Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Woven Fabrics:
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Woven Fabrics:
I, THOMAS TAYLOR, of Saville Mill, Breightmet Street, Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
:-
My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of figured woven
fabrics particularly to that class of fabrics known as Patent Satin Cloth used for
quilts, toilet covers, and the like, and for which Satin Cloth a Patent was granted
to me and Jacob Warburton No. 2196 of 1881, and the object of my Invention is
to produce novel figure effects on such fabrics.
According to the Specification to the said Patent 2196 of 1881 the figured
portion of the cloth whether on the face or the reverse side of the cloth was com-
posed of a calico or plain weave uniformly throughout, and in subsequent modi-
fications based on the same Patent the figured portion has been composed of a
twill or other weave uniformly throughout and in all cases the figured portions
could have been woven by healds or comber boards which necessitate such
uniformity throughout the whole of the figured portions.
According to my Invention I produce a cloth in which the figured portions
either on the face or the reverse side are composed of various weaves-portions of
the figure being calico or plain weave whilst other portions are twill or fancy
weaves in any suitable combination whereby I obtain varied effects of figure in
the same cloth either on the face or the reverse side of the cloth or I can weave
the whole of the figure which appears on the face of the cloth of any one or of
different weaves and the figure which is thrown on the reverse of the cloth. of one,
two or more weaves."
To accomplish this result I draw the face or fine warp which binds or weaves the
figure into a Jacquard harness and work the same by a Jacquard machine so that
I can vary the weave of the figured portions in any manner described.
Dated this 20th day of September 1897.

page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement
My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of figured woven
fabrics particularly to that class of fabrics known as Patent Satin Cloth used for
quilts, toilet covers, and the like, and for which satin cloth a Patent was granted
to me and Jacob Warburton No. 2196 of 1881, and the object of my Invention is
to produce novel figure effects on such fabrics.
According to the Specification to the said Patent 2196 of 1881 the figured
portion of the cloth whether on the face or the reverse side of the cloth was com-
posed of a calico or plain weave uniformly throughout, and in subsequent
modifications based on the same Patent the figured portion has been composed of
a twill or other weave uniformly throughout and in all cases the
figured portions have been or could have been woven by lealds or comber boards
which necessitate such uniformity throughout the whole of the figured portions.
According to my Invention I produce a cloth in which the figured portions
either on the face or the reverse side are composed of various weaves- portions of
the figure being calico or plain weave whilst other portions are twill or fancy
weaves in any suitable combination whereby I obtain varied effects of figure in
the same cloth either on the face or the reverse side of the cloth or I can weave the
whole of the figure which appears on the face of the cloth of any one or of different
weaves and the figure which is thrown on the reverse of the cloth of one two or
more weaves.
To accomplish this result I draw the face or fine warp which binds or weaves the
figure into a Jacquard harness and work the same by a Jacquard machine so that
I can vary the weave of the figured portions in any manner desired..
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:-
1. A figured woven fabric of the class known as Patent Satin Cloth and used
for quilts, toilet covers and the like having the figured portions on the face woven
in combinations of two or more weaves substantially as herein described.
2. A figured woven fabric of the class known as Patent Satin Cloth and used for
quilts, toilet covers and the like having the figured portions on the face woven in
one weave or more than one weave and the figured portions on the back in a
different weave or weaves substantially as herein described.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1897.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT
Agents for Applicant 17 St. Ann's Square Manchester.