provements in the Manufacture of Figured Looped or Mixed Looped and Pile Fabrics Woven Face to Face
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 13th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Looped or Mixed
Looped and Pile Fabrics Woven Face to Face.
I, JOSÉ REIXACH of Manningham Mills, Bradford in the County of York,
Managing Director, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to enable figured looped or mixed looped land
pile fabrics to be woven face to face without its being necessary for the pile warps
to be drawn off from separate bobbins mounted on a creel.
To effect this in cases where the ground is to be cut pile and the figure or pattern
looped use pile warps of two different colors half of one color and half of
another with the threads ranged alternately and I control the raising and lowering
of these threads by Jacquard mechanism in such manner that at those parts where
pile ground is being formed all the pile warps are made to cross from one piece
to the other just as when plain pile fabrics are woven face to face so that a pile of
mixed color would be formed on each piece.
At the parts where a looped pattern is to be formed the pile warps of one
color are by the jacquard caused to form pile loops on the face of one piece
whilst the pile warps of the other colour are caused to form pile loops on the other
piece the loops being produced in the way described in the Specification of a.
prior Patent No. 16512 of 1888.
In some cases also the figured portion might be composed partly of loops of one
color partly of loops of the other or partly looped and partly cut pile.
When both the ground and figured pattern of both pieces are to be of pile loops-
then by the jacquard. the ground of one piece would be caused to be formed of
pile loops of one color and the figured pattern of loops of the other color and the
colors would be reversed on the other piece.
Where the pile warps after being used for forming loops on the face of one
piece say for producing ground are made to work for a time to produce loops on
the face of the other piece for the figured pattern the pile warps so crossing from
the one piece to the other would have to be cut so as to sever the one piece
from the other as when weaving two plain pile fabrics face to face as heretofore.
By working in this way with pile warps of two different colors raised and
lowered as required by jacquard, figured patterns may be produced whilst at the
same time all the pile warps will have to be drawn forwards an uniform distance
each pile warp either having to form a loop on one piece or pile on both pieces and
therefore they can all be drawn forwards simultaneously by rollers just as when
weaving plain double pile fabrics as heretofore.
In some cases two pile warps are carried through each dent of the reed-one of
each color in cases where from the way in which the pile warps are tied in to the
two pieces lines would 'otherwise be produced on the pile surfaces.
In addition to weaving pile fabrics in the above way other pile warps drawn off
from a creel of 'bobbins may be worked into the figured portions of the fabrics
where a greater number of colors are to be used.
Dated this 19th day of Luno 1901

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Looped or Mixed
Looped and Pile Fabrics Woven Face to Face.
I, JOSÉ REIXACH, of Manningham Mills, Bradford in the County of York,
Managing Director, 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 object of this invention is to enable figured looped or mixed looped and pile
fabrics to be woven face to face with two or more colours as desired witbout its
being necessary for all of the pile warps to be drawn off from separate bobbins
mounted on a creel.
To effect this in cases where the ground is to be cut pile and the figure or pattern
looped I use pile warps of two different colors half of one color and half of another
with the threads ranged alternately and I control the raising and lowering of these
threads by Jacquard mechanism in such manner that at those parts where pile
ground is being formed all the pile warps are made to cross from one piece to
the other just as when plain pile fabrics are woven face to face so that a pile of
mixed color would be formed on each piece.
At the parts where a looped pattern is to be formed the pile warps of one color
are by the jacquard caused to form pile loops on the face of one piece whilst
the pile warps of the other color are caused to form pile loops, on the other piece,
the loops being produced in the way described in the Specification of a prior
Patent No. 16512 of 1888.
In some cases also the figured portion might be composed partly of loops of
one color partly of loops of the other or partly looped and partly cut pile.
When both the ground and figured pattern of both pieces are to be of pile loops,
then by the jacquard the ground of one piece would be caused to be formed of pile
loops of one colour and the figured pattern of loops of the other color and the
colors would be reversed on the other piece.
Where the pile warps after being used for forming loops on the face of one
piece say for producing ground are made to work for a time to produce loops on
the face of the other piece for the figured pattern the pile warps so crossing
from the one piece to the other would have to be cut so as to sever the one piece
from the other as when weaving two plain pile fabrics face to face as heretofore.
By working in this way with pile warps of two different colors raised and lowered
as required by jacquard, figured patterns may be produced whilst at the same time
all the pile warps will have to be drawn forwards an uniform distance each pile
warp either having to form a loop on one piece or pile on both pieces and therefore
they can all be drawn forwards simultaneously by rollers just as when weaving
plain double pile fabrics as heretofore.
In some cases two pile warps are carried through each dent of the reed-one of
each color in cases where from the way in which the pile warps are tied in to the
two pieces lines would otherwise be produced on the pile surfaces.
