THE APPLICATION AND USE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARPETS AND HEARTH RUGS
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Spencer, Woollen Manufacturer and Mer-
chant, and Noah Broomhead, Carpet Manufacturer, both of Halifax, in
the County of York, for the Invention of "THE APPLICATION AND USE OF
CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARPETS AND
HEARTH RUGS."
Sealed the 27th June 1865, and dated the 2nd January 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Spencer and Noah
Broomhead at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents with their
Petition, on the 2nd January 1865.
We, JOHN SPENCER, Woollen Manufacturer and Merchant, and NодH
BROOMHEAD, Carpet Manufacturer, both of Halifax, in the County of York,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention for "THE APPLICATION AND
USE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARPETS AND
HEARTH RUGS," to be as follows: —
This Invention relates to the manufacture of carpets and hearth rugs from
remnants of winsey, linsey, orleans, alpaca, flannel, woollen cloth, moreens,

page_text: and stuff goods. These are cut into strips of suitable width and their ends
secured together by stitching or sewing so as to obtain any desirable length,
this.we use as the weft. The warp used is of cotton hemp, or jute band, and
may be dyed to any colour. The machinery employed in weaving such carpets
and hearth rugs is the "hand loom," or power looms may be used having a
large shuttle and shuttle boxes provided.
It will be seen from the above description of this our Invention that we are
enabled to manufacture carpets and hearth rugs from materials the weft of
which has heretofore been treated as waste or of little commercial value, and
such materials being of various colours and fibres, carpets and hearth rugs of
various colours and materials may be produced. We are aware that "list
carpets" are being woven in which the "listing" or edges of woollen cloth are
used for the weft and for the warp.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Spencer and Noah Broomhead in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 29th June 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, Jonn
SPENCER, Woollen Manufacturer and Merchant, and Nодп BROOMHEAD, Carpet
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto us, the said John Spencer and Noah Broomheal, Her special licence
that we, the said John Spencer and Noah Broomhead, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said John Spencer
and Noah Broomhead, our 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 "THE
APPLICATION AND USE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF CARPETS AND HEARTH RUGS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the
said John Spencer and Noah Broomhead, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,

page_text: 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 we, the said John Spencer and Noah Broomhead
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of carpets and hearth from
remnants of winsey, linsey, orleans, alpaca, flannel, woollen cloth, moreens
and stuff goods. These are cut into strips of suitable width and their ends
secured together by stitching or sewing, so as to obtain any desirable length.
This we use as the weft. The warp used is of cotton, hemp, or jute band, and
may be dyed to any colour. The machinery employed in weaving such carpets
and hearth rugs is the "hand loom," or power looms may be used, having
large shuttle and shuttle boxes provided.
It will be seen from the above description of this our Invention, that we are
enabled to manufacture carpets and hearth rugs, from materials the weft of
which has heretofore been treated as waste, or of little commercial value, and
such materials being of various colours and fibres, carpets and hearth rugs of
various colours and materials may be produced. We are aware that "list
carpets are being woven in which the "listing" or edges of woollen cloth are
used for the weft and for the warp.
Such being the nature and object of this our said Invention, we will now
proceed to describe the same more in detail. In manufacturing carpets and
hearth rugs, the remnants of winsey, linsey, orleans, alpaca, flannel, woollen
cloth, morcens, and stuff goods, are cut into strips, and the ends secured by
stitching or sewing to pieces of corresponding material so as to obtain lengths
(to be used in the weaving as weft) sufficient to supply the shuttles. The
warps as above-mentioned, consist of cotton, hemp, or jute bands, and are dyed
colours to suit the various patterns required. The band warp imbeds itself in
the thicker material of the weft, and is thus protected from wear and tear,
and by cutting the strips we obtain weft of equal width and even edge,
enabling us to produce carpets and hearth rugs of much superior quality and
appearance.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this our said
Invention for the application and use of certain materials to be employed in
the manufacture of carpets and hearth rugs, together with the manner in
which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical effect,
we would remark in conclusion that we claim as our Invention, the use of the

page_text: materials above-mentioned, together with the dyed warps of cotton, hemp, or
jute, for purposes herein fully described.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Spencer and Noah Broomhead,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-seventh day
of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five.
Signed and sealed by the within-
named John Spencer and Noah
Broomhead, in the presence of.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Patent Agent,
(L.S.)
JOHN SPENCER.
NOAH BROOMHEAD. (L.S.)
Halifax & Blackburn.