IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIGURED CLOTH
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Taylor and Jacob Warburton, both of Bolton,
in the County of Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF FIGURED CLOTH."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Taylor and Jacob
Warburton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th May
1881.
THOMAS TAYLOR and JACOB WARBURTON, both of Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIGURED CLOTH."
Our Invention relates to that kind of cloth known as " Mitchelline," for the
manufacture of which a Patent, No. 1964, A.D. 1868, was granted to David
Mitchell. We employ a loom of the ordinary construction, and we make use of
two yarn beams, and we also use fine weft and coarse weft from two shuttles; the
yarn from one beam is to form the plain cloth, and the yarn from the other (termed
stitching yarn) is to form the figure. We place twice as many cuds on the latter
as on the former, and divide these ends in the tabby, which enables us to make
two picks of coarse weft together and two picks of fine weft together.
The progressive motions of the yarns and wefts are as follows:-
The face yarn is to be formed tabby, that is, one end up and one end down, and
at the same time the stitching yarn is raised to form the figure; the position of the
yarns forms the shed through which the shuttle runs, the first pick being coarse
weft; to make the second slied, the face yarn is changed to the other tabby, and
the stitching yarn again forms the figure, this second pick being also coarse weft;
to make the third shed, the stitching yarn only is changed to tabby, this third pick
being fine weft; to make the fourth shed, both the face yarn and the stitching
yarn are to be changed to the reverse tabby of the previous pick, this fourth pick
being fine weft; this completes the round, and these operations being continued will
produce our improved cloth. It will be seen that the stitching yarn works thus -
The first pick of weft, figure; the second pick, figure; the third pick, tabby; the
fourth pick, reverse tabby. The face yarn works thus:-The first pick, tabby;
the second pick, the reverse tabby; the third pick, the same as the second; and
the fourth pick, the same as the first.
By the use of our Invention we can weave the cloth at a lower cost than by the
old method, as we require a drop box at one side of the loom only, and have
double the usual number of ends of stitching yarn divided as hereinbefore
described.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Thomas Taylor and Jacob Warburton in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 14th November 1881.
THOMAS TAYLOR and JACOB WARBURTON, both of Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIGURED CLOTH."
Our Invention relates to that kind of cloth known as "Mitchelline," for the
manufacture of which a Patent, No. 1964, A.D. 1868, was granted to David
Mitchell.
In carrying out our Invention we employ a loom of the ordinary construction,
and we make use of two yarn beams, and we also use fine weft and coarse weft
from two shuttles; the yarn from one beam is to form the plain cloth which con-
stitutes the figure, and the yarn from the other (termed stitching yarn) is to form
the plain ground which defines the figure. We place twice as many separate ends
on the latter as on the former, and divide these ends in the tabby, which enables
us to make two picks of coarse weft together and two picks of fine weft together.
The progressive motions of the yarns and wefts are as follows:-The face yarn
is to be formed tabby, that is, one end up and one end down, and at the same time
the stitching yarn is raised to define the figure; this position of the yarns forms the
shed through which the shuttle runs, this first pick being coarse weft; to make
the second shed, the face yarn is changed to the other tabby, and the stitching yarn
again defines the figure, this second pick being also coarse weft; to make the third
shed, the stitching yarn only is changed to tabby, this third pick being fine weft;
to make the fourth shed, both the face yarn and the stitching yarn are to be
changed to the reverse tabby of the previous-pick, this fourth pick being fine weft ;
this completes the round, and these operations being continued will produce our
improved cloth. It will be seen that the stitching yarn works tbus:-The first
pick of weft, figure; the second pick, figure; the third pick, tabby; the fourth pick,
reverse tabby. The face yarn works thus:-The first pick, tabby; the second
pick, the reverse tabby; the third pick, the same as the second; and the fourth
pick, the same as the first.
By the use of our Invention we can weave the cloth at a lower cost than by the
old method, as we require a drop box at one side of the loom only, and have
double the usual number of separate ends of stitching yarn divided as herein before
described. We also obtain an improved cloth, which we call "Improved Mitchelline,"
the ground of which is finer, and, if coloured, is much more effective than cloth
woven by the old method.
Having stated the nature of our Invention and described the manner of
performing the same,
We declare that we claim,-
1. The use of two separate ends of stitching yarn to one end of face yarn, and
the shedding of the said yarns, in combination with the progressive order of the
picks of coarse and fine wefts, whereby we are enabled to dispense with the drop
box at one side of the loom, as and for the purpose herein described.
2. The improved figured cloth, woven as herein described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Thomas Taylor and Jacob Warburton, have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this Ninth day of November, Ono
thousand eight hundred and eighty one
THOMAS TAYLOR.
(L.S.)
JACOB WARBURTON. (L.S.)