Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Quilts and other Woven Figured Fabrics.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 29th Apr., 1893
NOTIONAL SIMULTIVALIOUN.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Quilts and other
Woven Figured Fabrics.
We THOMAS HOLT and WILLIAM HOLT both of Walshaw near Bury in the
County of Lancaster, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of figured cloths,
such as quilts, quiltings, toilet covers, duchess covers, or others, in one, two or
more colours, and consists in producing a reversible cloth with a lace like
appearance.
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We employ a loom of the ordinary construction preferably with two yarn
beams, the yarn from one beam forms the figure and is termed "stitching yarn,'
it is worked by Jacquard or other machine; the yarn from the other beam is
worked with two, or more healds and is commonly termed "face yarn" and is
so manipulated with the weft as to produce a ground work and a lace like
appearance on the figure upon one side of the fabric and on the ground upon
the other side thereof.
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This improved cloth can be made with one or more yarn beams and woven
with one or two shuttles; the yarn can be drawn in to provide one or more
face ends in each space or dent of the reed, and also to provide for one or two
or more face ends to be between each two mails containing the "stitching yarn.'
The " stitching yarn
can be one, two, three or more ends in each mail, and
of one or more colours. The cloth can be made by manipulating the yarn and
weft as follows:-
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1st pick, machine up and one half of face yarn up.
2nd pick, machine up and the reverse half of face yarn up to that raised in the
first pick.
3rd pick, machine up and same half of face yarn up as that raised in the first
pick.
4th pick, all stitching yarn up and the same half of face yarn up as that raised
in the second pick.
5th pick, all stitching yarn down and the same half of face yarn up as that raised
in the second and fourth picks.
This completes the round of five picks.
The fourth and fifth picks we term "binding picks" that is they bind down the
stitching yarn (so as to prevent it from floating or being loose on both sides of
the cloth; they also give to the cloth a lace like appearance.
The first second and third picks we term "face picks."
In the foregoing round of five picks the same half of face yarn is up in the two
"binding picks" that is, in the fourth and fifth picks.
A modification of this cloth can also be made by raising the reverse half of the.
face yarn in one binding pick to the other, in the following method.
1st pick, machine up and one half of face yarn up.
2nd pick, machine up and the reverse half of face yarn up to that raised in the
first pick.
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3rd pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as in the first pick.
4th pick, all stitching yarn up and the same half of face yarn up-as that raised in
the second pick.
5th pick, all stitching yarn down and the same half of face yarn up as that raised.
in the first and third picks.

page_text: 6th pick, machine up and same half of face yarn up as that raised in the second
and fourth picks.
7th pick, machine up and same half of face yarn up as that raised in the first
third and fifth picks.
8th pick, machine up and same half of face yarn up as that raised in the second,
fourth, and sixth picks.
9th pick, all stitching yarn up and the same half of face yarn up as that raised in
the first third fifth and seventh picks.
10th pick, all stitching yarn down and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth picks.
This completes the round of ten picks, in this method the fourth, fifth, ninth and
tenih picks are
binding picks," but this method of weaving does not produce the
same lace like appearance as the first described method.
In addition to the above methods we also claim to put in one or two binding
picks for every one two three four or more face picks, with the various manipula-
tions in which the face yarn can be worked with two or more healds.
Dated this 9th day of September 1892.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Quilts and other
Woven Figured Fabrics.
We THOMAS HOLT and WILLIAM HOLT both of Walshaw, near Bury in the
County of Lancaster, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
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Our invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of figured cloths,
such as quilts, quiltings, toilet covers, duchess covers, or others, in one two or
more colours, and consists in producing a reversible cloth with a lace like
appearance. We employ a loom of the ordinary construction preferably with
two yarn beams, the yarn from one beam forms the figure and is termed
"stitching yarn it is worked by a Jacquard or other machine, the yarn from
the other beam is worked with two or more healds and is commonly termed
"face yarn
and is so manipulated with the weft as to produce a ground-work,
and a lace like appearance on the figure upon one side of the fabric and upon.
the ground on the other side thereof.
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This improved cloth can be made with one or more yarn beams and woven
with one two or more shuttles. The yarn can be drawn in to provide one or
more face ends in each space or dent of the reed and also provide for one or
two or more face ends to be between each two mails containing the "stitching
yarn." The stitching yarn can be one, two, three, or more ends in cach
mail and of one or more colours. In weaving this cloth we term one part of
the picks or shoots of weft "face picks" and the other part "binding picks";
the binding picks bind down the stitching yarn (so as to prevent it from floating
or being loose) on both sides of the cloth, they also give the cloth a lace like
appearance.
The cloth can be made by manipulating the yarn and weft as follows :-
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page_text: 3rd pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn up and, the same half of face yarn up
as that raised in the second pick.
5th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn down, and the same half of face yarn
up as that raised in the second and fourth picks. This completes the round of five
picks.
1st pick, a face pick, machine up and one half of face yarn up.
2nd pick, a face pick, machine up and the reverse half of face yarn up to that
raised in the first pick.
3rd pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first. pick.
4th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second pick.
5th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn up and the same half of face yarn up
as that raised in the first and third picks.
6th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn down and the same half of face yara
up as that raised in the first third and fifth picks.
7th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that raised
in the second and fourth picks.
8th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that raised
in the first, third, fifth, and sixth picks.
9th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that raised
in the second, fourth, and seventh picks.
10th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third fifth sixth and eighth picks.
11th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn up, and the same half of face yarn
up as that raised in the second fourth, seventh, and ninth picks.
12th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn down and the same half of face yarn
up as that raised in the second, fourth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh picks.
This completes the round of twelve picks.

