Improvements in the Manufacture of Carpets and Rugs.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 19th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 15th Jan., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Carpets and Rugs.
We, ARTHUR BEELEY BURROWS, of Spen Valley Carpet Works, Liversedge, in
the County of York, Carpet Manufacturer, and JOHN WILLIAM BROOK, of Spen
Valley Works aforesaid, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
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This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of carpets and rugs,
According to this invention there is combined with the warp for laying the
figuring warp an independent warn, and the laying warp and the figuring weft
and the independent figuring warp are by ordinary pattern machanism so inter-
woven that the independent figuring warp will be brought on the surface, the back,
or enclosed within the body of the piece as the design being woven may require,
and by such combination of warps and wefts a two ply cloth having the effect and
many of the advantages of a three ply cloth is produced.
The improvements are applicable to other than two ply cloths.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicants
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Carpets and Rugs.
We, ARTHUR BEELEY BURROWs, of Spen Valley Carpet Works, Liversedge, in
the County of York, Carpet Manufacturer, and JOHN WILLIAM BROOK, of Spen
Valley Works aforesaid, Designer, 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 relates to improvements in the manufacture of carpets and rugs.
According to this invention there is combined with the warp for laying the
figuring warp, an independent warp, and the laying warp and the figuring weft
and the independent figuring warp are by ordinary pattern mechanism
SO interwoven that the independent figuring warp will be brought on.
the surface, the back, or enclosed within the body of the piece as the
design being woven may require, and by such combination of warps and
wefts a two ply cloth having the effect and many of the advantages of a three ply.
cloth is produced.
The improvements are applicable to other than two ply cloths.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a com-
plete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which
Fig. 1 is a section of the fabric and shewing the interweaving or combination of
the warp threads.
Fig. is a section of the fabric at right angles to Fig. 1 shewing the inter-
changing of the wefts.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a plan of the completed fabric at the front side.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the fabric at the reverse side of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 shews a modification of said fabric, in section.
In carrying our invention into effect we employ an ordinary Jacquard machine
with a ground and figure lifting board, and tie up the harness, using one half the
machine for the small warp threads Olive' and Red (indicated by O. R. in Fig. 1)
and the other half for the thick figuring warp Yellow (indicated by Y in Fig. 1).
By this method one half of the small warp threads Rare used to lay or bind the
ground weft Red, indicated by the black dots in Fig. 1, and the other half of
the small warp threads, Q, are used to lay or bind the Figure weft Olive indicated
by the circles in Fig. 1 apart and independently of the extra interweaving which
is brought about by using the thick figuring warps Yellow to give the new effects
to the cloth...
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These new effects may be used at any part or parts together with the ground or
figure wefts, remain up or down for any number of picks at one or both sides of
the carpet at the will of the designer, thereby producing a better wearing (as it is
doubly woven wherever the new effects are employed) and effective carpet with
greater scope, of design. When not in use the thick figuring warps are laid
between the upper and lower plies.
To further illustrate our invention we use for example a Red weft for ground,
which of itself gives one colour when used alone, and by interweaving the thick
warp Yellow with the Red weft we gain an extra effect, and by using an Olive
weft for figure, which of itself gives one colour when used alone and by interweaving
the thick warp Yellow with the Olive weft gives another extra effect. We thereby
have four distinct effects as shewn in Figs. 3 and 4.
Refering to Fig. 3, the letter A indicates the Red weft with the Yellow warp
interwoven therewith, B indicates the Red weft without the Yellow warp, C shews
the Olive weft with the Yellow warp interwoven, therewith D shews the Olive
weft without the Yellow warp.
Refering to Fig. 5 which is a section shewing the interweaving and combining
of the warp threads with the weft and may be used (with the same tie up of harness
as Fig. 1) where the small warp threads are not required to always cover its own
colour of weft and may be preferred for some fabrics, the only difference being in
the order of planes or journals rising.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
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The improved manufacture of carpet or rug fabrics wherein is combined with the
warp for laying the figuring warp, an independent warp, and the laying warp and
the figuring weft and the independent figuring warp are by ordinary pattern
mechanism so interwoven that the independent figuring warp will be brought on
the surface, the back, or enclosed within the body of the piece as the design being
woven may require, and by such combination of warps and wefts a two ply cloth
having the effect and many of the advantages of a three ply cloth is produced, as
herein fully described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 17th day of November 1897,
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ARTHUR BEELEY BURROWS.
JOHN WILLIAM BROOK.
By their Agents,
Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.
ARTHUR BEELEY BURROWS.
JOHN WILLIAM BROOK.
By their Agents,
Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.