Improvements in Cloth Rugs and in the Method of Weaving the same.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 22nd July, 1889-Accepted, 31st Aug., 1839
TOTUNAI DIEUTICATION.
Improvements in Cloth Rugs and in the Method of Weaving
the same.
I GEORGE HENRY JESSOP of 15 Holly Terrace, Calton Street, Huddersfield in the
County of York, Rug Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
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My invention consists in an improved method of securing the strips of cloth of
which the upper surface of the rug is composed to the canvas foundation, by means
of weaving.
To carry out my invention the warp threads of the canvas are wound upon a beam
in the usual manner and a single row of strips of cloth is looped upon 5 or more
threads of the warp in a straight line across the loom.
A certain number of picks of weft are then woven in which hold the strips in
position (by preference 5-7-9-or 11 picks) and another row of cloth is added in
a similar manner to the first which process is repeated until the required length has
been woven.
By this process the loops of cloth are caused to pass round the warp threads and
form a protection to them at the back where the most friction and wear takes place,
the rug so formed being of a closer texture and more durable than those made by the
ordinary process of threading the slips of cloth through holes made in the canvas
foundation by means of pegs.
Dated this Sixth day of October 1888
WILLIAM JAMES BAKER,
2, New Street, Huddersfield, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cloth Rugs and in the Method of Weaving
the same.
I, GEORGE HENRY JESSOP, of 15 Holly Terrace, Calton Street, Huddersfield in the
County of York, Rug 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:—
My invention consists in an improved method of securing the strips of cloth of
which the upper surface of the rug is composed to the canvas foundation by means
of weaving.
To carry out my invention the warp threads to be woven into canvas are wound
upon the beam of a suitable loom and carried forward to the breast beam.
The warp threads are lifted by means of healds in the usual manner.
The healds are set to lift the warp in groups of five or more adjacent threads at a
time, and upon each of these groups of threads strips of cloth are looped or passed
round leaving the loose ends of the strips projecting upwards, thereby forming a row
of strips of cloth across the loom.
A suitable number of picks. of weft are then woven in, which secure the strips of
cloth in position (by preference 5, 7, 9, or 11 picks) and subsequently another row of
cloth, until the alternate rows of cloth and woven canvas make up the required size
of rug
By this process the loops of cloth passed round the warp threads form a protection
for and prevent the undue wear and friction of the threads, as they cover the threads
at the back or underside of the rug where the most wear takes place, and rugs so

page_text: woven together are of a closer texture and in all respects more durable than those
made by the ordinary process of threading the strips of cloth through holes pierced
in the canvas foundation by means of pegs.
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,
1. In the manufacture of cloth rugs the process of looping the strips of cloth
upon groups of warp threads and then securing the strips in position by weaving in
a few picks of weft, substantially in the manner described.
2. In cloth rugs the warp threads covered at the back or underside of the rug and
protected from wear by the loops of the strips of cloth, such strips being held in
position, after being looped upon the groups of warp threads, by the required number
of picks of weft, substantially in the manner set forth.
Dated this Ninth day of July 1889.
WILLIAM JAMES BAKER,
2, New Street, Huddersfield, Agent for the Applicant.