IMPROVEMENTS IN CUTTING THE TERRY OR PILE OF CERTAIN TEXTILE FABRICS USED FOR SADDLE COVERS
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Wilfrid Latham, of Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CUTTING
THE TERRY OR PILE OF CERTAIN TEXTILE FABRICS USED FOR SADDLE COVERS."
Sealed the 18th November 1855, and dated the 16th May 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Wilfrid Latham at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th May 1855.
I, WILFRID LATHAM, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CUTTING THE TERRY OR PILE OF CERTAIN TEXTILE FABRICS USED FOR SADDLE
COVERS" to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to certain terry textile fabrics known in the South
American trade as pellones, and are used for saddle covers.
The improvements consist in cutting the terry or pile in such manner as to
produce a soft, jaggy, and pointed appearance thereto. Heretofore the terry
has been cut with a sharp knife in straight parallel lines, dividing the loop in
equal lengths with a square cut of the thread or yarn; but by my improve-
ments the terry or pile is cut in a zig-zag, wavy, or undulating line by means
of a rough-edged knife, rasp, file, or saw; or by means of knife, scissors, or other
cutting instrument used with a lateral movement, so as to chafe the threads
asunder, whereby the ends thereof will be soft and pointed and of uneven
lengths.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Wilfrid Latham in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th November 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILFRID
LATHAM, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Royal
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Wilfrid Latham, Her special licenco that I, the said Wilfrid Latham
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Wilfrid
Latham, ny executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CUTTING THE
TERRY OR PILE OF CERTAIN TEXTILE FABRICS USED FOR SADDLE COVERS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Wilfrid Latham, by an instru-
ment in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Royal Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Wilfrid Latham, do hereby declare the
naturo of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):-
The Invention relates to certain terry textile fabrics known in the South
American trade as pellones, and are used for saddle covers.
The improvements consist in cutting the terry or pile in such manner as to
produce a soft, jaggy, and pointed appearance thereto. Heretofore the terry
has been cut with a sharp knife in straight parallel lines, dividing the loops
in equal lengths with a square cut of the thread or yarn; but by my improve-
ments the terry or pile is cut in a zig-zag, wavy, or undulating line by means
of a rough-edged knife, rasp, file, or saw; or by means of knife, scissors, or
other cutting instrument used with a lateral movement, so as to chafe the
threads asunder, whereby the ends thereof will be soft and pointed and of
uneven lengths.

page_text: The foregoing description, as contained in my Provisional Specification,
clearly explains the nature and object of my Invention, and will be readily
understood by any one conversant with terry textile fabrics.
terry textile fabrics. I will now
describe the manner in which I perform or carry the Invention into practical
effect. Instead of passing a sharp-edged knife in a straight line along the
edge of the board or other substance inserted to raise the terry or pile, dividing
the loops into equal parts with a square cut of the thread or yarn, I use
a rough-edged knife or other instrument, and pass or cause it to move in a
zig-zag line or direction along the side of the board or other substance with a
lateral or sideway motion, so as to rub or chafe the threads asunder in unequal
lengths, whereby I produce a soft smooth effect to the fabrics.
Having thus fully described and ascertained the nature and particulars of
this my Invention, I desire it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine
myself to any particular method of performing the same; but what I claim
as of my Invention, and which, to the best of my knowledge and belief, is new
within this realm, is, cutting the terry or pile of pellones with any cutting
instrument having a lateral movement given to it, so as to cut or chafe the
loops asunder in unequal lengths.
In witness whereof, I, the said Wilfrid Latham, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of November, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five.
WILFRID LATHAM. (LS.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-named
Wilfrid Latham, in the presence of
CHA FRED. BARKER, Solicitor,
Wem, Salop.
JOSEPH GREENE WILSON, Surgeon,
Wem, Salop.