A New or Improved Treatment or Finish" of Stockinette. Fabrics.
Year: 1886

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A New or Improved Treatment or Finish" of Stockinette.
Fabrics.
We, GEORGE LENDRUM, of the firm of. Joseph Mellor and Sons, of Thongsbridge,
Yorkshire, Manufacturers, and DAVID FREDERICK COCKS; of Friday Street, London,
Middlesex, Merchant do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED TREATMENT OR "FINISH" OF STOCKINETTE FABRICS," to be as follows:
Our invention relates to that class of fabric known as stockinettes and which are
produced in the French or circular loom.
Our improvements in such fabrics consist in treating or finishing them so that
one side thereof shews a witneyed' or napped" surface, whereby such fabrics
possess the features of two well known fabrics-viz-a stockinette on one side and
an ordinary witney or napped cloth on the other side.
:
In order to carry out our invention we produce the stockinette fabric in the
ordinary manner and it may be manufactured of yarn composed entirely of cotton
or entirely of wool, or the two fibres may be mixed or blended, or the said yarn
inay be composed of any other suitable materials well known in the trade for
similar or like purposes. The 'backing' of the fabric is composed of woollen or an
admixture of fibres composed chiefly of wool, and when the fabric is removed from
the loom it is treated and finished in the ordinary manner, but afterwards the said
fabric is subjected to the additional treatment or finish known as 'witneying' or
napping, thus one surface of the fabric shews a witneyed or napped cloth whilst
the other surface shews the stockinette which may be left in the 'balk' or
unfinished state, or the surface may be raised, cut, or gased, thereby producing a
reversible.combination fabric, consisting of a reversible stockinette cloth and a
reversible witney or napped cloth. By this means we produce an entirely novel.
and merchantable cloth."

page_text: A New or Improved Treatment or Finish of Stockinette
Fabrics.
We, GEORGE LENDRUM of the firm of Joseph Mellor and Sons of Thongsbridge,
Yorkshire Manufacturers, and DAVID FREDERICK Cocks of Friday Street, London,
Middlesex Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "A NEW
OR IMPROVED TREATMENT OR FINISH OF STOCKINETTE FABRICS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
"
Our invention relates to that class of fabric known as. "stockinettes "..and
which are produced in the French or circular loom.
Our improvements in such fabrics consist in treating or finishing them so that
one side thereof shews a napped or "friezed" surface whereby such fabrics possess
the features of two well known fabrics-viz-a stockinette on one side and an
ordinary "napped" or "friezed" cloth on the other side.
In order to carry out our invention, we produce the backed stockinette fabric
in the ordinary manner, the knitted face being manufactured of yarn composed
entirely of cottom, or entirely of wool, or the two fibres may be mixed or blended,
or the said yarn may be composed of any other suitable material well known in the
trade for similar or like purposes.
The backing of the fabrics is composed of woollen or an admixture of fibres,
composed chiefly of wool, and when the fabric is removed from the loom it is
treated and finished in the ordinary manner-the back of the cloth being treated
or prepared by the raising process, previous to the additional treatment or finish
known as "napping" or friezing."
Thus one surface of the fabric shews a "napped" or "friezed" cloth whilst the
other surface, or knitted face shewing the make may be left in the "balk" or
unfinished state, or this surface may be raised and cut or "gassed" thereby
producing a reversible combination fabric consisting of a reversible stockinette
cloth, and a reversible napped or friezed cloth.
By these means we produce an entirely novel and merchantable cloth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim as our Invention is;
The means and method herein described of finishing stockinette fabrics so as to
give the said fabric the combined characteristic features or qualities of a stockinette
and a "friezed or napped cloth.
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