Improvements in Sheets for Beds.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application; 17th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1891-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
. Improvements in Sheets for Beds.
I, JACOB WALLENSTEIN, of 28 Cheapside, in the City of London, Manu-
facturer and Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SHEETS FOR BEDS" to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the ornamentation of that part of the sheet or
sheets-which is usually visible when a bed is "made" and ready for occupation and
provides for the use of woven or printed patterns, either in colours or otherwise in
such manner as to form an ornamental and decorative border preferably of
considerable width on that part of the sheet which is turned down over the counter-
pane and also, if desired, on the corresponding part of the other sheet which is used
to cover the pillow.
According to my invention I weave the sheets, or the material of which they are
to be made, in the usual manner, that is to say, plain or twilled as the case may be,
until I come to within about two feet, more or less, of the end of the sheet,,and
from this point I weave a damask or other pattern either with or without the
introduction of colour.
For cheaper qualities the pattern may be printed on plain woven material so as
to imitate the effect produced by weaving.
Beds made up with sheets bordered according to my invention have a very
artistic effect and give an appearance of sumptuous refinement and cultivation which
is unattainable with the ordinary plain sheets..
-Dated the 17th day of October 1890.
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sheets for Beds.
I, JACOB, WALLENSTEIN, of 28 Cheapside, in the City of London, Manu-
facturer and Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-.
: :
My invention has for its object the ornamentation of that part of the sheet, or
sheets, which is usually visible when a bed is "made "and ready for occupation,
and provides for the use of woven or printed patterns, either in colours or otherwise
in such manner as to form an ornamental and decorative border, or band, preferably
of considerable width on that part of the sheet which is turned down over the
counterpane and also, if desired, on the corresponding part of the other sheet which
is used to cover the pillow.
According to my invention I weave the sheets, or the material of which they are
to be made, in the usual manner, that is to say plain or twilled as the case may be,
until I come to within about two or three feet, more or less, of the end of the sheet,
and from this point I weave a damask or other pattern either with or without the
introduction of colour.
For this purpose I employ a loom capable of weaving a pattern such as I design
to produce, a Jacquard loom answers well although any other kind of loom capable
of producing the pattern required may be employed. I then weave the body of the
sheet with the usual plain, or twilled arrangement, as may be desired of the
and weft, and I so arrange the loom that when that part of the fabric is reached
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page_text: which is to be ornamented, the loom is so operated as to produce the pattern
required.
When it is desired to produce a coloured ornamentation I employ a loom which
is arranged to substitute when required a shuttle carrying a thread of appropriate
colour or a series of shuttles each carrying its special colour according as a pattern
of one or more colours is required.
For cheaper qualities the pattern may be printed or plain woven material so as to
imitate the effect produced by weaving.
To effect this I take a sheet woven throughout, plain or twilled as usual, and
print in the manner usually employed in printing on cotton or linen fabric as the
case may be, on the part thereof already indicated, such pattern, preferably a
design in imitation of a woven ornamentation, as may be required.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1, represents one of my improved sheets,
A is the plain portion thereof woven in the usual manner such as plain or twilled.
B is the ornamental woven or printed border, or band, forming that portion of the
sheet which is to be "turned down" and which is therefore visible when the bed is
prepared and ready for occupation.
It will be obvious that the ornamental band or border may if desired be made of
special design embodying for instance the family arms or crest or other appropriate
device.
Beds made up with sheets bordered according to my invention have a very artistic
effect and give an appearance of sumptuous refinement and cultivation which is
unattainable with the ordinary, that is to say, plain sheets.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The manufacture of sheets for beds with an ornamental self or coloured border
or band woven in that part of the sheet which is exposed to view when the bed is
"turned down" ready for occupation substantially in the manner and for the purpose
hereinbefore described and set forth.
2. The manufacture of sheets made in imitation of those mentioned in Claim one,
by printing a border or band of an ornamental character in the position and for the
purpose and in the manner herein before described and set forth.
Dated the 16th day of July 1891.
J. WALLENSTEIN.