Improvements in the Manufacture of Label Cloth, Tracing Oloth, and similar Fabrics.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 19th Apr.. 1892-Accepted. 14th May. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Label Cloth, Tracing Oloth,
and similar Fabrics.
We THOMAS ASHLEY SUTTON and WILLIAM HALE SUTTON, both of 5
Worsley Street Salford in the County of Lancaster Gum Starch and Chemical
Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
The objects of this invention are to improve the quality of label cloth tracing
cloth and similar fabrics used for writing or drawing upon, and to make it more
durable and suitable for the purpose for which the said fabric is to be used.
According to our invention we take plain bleached calico or other suitable woven
fabric according to the purpose for which it is to be used and by means of a raising
machine or other known means we raise upon one or both sides a pile or nap.
The fibres thus raised project from the warp and weft of the fabric and when the
stiffening or filling material is applied by the usual means the said fibres assist not
only in filling and making the cloth very smooth and giving it a good surface when
glazed and calendered but also will retain the filling material and render the fabric
very durable.
The raising process and the subsequently laying of the fibres by the stiffening or
filling will also make the fabric less coarse in texture and give to the material when
finished in the usual way (according to the purpose for which it is intended to be
used) a finer appearance and feel than the same cloth treated in the ordinary
manner, and thus, for a certain quality of material a cheaper and coarser cloth than
usual may be employed.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Label Oloth, Tracing Cloth,
and similar Fabrics.
We THOMAS ASHLEY SUTTON and WILLIAM HALE SUTTON both of 5
Worsley Street Salford in the County of Lancaster Gum Starch and Chemical
Manufacturers, 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 :—
The objects of this invention are to improve the quality of label cloth, tracing
cloth, and similar fabrics used for writing or drawing upon, and to make it more
durable and suitable for the purpose for which the said fabric is to be used.
According to our invention we take plain bleached calico, or other suitable woven
fabric, according to the purpose for which the finished material is to be used, and
by means of a raising machine, or other similar known means, we raise upon one or
both sides of the fabric a pile or nap.
The fibres thus raised project from the warp and weft of the fabric, and when the
stiffening or filling material is applied by the usual means the said fibres assist not
only in filling and making the cloth very smooth, and giving it a good surface when
glazed and calendered, but also will retain the filling material and render the fabric
very durable.
The raising process and the subsequently laying of the fibres by stiffening or
¡ filling will also make the fabric less coarse in texture and give to the material

page_text: when finished in the usual way (according to the purpose for which it is intended
to be used) a finer appearance and "feel than the same cloth would have when
treated in the ordinary manner; and thus, to produce a certain quality of material,
a cheaper and coarser cloth than usual may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The manufacture of label cloth, tracing cloth and similar fabrics consisting in
raising a pile or nap upon one or both sides of a piece of plain bleached calico or
other suitable woven fabric, and afterwards applying thereto the stiffening or
filling material and finishing the same in the usual manner substantially as herein-
before described.
Dated this 16th dev of Anvil 1800
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.