Improvements in and connected with Horse Rugs, Blankets and similar Fabrics.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1899-Accepted, 1st July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Horse Rugs, Blankets and
similar Fabrics.
We, CHARLES EARLY, CHARLES WILLIAM EARLY, and JAMES VANNER EARLY,
trading as Edward Early and Son, Woollen Manufacturers, and EDWIN FYFIELD,
Mill Manager, all of the West End, and New Mills, Witney, in the County of
Oxford, 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:-
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This invention relates to the manufacture of horse rugs blankets and similar
fabrics and the object thereof is to make such fabrics more durable, than those
of the ordinary make which as is well known are made of short staple fibre such
as hair, inferior wool shoddy and the like the hair being weakened by the process
of liming" the hides.
Now according to this invention we form the fabric partly of woollen yarn and
partly of a strong vegetable yarn such as hemp or jute as follows. The warp
of the fabric is composed partly of animal fibre and partly of vegetable fibre pre-
ferably every third or fourth warp being of hemp or jute the remainder of the
warps being " woollen " yarn.
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The weft is a compound yarn consisting of one or more strands of woollen
yarn and one strand of hemp or jute a weft composed of two strands of "woollen "
yarn and one strand of hemp or jute being found very suitable for our purpose.
We prefer to weave the fabric as a twill but it may be woven as a plain cloth or
in any other suitable way.
Although we have mentioned hemp or jute as being suitable for a fabric made
according to our present invention yet we do not confine ourselves to these as
we may use any vegetable fibre which is long enough in the staple and tough
enough for our purpose. The number of vegetable fibre warps naturally varies
with the quality of the "woollen " yarn used an inferior yarn requiring more
hemp or jute warps than a good quality yarn.
Or as an alternative we may make the warps and weft alike that is to say the
warps and weft may be composed of doubled yarn or twist composed of one or
more strands of "woollen
yarn and one strand of vegetable yarn or the fabric
may be composed of warps partly of "woollen" yarn and partly of hemp jute
or other suitable vegetable fibre every third or fourth warp being of vegetable
fibre and the weft put in with two shuttles one shuttle containing " woollen"
yarn and the other shuttle containing hemp jute or other suitable vegetable varn
every third or fourth shot being of vegetable yarn the fabric being woven in a
drop box or other suitable loom.
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Or as a further alternative the warps may be composed of compound yarn
or twist and the weft mut in with two shuttles

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:
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1. In a fabric suitable for horse rugs blankets and the like forming a number
of the warps of hemp jute or other suitable vegetable yarn the remainder of the
warps being "woollen" yarn as and for the purpose specified.
2. In a fabric suitable for horse rugs blankets and the like forming a weft
warp or warp and weft of one or more strands of "woollen" yarn and one strand
of hemp jute or other suitable vegetable yarn as and for the purpose specified.
3. A fabric suitable for horse rugs blankets and the like having the warps
thereof composed partly of "woollen" yarn and partly of vegetable yarn the
vegetable yarn warps alternating with the woollen warps in any suitable
sequence and having the weft composed one or more strands of "woollen"
"yarn
and one strand of hemp jute or other suitable vegetable fibre the said fabric being
woven as a plain cloth, a twill or in any other suitable manner all substantially
as hereinbefore specified and for the purpose stated.
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4. A fabric suitable for horse rugs blankets and the like having the warps
thereof composed partly of "woollen yarn and partly of vegetable yarn the
vegetable yarn warps alternating with the "woollen warps in any suitable
sequence and having a weft composed partly of "woollen" yarn and partly of
vegetable yarn the "woollen" and vegetable yarns being put in by different
shuttles and the fabric woven as a plain cloth a twill or in any other suitable
manner all substantially as hereinbefore specified and for the purpose stated.
Dated this 15th day of Max 1899
B. J. WILDBORE,
38, Great Tower Street, London, E.C., Agent for Applicants.