Improvements in the Manufacture of Kidderminster Carpets.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
Date of Application, 29th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Kidderminster Carpets.
We, THE HECKMONDWIKE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED, of Croft
Mills, Heckmondwike, in the County of York, Manufacturers, and WILLIAM HOLT,
of the same place, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new method of weaving Kidderminster carpets, and
our invention has reference principally to a two ply carpet, the object of our
improvements being to obtain more colours or designs in this class of carpet.
In carrying out our invention we combine with such carpet, an additional ingrain
coloured warp, which is made to appear on both sides of the fabric, thereby giving
three or more colours on to a two ply cloth, which effect is obtained by "planting"
or arranging the warp.
When making a three ply carpet, we also use the additional ingrain coloured
warp, which by "planting" is made to appear on both sides of the carpet. By
weaving a Kidderminster carpet with an additional ingrain coloured warp, the
fabric is more lofty and richer in appearance than those at present in use, in
addition to which, inore colours or more variegated designs can be produced.
Dated this 28th day of May 1896.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Patent Agents.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Kidderminster Carpets.
We, THE HECKMONDWIKE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED, of Croft
Mills, Heckmondwike, in the County of York, Manufacturers, and WILLIAM HOLT,
of the same place, Weaver, 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 to a new method of weaving Kidderminster carpets, and
our invention has reference principally to a two ply carpet, the object of our
improvements being to obtain more colours or designs in this class of carpet.
In carrying out our invention we combine with such carpet, an additional ingrain
coloured warp, which is made to appear on both sides of the fabric, thereby giving
three or more colours on to a two ply cloth, which effect is obtained by "planting"
or arranging the warp.
In the accompanying drawings illustrating our invention, a and b are the weft
threads which are of two different colours and c and d are the warp threads also of
different colours and according to our improved method we combine with the said warp

page_text: and weft, an additional ingrain coloured warp e which is made to appear on both sides
of the fabric thereby giving three or more colours on a two ply cloth which effect
is obtained by "planting" or arranging the warp as will be easily understood by
those conversant with the art of weaving.
The warp threads c and d serve to bind the weft threads together.
By constructing a Kidderminster carpet with an additional ingrain coloured warp
as described the fabric is more lofty and richer in appearance than those made
according to the present method in addition to which more colours or more
variegated designs can be produced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
In the manufacture of a two ply Kidderminster carpet, the combination there-
with of an additional coloured ingrain warp for producing a greater variety of
colours or patterns in the said carpet as herein described and shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 26th day of January 1897.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Patent Agents.