US403084A - Plume - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

W. E. BARNES.

PLU'ME.

No. 403,084. PatentedMay 14, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM E. BARNES, OF FLORENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PLUME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,084, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed August 13,1888. Serial No. 282,634. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. BARNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Florence, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Plumes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to plumes made from wool, the object being to so improve the construction of such articles that they can be produced more economically than heretofore and of a more useful and attractive quality; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts constituting said plumes, all as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wool plume constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the plume center, showing portions of the wool in section applied thereto and the manner of securing the wool to said center, the outline form of the plume, when completed, being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a plume differing in form and manner of arranging the wool thereof from that shown in Fig. 1, all as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, 2 indicates the center of the plume, consisting, preferably, of two wires twisted together having a length considerably less than the completed plume, in order that the larger end thereof may consist of wool only, both on account of the better finished appearance ofthe same and in the cluster construction particularly, to prevent the hard substance of the center from scratching and injuring any article on which it may be used. Said center 2 has the wires of its outer end separated, as shown in Fig. 2, one of which is bent downward, and the other one has a hook, 3, formed thereon. In the finished plume, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, ametallic cap, 4, having a slot in its covered end, is placed over the outer end of said center, allowing the hook 3 thereon to protrude through said slot, thereby providing convenient means for attaching a hook-such as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1or other device, whereby the plume is suspended on the sides of a bridle or in any other place, as may be desired.

When the plume is used, as is frequently the case, in a horizontal or in a vertical position, its capped end is suitably secured to any convenient rosette-like part or in a diskshaped base.

It will be observed by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 that the wool part of the plume there shown consists of several overlying tufts or sections, a, b, and c, and that said tufts are of varying lengths, the tufts a being the shorter, the tuft b lying over tuft a and longer than the latter, and the outer tuft, 0, having suificient length to envelop both of said inner tufts.

For plumes of one color only the foregoing is the preferable construction, although since said three wool portions or tufts all ter minate at the larger end of the plume they may consist of different colorsas, for instance, red for a, white for b, and blue for athus making a desirable combination of colors looking at said larger end.

The arrangement of the wool on the center in producing the plume shown in Fig. 3 is somewhat different from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in that the overlying tuft 2 thereof is only partially covered by the next upper tuft e, and the latter is only partially covered by the upper tuft f. This last-described arrangement provides for applying several colors of Wool to the center, (cl, (2, and f being of different colors,) the outer surfaces of which are all exposed, thus providing a most pleasing effect.

In making the above-described plumes the latter ordinarily contain more wool, to better fit them for the use for which they are intended; but the construction of the bodies of both articles is substantially identical, and is as follows: The said center 2 is held, preferably, between the centers of a lathe,whereby a rotary motion may be imparted to it. The wool applied to said center is assorted to provide the several successive lengths or tufts above referred to, and a coil of fine windingwire, 5, or cord is provided near said center, one end of which may be conveniently attached thereto, as shown in Fig. 2. The operator then applies portions of wool onto said center while the latter revolves, laying them under said winding wire or cord untilenough shall have been so applied to form the entire lower tuft, a or d, of the plume, and proceeds in like manner to form the successive tufts until all shall have been secured to the cen-' ter, When the larger end is trimmed or cut to proper shape and the upper end finished as may be desired.

The above-described manner of making \vool plumes provides conveniences for employing a variety of colors in their manufacture not heretofore enjoyed, and permits of dyeing the Wool, if desired, after securing it onto the center 2, as the latter is unaffected by the hot dye used in dyeing the Wool. It is obvious that WOOCl or other suitable similar material may be substituted for the semirigid twisted Wire center 2, if desired, if it possess sufficient rigidity to cause the plume to malntain a proper form.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. A plume consisting of a center piece, sub stantially as described, having several successive tufts of W001, one above the other, socured thereto by a Winding-Wire, the outer one of said tufts enveloping the inner ones, but all having the same terminal lengtl1,substantially as set forth.

H. A. OHAPIN, WM. S. BELLoWs.

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