Year: 1888

page_text: We SAM WELLER WIDDOWSON, and SAMUEL TRUMAN, 3 Stoney Street, Nottingham,
Lace Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Heretofore when manufacturing certain classes of twist lace trimmings it has been
usual to form a straight line or lines of round, square, oblong, or other shaped holes
alternately with portions of clothing, satin, or net in order that a narrow ribbon
might be run through the holes, before being applied to any article to be ornamented,
whereby every alternate portion of the clothing, satin, or net would be covered by
such ribbon, instead of which we fill up the holes during the process of manufacture
by one or more threads of any required colour to represent ribbon threaded through
the holes, the finished trimming then having the appearance of a ribbon threaded lace.
this Ningtoonth day of Anril 1888
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.

page_text: We SAM WELLER WIDDOWSON, and SAMUEL TRUMAN, 3 Stoney Street, Nottingham,
Lace 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:-
Heretofore when manufacturing certain classes of twist lace trimmings it has been
usual to form a straight line or lines of round, square, oblong or other shaped holes
alternately with portions of clothing, satin, or net, in order that a narrow ribbon,
tape or braid might be run through the holes, before being applied to any article to
be ornamented, whereby every alternate portion of the clothing, satin, or net would be
covered by such ribbon, fape or braid.
Instead of forming such holes in the trimmings we fill such spaces up during the
process of manufacture by one or more threads of cotton, worsted, silk or other
material of any required colour to represent ribbon, tape, or braid, threaded through
holes.
Figure 1 shows a short length of an improved trimming having an ornamental
front A with a straight back B'of clothing, satin, or net, in combination with threads C
of the required colour having the appearance of a ribbon, tape or braid threaded lace.
Figure 2 shows an improved trimming with two ornamental edges A, A, and one
central band B of clothing, satin, or not, in combination with threads C of the
required colour, and
Figure 3 shows an improved trimming with two ornamental purled edges A, A,
and one central band B of clothing, satin or net in combination with threads C of the
required colour.
In cach of the three Figures only one line of coloured threads are shown alternately
with portions of clothing, satin, or net, but we may employ two or more lines of
coloured threads in any breadth of trimming manufactured.
The coloured threads so employed are supplied from a warp beam, or beams, or
spools in combination with warp threads and bobbin threads in a twist lace machine
to produce the patterns required.
By such means we save portion of the cost of ribbon and avoid the labour and
time necessary for running the ribbons, tapes or braids through holes heretofore made
in lace trimmings for that purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our Invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
The employment of threads of any material and colour in twist lace machines, to
produce by one process lace trimmings in imitation of lace trimmings in which
ribbon, tape, or braid, has heretofore been threaded after the process of manufacture.
DOLL
1000