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

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carpets and Rugs and in the Manufacture of the
same.
I, ARTHUR WHITTALL of the firm of Whittall Brothers & Co., of the
Excelsior Mills, Kidderminster, in the County of Worcester, Carpet Manufacturer,
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 :-
My invention has for its object improvements in carpets and rugs and in the
manufacture of the same by which considerable expense in first cost is avoided and
the disadvantages of loose rugs are avoided such for instance as is experienced in
the corners of rugs rolling up and in the rugs getting out of place and in moving
about as is certain to be the case on such carpets as "Wilton Pile" when it is next
to impossible to keep them in one place when they are walked over.
Now my
invention avoids such like disadvantages as those named.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and more easily
carried into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of
drawings upon which I have illustrated several examples of my invention and from
which others acquainted with the trade will be able to produce other modifications
thereof without departing from the principle thereof.
Figure 1, is a plan of a carpet woven in one piece with the hearth rug R so that
the carpet and hearth rug constitute one fabric or piece only.
Figure 2, is an illustration of the side piece of a carpet with the rug R woven in
one piece therewith so as to be absolutely one piece with the fabric.
Figure 3, is an illustration of a centre or intermediate breadth of a carpet with
the hearth rug R woven as one piece of the fabric.
My invention consists in the weaving or manufacturing the hearth rug and body
of the carpet in one piece or fabric so as to avoid the disadvantages of a loose rug.
I have said that Figure 1 represents an entire carpet and hearth rug combined in
one piece or the same representation (Figure 1) would be quite correct if it were
made up in six or other number widths, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, as shewn by the dotted
lines C, D, E, F and G such for instance as those known as the Chlidema and
Afghan Squares. But in other cases I may make the carpet from piece goods that
is in the-roll but in such cases a special length of body or border would have to be
specially woven containing the rug as portions of such length. In case however of
squares such as Figure I whether made up of widths or in one piece the rug is
woven in any desired position or of any breadth. In the case of Figure 2 which is
a side width of a square such as the Chlidema or Afghan Squares the Jacquard
Cards or other equivalent arrangements governing the desired pattern according to
the kind of carpet to be made would be so arranged as to produce the corner pieces,
or medallion A and A' and the commencement of the border a the only difference
between the cards for one end and the other being that they are of the reverse
hands or "rights" and "lefts." Then Jacquard Cards for the B portion on each
side the rug R would be alike and therefore produced by the same cards as also
the portions of the body b' forming a part thereof. Then the rug portion R would
have a separate arrangement of cards or their equivalent according to the nature
of the carpet to be made. In the case of a carpet to be made with the rug in an
intermediate width such as Figure 3, illustrates where it has manufactured at
each end its own portion of the border there would be a set of cards for each
end a², a², and one set to produce the body portion on each side and one set to
produce the rug R. The invention is equally applicable to such other carpets as
Axminster, Chenille, & Tapestry and in loop pile such as Brussels and Tapestry

page_text: and the rug may be made of either loop pile or cut pile or in any contrast to the
bod itself. One evident advantage of my system is that each rug may be identical
with the carpet both in regard to the design and the coloring. In the case of
separate rugs in most instances the colors in the rug and carpet do not harmonize
and the one often detracts from the other, this want of harmony need never exist
according to my invention. In the case of fringes to the ends of the rug portions
I leave a portion of the body part of the carpet without any pile to which the
fringe is afterwards fastened. Also in the case of the rug and carpet being woven
of different piles such for instance as loop and cut pile or piles of different depth
the portion of the body woven without pile will allow the cutting machine to be
operated on the two ends without inconvenience. An alternative mode of avoiding
the necessity of a separate loose rug is to weave the carpet or portions thereof in
such a manner that a space is left in the fabric for the insertion bodily of a rug
separately woven which exactly fits therein and which is afterwards sewn or secured
in the recess so as to form one fabric and in this case the coloring may if desired
vary from the body part to any extent.
The saving effected by my invention will be considerable in all kinds of carpets
but will be much greater in the case of expensive materials than in the cheaper
ones and would amount in some cases to as much as 70%.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The improvements in carpets and rugs and in the manufacture of the same
in which the rug and carpet are woven together in one piece or fabric whether the
carpet be made in one piece or in breadths as shewn by the drawings or in roll or
piece goods substantially as herein set forth.
2nd. The improvements in carpets and rugs and in the manufacture of the same
in which the carpet is designed and woven or manufactured with a space in its
body in which the rug is afterwards sewn or secured to form one fabric as herein
set forth.
Dated this 6th day of January 1802
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.