PRODUCING SCARPS, NECK-TIES, AND OTHER ARTICLES FROM THE WARP MACHINE
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Atkins, of Nottingham, in the County of
Nottingham, Lace Manufacturer, for the Invention of." PRODUCING SCARPS,
NECK-TIES, AND OTHER ARTICLES FROM THE WARP MACHINE."
Sealed the 6th July 1858, and dated the 8th January 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Atkins at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th
January 1858.
I, HENRY ATKINS, of Nottingham, in the County of Nottingham, Lace
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"PRODUCING SCARFS, NECK-TIES, AND OTHER ARTICLES FROM THE WARP MACHINE,'
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in producing men's scarfs and neck-ties from the
warp machine in the following manner:-I work the warp machine as
heretofore for producing warp fabrics, but in making the scarfs or neck-ties I
so arrange the needles in the machine as to give any required length of the
article, which, when made, I use crosswise of the fabric, as made on the
machine,, which gives both strength and durability to the articles, and which I
can produce at much less cost. Now, heretofore, in lace or other scarfs made
upon the warp machine, the width of the article had to correspond to the width
of the needles, whereas by my Invention the length of the scarf or other

page_text: article corresponds with the width of the needles. I also ornament the ends
of the scarfs or ties as fancy may suggest, and either by fringes or otherwise.
My Invention is also applicable for the production of ladies' cuffs, trimmings
for mantles, &c., for covering ladies' bonnets, and for other purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Atkins in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th July 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
ATKINS, of Nottingham, in the County of Nottingham, Lace Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Henry Atkins, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Atkins, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Atkins, 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 "PRODUCING SCARFS, NECK-TIES, AND
OTHER ARTICLES FROM THE WARP MACHINE," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Henry Atkins, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Atkins, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, that is
to say :-
My Invention consists in producing men's scarfs and neck-ties from the warp
machine in the following manner:-I work the warp machine as heretofore for

page_text: producing warp fabrics; but in making the scarfs or neck-ties I so arrange
the needles in the machine as to give any required length of the article which,
when made, I use crosswise of the fabric as made on the machine, which gives
both strength and durability to the articles, and at much less cost than usual.
Heretofore, in lace or other scarfs made upon the warp machine, the width
of the article had to correspond to the width of the needles, whereas by my
Invention the length of the scarf corresponds with the width of the needles.
I also ornament the ends of the scarfs or ties as fancy may suggest, either by
fringes or otherwise.
My Invention is also applicable for the production of ladies' cuffs, trimmings
for mantles, and for covering ladies' bonnets, and other purposes.
The three wheels employed in carrying my Invention into effect are shown full
size in the Drawings annexed. No. 1 is a wheel moving a guide bar in the
machine, in conjunction with another wheel moving the pillar bar, the two
making together what is called the ground; there are also one or more bars
called the fringe bars, which make a fancy fringe at each end of the scarf or
tie, the length of the said fringe being in proportion to the number of needles
used or to the throw which a bar, or bars makes or make.
No. 2 wheel moves a fancy bar in conjunction with a pillar bar and a fringe
bar. The work produced from the combination of these bars is the same to
all appearance as that produced by No. 1 set; but where two or more coloured
threads are used, the result shows that one thread has traversed to the right or
left pillar alternately to the one it starts upon.
No. 3 is a wheel moving in conjunction with a pillar and fringe bar as
above, and makes a fancy checked fabric with part of the checks smaller than
the others. Should a ground be required, having coloured threads thrown
across each other, or to take the place of one another, two or more of these
wheels are used together with bars working on the ground of the fabric above
mentioned. I also use, in addition to the above two or more wheels, moving
bars which lay threads of one or more colors in a set pattern standing out
above the ground of the fabric.
I do not confine myself to the manufacture of scarfs and ties, but make
various fancy grounds in large pieces to be cut up and manufactured into a
variety of articles, such as ladies' dresses, mantles, cloaks, bonnets, flounces,
&c.; nor do I confine myself to the particular cuts of wheels shown for the
same, or similar wheels can be used in making one movement in two courses,
or otherwise.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the production

page_text: of scarfs, neck ties, and other articles from the warp machine by the means and
in the manner herein-before described and illustrated in the Drawings hereunto
annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Atkins, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of July, One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-eight.
Witness,
GEO. JON. ROBINSON, Patent Agent,
Middle Pavement, Nottingham.
HENRY ATKINS. (L.S.)