame, meantime folding one metallic binder strip backwardly toward one face 'of the fabric, and folding the other metallic binder strip backwardly toward the Opposite face of the fabric, and in interlocking the binder strips one With the other.

3. They herein described method of producing woven reed articles of tubular form from non-tubular fabric that consistsV in providing anon-tubular piece of Woven reed fabric -or 'the like, securing metallic binder strips to opposite end Aportions thereof, forming the fabric to tubular shape, meantime folding one metallic binder strip backtvardly toward one face of the fabric, and folding the other metallic binder strip backvvardly toward the opposite face of the fabric, and in interlocking the binder vstrips one with rthe other, the binder strips being of such size and -being folded back such a distance that When interlocked the stakes are substantially uniformly spaced throughout.

4. The herein described method of producing Woven reed articles of tubular form from non-'tubularl fabric that consists in provid-ing a non-tubular piece of Woven reed lfabric or the like, securing metallic binder strips to opposite end portions thereof, forming the fabric to tubular shape, meantimefolding one metallic binder strip backwardly toward one face of the fabric, folding the other metallic binder strip back- Wa'rdly toward the opposite face of the fabric,- both binder strips being folded back a distance sufficient to hide them When the fabric is viewed from the end, and in interlocking the 'binder strips, one with the other.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set lily-hand, this 30th day of June, 1921.

MARSHALL B. LLOYD.

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