Improvements in Carpets and in the Manufacture of same.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Mar., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carpets and in the Manufacture of same.
I, BAMFORD FIELDEN, of Sackville Street, Bailiffe Bridge, Brighouse, in the
County of York, Carpet Weaver, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in carpets and in the manufacture of same,
the object being to produce carpets whether "loop" or "pile," the face of which
shall be more solid, and free from bare lines or spaces between the loops or piles
and the back of the carpet shall be smoother and more even, and have a more
finished appearance, the result being a carpet more durable, and in the cheaper
classes of carpet a better appearance than was heretofore obtainable.
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The above defects, this is, the bare lines, or spaces on the face and the rough and
uneven back arose from the fact that each of the sets of "stuffer
warp threads;
usually three in number, became when passing through the reed, rolled or twisted
together practically forming one thread instead of three lying flat and side by side.
According to this my said invention when say three stuffer threads are employed
and pass between each of the two adjoining dents of the reed, I take one of the three
stuffer threads and pass it through the space between the next two dents of the
reed, and one of the three stuffer threads in this space I pass through the next
following space between the dents, and so on consecutively along the whole length,
so that still there are three stuffer threads between each pair of dents two from one
set of stuffer threads, and one from the next set and by this means the stuffer
threads in practice I have found remain flat and side by side producing better
carpets than heretofore.
In order to facilitate the "tying up" of the stuffer threads when putting a new
warp beam into the loom I pass each one of the stuffer threads which goes between
the adjoining pair of dents over a rod or bar preferably placed behind the healds,
so that these threads are separated from the others and their ends can readily be
found.
Dated this 24th day of June 1892.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Penny Bank Chambers, Waterhouse Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carpets and in the Manufacture of same.
I, BAMFORD FIELDEN of Sackville Street, Bailiffe Bridge Brighouse, in the
County of York Carpet 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 :-
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This invention relates to improvements in carpets and in the manufacture of same,
the object being to produce carpets whether "loop Or' pile," the face of which
shall be more solid and free from bare lines or spaces between the loops or piles and
the back of the carpet shall be smoother and more even, and have a more finished
appearance, the result being a carpet more durable, and in the cheaper classes of
carpets a better appearance than was heretofore obtainable.
"
The above defects that is, the bare lines or spaces on the face and the rough and
uneven back arose from the fact that each of the sets of "stuffer
warp threads
usually three in number, became when passing through the reed, rolled, or twisted,
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page_text: together practically forming one thick thread instead of three lying flat and side
by side.
Such being the object of my invention the following is a complete description of
same, that is to say
According to this my said invention when say three stuffer threads are employed
and pass between each of the two adjoining dents of the reed I take one of the
three stuffer threads and pass it through the space between the next succeeding two
dents of the reed, and one of the three stuffer threads usually in this space I pass
through the next following space between the dents; and so on consecutively along
the whole length, so that there are three stuffer threads between each pair of dents
two from one set of stuffer threads; and one from the next set, and by this means
the stuffer threads in practice I have found do not twist but remain flat and side by
side producing better carpets than heretofore.
In order to facilitate the "tying up" of the stuffer threads when putting a new
warp beam into the loom I pass each one of the stuffer threads which goes between
the adjoining pair of dents over a rod or bar preferably placed behind the healds;
so that these threads are separated from the others and their ends can readily be
found.
In order to prevent the sets of "stuffer" threads twisting and to keep them
separate I employ a rod or bar placed at any point between the last cylinder of the
ordinary sizing frame (where the stuffer threads are sized) and the warp beam,
during the operating of "beaming," and the stuffer threads are carried some above
and some below the said rod or bar, so that the size can dry or set whilst the threads
are not in contact.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and object of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be perforined, I declare that what 1
claim is -
The improvements in the manufacture of carpets as and by means herein fully
described.
Dated this 22nd day of M
1002
BAMFORD FIELDEN,
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.