IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF VELVET
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Isaac Bamford, of the Firm of Kershaw and Bamford,
of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF VELVET."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Isaac Bamford at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th February 1881.
ISAAC BAMFORD, of the Firm of Kershaw and Bamford, of Oldham, in the
County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF VELVET."
My Invention applies to the manufacture of velvet made of silk, cotton, or
other suitable fibrous substance or substances with a ribbed back and a fast
locked pile.
.
The improved velvet is made with a ribbed back, and with either a double or a
single lock face pick before or after the back pick.
In the first case for forming a ribbed back with a double-lock face pick I employ
eight ends and ten picks to the round.
The first pick is a binding pick, and passes under one, over two, under two, over
two, and under one.
The second pick is a face pick, and passes over one, under one, floats over five,
and under one.
The third pick is a face pick, and passes over one, under one, over one, under
one, and floats over four.
The fourth pick is a face pick, floating over three, under one, over one, under
one, and over two.
The fifth pick is a face pick, floating over five, under one, over one, under
one.
The sixth pick is a binding pick, and passes over one, under two, over two, under
two, and over one.
The seventh pick is a face pick, and is the same as the second.
The eighth pick is a face pick, and is the same as the third..
The ninth pick is a face pick, and is the same as the fourth.
The tenth pick is a face pick, as is the same as the fifth.
Price GI

page_text: In some cases I make this same style of cloth but with the twill either reversed
or broken, and I sometimes vary the same by placing the second binding pick
between the sixth and eighth picks instead of between the fifth and seventh.
For weaving a fast pile velvet with a ribbed back and a single lock face
pick before or after the back pick, we employ eight ends and six picks to the
round.
The first pick is a binding pick, and passes under one, over two, under two, over
two, and under one.
The second pick is a face pick, and passes over one, under one, and floats over
six.
The third pick is a face pick, floating over five, under one, and over two.
The fourth pick is a binding pick, and passes over one, under two, over two,
under two, and over one.
The fifth pick is a face pick, and passes over three, under one, and floats over
four.
The sixth pick is a face pick, and floats over seven and under one.
This same cloth can be woven either with six picks to the round, as above, or
twelve, eighteen, or other repetitions.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Isaac Bamford in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th August
1881.
ISAAC BAMFORD, of the Firm of Kershaw and Bamford, of Oldham, in the
County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF VELVET."
My Invention applies to the manufacture of velvet made of silk, cotton, or
other suitable fibrous substance or substances with a ribbed back and a fast
locked pile.
The improved velvet is made with a ribbed back, and with either a double or a
single lock face pick before or after the back pick.
In the first case, for forming a ribbed back with a double lock face pick I employ
eight ends and ten picks to the round, as shown in the annexed Diagram No. 1, and
condensed at No. 2.
The first pick is a binding pick, and passes under one, over two, under two, over
two, and under one.
The second pick is a face pick, and passes over one, under one, floats over five,
and under one.
The third pick is a face pick, and passes over one, under one, over one, under
one, and floats over four.
The fourth pick is a face pick, floating over three, under one, over one, under
one, and over two.
The fifth pick is a face pick, floating over five, under one, over one, and under
one.
The sixth pick is a binding pick, and passes over one, under two, over two, under
two, and over one.
The seventh pick is a face pick, and is the same as the second.
The eighth pick is a face pick, and is the same as the third.
The ninth pick is a face pick, and is the same as the fourth.
The tenth pick is a face pick, and is the same as the fifth.
In some cases I make this same style of cloth but with the twill either reversed,
as shown by Diagrams 3 and 4 (condensed), or broken (see Diagrams 5 and 6), and
I sometimes vary the same by placing the second binding pick between the sixth
and eighth picks, as shown by Diagrams 7 and 8 (condensed) instead of between
the fifth and seventh.
. For weaving a fast pile velvet with a ribbed back and a single lock face pick
before or after the back pick, I employ eight ends and six picks to the round, see
Diagrams Nos. 9 and 10 (condensed).
The first pick is a binding pick, and passes under one, over two, under two, over
two, and under one.
The second pick is a face pick, and passes over one, under one, and floats over
six.
The third pick is a face pick, floating over five, under one, and over two.
The fourth pick is a binding pick, and passes over one, under two, over two,
under two, and over one.
The fifth pick is a face pick, and passes over three, under one, and floats over
four.
The sixth pick is a face pick, and floats over seven, and under one, and I
sometimes vary the face picks in this cloth as shown by Diagrams Nos. 11 and 12
(condensed).
This same cloth can be woven either with six picks to the round, as above, or
with twelve, or eighteen picks, or other repetitions of the same.

page_text: Having now described. the nature and object of the said Invention, together
with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried
into practical effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention,-
First. The methods of manufacturing velvet, as above described and illustrated
by the diagrams annexed, and
Secondly. I claim as a new manufacture velvet woven according to any of the
methods and diagrams above described and referred to.
In witness whereof, I, the said Isaac Bamford, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Sixteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.
ISAAC BAMFORD. (L.S.)