Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th July, 1886.
Complete Left, 16th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 17th May, 1887.
I JAMES HEGINBOTTOM of 122 Manchester Street Oldham in the County of
Lancaster Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of this invention to bo
as follows:-
This Invention relates to the foundations or backing of the cards employed in the
preparation of cotton wool and other fibrous materials.
Hitherto the material employed for the foundation or backing for such cards has
generally been leather or two or more separate thickness of textile fabrics cemented
together.
This Invention has for its object to simplify the manufacture or construction of
foundations or backings for cards and these Improvements consist in the manufacturo
or construction of a textile fabric which may be used in a single layer or thickness as
a foundation or backing for cards. For the purpose of my invention I employ a warp
of linen "camel hair" or other suitable yarn possessing comparative strength and but
little liability to contract or expand under changes in the hygroscopic condition of the
atmosphere and interweave with it woollen cotton or other suitable yarn. The fabric
may be woven in a single fold or thickness or it may be woven in two or more folds
or thicknesses bound or held together by binding picks or warp threads. In single
texture fabrics I prefer to alternate two or more floating picks with one or more plain
picks so as to produce a comparatively soft face and firm back.
In weaving double texture fabrics I may employ a double box loom or one having a
greater number of shuttles and make the folds or thicknesses of alternate or successive
weft threads or I may use an extra beam or beams and bind the folds together with
the warp instead of the weft or with both warp and weft.-The cloth or fabric so
woven or manufactured may be at once used in the manufacture of cards but it will
generally be found better to coat paint or impregnate it with india rubber solution or
compound or with any suitable cement or compound ordinarily used for a similar
purpose.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
70, Market Street, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Card Foundations.
I, JAMES HEGINBOTTOM of 122 Manchester Street, Oldham in the County of
Lancaster Commercial Traveller, 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:-
This Invention relates to the foundations or backing of the Cards employed in the
preparation of cotton, wool and other fibrous materials.
Hitherto the material employed for the foundation or backing for such cards has
generally been leather or two or more separate thicknesses of textile fabrics cemented
together.
This Invention has for its object to simplify the manufacture or construction of
foundations or backings for cards and these Improvements consist in the manufacture
or construction of a textile fabric which may be used in a single layer or thickness as
a foundation or backing for cards. For the purpose of my Invention I employ a warp
of linen "camel hair" or other suitable yarn possessing comparative strength and but
little liability to contract or expand under changes in the hygroscopic condition of the
atmosphere and interweave with it woollen cotton or other suitable yarn. The fabric
may be woven in a single fold or thickness, or it may be woven in two or more folds
or thicknesses bound or held together by binding picks or by warp threads as is well
understood. In single texture fabrics I prefer to alternate two or more floating picks
with one or more plain or binding picks so as to produce a comparatively soft face
and firm back. In weaving double texture fabrics I may employ a double box loom
or one having a greater number of shuttles and make the folds or thicknesses of
alternate or successive weft threads or I may use an extra beam or beams and bind
the folds together with the warp instead of the weft or with both warp and weft. In
double fabrics also I prefer to produce a full soft velvety face by floating the weft
over three or more warp threads according to the finish desired. The cloth or fabric
so woven or manufactured may be at once used in the manufacture of cards but it will
generally be found better to coat paint or impregnate it with indiarubber solution or
compound or with any suitable cement or compound ordinarily used for a similar
purpose.
When the cloth is used for making card strips and fillets without having proviously
been treated with indiarubber or other equivalent solution or compound I coat paint
or impregnate the edges only of the strips of cloth foundation, with the solution or
compound to prevent ravelling or fraying, or in weaving the cloth, I leave one or
more dents vacant at distances apart corresponding with the desired width of the fillet
or strip. The vacant dents will produce corresponding races in the cloth along each
of which the cloth may be cut without cutting the warp, and the risk of ravelling or
fraying will therefore be prevented or greatly diminished. It will be understood that
when the foundation is desired to be coated painted or impregnated with india rubber
solution or compound or with any suitable cement or compound ordinarily used for a

page_text: similar purpose, this operation may be performed before or after the cloth is cut into
strips, and that the compound or solution may be applied to the back or to the face
only or to both the back and the face.
Cloth or foundation material may be woven for the purposes of my Invention in a
great variety of ways and I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any
particular method but that in all cases I prefer to weave it in such a manner that it
will have a floated face and a broken back such as are possessed in a different degree
by uncut velvets velveteens and similar pile fabrics. The counts or sizes of the warp
and weft must in each case be determined by the character of the card to be produced
or manufactured from the cloth or foundation.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:
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(1) As a foundation or backing for cards; a single or two or more fold cloth woven
at one operation and having linen "camel hair or similar warp, and woollen cotton
or similar weft; substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
(2) In the construction or manufacture of cards; a backing or foundation of single
or two or more fold cloth having linen "camel hair" or similar warp and woollen
cotton or similar weft; substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
(3) A foundation or backing for cards consisting of a single double or manifold.
fabric having a linen "camel hair" or similar warp and a woollen cotton or similar
weft floated on the face of the fabric substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
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WILLIAM E. HEYS,"
Agent for the Applicant.