Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1887
Complete necification Left, 4th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 31st Aug., 1888
I, JAMES EDELSTON, of Manchester Mill, Preston, in the county of Lancaster,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvements relate to weaving, and have for object the production of figures
on woven fabrics in such manner that the same may be of one or more colours, kind,
or kinds of weaving, while the ground or non-figured portion shall be of another
colour, kind or kinds of weaving, thus producing a sharp contrast, between the figure
produced and the surface upon which it is laid.
To accomplish this and to effect my improvements, I employ two sets of warp
threads, either on one beam or on separate beams, one set of one colour, kind, or
thickness to form the ground, and the other set of another colour, kind, or thickness
to form figure. The ground warp is a full warp, but the figure warp may either be a
warp of one end to one end of ground warp, one end to two ends of ground warp, or
otherwise proportioned, according to the class of work required.
One shuttle need only be employed, although two or more could be used for special
purposes.
The shuttle thread is prefered to match the ground warp, which warp may be
actuated by the jacquard or other motion, so as to weave plain cloth, twills, or other or
combined ground weaving, and, when figure is not required, the figure warp is in like
or similar manner so actuated but these actuations take place at alternate picks or
motions of the loom. The result of this will be that, while such is proceeding, a
double fabric is produced, the ground warp forming one face thereof, and the figure
warp the other as will be readily understood.
When it is desired to form figure, the requisite threads of the figure warp are
raised, or depressed, as the case may be, at the same pick or motion as the ground warp
is actuated, and such figure warp threads may be floated at various lengths to form
pattern on the surface. By this means the two fabrics are stitched together at the

page_text: points where such figure warp threads are raised, or depressed, to form pattern, and
at all other points, being woven into a separate fabric, the ground warp presents a
solid woven effect which forms a result of a novel and effective character.
Variations in detail of actuation and of design may be made without departing from
the peculiar character of the invention, which mainly consists in the employment of
figure warp threads, which are floated on the surface of a woven ground, to make
figures thereon, and in the intervals between such figures are employed in weaving a
separate fabric behind such ground woven surface.
Dated this 7th day of October 1987
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester,
Agent.

page_text: I, JAMES EDELSTON, of Manchester Mill, Preston, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer, 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 :-
The improvements relate to weaving, and have for object the production of figures
on woven fabrics in such manner that the same may be of one or more colours, kind
or kinds of weaving, while the ground or non-figured portion shall be of another
colour, kind or kinds of weaving, thus producing a sharp contrast between the figure
produced and the surface upon which it is laid.
To accomplish this and to effect my improvements, I employ two sets of warp
threads, as shewn in the accompanying drawings, either on one beam or on separate
beams, one set as at a, a, being of one colour, kind, or thickness to form the ground,
and the other set as at b, b, being of another colour, kind, or thickness to form figure.
The ground warp a a, is a full warp, but the figure warp b, b, may either be a warp of
one end to one end of ground warp, one end to two ends of ground warp as shewn,
or otherwise proportioned according to the class of work required.
One shuttle need only be employed, although two or more could be used for special
purposes. The shuttle thread is prefered to match the ground warp a a, which warp
may be actuated by the jacquard or other motion so as to weave plain cloth, twills, or
other or combined ground weaving, and when figure is not required the figure warp
is in like or similar or in any known manner so actuated, but these actuations take
place at alternate or different picks or motions of the loom. The result of this is
that, while such alternate or differentiated weaving is proceeding, a double fabric is
produced, the ground warp a, a, forming one face thereof, and the figure warp b, b, the
other, as will be readily understood.
When it is desired to form figure, the requisite threads of the figure warp b, b, are
raised or depressed as the case may be, at the same pick or motion as the ground warp
is actuated, and such figure warp threads b, b, may be floated at various lengths to
form pattern on the surface. By this means the two fabrics are stitched together at
the points where such figure warp threads are raised or depressed to form pattern,
and at all other points, being woven into a separate fabric, the ground warp a, a,
presents a solid woven effect which forms a result of a novel and effective character.
The improvements may be applied wholly across the piece of the fabric being
woven, or may be aplied in portions for the production of striped goods, or
otherwise, and may be combined with any other form of weaving.
The warp threads b, b, which are employed to form the figure may be actuated
when producing the alternate or differentiated weaving at the back in such manner as
to make plain weaving, twills, or regular or irregular floated fabrics according to the
nature of the cloth desired. And other variations in detail of actuation and of design
may be made without departing from the peculiar character of the invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,―
The employment of figure warp threads which are floated on the surface of a woven
ground, for the purpose of producing figures thereon, and in the intervals between
such figures are employed in weaving a separate fabric of regular or irregular actua-
tion behind such woven ground surface aforesaid, in manner substantially as herein
described.
DL: a1
L LL 1000
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester,
Agent.