IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CUT PILE BRUSSELS OR WILTON AND TAPESTRY CARPETS AND OTHER PILE FABRICS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Garrett Tongue, of the Firm of Tongue &
Birkbeck, Patent Agents & Engineers, of 31, Southampton Build-
ings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CUT PILE BRUSSELS OR WILTON
AND TAPESTRY CARPETS AND OTHER PILE FABRICS."-A communication
from abroad by George Crompton, of Worcester, Massachusetts,
United States of America.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Garrett Tongue
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 27th April 1872.
I, JOHN GARRETT TONGUE, of the Firm of Tongue & Birkbeck,
5 Patent Agents & Engineers, of 34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CUT PILE

page_text: BRUSSELS OR WILton and TapestrY CARPETS AND OTHER PILE FABRICS,” to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to further improvements in the manufacture
of carpets or other pile fabrics of the character described in the Pro-
visional Specification for which Letters Patent are now being applied for
by me, dated the 1st of April 1872, No. 956, and these improvements
have for their object the manufacture of carpets and other pile fabrics,
in which the pile is either cut or partially cut and partially uncut.
And in order that the nature of these improvements may be clearly
understood I will proceed to describe diagram Figure 1 of the Drawing :
hereunto annexed which shews the disposition of the threads for the
manufacture of cut pile Brussels or Wilton carpets according to these
improvements.
I would first remark that the sheds repeat themselves' after eight
picks; m, n, o, p, and q are the color warps, c and d the linen chain, 1
* the wire, and f, g, h, and i represent the picks of weft.
First movement.-The selected color warp q is up the linen chain c
at the middle, linen chain & down, color warps m, n, o, p, down, sheds
being formed for the insertion of the wire x and pick f.
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Second movement.-The linen warp c and the color warps m, n, o, p, 2
are up, and the linen warp d and color warp q are down, forming a shed
for the insertion of the bottom shoot g.
Third movement.-The linen warp c and the color warps m, n, o, p, q,
are up, and the linen warp d is down, forming a shed for the insertion
of pick h.
Fourth movement.-The linen warp c and color warp q are up, and
the color warps m, n, o, p, and the linen warp d are down, forming a
shed for the insertion of the pick i. The remaining four picks are a
repitition of the above, with the exception that the linen warps aro
reversed in position, At o', o', the pile is represented as cut. The pile a
threads thus secured may as required be either cut or left uncut, or be
partially cut and left partially uncut.
Diagram Figure 2 represents the disposition of the threads for making
cut pile tapestry or tapestry velvet. According to these improvements
the sheds are repeated after eight picks; c and d are halves of the 3
`linen warp, a is the worsted or figure warp, x the wires, f, g, h, i
licks of weft, and the stuffer warp.

page_text: First movement.-The figure warp a is up, the linen warp c at the
middle, linen warp d and stuffer warp bare down, forming sheds for the
insertion of the wire and pick f.
Second movement.-The linen warp c and stuffer 6 are up, and the
linen warp d and figure warp a are down, forming a shed for the insertion
of a pick of weft g.
Third movement.-The linen warp c and stuffer b, and figure warp a
are up, and linen warp d is down, forming a shed for the insertion of
a pick of weft h.
Fourth movement.-The linen warp c and figure warp a are up, and
linen warp d and stuffer 6 are down, forming a shed for insertion of a
pick of weft i. The remaining four picks are a repitition of the foregoing,
with the exception that the linen warps are reversed in position. At o', o¹,
the pile is represented as cut. The under pick his intended to pinch
against the worsted which is caught by the back pick g, and to further
secure the pile from being drawn out. A good result can, however, be
obtained without it by having only a pick at the back g, and the picks
under the wire f and i in either of the above figures. The pile threads
thus secured may be either cut or left uncut, or be partially cut and
left partially uncut if desired.
Ordinary velvet or Wilton carpet is made with two weft picks between
the wires, there being no pick or picks under the wires. The result is
that by seizing the tuft cut (the adjacent) it can be pulled out, and with
it the tufts on each side of it.
According to these improvements the cutting out of two wires makes
one common tuft which when seized will only tug on the back pick g
making the tufts independent, while in the ordinary way they run into
each other.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Garrett Tongue in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 26th October 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
GARRETT TONGUE, of the Firm of Tongue and Birkbeck, Patent Agents
and Engineers, of 34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, send grecting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Garrett Tongue, Her special license {
that I, the said John Garrett Tongue, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Garrett Tongue, my
oxecutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and 1
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF CUT PILE BRUSSELS OR WILTON AND TAPESTRY CARPETS AND
OTHER PILE FABRICS," a communication to him from abroad by George
Crompton, of Worcester, Massachusetts United States of America, upon 1
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Garrett Tongue,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great 2
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Garrett Tongue, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and 2
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :—
This Invention relates to further improvements in the manufacture
of carpets or other pile fabrics of the character described in the
Provisional Specification for which Letters Patent were granted to me,
dated the 1st of April 1872, No. 956, and these improvements have 3
for their object the manufacture of carpets and other pile fabrics in
which the pile is either cut or partially cut and partially uncut.
And in order that the nature of these improvements may be clearly
understood I will proceed to describe diagram Figure 1 (Sheet 1 of the
Drawings hereunto annexed), which shows one method or disposition of g
the threads for the manufacture of cut pile Brussels or Wilton carpets
according to the first of these improvements.

