IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OE TEXTILE FABRICS IN IMITATION OF SEAL SKIN
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Godard Bottrill, of the Firm of Field and
Bottrill, of Skelmanthorpe, near Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OE TEXTILE FABRICS IN IMITATION OF SEAL SKIN."
Sealed the 14th May 1880, and dated the 18th November 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Godard Bottrill
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th November 1879.
THOMAS GODARD BOTTRILL, of the Firm of Field and Bottrill, of Skelmanthorpe,
near Huddersfield, in the County of York, Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE FABRICS IN IMITATION OF SEAL SKIN."
This Invention relates to fabrics which are made in imitation of seals skin.
Hitherto all attempts to manufacture fabric in imitation of seals skin have failed
to resemble the skin satisfactorily, and this failure has arisen in consequence of the
material used, and in the methods and processes of "finishing" them.
Now my Invention is intended to manufacture fabric composed of material that
will produce an effect in imitation of seal's skin which has not hitherto been
obtained, and this I accomplish by using either in the warp or weft that kind of
silk known as "
tussah," the remainder of the material used being cotton or other
material.
In order to obtain the "sheen" effect on this class of goods I use a small brush
in the "tipping" operation, which I rub over the material irregularly and leave it
thus, and not smooth off in one direction as at present; the fabric may also be
heated whilst in a compressed condition.
By these combined means and methods I obtain materials in imitation of seal
skin hitherto impossible.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Thomas Godard Bottrill in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th May 1880.
THOMAS GODARD BOTTRILL, of the Firm of Field and Bottrill, of Skelmanthorpe,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
near Huddersfield, in the County of York, Manufacturer.
MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE FABRICS IN IMITATION OF SEAL SKIN."
This Invention relates to the production of a new or improved fabric in
imitation of seal skin. Hitherto all attempts to manufacture fabrics in imitation of
seal skin have only had partial success in consequence of the unfitness of the
material employed for the purpose, and of the defective process of finishing.
In order to produce more perfect imitations of the natural skin than have
hitherto been obtained, I employ the material known as "tussah" silk for either
the warp or weft, either of which may be worked up into the pile or fur, the
remainder of the material, which forms the body, being of cotton or other
fibre.
In order to obtain the "sheen" effect on the face of the fabric I employ a brush
in the "tipping" operation, and instead of brushing the fibres in one direction, as is
now done, I brush the fibre irregularly, and they may also be heated in the
compressed state or otherwise. By my Invention the material produced is a more
perfect imitation of seal skin than any produced by the ordinary material and mode
of manufacture.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which
the same may be carried into practice most advantageously, I would have it under-
stood that what I consider to be new and therefore claim as my Invention is,―
The use of tussah silk in combination with the tipping operation in the
manufacture of material in imitation of seal skin, substantially as herein
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Godard Bottrill, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
DT DOTTRILL
THOMAS GODDARD BOTTRILL (IS)