Improvements in and in Looms for Weaving Damask. Figures, Letters, Monograms, and the like in Colours on.ed on one or of
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 29th Jan., 1889
Improvements in and in Looms for Weaving Damask. Figures,
Letters, Monograms, and the like in Colours on. Terry Cloth
Raised on one or both Sides of Cloth.
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, sole partner of the firm of Wm. Cunningham & Co.
Dunfermline Manufacturers, and ROBERT HUTCHISON Woodhead Street Dunfermline
Machine Maker there, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The threads that go to make the figures, letters, monograms, etc. are wound on
separate hobbins and are held tight or released to form the pattern by lifting or
dropping weights, regulated by Dobbie machine, operating once only with every
third pick.
The threads are led over a transverse reed and each thread through
four specially prepared harness mails, which are connected together by a weight
(above referred to). The thread is held tight by the four connected mails being
allowed to drop & thus pressing the thread into four interstices of the transverse
reed. When the thread is wanted to rise in the cloth the four mails are raised
and the thread allowed to pass through without obstruction. The invention further
ensures that when the coloured threads are not allowed to rise to form figure,
threads of the ground or other colour rise in their places thus keeping the cloth
Minor alterations
terry all over & improving the binding of the figure threads.
have had to he made in healds & weaving reed, viz. the coloured threads are
drawn through extra healds added to the same leaf that raises the ordinary threads
in the terry cloth to the top or bottom side as required; and extra ground threads
are drawn through extra healds also added to the corresponding leaf that weaves
the foundation: extra splits are inserted in the weaving reed to take in the extra
coloured & extra ground threads.

page_text: Improvements in and in Looms for Weaving Damask Figures,
Letters, Monograms, and the like in Colours on Terry Cloth
Raised on one or both Sides of Cloth.
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, sole partner of the firm of Wm. Cunningham & Co.
Dunfermline, Manufacturers and ROBERT HUTCHISON Woodhead Street Dunfermline
Machine Maker there do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to bo performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
The threads (1. Figs. A. B. C. & D) that go to make the figures letters monograins
and the like are wound on separate bobbins, (2. Fig. D) and are held tight or released
to form the pattern by lifting or dropping weights (3) regulated by Dobbie machine
operating once only with every third pick. The threads (1) are led over a transverse
reed (4) and oach thread through four specially prepared harness mails (5) which are
connected together by a weight (3) above referred to. The thread (1) is hold tight
by the four connected mails being allowed to drop (Figs. B & C) and thus pressing
the thread (1) into four interstices (6) of the transverse reed (4) When the
thread (1) is wanted to rise in the cloth the four mails (5) are raised (Fig. A) and
the thread allowed to pass through without obstruction. The invention further
ensures that when the mails containing the coloured threads are not lifted by the
machine, mails containing threads of the ground (or other) colour (these threads
also coming off separate bobbins) are lifted by the machine in place of the coloured
threads & these ground colour threads, being thus allowed to pass through without
obstruction, form the terry cloth wherever the coloured threads do not rise. The
cloth is thus kopt terry all over & the binding of the figure threads is improved.
Minor alterations have had to be made in healds and weaving reed, viz.:. the
coloured threads are drawn through extra hoalds added to the same leaf that raises
the ordinary threads in the terry cloth to the top or bottom as required; and extra
ground threads are drawn through extra healds also added to the corresponding leaf
that weaves the foundation: extra splits are inserted in the weaving reed to take in
the extra coloured & extra ground threads.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
1. The lettering or figuring shows only on one side if required, & a considerable
saving of coloured material is thus effected.
2. The lottering or figuring is much firmer & is better bound.
3. Lettering or figuring throads when not required can be taken out and the torry
cloth be made in the ordinary way without any trouble.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1888.