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Description

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Patented January 5, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PELEG AMES CONGDON, OF'CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND.

LACING.

SPECIFICATION forming pant of Letters Patent No. 748,703, dated January 5, 1904.

Application filed February 4. 1902. Serial No. 92.597. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PELEG JAMES CoNGDoN, of Cranston, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacings; and I do hereby declare the following spec fication, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same, lto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The invention relates to lacings for shoes,

corsets, and the like, and particularly to the application of a metallic stiifener to the end of a tubular lacing.

The invention consists of certain features and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a flat tnbu lar lacing embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a flat metallic stiffener. Fig. 3 is a plan View of a portion of a flat tubular lacing with the metallic stiffener inserted in the end thereof. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 1 1, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an edge view showing the end of the lacing folded over. Fig. 6 is a plan View showing the end of the lacing with the lacing and the inclosed stiener bent into U Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line 2 2, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a plan view of a metallic stiffener bent into U form before being inserted into the end of the lacing. Fig. 9 is a plan view, and Fig. 10 an edge view, showing the endof the lacing flattened at right angles to the body of the lacing and cut at an angle. Fig. 11 is a plan view showing a U-shaped stiffener inserted in the end of the lacing shown in Fig. 10. Fig.'12 is a transverse section on the line 3 3, Fig. l1. Fig. 13 is a plan View showing the upper face of the lacing depressed into the opening of the stidener and with the end folded over. Fig. 14 is a transverse section on .the line et 4, Fig. 13. Fig. l5 is a View showing the completed tip; and Fig. 16 is a transverse section on the line 5 5, Fig. 15, Figs. 2 to 16, inclusive, being on a larger scale than Fig. l.

The fabric A of which the lacing is com# posed is a fiattened tubular fabric. A metallic stiffener B, preferably provided with rounded ends, as shown in Fig. 2, is inserted.

, in the end of the .tubular fabric A, with the end of the fabric extending a short distance beyond the end of the stiifener, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The projecting end lof the fabric is then folded over, as shown in Fig. 5, and then the stiener and fabric are rolled or bent into the form shown in` l Figs. 6 and 7. If preferred, the metallic stiffener B may be bent into U form, as shown in Fig. 8, before it is inserted in the end of the tubular fabric, in which case the projecting end of the fabric is folded over and tucked into the opening of the U -shaped stiifener, and the upper side or layer of the body of the fabric is depressed` into said opening, thereby drawing the lower side or layer of the tubular fabric snugly around the U-shaped stiffener, as shown in Fig. 7. Pressure is then applied to cause the edges of the U-shaped stidener to approach each other to close the opening and' complete the tip'into the form shown in Figs. 15 and 16. As will be seen, the metallic stiffener in the completed tip is in the form of a split tube, and the folded-over end of the tubular fabric and the side edges thereof are clamped in the split in the tube, whereby the metallic stiener is firmly and securely held in place in the end of the tubular lacing, and a tip is provided in which the metallic stieneris entirely'concealed from view, being covered and surrounded by the fabric of the lacing.

In Figs. 9 to 16, inclusive, isshown an iinproved method of applying the metallic stiener to a tubular lacing which facilitates the operation and produces a neater appearance in the finished article. The end of the tubular fabric is'flattened at right angles to the body of the fabric, as shown at a, Figs. 9 and l0, and the end of the fabric is then cut diagonally or at an angle, as shown at b in said figures. The end of the fabric is then .flattened'back to its original position and the U-shaped stiffener inserted in the end of the tubular fabric in the position shown in Fig. 11. As will be seen from said figure, there is much less fabric projecting beyond the end of the stiener and less fabric to be folded over, the upper layer of the tubular fabric beyond the end of the stiffener being entirely removed and the lower layer being materially cut away and narrowed. There is therefore only the narrowed end of the lower layer to IOC) the end of the finished tip will be correspond-` ingly sm aller and neater in appearance, while at the same time the folded-over end of the fabric, as well as the side edges thereof, will be firmly clamped and held in the split of the split tube formed by the stiifener, and said stiiener will be securely held in the end of the tubular fabric and will be entirely covered and concealed from view.

While it is preferred for convenience to bend the metallic stiffener in a U shape ,be-

fore it is inserted in the end of the tubular fabric, it will be understood that in both of the methods above described it is immaterial, so far as the main feature of the invention is concerned, whether the stiener be thus first bent or whether the metallic stiifener is inserted in a fiat form into the end of the fabric and the stiffener and fabric then bent or rolled up together.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A tubular lacing having a stiffener inserted in the end of the tubular fabric composing the lacing and held in place therein by having the side edges of the fabric clamped by the stiffener, substantially as described.

2. A tubular lacing having a stiffener inserted in the end of the tubular fabric composing'the lacing and held in place therein by having a folded-over end portion of the fabric and the side edges thereof clamped by the stiifener, substantially as described.

3. A tubular lacing having a stiffener inserted in the end of the tubular fabric composing the lacing, said-stiener being in the form of a split tube with one layer of the fabric tucked in the opening of the tube and with the side edges of the fabric clamped by the tube, substantially as described.'

4. A tubular lacing having a stiener inserted in the end of the tubular fabric composing the lacing with the end of the fabric cut at an angle and with said cut end folded over into and clamped by the stiffener, substantially as described.

5. A lacing-tip comprising a tubular lacing and a plate incased within the tubular fabric end thereof, the two layers of the fabric and the plate forming a unitary longitudinallybent structure, substantially as described.

6. A lacing-tip comprising a tubular lacing and a metallic plate incased within the tubular fabric end thereof having both of its sides covered by the fabric, the two layers of the fabric and the plate forming a unitary longitudinally-bent structure having the fabric covering the longitudinal edges of the plate, substantially as described.

7. A lacing-tip comprising a tubular lacing and a metallic plate incased within the fabric end thereof, said plate and two layers of fabric being compressed transversely to form the lacing-tip, substantially as described.

8. A tubular lacing, short metallic plates in the tubular ends thereof, a single section or portion of the tubular lacing covering both sides of each of said plates, said plates and ends being bent longitudinally of the lacing to present in cross-section au outer covering of fabric, a bent metallic plate and two thicknesses of fabric in the space between the bent portions of the metallic plate, substantially as described.

9. A lacing-tip comprising a tubular lacing and a metallic plate incased within a tubular end thereof, said plate and the layers of said end being pressed together closely, transversely to form the lacing-tip and having the fabric covering the longitudinal edges of the plate, substantially as described.

10. Lacing tips, comprising the tubular ends of a seamless tubular lacing, a short oblong metallic plate snugly fitted in each of said ends when in the flat, said plates and said ends forming when folded longitudinally in the finished product substantially circles in cross-section, substantially as described.

.PELEG JAMES CONGDON.

Witnesses:

W. H. THURs'roN, J. H. THURs'roN.

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