Improvements Applicable to the Selvedges of Cotton Pile Goods.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 29th Mar., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements Applicable to the Selvedges of Cotton Pile Goods.
We ROBERT MIDDLETON Managing Director and HERBERT TURNER JONES
Secretary of and on behalf of Messieurs Middleton Jones and Company Limited
of 6 Chorlton Street, Portland Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Merchants and Manufacturers of velvets and velveteens 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 :—
Our said Invention relates to cotton pile goods such as cotton velvets, velveteens,
plushes and the like and has for its object to enrich and improve the appearance
of such goods in the piece by brightening and imparting a finished appearance and
richness to the selvedges thereby improving the general appearance of the pile
fabric. Generally speaking as at present manufactured the uncut selvedges of
cotton pile goods, having by reason of the material no inherent richness of appearance
or texture, are dull and do not display the cut pile portion to advantage. Several
attempts have been made to remedy this defect but according to our invention we
attain the desired result by entirely or partially covering the faces of the selvedges
by ribbons or strips of fabric composed for example of materials superior in quality
and appearance to the general body of the goods or treated or finished in such a
manner as to have a superior effect and by this means enhance the appearance of
the piece. The said ribbons or strips might be composed of silk or of a mixture
of cotton and silk or of cotton alone and an important feature of our invention
consists in our improved method of securing the said ribbons or strips to the
selvedges, by means of adhesive cement composed of or containing india rubber or
otherwise composed of such materials as will form an adhesive cement suitable for
our purposes. The ribbons or strips may be cut from existing fabrics or may be
specially woven for the purposes of our invention. The said ribbons or strips may
be woven with coloured lines or with geometrical or ornamental patterns in colours
or effects of light and shade or such ribbons or strips might in some instances
have their decorative or other effects produced by printing watering or other well
known processes. When ribbons or strips of the indicated nature are secured by
adhesive cement as aforesaid to the selvedges of cotton pile piece goods, the
appearance of the said goods is very sensibly enhanced and a brilliancy and richness
of effect is obtained which adds materially to the saleable nature of the fabrics to
which our said Invention is applied.
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 :-
In cotton pile goods such as cotton velvets, velveteens, plushes, and the like,
covering or partially covering the faces of the selvedges with ribbons or strips of
material of a rich or ornamental type calculated to enhance the general appearance
of the cut pile portions of the goods, the said ribbons or strips being secured to
the selvedges by means of suitable adhesive cement substantially as herein before
described and shown.
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1200
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.