Improvements in the Manufacture of Fine Alpaca Fabrics Suitable for Covering Umbrellas and for other Uses.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Fine Alpaca Fabrics
Suitable for Covering Umbrellas and for other Uses.
We SAMUEL CUNLIFFE LISTER of Manningham Mills Bradford in the County
of York Manufacturer and HENRY GREENWOOD TETLEY of the same place
Manager do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF FINE ALPACA FABRICS SUITABLE FOR COVERING UMBRELLAS
AND FOR OTHER USES" to be as follows:-
The combination of nett silk warp with alpaca weft has hitherto not been
satisfactory on account of both materials being of a slippery nature and also there
is difficulty in spinning alpaca sufficiently fine.
We have invented a silk warp alpaca fabric which is free from these defects and
which is consequently calculated to be of great utility.
The ordinary alpaca umbrella cloth is well known to be a remarkably durable
article but it has the defect (for umbrella purposes) of being heavy and clumsy
and baggy.
Our new silk warp alpaca cloth is specially suited for umbrella covering, uniting
as it does the wearing and water resisting properties, of alpaca with the fineness
and lightness of silk.
For all purposes where a fine light but firmly made cloth is required our silk
warp alpaca will be invaluable.
To produce the silk warp alpaca we use a fine nett (ie. thrown silk warp) and a
weft made of an ordinary quality of alpaca sliver with a sufficient admixture of
waste silk sliver to enable us to spin the combination to a very high count say 80
to 150 worsted counts.
The fineness of the yarn used ensures the texture of the cloth being quite solid
and the tendency to slip is done away with and the fabric very closely approaches
to nett silk in lightness and beauty.
We thus by the admixture of silk sliver with alpaca produce from a medium
quality of alpaca very fine counts, considerably beyond anything it has hitherto
been possible to spin from it and by the combination of this specially fine alpaca
yarn with fine nett silk we obtain a cloth superior to any cloth hitherto made from
alpaca or wool, for umbrella or other purposes where fineness, lightness, firmness
and durability are required.
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page_text: Suitable for Covering Umbrellas and for other Uses.
We SAMUEL CUNLIFFE LISTER of Manningham Mills Bradford in the County
of York Manufacturer and HENRY GREENWOOD TETLEY of the same place
Manager 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 combination of nett silk warp with alpaca weft has hitherto not been
satisfactory on account of both materials being of a slippery nature and also there
is difficulty in spinning alpaca sufficiently fine.
We have invented a silk warp alpaca fabric which is free from these defects and
which is consequently calculated to be of great utility.
The ordinary alpaca umbrella cloth is well known to be a remarkably durable
article but it has the defect (for umbrella purposes) of being heavy and clumsy
and baggy.
Our new silk warp alpaca cloth is specially suited for umbrella covering, uniting
as it does the wearing and water resisting properties of alpaca with the fineness
and lightness of silk.
For all purposes where a fine light but firmly made cloth is required our silk
warp alpaca will be invaluable.
To produce the silk warp alpaca we use a fine nett (i.e. thrown silk warp) and a
weft made of an ordinary quality of alpaca (or like wool sliver) with a sufficient
admixture of waste silk sliver to enable us to spin the combination to a very high
count say 80 to 150 worsted counts.
The fineness of the yarn used ensures the texture of the cloth being quite solid
and the tendency to slip is done away with and the fabric very closely approaches
to nett silk in lightness and beauty.
We thus by the admixture of silk sliver with alpaca or like wool produce from
a medium quality of alpaca or like wool very fine counts, considerably beyond
anything it has hitherto been possible to spin from them and by the combination
of this specially fine alpaca or like worsted yarn with fine nett silk we obtain
a cloth superior to any cloth hitherto made from alpaca or wool, for umbrella or
other purposes where fineness, lightness, firmness and durability are required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
The manufacture of fabrics suitable for covering umbrellas and for other uses
from a warp of fine nett silk and a weft of alpaca or like wool admixed with
waste silk spun to a high count as herein before described.
Dated this 24th day of October 1885