AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF RAISED OR CUT PILED FABRICS FROM CERTAIN MATERIALS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Frederick Henson, of Ledbury Road,
Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF RAISED OR CUT PILED FABRICS FROM CERTAIN
MATERIALS."
Sealed the 8th July 1878, and dated the 2nd May 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Frederick
Henson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 2nd May 1873.
I, WILLIAM FREDERICK HENSON, of Ledbury Road, Bayswater, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for the "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF RAISED OR CUT PILED FABRICS FROM
CERTAIN MATERIALS," to be as follows (that is to say):
My Invention has reference to the manufacture of raised, cut, or
velvet piled fabrics in imitation of velvets, terry, plush, or similar goods

page_text: suitable for upholstery or other purposes, such as for carriage linings
and ribbon trimmings, curtains, rugs, carpets, table covers, couch, chair,
or other covers or ornamental fabrics; also for waistcoats, mantles, caps,
or other articles of wearing apparel; and consists in forming or pro-
ducing by the usual means the face or raised pile of the said fabrics of
alpaca in lieu of silk, cotton, or other substances hitherto employed,
whereby a more durable and less expensive article is obtained than by
the manufacture of the ordinary articles in use, the said alpaca being
woven in union with other substances as may be found desirable for
forming the alpaca velvets, as above described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Frederick Henson in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 29th October 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
FREDERICK HENSON, of Ledbury Road, Bayswater, in the County of 1
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of May, in the year of
our Lord. One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give 2
and grant unto me, the said William Frederick Henson, Her special
licence that I, the said William Frederick Henson, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Frederick Henson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at a
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 "THE MANUFACTURE OF RAISED OR CUT
PILED FABRICS FROM CERTAIN MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst a
others) that I, the said William Frederick Henson, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the

page_text: 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 Frederick Henson, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement (that is to say) :-
My Invention has reference to the manufacture of raised, cut, or
velvet piled fabrics, such as velvets, terry, plush, or similar goods suitable
for upholstery, wearing apparel, and other purposes; also for carriage
trimmings and linings, curtains, rugs, carpets, table covers, couch, chair,
or other covers, either in plain or ornamental textures; as also for
waistcoats, mantles, caps, hats, crape, side springs for boots and shoes,
mats, bags, tobacco pouches, bookbinding, and other similar useful
purposes; and consists in forming or producing the face or nap of the
said raised or cut pile velvet fabrics of alpaca or mohair yarn in lieu of
silk, cotton, or other substances hitherto employed, whereby a more
durable and less expensive article is obtained than by the ordinary
materials in use.
In conclusion to the foregoing description I would here briefly note
that the said alpaca or mohair velvets and other fabrics, as above
described, may be woven by the ordinary methods and machinery in use
for the said purposes; thus alpaca or mohair velvets may be woven
throughout with either or both of the said substances, or with an alpaca
or mohair face, or a mixture of the same in combination with other
materials, such as silk, wool, or otherwise, as may be found desirable.
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
intend by any means to confine myself to the precise details herein-
before set forth and described, as the same may be otherwise varied
without departing from the general principle of this my said Invention ;
nor do I claim as new and of my said Invention the exclusive use of
the several substances, combinations, and processes above referred to,
except when the same are employed in and for the
purposes of
my said

page_text: Invention, which I hereby declare to consist in the exclusive right of
manufacturing velvets or similar fabrics, as aforesaid, of alpaca or mohair
yarn or combinations thereof with other substances, in the manner and
for the purposes herein-before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Frederick Henson, have i
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of
October, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three.