An Improvement in Dyeing Mats, Carpets, or other Fabrics of Fibre, Wool, Yarn, Silk, or any other Material.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 11th Dec., 1891-Accepted. 16th Jan.. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Dyeing Mats, Carpets, or other Fabrics of Fibre,
Wool, Yarn, Silk, or any other Material.
JOSEPH DAW, Junior, 26 Hillsboro Road North Dulwich S.E. Gentleman do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The mat or carpet is placed on a flat bench & a stencil plate or metal shape made
in the pattern desired placed on the top & held in place and also pressed tight on
to the surface by means of weights or levers. The dye is then put on by means of
a steam spray which collects the dye & carries it on to the mat. The dye is amal-
gamated with the steam by means of a vacuum tube.
Dated this 13th day of Anril 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Dyeing Mats, Carpets, or other Fabrics of Fibre,
Wool, Yarn, Silk, or any other Material.
I, JOSEPH DAW, Junior, of 26 Hillsboro' Road, North Dulwich S.E.
Gentleman 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 :-
My object is to produce ornamental designs or colours in mats and other articles
having pile or brush-like surfaces without weaving different coloured materials into
the article during manufacture.
In carrying out my invention 1 employ a stencil plate or metal shape cut or
formed in the pattern desired, and this I place on the top of the complete mat or
other article and secure it in place by means of weights or levers, upon any suitable
flat bench or stand.
The dye is placed in any suitable receptacle of earthenware metal or other
material, and into this vessel I fit by means of a cork or other connection, a tube
or tubes which penetrate to the bottom of the vessel; into the same cork I also fit
a tube or tubes with a branch or branches (to which I secure a flexible pipe or
pipes) the other end of which is contracted so that when steam is supplied through
the branch pipe, the dye is ejected in the form of spray mixed with the steam and
may be driven into the recesses of the stencil plates or shape or be worked by hand
over any parts of the mat or other article as may be desired.
Referring now to the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 represents the stand upon which is placed the mat and stencil plate.
The stencil or pattern plate which may be of any desired form is shown in plan in
Figure 2, Figure 3 being a sectional elevation of the spray producer & Figure 4 a
plan of same. The steam is supplied from any convenient boiler.
In Figures 1 & 2. A is the stand upon which is placed the mat B, C representing
the stencil plate or plates which is or are illustrated in plan in Figure 2 it may be
laid upon or forced down into the pile or bristles of the mat or other article to be
dyed.
In Figures 3 & 4 D is the vessel containing the dye, E the tube which conveys
the dye to the spray nozzle F while G is the branch connected to the tube 1 to
which is secured the flexible steain pipe H.
The vessel D having been filled with the required colour, steam is turned on
through H and a current of the dye is thereby induced and issues mixed with the
steam at a considerable temperature and force in the form of spray at F. The

page_text: vessel D may be guided at will over the stencil plate C which may be of any desired
form or pattern and any number of different colours may be used upon the different
parts of the mat as desired.
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 ejection of dye by means of a jet of steam or other gas at a considerable
pressure and temperature upon the surface of a mat or other article to be coloured
substantially as described.
2. The stencil plate of metal or other material employed in combination with a
jet or spray of dye produced and injected in the manner described.
3. The ornamenting in colours by means of a spray forced at a considerable
pressure and temperature into the pile or brush surface of mats and other articles,
either with or without the employment of a stencil or pattern plate.
Datod this 11th day of December 1901
J. DAW, JUN.
A. H. Reed,
Agent for Applicant.
J. DAW, JUN.
A. H. Reed,
Agent for Applicant.