IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIGURED WOVEN GOODS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Kippax, of Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF FIGURED WOVEN GOODS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Kippax at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd June 1880.
JAMES KIPPAX, of Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIGURED WOVEN Goods."
My Invention relates princiqally to the goods known as counterpanes, quilts, and
toilets, and particularly to such goods as are woven with two or more colors in
addition to the white or colored ground, and whilst being particularly applicable
to the indicated class of goods, may also be employed in the weaving of other figured
goods. In the weaving of the said goods, say, for example, with two colored warps,
in addition to the white warp, the colored warps have in some parts of the design
floated together over the same spaces, and by mixing, have not produced the distinct
effect which is desirable. To obviate this defect is the object of my Invention, and
to this end I at intervals in the weaving put in picks, which tie down the warp or
warps which I do not desire should appear on the surface. By way of example I
will suppose the case of a quilt having figures formed by the combination of red,
blue, and white. In certain parts of the figures the red is required to be prominent,
and in such parts I tie down the blue; and in the other parts the blue is required
to be prominent, and I therefore tie down the red. To render the Invention more
clear I will give an example of one method of weaving the cloth-Taking a part
of the cloth wherein the red is to be prominent I weave a few picks in the usual
manner. For the next three consecutive picks the white warp ends are lifted in
the same order, and for the middle pick the blue and red ends are lifted and
lowered, so that the blue shall be tied to the ground and the red shall float over
the pick. This tyeing pick acts or may act for both sides of the cloth, appearing
on each side where required. I am enabled by these means to produce a double
face cloth, having two sides equal or nearly equal in effect, the color not required
to be prominent in any particular part, being suppressed or kept in the back-
ground without being passed through to the other face.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Kippax in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd December
1880.
JAMES KIPPAX, of Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIGURED WOVEN GOODS."
"
My Invention relates principally to the goods known as counterpanes, quilts, and
toilets, and particularly to such goods as are woven with two or more colors in
addition to the white or colored ground, and whilst being particularly applicable
to the indicated class of goods may also be employed in the weaving of other
figured goods. In the weaving of the said goods, say, for example, with two colored
warps in addition to the white warp, the colored warps have in some parts of the
design floated together over the same spaces, and by mixing have not produced the
distinct effect which is desirable. To obviate this defect is the object of my
Invention, and to this end I at intervals in the weaving put in picks, which tie
down the warp or warps which I do not desire should appear on the one side in all
parts of the pattern wherein the said colors are not required to appear on the other
side. By way of example I will suppose the case of a quilt having figures formed
by the combination of red, blue, and white. In certain parts of the figures the
red is required to be prominent, and in such parts I tie down the blue; and in the
other parts the blue is required to be prominent and I therefore tie down the red.
To render the Invention more clear I have attached hereunto a diagram or draft
to which I will refer in this place. In the said diagram the solid line a represents
one of the colored warp yarns or
ends," and the open lines b represent a warp
yarn of a different color. To facilitate the describing and to render the diagram
more clear, I will suppose the yarn a to be blue and the yarn 6 to be red. The
ordinary ground picks are indicated by the open circles c, and the tyeing down
picks which I introduce in accordance with my Invention are indicated by the
lined circles d. These latter picks may be of a different count to the other picks
or of the same count, as, for example, in some cases they may be finer than the
picks c. In the section from 1 to 2 the blue warp floats over all the picks, the red
being tied down by the picks d. In all places in the pattern wherein a number of
contiguous blue warp ends so float over the red warp, which is so tied down, the
red warp is practically concealed without having to be passed to the other side of
the cloth, as in the ordinary method of weaving. In the section from 2 to 3 the
red warp floats over all the picks, and the blue warp is tied down by the picks d.
In the sections from 3 to 5 the colored warps appear on the other side of the cloth.
In the ordinary method of weaving such cloths the colored warp, which is not to
appear on one side, is passed through to the other side, and when a white ground is
required on one side both colors are passed through to the other side. This method
necessitates the sacrifice of effect on one side in order to produce the required effect
on the other side, that is to say, the cloth is woven with a face and a back.
means of my Invention I am enabled to produce a double faced cloth, having two
sides equal or nearly equal in effect the color not required to be prominent in any
particular part, being suppressed or kept in the back-ground without being passed
through to the other face, so that I can obtain a corresponding amount of white
ground and of general effect on both sides. The picks & may alternate with the
ordinary picks c, or there may be three or more of the latter between two of the
picks d, as considered to be most suitable in each case. Although I have alluded
particularly to cases wherein two colored warps are used, more than two colors
may be used whenever required, the colors not required to appear in any place
being tied down.
By

page_text: Having now fully set forth and indicated the nature of my said Invention, I
would have it to be understood in conclusion that I claim,-
First. The method of weaving with two or more colored warps, substantially as
set forth and indicated hereinbefore with reference to the attached diagram.
And, Secondly. When weaving goods wherein colored warps are employed to
produce patterns composed of two or more different colors or shades of color.in
addition to the white ground or to the ground colors, raising and lowering the
warps in such order as that the colors not required to appear in any part and not
required on the other face are tied down by additional picks, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth and indicated.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Kippax, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in
presence of
EDWARD K. DUTTON,
41, John Dalton St.,
Manchester,
Agent for the Patentee.
JAMES KIPPAX. (L.S.)