Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 8th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 16th Mar., 1889
I, SIGMUND LIEBMAN, of Little Lever Street, Dale Street, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates primarily to quilts, shirts, or other coverings or garments
but may also be applied to cushions, pillows, and similar articles for reclining upon.
Quilts and other padded coverings or garments have hitherto been made chiefly
padded with down, silk waste, cotton wadding, or wool fibres.
This invention consists essentially in padding the articles with a second or internal
layer of prepared, loose, short-staple, cotton fibres interposed between external layers
of longer stapled carded fibres which are enclosed in a suitable covering.
In carrying out the invention three materials are employed, the textile fabric of
cotton, silk, or other material forming the covering; a loosely prepared fibre known
as cotton-wool which forms a layer of padding against the textile covering; and an
inner or centre layer of padding of loosely prepared short staple cotton fibres which
is embedded in the layer of other fibre.
The textile covering may be of any material commonly employed for the article
and woven in the usual way. The cotton-wool fibre consists preferably of un-manu-
factured fibre which has been cleaned and carded and is in a loose though untangled
or unmatted state. And the internal cotton fibre is preferably the short staple waste
produced by combers or shearers. This is passed through an opening or willowing
machine which clears it of dust and loosens all the fibres delivering them somewhat
in the form of down. It is this opening or willowing which renders the cotton fibre
applicable for my purpose.
When the layers of fibrous materials have been inserted
the covering is sewn up and quilted or tufted in the usual manner.

page_text: Although primarily designed for quilts and padded garments the invention may be
applied to such articles as bolsters, pillows, cushions and other articles of upholstery,
the thickness of the layers of wool and the internal padding of cotton fibre being
determined by the thickness or size of the article to be produced.
Dated this 26th day of October 1888.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester,
Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Quilts, Skirts, Cushions, Pillows, and other similar
Articles.
I, SIGMUND LIEBMAN, of Little Lever Street, Dale Street, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention relates primarily to what are known as imitation down quilts, skirts,
or other coverings or garments but may also be applied to cushions, pillows, and
similar articles for reclining upon which are usually stuffed with down.
Quilts and other padded coverings or garments have hitherto been made chiefly
padded with down, silk waste, or cotton wadding.
This invention consists essentially in padding the articles with prepared, loose,
short-staple, waste cotton fibres preferably as an internal layer interposed between
external layers of longer stapled carded fibres which are enclosed in a suitable
covering.
Referring to the drawings
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation.
Fig. 2 plan, showing the invention as applied to a padded quilt in the form I prefer
to make the articles.
In the example shown three materials are employed, the textile fabric of cotton,
silk, or other material A forming the covering; a loosely prepared cotton fibre B
which forms an outside layer of padding against the outer covering A; and an inner
or centre layer of padding C of loosely prepared short staple cotton fibres which is
embedded in the layer of other fibre.
The textile covering A may be of any material commonly employed for the article
and woven in the usual way.

page_text: The prepared cotton fibre B consists preferably of a long stapled fibre which has
been cleaned and carded and is in a loose though untangled or unmatted state. Instead
of using a specially prepared fibre for the layer B it may be of cotton wadding split
in two or of the soft part of the wadding with the back removed.
The cotton fibre for the internal or centre layer C is preferably prepared from the
short staple waste from combers or shearers and known as shearings. This material
is prepared for use by being passed through a willow or opening machine which cleans
it of dust and loosens all the fibres delivering them somewhat in the form of down.
It is this opening or willowing which renders the cotton fibre applicable for my
purpose.
The prepared loose short-staple waste cotton fibre although preferably used as an
internal layer interposed between two layers of long-staple fibre can I find be profitably
used in two or three other ways. With a strong textile material for a cover it may
be employed by itself as a padding for articles of small size which do not require
much handling before being sewed and finished but for large sized articles it is not
practicable to use it alone as it would become lumpy before the manufacture was
completed. A better plan than using this short staple material alone, is to use it with
a single layer of the padding such as the long staple carded fibre or I find that the
backing of wadding after the greater part of the soft material has been stripped off
or a thin muslin used in conjunction with the central layer of short staple waste and
interposed between it and the outside covering gives very good results.
The layers of the fibrous material employed are carefully spread upon the lower
sheet of the textile covering A and the top sheet placed upon it which is then sewed
up and quilted in the usual manner.
Although primarily designed for padded imitation down quilts, and garments the
invention may be applied to such articles as bolsters, pillows, cushions and other such
articles of upholstery, the thickness of the several layers of fibrous materials being
determined by the quality, thickness, and size of the arcticle to be produced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood
that beds and other articles of upholstery have been padded with cotton flocks and
that the use of such flocks is not claimed by me and forms no part of my invention,
but that what I claim is.
1. A covering, garment, or article for reclining upon, having a padding of a prepared
loose short stapled waste cotton fibre interposed between layers of padding of long
stapled carded fibres enclosed in an outside covering substantially as described.
2. A padded covering, garment, or article for reclining upon having the padding
in whole or in part formed of a prepared loose short-stapled waste cotton fibre
substantially as described.
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