IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PADDED QUILTS AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Armitage, of. Heckmondwike, in the
County of York, Carpet Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PADDED QUILTS AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Sealed the 28th April 1871, and dated the 3rd November 1870.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Armitage at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd November 1870.
I, HENRY ARMITAGE, of Heckmondwike, in the County of York,
Carpet Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PADDED QUILTS AND OTHER ARTICLES,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to those quilts employed as coverings for beds
and to the description of quilts formed in a similar manner to the eider
down quilts, and also to other articles formed in a similar manner, such
as skirts or petticoats.
Previously to my said Invention the said quilts or articles have been
formed by interposing a layer of down and in some cases of silk waste or

page_text: flocks between two sheets or covers of woven fabric, and by then stitching
through the said covers and the interposed layer so as to form a quilt or
other article.
Now in place of such substances or materials as aforesaid I employ
carded wool or a carded mixture of cotton and hair to form the interposed
layer. The said wool is by preference of a fine quality, and may be
derived from articles of wearing apparel, such as wool crossovers, and
the said wool is carded and formed into a lap or fleece which is interposed
between two layers of woven fabric, the combination being stitched as in
the case of the ordinary eider down quilts.
When cotton and hair are employed they are carded in a mixed state
and formed into a lap which is employed in the same manner as in the
case of the wool.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Armitage in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 3rd May 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
ARMITAGE, of Heckmondwike, in the County of York, Carpet Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Henry Armitage, Her special license
that I, the said Henry Armitage, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Armitage, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF PADDED QUILTS OR OTHER ARTICLES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Henry Armitage, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
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page_text: was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Scal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Armitage, 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 relates to quilts or bed coverings of a description similar
to that of the well known "eider down" quilts, and also to other articles
formed in a similar manner, such as, for example, skirts, petticoats, or
other articles of apparel. The said eider down quilts or articles are
formed by interposing a layer of "down" between two sheets or covers
of woven fabric and by stitching through the said covers and interposed
layer of down.
Imitations of or substitutes for the said eider down quilts or articles
have previously to my said Invention been formed by substituting in
some cases silk waste and in other cases flocks for the said down.
Now in place of such substances or materials as aforesaid I employ
carded wool or a carded mixture of cotton and of animal hair to constitute
the inner layer or padding of the said quilts or articles. When
employing wool I prefer that the said wool shall be of a fine quality, and
in order to lessen the cost of the quilts or articles I prefer to employ
material derived from old worn out or disused woollen articles, such as
for example wool crossovers, but new wool may be employed, or a mixture
of new wool and of wool derived as aforesaid.
The said wool is carded in ordinary or suitable carding engines and
is formed into a "bat" or "lap" similarly as in the manufacture of
wadding, and the said bat or lap, or a portion or portions thereof, or
two or more of such bats or laps is or are interposed between two
sheets or layers of woven fabric, and the layers of carded wool and
woven fabric are stitched together as in the case of quilts or articles
made with eider down.
When cotton and animal hair are employed they are mixed together,
and are subsequently carded and formed into a bat or lap, and the said
bat or lap is employed in the same manner as in the case of carded wool.
I prefer to employ hair of a fine or comparatively fine quality such as

page_text: calves hair, and to mix the said hair with the cotton in the proportion
of about two-thirds of the hair to one-third of cotton, but these
proportions may be varied to some extent.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, I would have
it to be understood that I claim, as secured to me by the herein-before
mentioned Letters Patent, the employment of carded wool and of a carded
mixture of cotton and hair, substantially as and for the purposes as
herein-before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Armitage, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this First day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Signed and sealed by the
said Henry Armitage in
the presence of
EDWARD K. DUTTON,
Agent to the Patentee,*
3, Smithy Door,
HENRY ARMITAGE. (L.S.)
Manchester.