Improvements in the Manufacture of Corded Woven Fabrics.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Feb., 1.893—Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Corded Woven Fabrics.
I JOHN PEARSON of Callis Mill, Charlestown, near Hebden Bridge, in the County
of York, Cotton Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
My said invention relates to improved means for obtaining ornamental effects in
corded woven fabrics, such effects being obtained by presenting the fibre of the
material composing the fabric at different angles to the light, whereby I obtain
delicate tones and contrasts not attainable by the use of coloured or shaded
material.
In carrying my invention into effect I employ mixtures of yarn spun right and
left, the consequence being that when woven into a corded fabric the portions
with which the right hand spun yarns are incorporated, present a shade or
appearance different from the portions into which the left hand spun yarns are
woven and thus an ornamental effect is obtained the appearance of which can be
varied to any extent by weaving geometrical patterns or stripes into the cloth.
The method of weaving corded fabrics according to my invention may be infinitely
varied. For example in the production of corded goods intended to have shade
stripes, the warp may be composed of alternate sections of right and left spun
yarns, and the weft be of the ordinary description, the resulting fabric presenting
the required shade stripes throughout its length. I might however produce the
same effect by using right and left hand spun weft in a two shuttle loom, throwing
the right and left spun weft alternately to the face and back of the fabric, in
combination with either a mixed or uniform warp. In the same manner patterns
may be woven into the cloth by judicious combinations of the right and left
spun yarns either in the warp or in the weft or in both.
In some cases coloured yarns might be introduced to heighten the variety or
increase the effective appearance of the goods. The effects which can be obtained
under my invention by presenting the fabrics at different angles to the light
constitute new and graceful departures from the ordinary methods of ornamenting
woven fabrics.
The effects obtained in corded fabrics woven in accordance with my invention
are not less apparent after the fabric has been dyed but are on the contrary
improved by the dyeing operation.
Dated this 26th day of October 1892.
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture-of Corded Woven Fabrics.
I JOHN PEARSON of Callis Mill, Charlestown, near Hebden Bridge, in the
County of York, Cotton Manufacturer, 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 that is to say:-
My said invention relates to improved means for obtaining ornamental effects
in corded woven fabrics, such effects being obtained by presenting the fibre of
the material composing the fabric at different angles to the light, whereby I
obtain delicate tones and contrasts not attainable by the use of coloured or shaded
material.

page_text: In carrying my invention into effect I employ mixtures of yarn spun right and
left, the consequence being that when woven into a corded fabric the portions
with which the right hand spun yarns are incorporated, present a shade or
appearance different from the portions into which the left hand spun yarns are
woven and thus an ornamental effect is obtained the appearance of which can
be varied to any extent by weaving geometrical patterns or stripes into the
cloth. The method of weaving corded fabrics according to my invention may be
infinitely varied. For example in the production of corded goods intended to
have shade stripes, the warp may be composed of alternate sections of right
and left spun yarns, and the weft be of the ordinary description, the resulting
fabric presenting the required shade stripes throughout its length. I might
however produce the same effect by using right and left hand spun weft
alternately to the face and back of the fabric, in combination with either a mixed or
uniform warp.
In the same manner patterns may be woven into cloth by
judicious combinations of the right and left spun yarns either in the warp, or in
the weft, or in both.
In some cases coloured yarns might be introduced to heighten the variety or
increase the effective appearance of the goods.
The effects which can be obtained under my invention by presenting the fabrics
at different angles to the light constitute new and graceful departures from the
ordinary methods of ornamenting woven fabrics. The effects obtained in corded
fabrics woven in accordance with my invention are not less apparent after the
fabric has been dyed or bleached but are on the contrary improved by the dyeing
or bleaching operation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manuer the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
In the manufacture of corded woven fabrics the employment of right and left
spun yarns so woven in and contrasted as to produce ornamental effects as or
substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1893.
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.