AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRUSSELS AND TAPESTRY CARPETS AND OTHER LOOP PILE FABRICS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Wylie Walker of Kidderminster in the County
of Worcester. Carpet Manufacturer for an Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRUSSELS AND TAPESTRY CARPETS AND OTHER
LOOP PILE FABRICS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Wylie Walker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th April 1883.
JOHN WYLIE WALKER of Kidderminster in the County of Worcester Carpet
Manufacturer "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRUSSELS AND'
TAPESTRY CARPETS AND OTHER 'LOOP 'PILE FABRICS
"
In the ordinary manufacture of goods of the above named description, when it
is desired to give a good appearance of finish to the goods, it is usual to press the
fabric so as to throw the pile in a sloping position, causing each pile to overlap its
neighbour.
My improvement consists in forming the flat wire upon which the pile is laid in
the process of manufacture with a twist at its end near the bowl so as to throw it
into a sloping position, and thus each row of pile is laid sloping over the adjoining
one, instead of being upright, and the required effect is produced without tho
additional process of pressing, and a more durable fabric is obtained than under tho
ordinary process of pressing or crushing.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Wylie Walker in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
26th October 1883.
JOHN WYLIE WALKER of Kidderminster in the County of Worcester Carpet
Manufacturer "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRUSSELS AND
TAPESTRY CARPETS AND OTHER LOOP PILE FABRICS'
די
In the ordinary manufacture of goods of the above named description when it is
desired to give a good appearance of finish to the goods it is usual to press the
fabric so as to throw the pile in a sloping position causing each pile to overlap its
neighbour.
My improvement consist's in forming the flat wire upon which the pile is laid in
the process of manufacture with a twist at its end near the bowl so as to throw it
into a sloping position and thus each row of pile is laid sloping over the adjoining
one instead of being upright and the required effect is produced without the
additional process of pressing and a more durable fabric is obtained than under the
ordinary processes of pressing or crushing.
Refering to the drawing Figure 1 is a flat view or plan of the wire shewing
the requisite twist at (a)
Figure 2. is a view of the wire in the position in which it would be when placed
in the loom shewing the wire sloping forward from bottom to top so that the loops
of the pile when upon it will take the same slope
Having thus described, the nature of the said Invention and the manner in
which the same is to be carried into effect I claim. the improvement in the
manufacture of Brussels and Tapestry carpets and other loop pile fabrics as herein
more fully. Bet forth and Specified.
In witness whereof I the said John Wylie Walker have hereunto set my hand
and seal this twenty third day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
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TOWN WYTHE WALKED