Improvements in the Manufacture of Looped and Cut Pile Carpets; Rugs, and similar Fabrics.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Sept.. 1888
Complete Specification Left, 18th June, 1889-Accepted, 20th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Looped and Cut Pile Carpets;
Rugs, and similar Fabrics.
GEORGE WHITFIELD NAYLOR and SAMPSON ZACHARY LLOYD Mill Street
Kidderminster Carpet Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of putting an extra backing to looped and cut pile Carpets;
Rugs and similar fabrics, in order to increase their durability, & in some fabrics
to wholly or partially cover the pattern on the back, in such a manner as to give a
better bind, and greater smoothness & finish to the goods both on the face & back,
combined with a simple & inexpensive method of producing these results.
In carrying this out we employ a warp of suitable thickness for which we prefer to
use the gear or heald that has usually been operated by the comber board, but as a
different motion is now required we use a tappit for raising and lowering it from
below, in such manner as to raise it after & lower it before the comber board.
The principle is applicable to Brussels, Wilton, and other Carpet & Rug fabrics.
Dated this Eighteenth day of September 1888.
GEORGE WHITFIELD NAYLOR.
SAMPSON ZACHARY LLOYD.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Looped and Cut Pile Carpets,
Rugs, and similar Fabrics.
We GEORGE WHITFIELD NAYLOR, and SAMPSON ZACHARY LLOYD Mill Street,
Kidderminster, Carpet Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
and
Our invention relates to the manufacture of looped and cut pile carpets, rugs, and
similar fabrics in an improved manner so as to secure a better article, and consists in
putting an extra backing to such fabrics, in order to increase their durability,
in some fabrics to wholly or partially cover the pattern on the back, so as to give a
better bind, and greater smoothness and finish to the goods both on the face and
back, combined with a simple and inexpensive method of producing these results.
In carrying this out we employ a warp of suitable thickness for which we prefer
to use the gear of heald that has usually been operated by the comber board, but as
a different motion is now required we use a tappit for raising and lowering it from
below in such manner as to raise after and lower it before the comber board.
The described method of manufacture is applicable to Brussels, Wilton, and other
Carpets and Rug fabrics.
In carrying out our invention we detach the heddle or gear from the Comber
board arms, by which it has hitherto been operated, and provide special cams or
tappits, levers, and rods attached to the under side of the gear frame for moving it
up, and a spring for effecting the downward movement with precision; also suitable
guide rods on the upper part of the gear frame to move up and down through holes
in the Comber board arms or other brackets, and for keeping the gear frame in
position.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is the side elevation of so much of a looin as is required to show our

page_text: sley in the ordinary manner.
Figure 4 (1) The lash g' raised by the jacquard.
(2) The worsteds g raised by the Comber board.
(3) The warp flowered.
(4) The warp f¹ raised, and being followed by the back h, the back weft k¹ passes
under warp f, worsteds g, g' and the back h, and over warpf; and wire / passes
under lash.
(5) The back falls first.
(6) The worsteds g, g' fall to position shown in Fig. 3, the weft k again passes,
and the whole is beaten up by the sley as above. In other respects the loom may be
arranged and worked in the ordinary way.
Figure 5 is a section of the fabric showing the position of the extra backing between
the worsted and the ordinary back (formed by the ground chain or warp f, f¹ and
the weft k k¹).
Figures 6 and 7 by side and edge views respectively show the cam a separately.
Amongst the advantages resulting from our invention in the manufacture of
carpets and other articles as aforesaid are the adding of extra backing in the
manufacture of looped and cut pile Carpets, Rugs, and similar fabrics, providing an
absolutely level, firm, and continuous flooring to support the worsteds, increasing
their durability, giving a better bind, greater smoothness and finish both on the face
and back together with the advantage of wholly or partially covering the pattern on
the back. Economy in manufacture also results combined with simplicity and
inexpensiveness of mechanism as described for producing these results.
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. In the manufacture of looped and cut pile carpets, rugs and similar fabrics the
addition of extra backing material by the means, in the manner, and for the purposes
substantially as set forth.
2. The manufacture of looped and cut pile carpets, rugs and similar fabrics with
extra backing inserted by means substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the drawings.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.