Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Fabrics
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 26th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 1st Jan.,
1898
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Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Fabrics."
I, JAMES MORTON, of the Firm of Alexander Morton and Company, Manu-
facturers, Darvel, Ayrshire, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to ne
as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the manufacture of figured fabrics in which
the ground and figure are produced with yarns of different material such as cotton
and wool so that by suitable dyeing different colourings of the ground and figure.
may be obtained.
This is effected by employing warps and wefts of the different materials and
Bo manipulating them that the wool or other yarn is raised on one side to form the
pattern while the cotton or other different yarn forms the ground, on the same
side, the effect being reversed on the opposite side. The fabric is then dyed so
that the wool or other yarn takes one colour and the cotton or other different yarn
takes a different colour.
In some cases warps and wefts of three or more different materials such as
cotton, wool and silk may be used and manipulated so as to produce ground and
figure of three or more different colourings or with shaded effects.
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WALLACE FAIRWEATHER
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patert Agents,
2 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow. Agent for the Applicant.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Fabrics."
I, JAMES MORTON, of the Firm of Alexander Morton and Company, Manu-
facturers, Darvel, Ayrshire, 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:-
This Invention has for its object the manufacture of figured fabrics in which
the ground and figure are produced with "grey" yarns, or partly grey and partly
dyed yarns of different material such as cotton and wool, so that by suitable sub-
sequent dyeing in the piece different colourings of the ground and figure may
be obtained.
This is effected by employing grey or natural warps and wefts of the different
materials and so manipulating them by Jacquard or other similar selecting
mechanism that the wool or other yarn is raised on one side to form the pattern
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page_text: while the cotton or other different yarn forms the ground, on the same side, the
effect being reversed on the opposite side. The fabric is then finished and dyed in
such a way that the wool or other yarn takes one colour and the cotton or other
different yarn takes a different colour.
In some cases warps and wefts of three or more different materials such as
cotton, wool and silk may be used and manipulated so as to produce ground
and figure of three or more different colourings or with shaded effects.
One or more of the varieties of warps or wefts used in weaving may be dyed
so that when the piece is subsequently dyed said warps or wefts come up in
shades differing from the grey or natural warps or wefts, thus giving still further
variety of effects.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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The manufacture of Jacquard figured fabrics wherein the ground and figure aro
produced by weaving with warps and wefts of different materials such as cotton
and wool or cotton, wool and silk, and the design is brought out by so finishing
and dyeing the fubric that the wool and cotton or other yarns assume different
colourings or shades of colour substantially as described.
Dated 1-11
100
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62 Saint Vincent Street, Clasgow, Agent for the Applicant.