and to the Application thereof to Woven Fabrics.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1888
Specification Accepted, 16th Mar., 1888
like and to the Application thereof to Woven Fabrics.
I HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Hasoltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-—
It is desirable for the purpose of preventing fraud and deception to fasten or
secure a trade-mark to fabrics in the process of manufacture, so that the mark shall be
so attached to the goods that fraudulent or deceptive goods can be easily detected upon
examination. This result I have obtained by weaving or otherwise forming a
continuous tape, having the trade mark woven therein or imprinted thereupon as a
recurring design, and in such lengths as may be desired, which is cut into lengths to
include one or more of the trade marks. These lengths are then incorporated in the
fabric as often as may be desired by being placed in the shed between as many of the
warp threads as desired, the loom, of course, being stopped to permit this to be done ;
and upon the starting of the loom the mark will be woven into the fabric as though it
were one of the weft threads. The entire mark may be thus woven into the fabric, or
the mark may be secured at its centre only, so as to leave each end extending from
the surface of the fabric.
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In the accompanying drawings :-
Figure 1 represents the tape.
Figure 2 shows the tape cut into trade-mark lengths.
Figure 3 shows the manner of introducing the trade-mark lengths into the fabric
as it is being woven.
Figure 4 is a section of the fabric taken through the trade-mark.
Figure 5 is a view of the completed fabric with its attached trade-mark.
A represents the tape or strip upon which the trade marks have been woven or
imprinted. This tape or strip is cut into the separate marks a, (see Figure 2), and
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page_text: the mark thus formed is then placed between the warp threads a¹, as represented in
Figure 4, the loom being stopped while this is being done, and upon the starting of
the loom again, the-mark will be woven into the fabric as shown in Figure 5.
If it is not desired that the entire mark shall be woven in then it is placed between
only a few of the warp threads, the ends being left upon the outer side of the fabric
as represented in Figures 3, 4 and 5. It is desirable, though not essential, that the
mark when thus secured be at each end of the trade-mark length. I am thus enabled
to provide a very desirable and efficient way of attaching trade-marks to fabrics, not
only because the marks are thus securely fastened to the fabric, but because it
prevents the placing of fraudulent marks upon similar lines of goods by any other than
the manufacturer of such goods, and thus enable fraud or deception to be easily
discovered and traced.
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I prefer that the marks be in the form of a tape by weaving, but this of course is
not essential, as they may be made of any other material.
This process may be used also for attaching other commercial marks to fabrics.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign Correspondent I declare that what I claim is:
First. The herein described method of forming trade marks and attaching them to
fabrics, the said method consisting in weaving or impressing the trade mark in or on
a strip of suitable material; then, during the weaving of the fabric, securing the trade
mark strip to the said fabric by placing the said strip between the warp threads, and
then continuing the weaving; whereby the trade mark strip is held to or incorporated
in the fabric by the said warp threads, substantially as set forth.
Second. The herein described method of forming trade marks and attaching them
to fabrics, the same consisting in weaving the trade mark into or impressing it on to
a strip of suitable material; then, during the weaving of the fabric, securing the trade
mark strip to the fabric being woven by placing a portion of the said strip between
the warp threads of the fabric with the end or ends containing the trade mark outside
of the said threads, and then continuing the weaving; whereby the trade mark strip
is held to or incorporated in the fabric by the said warp threads, substantially as set
forth.
Third. The herein described method of forming trade marks and securing them to
fabrics, the same consisting in first weaving a trade mark into or impressing it on to
a tape or strip of material in recurring order; second, in dividing the strip into
lengths embracing one or more of the trade marks; third, placing the trade mark
strip between the warp threads of the fabric during the operation of weaving the same
and continuing the weaving with the trade mark strip between the said threads, and
thereby securing the strip in the fabric, substantially as set forth.
Datal this 21st day of Launame 1998
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.