CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WARP-LOOPED FABRICS
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Winter, of Carlton Hill, in the County of
Nottingham, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WARP-LOOPED FABRICS."
Sealed the 19th October 1855, and dated the 21st April 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Winter at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
April 1855.
I, WILLIAM WINTER, of Carlton Hill, in the County of Nottingham, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WARP-LOOPED FABRICS" to be as follows
(that is to say):-
My Invention, which has reference chiefly to those kinds of warp-looped
fabrics which are called silk taffetas and Lisle web, but is also applicable to
other warp-looped fabrics, consists,
Firstly, in a mode of ornamenting the said fabrics by means of interwoven
spots or figures in suitable varieties of color.

page_text: And, secondly, in the mode of effecting this object, which I do by introducing
into the machinery for weaving the said fabrics three additional wheels, which
actuate corresponding bars suitably adjusted, for working the threads to
compose the said interwoven spots or ornamental figures.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Winter in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th October 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
WINTER, of Carlton Hill, in the County of Nottingham, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Winter, Her special licence that I, the said William
Winter, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Winter, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WARP-LOOPED FABRICS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Winter, by an instru-
ment in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Winter, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):-
My Invention, which has reference chiefly to those kind of warp-looped

page_text: which are called silk taffetas and Lisle web, but is also applicable to other
warp-looped fabrics, consists,-
Firstly, in a mode of ornamenting the said fabrics by means of interwoven
spots or figures in suitable varieties of color.
And, secondly, in the mode of effecting this object, which I do by introducing
into the machinery for weaving the said fabrics three wheels, which actuate
corresponding bars suitably adjusted, for working the threads to compose the
said interwoven spots or ornamental figures.
But in order that these my said improvements may be more fully understood
and readily carried into effect, I now proceed to describe more definitely the
nature of this my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be
performed (that is to say) :-
In the manufacture of my improved warp-looped fabrics, several bars are
required for producing the interwoven ornamental figure or device when any
great variety of colour is required for producing the said pattern or design;
but for inserting or forming the spot alone, during the process of weaving, three
bars may be found sufficient, the upper and lower ones producing or forming
the body warp or fabric of the silk taffeta or Lisle thread web, whilst the central
bar forms the interwoven spot, by causing the threads to traverse backwards
and forwards through the intervention of the said wheel in connection there-
with. I employ also in connection with the said bars and wheels the ordinary
guide leads, thread rollers, and pins, on which the arms of the guide bars slide,
together with the bracket, upon which the said pins are secured to the front
square bar. The top and bottom bars above mentioned contain full sets of
guides, whilst the central bar is furnished with only sufficient guides for the
formation of the pattern.
In conclusion to the foregoing description I would here briefly remark, that
in place of the traversing thread bars and wheels above mentioned, the jacquard
may be employed to produce the same effect in the warp-looped fabrics. My
improved fabrics, as herein-before particularly described, are applicable to
the manufacture of gloves, and to other purposes for which such fabrics are
usually employed.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of this my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed and carried
into effect, I would have it clearly understood that I do not by any means
confine myself to the precise details herein-before described, as the saine might
be varied without departing from the general principle of these my said
improvements; but that which I do claim as new and of my said Invention is,

page_text: the introduction of interwoven spots or other ornamental figures or devices of
any colour into warp-looped fabrics, but especially those known as silk taffeta
or Lisle thread web, during the process of weaving, in the manner and for the
purposes herein-before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Winter, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
WILLIAM WINTER. (L.B.)
Witness,
FRED R. D. CAMPBELL,
Clerk to Messrs. Weatherdon & Co.,
77, Chancery Lane.