A New or Improved Method of Manufacturing Towels, Bath-sheets, Napkins, and other Textile Fabrics or Articles having Headings, with Letters, Names, Crests, Monograms, and other Embellish- ments.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct.. 1891-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of Manufacturing Towels, Bath-sheets,
Napkins, and other Textile Fabrics or Articles having Headings,
with Letters, Names, Crests, Monograms, and other Embellish-
ments.
We, JOHN HOTHERSALL, trading under the style or firm of J. Hothersall and
Company, of 42 Corporation Street, Manchester, Manufacturer and Merchant, and
JOHN KIPPAX of 15 Hartington Road, Bolton, Manager, both in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :—
This invention relates to a new or improved method of weaving fancy figured or
other headings for towels, bath-sheets, napkins, and other textile fabrics made from
cotton, silk, woollen, worsted, linen, jute, or other substances, with or without
letters, names, devices, crests, monograms, and other embellishments, and consists in
weaving the headings lengthwise in a loom; each heading having a specially
arranged cloth for attachment to towels, bath-sheets, and other textile fabrics or
articles made from cotton, silk, woollen, worsted, linen, jute, and other substances.
This invention also consists in weaving or providing headings with names, letters,
devices, crests, monograms, and other embellishments, or in weaving the latter
separately and attaching them by stitching to the fancy figured or other headings
or articles.
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Fig. 1 is a part front view of a "terry or other towel provided with our
improved fancy figured heading, and Fig. 2 is a section through same showing
method of attaching headings.
The towel-A is woven with a single cloth B, and the heading C with the single
cloth D, the ends of which are turned in and placed together as shown, in which
position they are stitched on each side or edge by a stitching machine in such a
manner as to form the frets E or otherwise.
When manufacturing the headings C we can weave thereon names, letters,
devices, crests, monograms, and other embellishments, similar to those shown or
others. This we effect by means of jacquard cards cut for each letter or other
device, and place them in position to represent the words, letters, or device required
to be woven, which enables us to weave on one or both sides of the heading as
desired. To produce this system of lettering and other devices only a small
jacquard machine necessary, whereas under the old system two large machines are
required and fresh cards to be cut for every name or device desired. By this
method of producing letters and other devices we can weave the same on separate
pieces of cloth as in Fig. 8, which can be attached to headings of towels, bath-
sheets, napkins, belts, jerseys, and other articles. By weaving headings lengthwise
in a loom it enables us to get designs and cards cut for each separate letter, and
when a fresh word or name is to be woven the said letter cards can be re-arranged-
as in type se ting for printing-to make any name or lettering as desired, thus
allowing of a large amount of lettering being woven with the same cards. This
will dispense with the old method of cutting fresh cards for each different name or
lettering.
This invention also permits us to weave any number of different letters, after
which they can be cut off and stitched on the headings, belts, jerseys, and any other

page_text: Our invention allows of the headings being woven with any kind of ornamentation
on the front side, and of being provided with names, letters, or devices on the
opposite side, which can be attached by stitching as before described. If desired
the letters, words, or devices can be woven or attached to one or both sides.
Fig. 3 is a part front or back view of a bath-sheet or towel with our improved
fancy figured heading with the name of an hotel woven thereon, and Fig. 4 is a
section through same showing method of attaching heading.
In this arrangement the single cloth B of the towel A is placed over the single
cloth D of the heading C, the ends or edges of which are stitched together by a
machine in such a manner as to form the frets E or otherwise, by which the piecing
is almost as perfect as if the headings were woven in the ordinary manner.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view of our improved manufacture of headings provided with
a two-fold open edged cloth, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of heading with only one
edge provided with a two-fold edged cloth.
In this arrangement the towels and the borders or fringed ends are woven with
ends of single cloth, which are inserted in the two-fold open edged cloth G on the
heading C, and are secured together by a stitching machine or other means.
Other systems of attaching headings and names, letters, or devices may be
adopted.
An important feature of this invention is that the headings are woven lengthwise
in the loom, so that a number can be woven at once according to the width of the
loom, which may be of such a width that one loom weaving headings, letters, words,
and devices will be sufficient to supply ten or more looms weaving the plain parts of
towels, bath-sheets, and other textile articles.
The headings after being woven lengthwise in a loom can be placed or attached:
crosswise on the towels, bath-sheets, or other textile articles, or lengthwise on the
same, or entirely round the same which may be necessary in the case of napkins or
other articles.
This method of weaving headings, letters, words, and devices separately, and the
means of attachment is of considerable value, as it enables the same to be woven at
a comparatively small cost, which under the old or present system of weaving is
almost impossible at any cost. If desired we can weave headings with names,
letters, devices, crests, monograms, and other embellishments on each side of the
loom with the other part of a towel, bath-sheet, or other textile articles in the
middle or between the headings, or the headings may be woven on the side and the
names, letters, devices, crests, monograms, and other embellishments in any part of
the middle portion of the towel, bath-sheet, or other textile articles.
In this adaptation of our invention the cloth and headings are woven the required
length with a short width or length of plain or other cloth for cutting by, after
which the raw edges can be stitched over or hemmed on each side.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. Weaving fancy figured or other headings for towels, bath-sheets, napkins, and
other textile fabrics lengthwise in a loom, with or without words, letters, devices,
crests, monograms, and other embellishments, and the means of attachment,
substantially as described.
2. Weaving fancy figured or other headings for towels, bath-sheets, napkins, and
other textile fabrics with a two-fold open edged cloth, with or without words,
letters, devices, crests, monograms, and other embellishments, substantially as t
described.
3. Weaving, lengthwise in a loom, words, letters, devices, crests, monograms, and
other embellishments for attachment to headings of towels, bath-sheets, napkins,
belts, jerseys, and other fabrics, substantially as described.
4. Weaving, lengthwise in a loom, letters which can be cut up to form names and 5

page_text: attached separately to the headings of towels, bath-sheets, napkins, belts, jerseys,
and other articles, substantially as described.
Dated the 3rd October 1891
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.