The Manufacture of an Improved Printed Pile Carpet.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 29th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
The Manufacture of an Improved Printed Pile Carpet.
We. CHARLES HUGHES, of the Firm of Edward Hughes & Sons, Carpet
Manufacturers, 1 and 3 Jewin Crescent, Jewin. Street, in the County of London,
and WILLIAM YOUNGJOHNS, of Bewdley Street, Kidderminster, in the County of
Worcester, Loom-tuner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to printed pile carpet of the kind in which all the threads
of the chain are arranged and woven so that they pass over every front shoot
and beneath every back shoot, and the front of the carpet is composed of woollen
yarns instead of worsted yarns such as are generally used in making tapestry-
velvet carpet, the pitch being reduced as compared with ordinary tapestry-velvet
carpet, so that both at the front and back the carpet closely resembles an Axminster
carpet, and is approximately of the same weight or substance.
The object of our present invention is to manufacture a carpet of this kind
in such a manner that the pattern of the carpet will be visible at the back
thereof.
This result is accomplished as follows, viz. :-In the weaving of the carpet, a
single stuffer or end of dead chain is passed through the eye of each of the heddles
through which the tufting threads or chains are passed, and the said stuffer or dead
chain and the corresponding tufting thread or chain are then passed through
different reeds of the sley, thereby throwing the dead chain to one side of the tufting
thread in the fabric, so that the printed yarn beneath the front shoot will not be
concealed by the dead chain as heretofore. The stuffer or dead chain must be
capable of bearing sufficient weight or tension to ensure a steady and solid
weave.
The threads of the ground chain or binding chain are passed through other
heddles operated alternately with the heddles through which the tufting threads
and dead chain are passed; two threads of the said ground chain or binding
chain are passed through the eye of each heddle and are divided by being passed
through different reeds of the sley, one being passed through the same reed as the
tufting thread and the other through the same reed as the dead chain. By this
arrangement of drawing the threads of each chain, we ensure the proper binding
of the tufting, and the weaving of the printed yarns so that they form parts of
the back of the carpet and consequently the pattern can be distinguished at the
back thereof.
Dated the 1st day of May 1806
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: The Manufacture of an Improved Printed Pile Carpet.
We, CHARLES HUGHES, of the Firm of Edward Hughes & Sons, Carpet
Manufacturers, 1 and 3 Jewin Crescent, Jewin Street, in the County of London,
and WILLIAM YOUNGJOHNS, of Bewdley Street, Kidderminster, in the County of
Worcester, Loom-tuner, 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:-
Our invention relates to printed pile carpet of the kind described in the Specifi-
cation of former Letters Patent granted to us and dated 11th November 1895
No. 21,382, that is to say, printed pile carpet in which all the threads of the
chain are arranged and woven in such a manner that they pass over every front
shoot and beneath every back shoot, and the front of the carpet is composed of
printed woollen yarns instead of worsted yarns such as are generally used in making
tapestry-velvet carpet, the loops being cut to form a pile and the pitch being reduced
as compared with ordinary tapestry-velvet carpet, so that the improved carpet closely
resembles both at the front and back an Axminster carpet, and is approximately
of the same weight or substance.
The object of our present invention is to manufacture a carpet of this kind
in such a manner that the pattern of the carpet will be visible at the back
thereof.
This result is accomplished as follows, viz. :-In the weaving of the carpet, a
single stuffer or end of dead chain is passed through the eye of each of the heddles
through which the tufting threads or chains are passed, and the said stuffer or dead
chain and the corresponding tufting thread or chain are then passed through
different reeds of the sley. The said stuffer or end of dead chain is thus thrown to
one side of the tufting thread in' the fabric, so that the printed yarn beneath the
front shoot will not be concealed by the dead chain as heretofore, and consequently
the pattern of the carpet will be visible at the back thereof.
Heretofore in our improved carpet a dead chain of three ends has accompanied
each tufting thread in such a manner as to prevent the latter being I seen at the back
of the carpet. But we now make our carpet with but a single stuffer or end of dead-
chain accompanying each tufting thread, which stuffer is thrown to one side of the
said tufting thread in the fabric as and for the purpose above set forth. This
stuffer or dead chain must be capable of bearing sufficient weight or tension to ensure
a steady and solid weave.
The threads of the ground chain or binding chain are passed through other
heddles operated alternately with the heddles through which the tufting threads
and dead chain are passed; two threads of the said ground chain or.
are passed through the eye of each heddle and are divided by being passed through
binding chain
different reeds of the sley, one being passed through the same reed as the tufting
thread and the other through the same reed as the dead chain. By this arrange-
ment of drawing the threads of each chain, we ensure the proper binding of the
tufting, and the weaving of the printed yarns so that they form parts of the
back of the carpet and consequently the pattern can be distinguished at the back
thereof.
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 :-
The manufacture of a printed pile carpet of the kind herein before referred to.

page_text: and wherein each tufting thread is accompanied by but a single stuffer or end of
dead chain which is thrown to one side of the said tufting thread in the fabric, so
that the pattern of the carpet is visible at the back thereof, substantially as herein-
before described.
Dated the 29th day of January 1897.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.