TT DINTING. WOVEN, FARRIOS for the Invention of if TDMEETS TH EINISHINA. WOVEN FABRIOS. PRO
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Paterson, William Alexander Sanderson,
..and Robert Sanderson, junior, of the Firm of R. & A. Sanderson &
Co., of Gala Mills, Galashiels, in the County of Selkirk, North Britain,
for the Invention of it TT DINTING. WOVEN, FARRIOS
for the Invention of if TDMEETS TH EINISHINA. WOVEN FABRIOS.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Paterson, Wil-
liam Alexander Sanderson, and Robert Sanderson, junior, at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with their. Petition, on the 8th March
1862.
We,. WILLIAM PATERSON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER SANDERSON, and ROBERT
SANDERSON, junior; of the Firm of R. & A. Sanderson & Co. of Gala Mills,
Galashiels, in the County of Selkirk,, North Britain, do hereby. declare the
-nature of, the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING WOVEN FABRICS","
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the method of producing a new style or effect of
finish on cloth or woven fabric of various kinds,; whether made from wool,
cotton; hair, flax, or other material, or on mixed:goods, such as.those,manu-
factured from a mixture of cotton and wool; or any other mixture of materials.
The method or process of producing the desired effect, is as follows:-The
groundwork of the cloth is to be woven in any of the usual methods, but in
addition there are certain threads of weft thrown across, tacked, or held down
by partofuthe warp and made to..." float".or.skim over the surface off the
remainder.
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page_text: The number of these threads may be varied at pleasure, as well as the
number of times they are tacked down, and the number of warp.threads which
they are made to "float" over, and if preferred instead of the foregoing method,
certain of the warp threads may be made to "float" over the weft, or a com-
bination of the two methods may be employed to produce the desired result.
If these floating threads are put in the warp, then they are made to skim
across, and to be tacked down by the weft, and if they are put in both warp
and weft; then they are woven by a combination of the aforesaid methods.
After undergoing the usual process of cleaning and milling, the cloth is
raised backwards and forwards, until the threads "floating" over the surface
are raised through, and thus the desired effect is produced.
SPECIFICATION. in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William.Paterson, William Alexander Sanderson, and Robert
Sanderson, junior,-in the-Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th September
1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
PATERSON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER SANDERSON, and ROBERT SANDERSON, junior,
of the Firm of R. and A. Sanderson & Co., of Gala Mills, Galashiels, in the
County of Selkirk, North Britain, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Iler heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
William Paterson, William Alexander Sanderson, and Robert Sanderson,
junior, Her special licence, that we, the said William Paterson, William
Alexander Sanderson, and Robert Sanderson, junior, our executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said William Paterson, Wil-
liam Alexander Sanderson, and Robert Sanderson, junior, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING
WOVEN FABRICS," upon the ..condition (amongst others) that we, the said
William Paterson, William Alexander Sanderson, and Robert Sanderson, junior,
our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or

page_text: one of our, 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 we, the said William Paterson, William Alexander
Sanderson, and Robert Sanderson, junior, do hereby declare the nature of
our said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to bo:
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement in
writing, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to the method of producing a new style or effect of
finish on cloth or woven fabric of various kinds, whether made from wool,
cotton, hair, flax, or other material, or on mixed goods such as those manu-
factured from a mixture of cotton-and-wool, or any other mixture of materials.
The method or process of producing the desired effect, is as follows:-The
groundwork of the cloth is to be woven in any of the usual methods, but
in addition there are certain threads of weft thrown across, tacked, or helil
down by part of the warp, and made to "float" or skim over the surface of the
remainder.
:
The number of these threads may be varied at pleasure, as well as the
number of times they are tacked down, and the number of warp threads,
which they are made to "float" over, and if preferred, instead of the foregoing
method, certain of the warp threads may be made to "float" over the weft,
or a combination of the two methods may be employed to produce the desired
result.
If these floating threads are put in the warp, then they are made to
skim across, and to be tacked down by the weft; and if they are "put in
both warp and weft, then they are woven by a combination of the aforesaid
methods.
After undergoing the usual process of cleaning and milling, the cloth is
raised backwards and forwards, until the threads "floating" over the
surface are softened. The loops of these threads are then broken through
by means of cards or strong teazles, so as to form a sort of pile on the
surface of the fabric, and they are then re-raised in order to impart a greater
degree of softness thereto. After being dried, the pile is then raised the
reverse. way or turned over, so as to cause it to stand on end, and by these
means the desired effect is produced.
Having now described the nature and object of our said Invention for
"Improvements in Finishing Woven Fabrics," together with the manner in

page_text: 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 method of
finishing woven fabrics, and producing the kind of pile thereon, by floating
certain of, the warp. or weft threads over the surface of the same, and then
breaking through such floated threads by means of cards or strong teazles, and
raising such broken threads into a pile substantially as above more
are particularly
set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Alexander Sanderson, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Third day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight-hundred and sixty-two..
set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Alexander Sanderson, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Third day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight-hundred and sixty-two..
WILLIAM ALEXE. SANDERSON. (L.B.).