In addition to weaving pile fabrics in the above way other pile warps drawn off
from a creel of bobbins may be worked into the figured portions of the fabrics
where a greater number of colors are to be used.
Figure 1 is a diagram drawing of a double cloth shewing pile threads crossing.
from one piece to the other and also forming loops in both pieces.

page_text: Figure 2 is a drawing of a single cloth after the pieces have been cut asunder
by the kuife shewing the different coloured loops and the cut pile formed by the
mixture of the two colours.
Figure 3 is a view of the back of one of the pieces shewing the way in which
the pile threads are tied in to the ground when forming cut pile and when forming
loops.
Referring to Figure 1 R. S are the ground warp threads and T are the weft
threads of the top piece and R' S₁ are the ground warp threads and T' are the
weft threads of the bottom piece.
P. M are the pile threads which cross between the top and bottom pieces and
form cut pile as shewn at A. B. E. I. J and K or form loops on cach piece as
shewn at C. D. F. G and H.
The two pile threads P. M are of different colours or of different fibres,
M representing the darker and P the lighter coloured thread-see Figures 1 and 2.
When it is desired to shew loops of the darker shade in the top piece the pile:
threads M are tied, into the ground of that piece and then passed round the
additional picks C. D which are thrown between the two pieces as described in.
the previous Patent No. 16512-1888 above mentioned, the pile threads M are then
returned to the top piece and are tied into the ground again. It will be seen by
reference to Figure 1 that while the pile threads M are making loops in the top
piece the pile threads P are making loops in the bottom piece and vice versa.
When weaving the ground of the design, which is formed of cut pile, the whole
of the pile threads are caused to cross from one piece to the other as shewn
at A. B. E. Figure 1, these pile threads are afterwards cut with a knife all the
additional picks having been previously withdrawn, and a cut pile is formed on
both pieces composed of an equal number of threads of each colour. The pile
threads may be tied in to the backing of each by three picks as shewn in the
drawings or in any other well known manner.
When the piece is finished and the cut pile threads are split by carding or other
means a mixture of the two colours is produced which may form the ground
work of the design and which is the same in both top and bottom pieces.
Figure 3 is a sketch of the back of one of the pièces, the pile threads P¹ M³ are
shewn tied in to make cut pile.
M M are the dark coloured pile threads tied in to form loops on the face, the
corresponding light coloured threads P2 P3 are not shewn being employed in forming
loops on the other piece.
PP are the light coloured pile threads lying next to the dark threads M² and
tied in by the same picks of weft to form loops on the face of the piece, the
corresponding dark threads M³ M³ which work in the same dent of the reed as 1 p
are not shewn being employed in forming loops on the other piece.
It will be seen by reference to Figure 1 that the same length of pile is taken up
when cut pile is being formed at A B as when looped pile is being formed at C D
consequently the pile threads may be wound on a beam and be drawn off and
delivered to the piece at a uniform rate of speed by rollers or other suitable means
just as in weaving ordinary plain pile fabrics face to face.
When it is desired to employ more than two colours extra pile threads are used
which may be of different colours or of different material to the two colours or
fibres which are ranged alternately and which are drawn off and delivered to the
piece at a uniform speed by rollers or otherwise and so regulate the length of
pile. The extra pile threads are wound on bobbins and mounted on a creel and
are tied into the pieces by a Jacquard mechanism wherever it is desired to introduce
an additional colour in the design. They may cross from piece to piece to form
cut pile or inay be tied into one cloth only to form loops or may alternately forin
loops on one piece and the other; in any case they are not delivered to the piece
at a uniform speed but are drawn off each bobbin independently by the piece as
they are tied in by the jacquard.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what. I
claim is:-
1. The manufacture of figured looped or mixed looped and pile fabrics sub-
stantially in the manner hereinbefore described.
2. A figured mixed looped and pile fabric woven double face to face in which
pile warps of two different colours or materials half of one kind, half of the other,
are ranged alternately and in which both sets of pile warp cross at places from
piece to piece as in ordinary double pile fabrics and at other places form loops on
the face of the pieces and where a loop, of warp of one colour or material is formed
on the face of one piece a corresponding loop of the other colour or material is
formed on the face of the other piece.
3. A figured looped pile fabric woven double face to face in which pile warps
of two different colours or materials half of one kind half of the other are
ranged alternately and in which when a loop of one kind is formed on the face of
one piece a loop of the corresponding thread of the other kind is formed on the
face of the other piece and in which the pile warps cross at places from piece to
piece so as at one time to form loops on the face of one and then on the face of
the other.
4. A figured looped, or looped and cut pile fabric woven face to face in which pile
warps of three or more different colours or materials are employed, some of these
warps being delivered to the piece at a uniform speed, and others being drawn off
independent bobbins by the piece.
Doted thie 0th dow of March 1905'.