Improvements in Skirt or other Dress Bindings and in the Manner of Manufacturing the same..
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in Skirt or other Dress Bindings and in the Manner of
Manufacturing the same..
I, LEVI FISH, of Spa Mill, Marsh Lane, Preston, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The improvements relate to skirt or other dress bindings and in the manner of
manufacturing the same, and have for object, firstly, the weaving of such in the
form of a double fabric which can be divided by means of a cutting knife into
strips having tufted or fringed borders thereto at each edge, and, secondly, after
such division, the folding and sewing of the strips when doubled so as to form
skirt or other dress bindings without a raw edge; and the invention forms a
further improvement upon an invention for which Letters Patent were granted to
me dated 18th of June 1897 and numbered 14,834.
To effect this and to carry out my present invention, I weave the double fabric
in manner somewhat similar to that described in the specification above cited;
but instead of weaving reciprocally plain or other non-piled stripes and floated
weft pile stripes, I weave reciprocally in the double fabric plain or other ground
stripes alternately with stripes formed of long tufts of floated weft over empty
dents, in such manner that when these long floats are cut centrally, by means
of a cutting knife, on each face of the double fabric, and also when the lines of
weft threads which are caused to bind the two fabrics together are cut at a
point near the attachment of the floats to the ground stripes, the fabric separates
into strips of "insertion" formation, i.e., having a band or strip of plain or other
ground weaving in the centre and a border of fringe at each edge. When these
strips have been produced by weaving and cutting, I then fold such "insertion"
in the middle lengthwise, and sew or otherwise join the two portions together,
by which means is produced a tufted or fringed "edging" or binding having a
folded fast edge instead of the raw edge common to bindings hitherto manu-
factured from these particular forms of double fabric.
Variation in detail, such as in the material, width of binding or the tufts or
fringes thereof, and the quality of weaving, may be made without departing
from the peculiar character of the invention.
Dated this 28th day of October 1899
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: CALL DELE
Improvements in Skirt or other Dress Bindings and in the Manner of
Manufacturing the same.
I, LEVI FISH, of Spa Mill, Marsh Lane, Preston, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Manufacturer, 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:-
:-
The improvements relate to skirt or other dress bindings and in the manner of
manufacturing the same, and have for object, firstly, the weaving of such in the
form of a double fabric which can be divided by means of a cuiting knife into
strips having tufted or fringed borders thereto at each edge, and, secondly, after
such division, the folding and sewing of the strips when doubled so as to form
skirt or other dress bindings without a raw edge; and the invention forms a
further improvement upon an invention for which Letters Patent were granted to
me dated 18th of June 1897 and numbered 14,834.
To effect this and to carry out my present invention, I weave a double fabric
in manner somewhat similar to that described in the specification above cited;
but instead of weaving reciprocally plain or other non-piled stripes and floated
weft pile siripes, I weave reciprocally in the double fabric plain or other ground
stripes alternately with stripes formed of long tufts of floated weft over empty
dents, in such manner that when these long floats are cut centrally, by means
of a cutting knife, on each face of the double fabric, and also when the lines of
weft threads which are caused to bind the two fabrics together are cut at a
point near the attachment of the floats to the ground stripes, the fabric separates
into strips of " insertion" formation, i.e. having a band or strip of plain or other
ground weaving in the centre and a border of fringe at each edge. When these
strips have been produced by weaving and cutting, then fold such insertion
in the middle lengthwise, and sew or otherwise join the two portions together,
by which means is produced a tufted or fringed edging" or binding having
folded fast edge instead of the raw edge common to bindings hitherto manu-
factured from these particular forms of double fabric as described in the specifica-
tion above cited.
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But that the improvements may be better understood, I will, with the aid of
the accompanying drawings proceed more fully to describe means employed by
me.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the method of weaving the double fabric in
accordance with my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a similar diagram showing the
floated wefts cut, the fabrics being thereby capable of separation into strips, by
drawing asunder while Fig. 3 shows an edge view, on a larger scale than is
intended in practice, of a separated strip folded ready for being sewn, to form the
completed dress binding.
The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur. And it
will be understood that for the sake of, clearness the diagrams are greatly
exaggerated both as to the position and distances apart of the threads forming
the woven fabrics.
a, b, are the respective warp threads of the two portions of the double fabric,
and c, d, are the weft threads primarily forming the ground portions thereof,
respectively. e, f, are the binding weft threads which serve to hold the two
fabrics together until cutting takes place as well as to assist in the formation of
the tufts or fringes of floated weft.

page_text: It will be seen that, in this example, the threads a, b, d, form plain double
fabrics, alternating with floated wefts formed by the threads c, d, over empty
dents. The binding wefts e, f, are shown supplementing the aforesaid threads c, d,
at the pile floated portions g, but such binding wefts e, f, are also floated for a
short distance independently as at k, k, near to the commencement of the pile
floats forming the tufts or fringes.
The fabrics are divided into strips by cutting the floated pile threads, at g, g
while division of the floated weft threads, at k, k, enables the ends of the severed
wefts e, f, to be drawn out from the reciprocal fabric in each case; the upper and
lower portions of the compound fabric being thereby drawn apart, and the strips
completely separated.
Each strip thus formed has a central portion of plain or other ground, and a
border of tufts or fringe at each edge; and such strips, when folded as shown in
Fig. 3, and sewn or otherwise joined in that position, form a tufted or fringed
edging or binding, having a folded fast edge instead of the raw edge of ordinary
dress bindings.
Variation in detail, such as in the material, width of binding or the tufts or
fringes thereof, and the quality of weaving, may be made without departing from
the peculiar character of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The manufacture of tufted or fringed bindings which are first woven in the
piece in the form of double fabrics, and which are then separated into strips of
insertion formation by cutting asunder the floated portions of weft threads form-
ing the fringed edges thereof, and also the extra floated portions of the weft
threads which bind the double fabrics together, and afterwards folding the strips
so produced and thereby forming a fringed or tufted binding with a folded or
fast edge of the character and in manner substantially as herein shown and
described.
Dated this 17th day of July 1900.
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.