CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE METHOD OF FINISHING CERTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF PILED FABRICS AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Mayo Worrall, of Ordsall, in the County of
Lancaster, Dyer and Finisher, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE METHOD OF FINISHING CERTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF PILED FABRICS
AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH."
Sealed the 31st May 1867, and dated the 5th December 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Mayo Worrall at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th
· December 1866.
I, JOHN MAYO WORRALL, of Ordsall, in the County of Lancaster, Dyer and
Finisher, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF FINISHING CERTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF PILED
FABRICS AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
My Invention is designed for the purpose of raising or "getting up." the
pile of pile fabrics, and is particularly applicable to such fabrics as union
velvets which have silk pile and cotton back. In the apparatus now
employed for this purpose a horizontal "peg" or bar is caused by means of a
crank to traverse in a contrary direction to the passage of the fabric and to
rub upon and lift up the pile, which creates such an excessive, strain and

page_text: friction on the pile as to withdraw it from the back of the fabric, and so spoil
the even appearance of the pile surface.
My Invention consists in employing the same mechanism now used to
move the "peg" or bar, but reversing the motion of the said "getting up
peg" or bar so as to cause it to traverse over a fixed bed with a reciprocating
motion by means of a crank as hitherto, so that the pressure is exerted in the
same direction as the passage of the fabric, the pressure of the "peg" being
against the pile so as to raise it, and yet the pressure and friction is exerted
in the direction of the passage of the piece, for which purpose the piece is
supplied to the machine in a contrary or reverse direction, that is to say, the
usual "tail end" of the piece is now to be passed first; by this means the
pile may be effectually raised up without injury thereto.
The same mechanism is employed as is now well-known, but the novelty
and feature of the Invention consists in causing the "peg" to move in a reverse
direction, and the pressure of the "peg" or bar to go with the passage of the
fabric through the machine, so that although it rubs against the pile and
raises it, yet as the fabric is constantly passing onwards in the direction
of the rubbing there is no strain upon the pile to withdraw it from the
fabric.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of, the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Mayo Worrall in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
5th June 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MAYO WORRALL, of Ordsall, in the County of Lancaster, Dyer and Finisher,
send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six; in the thirtieth year of Her reign; did
för Herself, Her heirs and successors; give and grant unto me, the said
John Mayo Worrall, Her special license that I; the said John Mayo Worrall,
my executors, administrators; and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Mayo Worrall, my 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS

page_text: IN THE METHOD OF FINISHING CERTAIN DESCRIPTIONS' OP PILED FABRICS AND IN
APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," upon the condition' (amongst others). that: I,
the said John Mayo Worrall, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Mayo Worrall, do hereby declare
the nature 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, and accompanying Drawings (that is to say):
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My Invention is designed for the purpose of raising or "getting up" the
pile of pile fabrics, and is particularly applicable to such fabrics as union
velvets which have silk pile and cotton back. In the apparatus now employed
for this purpose a horizontal peg or bar is caused by means of a crank to
traverse in a contrary direction to the passage of the fabric and to rub upon
and lift up the pile, which creates such an excessive strain and friction on
the pile as to withdraw it from the back of the fabric and so spoil the
even appearance of the pile surfacé.
My Invention consists in employing the same mechanism now employed to
move the "peg" or bar, but to reverse the motion of the said "getting up
peg" or bar, and causing it to traverse over a fixed bed with a reciprocating
motion by means of a crank as hitherto, so that the pressure is exerted in the
same direction as the passage of the fabric, the pressure of the "
peg" being
against the pile so as to raise it, and yet the pressure and friction is exerted
in the direction of the passage of the piece, for which purpose the piece is
supplied to the machine in a contrary or reverse direction, that is to say, the
usual "tail end" of the piece is now to be passed first, by this means the pile
may be effectually raised up without injury thereto.
The same mechanism is employed as is now well-known, but the novelty
and feature of the Invention consists in causing the peg to move in a reverse
direction, and the pressure of the "peg" or bar to go with the passage of
the fabric through the machine, so that although it rubs against the pile and
raises it, yet as the fabric is constantly passing onwards in the direction
of the rubbing there is no strain upon the pile to withdraw it from the
fabric.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings made upon a scale of

page_text: about three inches to the foot, and having similar letters of reference marked
thereon, Fig. 1 being a side elevation, shewn in section, exhibiting the posi-
tion of the "peg" which moves in the groove or guide, and the table with
the fabric passing over it...
The method of actuating the various parts and the entire apparatus is such
as are now in use, the novelty of the Invention consisting in reversing the
movement and action of the "peg," so that its pressure may be against the
pile and yet in the same direction as the movement of the piece.
In Fig. 1, a, a, is the framing of the machine; b, the bed over which the
piece of pile fabric passes in the direction of the arrow towards the usual
brushes and rollers c and d, the "peg" or edged "bar e which extends across
the piece is caused to move in the guide bars f, f, by an ordinary crank, and
as it passes upwards it presses upon and raises the pile, and such pressure being
in the same direction as the movement of the piece the pile is not with-
drawn from the fabric as is the case when these motions are against each
other.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
method of carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be distinctly
understood that I claim raising up the pile of pile fabrics by the use of a
bar or "peg" which only exerts pressure on the pile, whilst the peg
moving in the same direction as the fabric, as herein-before described, set
forth, and illustrated in the Drawings attached.
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In witness whereof, I, the said John Mayo Worrall, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Third day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witnessed by
JOHN L. DAVIES,
Office for Patents,
Manchester.
JNO. M. WORRALL. (L.S.)