Improvements in the Manufacture of Cut and Uncut Pile Carpets and other Fabrics.
Year: 1888

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cut and Uncut Pile Carpets
and other Fabrics.
We, THOMAS TEMPEST-RADFORD and EDWARD JAMES MORTON, both of Kidder-
minster, in the County of Worcester, Trading under the firm or style of Morton and
Sons, Carpet Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
The invention has for its object the improvement of Brussels, Wilton and Tapestry
carpets and rugs and other cut and uncut pile fabrics, by the application thereto, in
the process of manufacture, of additional material in various forms.
In order that our invention may be fully understood and readily carried into effect,
we will proceed to describe the means pursued. Our invention consists in obtaining
to Brussels, Wiltons and Tapestry carpets and rugs and other similar cut or uncut pile
fabrics, a varied thickness of additional or thick back, so that one, two, three or more
thicknesses, or sets of warps of material, may, in the process of weaving, be added to
the back of the fabric, as desired, and at the same time by this manipulation of the
process of weaving above referred to with or without additional headle or headles,
lever or levers and by an additional weft, or otherwise, more pile is thrown on the
surface of the carpets, rugs or fabric and at the same time the pile or surface is more
firmly secured to the thickened part or body of the carpet or fabric, thereby giving
greater solidity and durability, and also a perceptible thickness and softness to the
tread.
In carrying out our invention the loom employed is to be prepared as heretofore,
but with an additional headle or headles, lever or levers to act on such of the warps as
are required to be used for accomplishing the improvements herein described.

page_text: The advantages we claim for our invention are, greater durability, increased
thickness and softness to the tread and the prevention of that which is known as
Tufting," this being accomplished by the more securely tying the surface or pile of
the carpet or fabric to the body and back of the fabric.
"
Dated this 11th day of January 1888.
THOMAS TEMPEST-RADFORD.
EDWARD JAMES MORTON.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Cut and Uncut Pile Carpets
and other Fabrics.
We, THOMAS TEMPEST-RADFORD and EDWARD JAMES MORTON both of Kidder-
minster, in the County of Worcester, Trading under the firm or style of Morton and
Sons, 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 :-
The invention has for its object the improvement of Brussels, Wilton and Tapestry
carpets and rugs and other cut and uncut pile fabrics, by the application thereto, in
the process of manufacture, of additional material in various forms.
In order that our invention may be fully understood and readily carried into effect,
we will proceed to describe the means pursued, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 is an end elevation of so much of a loom
as will enable us to describe our invention, and Figures 3, 4 and 5 are respectively a
face view, an edge view, and a vertical section of extra cam or tappet drawn to a
larger scale. Figure 6 is a section of a piece of carpet drawn to an enlarged scale
and representing the course of the various warps and weft, Figure 7 is a section
showing the course of the pile warps, and extra or additional warp, and Figure 8 is a
section showing the course of the body warp.
Our invention consists in obtaining to Brussels and Wiltons carpets and rugs, and
other similar cut or uncut pile fabrics, a varied thickness of additional or thick back,
so that one, two, three, or more. thicknesses or sets of warps, of any desired material,

page_text: may, in the process of weaving, be added to the back of the fabric, as desired, and, at
the same time, by the manipulation of the process of weaving above referred to,
effected by the aid of additional heddle or heddles and lever or levers, more pile is
thrown on the surface of the carpets, rugs, or fabric, in consequence of the employ-
ment and manipulation of additional material in the back, and at the same time, the
pile or surface is much more firmly secured to the thickened part or body of the
carpet or fabric, thereby giving greater. solidity and durability to the carpet or
other fabric, and also a much greater and perceptible thickness and softness to the
tread.
In carrying our invention into effect, the loom employed is to be prepared as
heretofore, but with an additional heddle or heddles and lever or levers to act on
the additional warps required to be used for accomplishing the improvements herein
described.
In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 to 5, a. a reprosent the ordinary cordage
of a Brussels loom, b. b. the ordinary heddles employed to operate the ordinary body
or foundation chain or warp, and c. c, the extra heddles employed, according to our
invention, for operating the additional warps employed to form a thick back to the
carpet or other fabric.
These extra heddles c. c, are mounted in the front of the loom cordage a. a, as it is
found that, in that position, the extra warps, employed to form the thick back, are
caused to occupy a better and more effective position in the body of the carpet or
other fabric, than they would if the extra heddles were placed at the back of the
ordinary heddles b. b. The extra heddles c. c. are carried at the inner ends of
levers d. d, the outer ends of which are connected to the operating levers e. e, to which
the required motions are given by cams or tappets f. f. fixed on the shaft or axis g, as
will be well understood.
The course and position of the various warp and weft threads employed in the
manufacture of Brussels or terry pile carpets or fabrics will be clearly understood by
reference to figures 6, 7 and 8, in which h. h. represent the ordinary linen chain or
ground warp, the pile warp, the additional warp, and k. k. the different shoots of
weft.
The advantages we obtain in the manufacture of carpets and other fabrics by the
aid of our invention are, greater durability, increased thickness and softness to the
tread, and the prevention of that which is known as "tufting," this latter being
accomplished by the more securely tying in the surface or pile of the carpet or fabric
to the body, an additional thick back of the carpet or fabric.
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
The improvement in the manufacture of cut and uncut pile carpets and other fabrics
by the use of one or more sets of additional warps operated by extra heddle or heddles
and lever or levers substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose
stated.