IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING AND FINISHING WOVEN FABRICS
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1886.
Complete Left,. 21st Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1887.
I THOMAS HARDCASTLE, of Bradshaw Works, near Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster, Calico Printer do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING AND FINISHING WOVEN FABRICS to be as follows:-
My invention consists in certain improvements in treating and finishing cotton and
other woven fabrics, the object of my improvements being to render such fabrics better
adapted for dress linings, and for other uses, than fabrics treated and finished in the
ordinary manner, and also to impart to the fabrics the feel, appearance and inflexibility
of linen.
In carrying my Invention into effect the fabric is first bleached, then dyed or
printed, then repeatedly stretched and calendered or beetled to remove all or nearly
all its elasticity. The granular or thready appearance of linen is then imparted to the
fabric by a subsequent process, such as an embossing, printing, or pressing process-
after which the fabric is if required stretched previous to being again calendered or
beetled.
Fabrics treated according to my Invention as above described are not liable to
stretch and therefore are far superior to the fabrics now generally employed as linings
for dresses and the like, the appearance and fit of which is frequently spoiled on
account of the linings stretching. The durability of the garments also will be
increased by the use of my improved fabric as the dress or other garment wil be
better kept together and therefore will be ess liable to crease and wear on the creases.
Dated this 12th day of June 1886.
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent.

page_text: I THOMAS HARDCASTLE, of Bradshaw Works near Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster, Calico Printer, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING AND FINISHING WOVEN FABRICS, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
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My invention consists in certain improvements in treating and finishing cotton
woven fabrics the object of my improvements being to render. such fabrics better
adapted for dress linings and for other uses than fabrics treated and finished in the
ordinary manner and also to impart to the fabrics the feel appearance and inflexibility
of linen.
In carrying my Invention into effect the fabric is first bleached, then dyed or
printed, then repeatedly stretched and calendered, or beetled to remove all or nearly all
its elasticity. The granular or thready appearance of linen is then imparted to the
fabric by a subsequent process such as an embossing printing or pressing process.
after which the fabric is if required stretched previous to being again calendered or
beetled.
Fabrics treated according to my Invention as above described are not liable to
stretch and therefore are far superior to the fabrics now generally employed as linings
for dresses and the like, the appearance and fit of which is frequently spoiled on
account of the linings stretching. The durability of the garments also will be
increased by the use of my improved fabric as the dress or other garment will
bo better kept together and therefore will be less able to crease and wear on the
creases.
:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what mannet the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is―
1.--The herein described process of treating and finishing cotton woven fabrics
whereby the granular or thready appearance and inflexibility of linen are imparted to
said fabrics for the purposes specified.
2. A cotton woven fabric to which the feel, appearance, and inflexibility of linen
have been imparted by means of the treating and finishing process herein described
or any analogous process.