IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE ManufacturE OF WOOLLEN OR WORSTED FABRIC PRODUCED IN CIRCULAR WEAVING OR KNITTING MACHINERY
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Brookes, of 59, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent and Registration Agent, for an Invention of “IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE ManufacturE OF WOOLLEN OR WORSTED FABRIC PRODUCED
IN CIRCULAR WEAVING OR KNITTING MACHINERY." A communication from
abroad by Charles Holliday, of Maromme Les Rouen, in the Republic of
France
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Brookes at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th June 1880.
WILLIAM BROOKES, of 59, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
and Registration Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN OR
WORSTED FABRIC PRODUCED IN CIRCULAR WEAVING OR KNITTING MACHINERY."
(A communication from abroad by Charles Holliday, of Maromme Les Rouen,
in the Republic of France.)
Fabric produced in circular weaving or knitting machinery is ordinarily formed
into pieces by cutting the same up lengthwise of the direction of the tube obtained,
by which the character of the pattern obtained is limited.
In carrying out the improvements as communicated to me I cut the fabric in a
spiral direction, and thereby vary the direction or pitch of cut according to the
diagonal direction of the pattern or other effect desired to be obtained to the fabric.
The width and length of the piece from the same size of tubular fabric may also
readily be varied, as may also the extent or direction of its elasticity.
Pieces so obtained may be sewn together at their opposite edges, and are then
finished by washing or scouring, milling, dyeing, and so on, and the fabric is set
firmly by repeated passing of it through or between rollers, or these latter processes
may be effected before the diagonal cutting.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Brookes in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 11th
December 1880.
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WILLIAM BROOKES, of 59, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
and Registration Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN OR
WORSTED FABRIC PRODUCED IN CIRCULAR WEAVING OR KNITTING MACHINERY."
A communication from abroad by Charles Holliday, of Maromme Les Rouen,
in the Republic of France.
Fabric produced in circular weaving or knitting machinery is ordinarily formed
into pieces by cutting the same up lengthwise of the direction of the tube obtained,
by which the character of the pattern obtained is limited.
In carrying out the improvements as communicated to me I cut the fabric in a
spiral direction, and thereby vary the direction or pitch of cut according to the
diagonal direction of the pattern or other effect desired to be obtained to the fabric.
The width and length of the piece from the same size of tubular fabric may also
readily be varied, as may also the extent or direction of its elasticity.
Pieces so obtained may be sewn together at their opposite edges, and are then
finished by washing or scouring, milling, dyeing, and so on, and the fabric is set
firmly by repeated passing of it through or between rollers, or these latter processes
may be effected before the diagonal cutting.
Having thus described the Invention, as communicated to me, I would have it
understood that what I claim is, the manufacture of woollen or worsted fabric
produced in circular weaving or knitting machinery, by cutting the fabric in
diagonal directions according to the diagonal direction of the pattern or other effect
desired to be obtained to such fabric, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Brookes, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eleventh day of December, in the year One thousand eight
hundred and cighty.
WILLIAM BROOKES. (1.S.)