IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MOREEN FABRICS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Hirst Wade of Bradford in the County of
York Spinner and Manufacturer for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF MOREEN FABRICS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Hirst Wade at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th March 1882.
EDWARD HIRST WADE, of Bradford in the County of York Spinner and
Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MOREEN FABRICS.'
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of piece goods
known as Morcens and furnished with the same appearance as a watered silk.
Hitherto this class of goods has been woven and then dyed and finished-thus
necessitating one uniform colour when all wool has been used in its production.
My object in these improvements is to produce a piece of this special and well
known make of cloth with various colours or the introduction of materials for
variety and at the same time obtain a better finish and a water more resembling
moire antiques than hitherto.
I accomplish my object by dyeing the material to be used in the manufacture of
the piece prior to its being spun into yarn, the warp is also made double twisted,
the single twist hitherto used for this purpose has to be sized the latter militating
against the good finishing of the goods. The double twisted yarn is not sized.
great variety of designs can thus be introduced into this class of goods a better
water and a more lustrous finish obtained when made plain, that is without colours
or when colours or tinsel are introduced.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edward Hirst Wade in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
26th September 1882.
EDWARD HIRST WADE, of Bradford in the County of York, Spinner and
Manufacturer. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MOREEN FABRICS
The object of my invention is to produce a Moreen of various colours or in
which metallic substances may be introduced and at the same time to give an
appearance to the piece when finished more resembling that of a watered silk or
a moire antique fabric.
Hitherto this class of goods has been woven and then dyed and finished thus
necessitating one uniform colour when "all wool" has been used in its production
which is the general mode of manufacturing them. The single warp used in the
manufacture has been sized previous to being woven, thus preventing the goods
being well ünished. By my invention the woven piece does not require dyeing; it
is ready to be finished as soon as it leaves the loom.
I accomplish my object by dyeing the material to be used in the manufacture of
the piece prior to its being spun into yarn: also using an unsized double twisted
warp. By these means I can produce a great variety of designs having a better
water and a more lustrous finish when made plain or when colours or tinsel either
alone or in combination are introduced.
By using a double twisted warp of various colours I am enabled to weave
a variety of designs including striped or checked fabrics which is a novel
manufacture.
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What I claim as my invention is:-
The combination of an unsized double twisted moreen warp made from materials
which have been dyed, the same or different colours, previous to being spun, with
yarn that has been dyed previous to being woven or with metallic tinsels either
alone or in combination.
In witness whereof, I the said Edward Hirst Wade have hereunto set my
hand and seal this eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.