Improvements in Down Quilts and Down Quilted Garments.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 24th June, 1890-Accepted, 26th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Down Quilts and Down Quilted Garments.
I, EDWARD WILLIAM FRANKENBERG of 179 Graham Road, Hackney, in the County
of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to quilted goods of that class which are filled or partly filled
with down feathers or the like, such for instance as quilts, quilted bedding, petticoats
and other garments.
As hitherto made the quilting consisted simply of rows of stitches, generally made
very close. However carefully the goods were made the down or other filling was
yet apt to "creep out" through the stitching especially when the articles had been in
use for some time.
According the present invention I take the two layers of material from which a
quilt or other article is to be made and apply to the inner or "wrong" side of the
fabric some suitable adhesive, say a suitable india-rubber cement, in narrow bands or
strips following the intended design of the quilting. I then place the two fabrics
together and firmly unite the same leaving suitable openings at the edges for the
introduction of the filling material. After the introduction of the filling material these
apertures are also closed by cementing the edges and the article is then ready for
use. In some cases however I may add stitching along the cemented lines.
If required perforations may be made along the cemented lines and allow ventilation
which may in some cases prove desirable.
BERNHARD DUKES,
226, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Down Quilts and Down Quilted Garments.
I EDWARD WILLIAM FRANKENBERG of 179 Graham Road, Hackney in the County
of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described & ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to quilted goods of that class which are filled or partly filled
with down, feathers or the like, such for instance as quilts, quilted bedding, petticoats
and other garments.
As hitherto made the quilting consisted simply of rows of stitches, generally made
very close. However carefully the goods were made the down or other filling was
yet apt to "creep out" through the stitching, especially when the articles had been in
use for some time.
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According to the present invention I take the two layers of material from which a
quilt or other article is to be made and apply to the inner or
"side of the
fabric some suitable adhesive, say a suitable india-rubber cement, but preferably sheet-
gutta-percha in narrow bands or strips following the intended design of the quilting.
I then place the two fabrics together and firmly unite the same leaving suitable
openings at the edges for the introduction of the filling material. After the introduction
of the filling material these apertures are also closed by uniting the edges, and the
article is then ready for use. In some cases however I may add stitching along the
lines of the design.
If required perforations may be made along the lines of the design and will allow
ventilation which may in some cases prove desirable.

page_text: The said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 shows one sheet a of the fabric of which the quilt or garment is to consist
and upon which the design is marked by lines b b.
In Fig. 2 strips of sheet gutta percha care shown placed on these lines and the
second sheet of fabric a' placed upon the sbeet a. The two pieces of fabric a a' with
the stripes of gutta percha between are now subjected to heat and pressure applied by
metal plates, rollers or other suitable means so that the gutta percha is softened or
partly melted and adheres to both layers or pieces of fabric a a¹ and firmly unites the
same. Before the gutta percha has become cold and hard again, the edges are opened
a little as shown in fig. 3 at 62 62 preferably by means of a bone paper knife or the
like so as to admit the filling material.
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This filling-material (down feathers or the like) is blown into the space between the
two fabric a a¹ or otherwise introduced by the usual means.
When the quilt or garment is filled, the apertures 62 are closed in the same manner
as the lines forming the design have been united.
Fig. 3 shows a section of a down quilt embodying this invention.
At the edges of the quilt or garment the two pieces or layers of fabric are preferably
united as shown in Figs. 4 and 4ª I take a strip d of sheet gutta-percha lined with
fabric and insert the same between the edges of the two fabrics see fig. 4 with the
gutta percha nearest to the pieces a and a'. I then place another strip of gutta
percha d¹ covered with fabric on the outside of the edge see fig. 4ª and unite the
whole by heat and pressure.
:
The strips of gutta percha thus serve to unite the lines forming the design as well
as the edges and the gutta percha and fabric adhere so closely to one another that the
feathers or down cannot penetrate from one part to the other of the design nor creep
out or escape at the edges. The adhesion is so close that no sewing or stitching is
necessary. Nevertheless part or all the lines of the design may be sewn at the centre
of the strips either for ornament or.for further security as is shown in fig. 5. In some
cases the quilt or quilted garment is made as illustrated in fig. 6 and in section in fig. 6".
In this modification discs of gutta percha e e are placed between the two layers of
fabric instead of the strips c.
When the garment or quilt is to be ventilated, holes or perforations may be provided
along the centre the strips or lines forming the design, or at the centre of the discs
passing through both pieces or layers of fabric a a' and the gutta percha. Such
perforations will allow the air to circulate without permitting the filling to work
through as this is held in place by the gutta percha. (See Fig. 6 and 6.) Or two
perforations may be made in each disc as shown at e¹ e¹.
I am aware that rubber articles have been heretofore made with their seams and
edges united by rubber cement or gutta percha and that leather and the like have ere
now been united by cement or paste and I therefore make no broad claim to the
uniting of two layers of fabric by gutta percha, rubber or the like, but :
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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Quilts or quilted garments in which the two layers of fabric forming the same are
united by strips or discs of gutta percha caused to adhere to both layers by heat and
pressure, the spaces between the strips or discs being filled with down, feathers or the
like, and in which perforations may be made centrally along the strips, or in the
centre of the discs, so as to provide for ventilation without allowing the filling to work
through.
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Dated this 21th of June 18an.
BERNHARD DUKES,
226, High Holborn, London, Agent for the Applicant.