page_text: I would first remark that the sheds repeat themselves after eight
picks; m, n, o, p, and 9 are the color warps, c and d the linen chain,
z the wire, and f, g, h and i represent the picks of weft.
First movement.-The selected color warp q is up, the linen chain c
at the middle, linen chain d down, color warps m, n, o, p, down, sheds
being formed for the insertion of the wire and pick f.
Second movement.—The linen warp c and the color warps m, n, o, p,
are up, and the linen warp d and color warp q are down, forming a shed
for the insertion of the bottom pick or shoot q.
Third movement.-The linen warp c and the color warps m, n, o, p, q,
are up, and the linen warp d is down, forming a shed for the insertion of
the pick h.
Fourth movement.-The linen warp c and color warp q are up, and
the color warps m, n, o, p, and the linen warp d are down, forming a
shed for the insertion of the pick i. The remaining four picks are a
repetition of the above, with the exception that the linen warps are
reversed in position. At o', o', the pile is represented as cut. The pile
threads thus secured may as required be either cut or left uncut, or be
partially cut and left partially uncut.
Figures 1, 2, and 3 R (Sheet One of the Drawings) show diagrams of
Brussels or Wilton carpet made according to the first part of these
improvements, with one pick under the wire, one pick in the middle, and
one pick on the back. The sheds are repeated after six picks.
First movement.-A selected color warp q is up, the linen chain c at
the middle, linen chain d down, color warps m, n, o, p, down, these sheds
being formed for the insertion of wire r, and pick f.
Second movement.-The linen warp c and the color warps m, n, o, p,
are up, the linen warp d and color warp q are down, thus forming a shed
for the insertion of the bottom shoot h.
Third movement.-The linen warps c and the color warps m, n, o, p, q,
are up, and the linen warp d are down, thus forming the shed for the
insertion of pick 7. The remaining three picks are a repetition of
the above, with the exception that the linen warps are reversed in
position.
Figures 1, 2, and 3 S (Sheet 1 of the Drawings) also show diagrams
of Brussels or Wilton carpets made according to the first part of these

page_text: Second movement. The linen warp c and stuffer b are up, and the
linen warp d and figure warp a are down, thus forming a shed for the
insertion of a pick of weft g.
Third movement.-The linen warp c and stuffer b and figure warp a
are up, and linen warp d is down, thus forming a shed for the insertion
of a pick of weft h.
Fourth movement.-The linen warp c and figure warp a are up, and
linen warp d and stuffer bare down, thus forming a shed for the insertion
of a pick of weft i. The remaining four picks are a repetition of the
foregoing, with the exception that the linen warps are reversed in
position. At o¹, o', the pile is represented as cut.
The under pick his intended to pinch against the worsted which is
caught by the back pick 9, and to further secure the pile from being
drawn out. A good result can however be obtained without it by
having only a pick at the back g, and the picks under the wire f and i,
in either Figures 1 or 2 (Sheets 1 and 3.)
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Figures 1, 2 and 3 W (Sheet 3 of the Drawings) also show diagrams
of cut pile tapestry carpet made according to the second part of these
improvements, with one pick under the wire, one pick in the middle, and
one pick on the back.
First movement.-The figure warp a is up, the linen warp c at the
middle, the linen warp d and stuffer bare down, thus forming a shed for
the insertion of wire x and pick f.
Second movement.-The linen warp c and stuffer bare up, the linen
warp d and figure warp a arc down, thus forming a shed for the insertion
of a pick of weft h.
Third movement.-The linen warp c, stuffer b, and figure warp bare
up, the linen warp d is down, thus forming a shed for the insertion of
a pick of weft g. The remaining three picks are a repetition of the
foregoing, with the exception of the linen warps which are reversed.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 X (Sheet 3 of the Drawings) also show diagrams
of the same kind of carpet made according to the second part of
these improvements, with two picks under the wire and one pick at
the back.

page_text: First movement.-Figure warp a is up, the linen warp c at the middle,
the linen warp d and stuffer 6 down, thus forming sheds for the insertion
of wire and pick f.
Second movement.-The linen warp c and stuffer bare up, the linen
warp d and figure warp a are down, thus forming a shed for the insertion
of a pick of weſt h.
Third movement.-The linen warp c and figure warp a are up, the
linen warp d and stuffer bare down, thus forming a shed for the
insertion of a pick of weft i. The remaining three picks are a repetition
of the foregoing with the exception that the linen warps are reversed in
position.
Figures 1 and 2 Y (Sheet 3 of the Drawings) also shew diagrams of
the same kind of carpet made according to the second part of these
improvements with one pick under the wire and one pick at the back.
First movement.—The figure warp a is up, the linen warp c is at the
middle, the linen warp d and stuffer bare down, thus forming sheds for
the insertion of wire x and pick f.
Second movement.-The linen warp c and stuffer 6 are up, the linen
warp d and figure warp a are down, thus forming a shed for the inser-
tion of a pick of weft g. The remaining two picks are a repetition of the
foregoing with the exception that the linen warps are reversed in position.
The pilo threads thus secured as previously described may be either
cut or left uncut, or be partially cut and left partially uncut if desired.
Ordinary velvet or Wilton carpets being made with 2 weft picks
between the wires, and having no pick or picks under the wires, the
result is that by seizing the tuft cut it can be pulled out, and with it
the tufts on each side of it.
Now according to these improvements the cutting out of two wires
makes one common tuft which when scized will only tug on the back
pick 9, Figures 1 and 2 making the tufts independent, while in the
ordinary way they run into each other.
Having thus described the nature of these improvements, and the
various methods in which the same are to be carried into practice, what
is claimed under the above in part recited Letters Patent is,-

page_text: Also, the improved method, arrangement, or disposition of the threads
for the manufacture of such fabrics substantially as herein-before
described in reference to Figures 1 and 2 Y, Sheet 3, of the Drawings
hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Garrett Tongue, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of October, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two.