A NEW MODE OF ORNAMENTING FABRICS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Alexandre Forot, Merchant, of 2, Rue Sainte
Appoline, Paris (Empire of France), and of 45, Essex Street, Strand,
London, for the Invention of "A NEW MODE OF ORNAMENTING FABRICS,
Sealed the 4th February 1859, and dated the 14th August 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Alexandre Forot
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th August 1858.
I, LOUIS ALEXANDRE FOROT, Merchant, of 2, Rue Sainte Appoline, Paris
(Empire of France), and of 45, Essex Street, Strand, London, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW MODE OF ORNAMENTING FABRICS,.
AND IN THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the manufacture of a new kind of fabric,
composed of threads of silk or other fine material, glued mechanically or by
hand, upon paper or any kind of materials. This is done by means of a
cylinder of suitable length and diameter, upon which the paper or fabric is
fixed. One or several bobbins, or even a comb, containing a certain number
of threads are supported above the cylinder by means of a screw, or otherwise.
The paper or fabric placed upon the cylinder is glued by means of a sponge,
or otherwise, and the cylinder in turning communicates the movement to the
screw, which distributes the silk or other material, so. that it will be glued

page_text: upon the cover of the cylinder and when the operation is finished the fabric
is separated from the cylinder by means of a knife. It will be understood
that by placing several screws above the cylinder for distributing threads of
silk or other material of varied colours, it will be possible to obtain fabrics
with lozenges of varied colours and sizes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Louis Alexandre Forot in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 14th February 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS
ALEXANDRE FOROT, Merchant, of 2, Rue Sainte Appoline, Paris (France), and
of 45, Essex Street, Strand, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Louis Alexandre Forot, Her special licence that I, the said Louis
Alexandre Forot, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Louis Alexandre Forot, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully.
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "A NEW MODE OF ORNAMENTING FABRICS, AND IN THE APPARATUS CONNECTED
THEREWITH," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the' said Louis
Alexandre Forot, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent..
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Louis Alexandre Forot, do hereby,
declare the nature of my. said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed; to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:
My Invention has for its object the manufacture of a new kind of fabric,
composed of threads of silk or other fine material, glued mechanically or by.

page_text: hand, upon paper or any kind of materials, and in ornamenting the said fabric
when so manufactured. This is done by means of a cylinder of suitable length'
and diameter, upon which paper or the material is fixed. One or several
bobbins, or even a comb, containing a certain number of threads are supported'
above the cylinder by means of a screw or otherwise. The paper or material
placed upon
the cylinder is glued by means of a sponge or otherwise, and the
cylinder in turning communicates the movement to the screw, which dis-
tributes the silk or other material, so that it will be glued spirally upon the
cover of the cylinder, and when the operation is finished the fabric is
separated from the cylinder by means of a knife. It will be understood that
by placing above the cylinder several screws wormed in opposite directions,
for distributing threads of silk or other material of varied colours, it will be
possible by the same means to obtain fabrics of varied colours and patterns.
I can also produce the same kind of fabric by glueing the threads on the
paper or other material, in parallel lines instead of spirally. For instance, I
take a sufficient number of threads, say, fourteen hundred, supported by a
creel or a beam, and passing through the teeth of a comb. A cylinder forces
the threads to dip into a bath of glue, and they are glued upon the material
by passing under two cylinders, one of which is made of a resisting substance,
such as metal, stone, &c., and the other composed of sheets of paper, like the
calendering cylinders. When leaving these cylinders the new material is
produced. If it is desired, it may be printed with varied colours, gilded,
silvered, or goffered.
Instead of dipping the threads into the bath, I can place the glue upon the
paper, and cause the adhesion of the threads by pressure, produced between
two cylinders, or otherwise. By these means, threads of silk may be glued
upon a common muslin, it will produce a very fine fabric, which may be used
for the lining of hats, and many other purposes.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is or may be carried into effect, I wish it to be distinctly
understood, that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein described,
as such may be varied or modified; but what I claim is,-
Firstly, the manufacture of a new kind of fabric without weaving, composed
simply of threads glued upon paper or any suitable kind of material.
Secondly, the mode of glueing the said threads spirally upon paper, or any
kind of fabric or material, placed upon cylinders of any size, so as to obtain
designs, either by superposing or crossing the threads, which may be of varied
colours.

page_text: Thirdly, the mode of gluing the said threads, parallel to each other, upon
one or several cylinders.
Fourthly, the mode of glueing the said threads and arranging them at
different angles, so as to obtain varied effects.
Fifthly, the mode of decorating this new kind of fabric, either by goffering,
pinking, gilding, silvering, or printing designs of varied colours.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Alexandre Forot, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
ALDRE FOROT. (L.S.)