IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACE WEBS AND OTHER FABRICS IN WHICH ELASTICITY IS OBTAINED BY MEANS OF INDIA RUBBER
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I JAMES WRIGHT of Quorndon Mills, Loughborough, Elastic Web Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACE
WEBS AND OTHER FABRICS IN WHICH ELASTICITY IS OBTAINED BY MEANS OF
INDIA RUBBER" to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in brace webs and other fabrics
in which elasticity is obtained by means of india rubber.
I weave brace webs and like fabrics with india rubber threads introduced in the
process of weaving to give the desired elasticity and I then ornament such fabrics
by passing them beneath embossing rollers on which are engraved or formed the
patterns which it is desired to produce on the india rubber fabrics. The embossing
rollers which are heated to a suitable temperature permanently impress the web
and the same is thereby ornamented.
An ornamented elastic web thus produced is a novel article of manufacture.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
1 JAMES WRIGHT of Quorndon Mills Loughborough, Elastic Web Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACE
WEBS AND OTHER FABRICS IN WHICH ELASTICITY IS OBTAINED BY MEANS OF
INDIA RUBBER" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention bas for its object improvements in brace webs and other fabrics
in which elasticity is obtained by means of india rubber.
I weave brace webs and like fabrics with india rubber threads introduced in the
process of weaving to give the desired elasticity and I then ornament such fabrics
by passing them beneath embossing rollers on which are engraved or formed the
patterns which it is desired to produce on the india rubber fabrics. The embossing
rollers which are heated to a suitable temperature permanently impress the web
and the same is thereby ornamented.
An ornamented elastic web thus produced is a novel article of manufacture.
In carrying my Invention into effect I prefer to proceed as follows:-The fabrics
to which my Invention is most advantageously applicable are elastic webs woven
in widths not exceeding a few inches wide either twill or plain and with a terry
or other pile. Such fabrics I cause to be passed between two metal rollers
revolving together and one of these rollers, viz., that which comes into contact with
the face of the fabric has the pattern cut upon it, so that part of the fabric only
according to the pattern receives pressure as it passes between the rollers. These
metal rollers are heated by steam admitted to their interior or in other convenient
manner to an extent sufficient to cause the parts of the fabric which are flattened
by the pattern roller to be set by the heat so that they will not rise when the
pressure is removed but the heat must not be such as to risk injury to the fabric.
The method of operating admits of variation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is-A fabric woven with india rubber threads and with an embossed
pattern thereon.
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