page_text: 1st pick, a face pick, machine up and one half of face yarn up.
2nd pick, a face pick, machine up and the reverse half of face yarn up to that
raised in the first pick.
3rd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second pick.
5th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first and third picks.
6th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second and fourth picks.
7th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn up and the same half of face yarn up
as that raised in the first third, and fifth picks.
8th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn down and the same half of face
yarn up as that raised in the first, third, fifth, and seventh picks.
9th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second fourth and sixth picks.
10th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth, seventh and eighth picks.
11th pick, a face pick machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, sixth and ninth picks.
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12th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth, seventh, eighth, and tentli picks.
13th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, sixth ninth, and eleventh picks.
14th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth, seventh, eighth, tenth, and twelfth picks.
15th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn up, and the same half of face yarn
up as that raised in the second fourth, sixth, ninth, eleventh and thirteenth
picks.
16th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn down, and the same half of face
yarn up as that raised in the second, fourth, sixth, ninth eleventh thirteenth, and
fifteenth picks.
This completes the round of sixteen picks.
We also claim the right to put in a less or large number of face picks to

page_text: the two binding picks than is shewn in Modes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
In the pre-
ceding five modes the same half of face, yarn is raised in both the binding
picks which are woven consecutively one after the other, but this cloth can also
be made by raising the reverse half of face yarn in the latter, to that raised
in the former of the two binding picks which are woven consecutively one after
the other as shown in the following modes Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
1st pick, a face pick, machine up and one half of face yarn up.
2nd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the reverse half of face yarn up to that
raised in the first pick.
3rd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn up, and the same half of face yarn up
to that raised in the second pick.
5th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn down and the reverse half of face
yarn up to that raised in the fourth pick.
6th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second and fourth picks.
7th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, and fifth picks.
8th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, and sixth picks.
9th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn up, and the same half of face yarn
up as that raised in the first third, fifth, and seventh picks.
10th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn down, and the reverse half of face
yarn up to that raised in the ninth pick.
This completes the round of 10 vicks.
1st pick, a face pick, machine up, and one half of face yarn up.
2nd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the reverse half of face yarn up, to that
raised in the first pick.
3rd pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn up, and the same half of face yarn up
as that raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn down and the reverse half of face yarn
up to that raised in the third pick.
This completes the round of 1 nicke
1st pick, a face pick, machine up, and one half of face yarn up.
2nd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the reverse half of face yarn up to that
raised in the first pick.
3rd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second pick.
5th pick, a binding pick all stitching yaṛn up and the same half of face yarn up
as that raised in the first and third picks.

page_text: 1st pick, a face pick, machine up and one half of face yarn up.
2nd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the reverse half of face yarn up to that
raised in the first pick.
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3rd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a face. pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second pick.
5th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first and third picks.
6th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn up, and the same half of face yarn up
as that raised in the second and fourth picks.
7th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn down and the reverse half of face
yarn up to that raised in the sixth pick.
8th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, and sixth picks.
9th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth, and seventh picks.
10th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, sixth and eighth picks.
11th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth picks.
12th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, sixth eighth, and tenth picks.
13th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn up and the same half of face yarn up
as that raised in the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh picks.
14th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn down, and the reverse half of face
yarn up to that raised in the thirteenth pick.
This completes the round of 14 nicks.
1st pick, a face pick, machine up and one balf of face yarn up.
2nd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the reverse half of face yarn up to that
raised in the first pick.
3rd pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second pick.
5th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first and third picks.
6th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same balf of face yarn up as that
raised in the second and fourth picks.
7th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn up, and the same half of face yarn up
as that raised in the first, third, and fifth picks.
8th pick, a binding pick, all stitching yarn down, and the reverse half of face
yarn up to that raised in the seventh pick.
This completes the round of 8 picks.

page_text: We also claim to put in a less or larger number of face picks to the two binding
picks than is shewn in Modes 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. A modification of this improved
cloth can also be made by raising one half of the stitching yarn in one binding pick,
and the reverse half in the other binding pick, as is shewn in Modes 11, 12, 13, 14
and 15.
1st pick, a face pick, machine up, and one half of face yarn up.
2nd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the reverse half of face yarn up to that
raised in the first pick.
3rd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the. same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a binding pick, machine down, and the same half of face yarn up as
that raised in the first and third picks and one half of the stitching yarn raised.
5th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second pick.
6th pick, a face pick machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, and fourth picks.
7th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second and fifth picks.
8th pick, a binding pick, machine down, and the same half of face yarn up as
that raised in the second, fifth, and seventh picks, and the reverse half of stitching
yarn up to that raised in the fourth pick.
This complates the
1st pick, a face pick, machine up, and one half of face yarn up.
2nd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the reverse half of face yarn up to that
raised in the first pick.
3rd pick, a face pick machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a. face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second pick.
5th pick, a binding pick, machine down, and same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second and fourth picks, and one half of the stitching yarn raised.
6th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first and third picks.
7th pick, a face pick, machine up, and same half of face yarn up as that raised,
in the second, fourth, and fifth picks.
8th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, and sixth picks.
9th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up-as that
raised in the second, fourth, fifth and seventh picks.
10th pick, a binding pick, machine down, and the same half of face yarn up as
that raised in the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, and ninth picks, and the reverse
half of the stitching yarn up to that raised in the fifth pick.
This completes the round of 10 picks.

page_text: 2nd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the reverse half of face yarn up to that
raised in the first pick.
3rd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second pick.
5th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first and third picks.
6th pick, a binding pick, machine down, and the same lialf of face yarn up as
that raised in the first, third, and fifth picks, and one half of the stitching yarn
raised.
7th pick a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second and fourth picks.
8th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth, and sixth picks.
9th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up, as that
raised in the second, fourth, and seventh picks.
10th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth'sixth, and eighth picks.
11th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up às that
raised in the second fourth seventh and ninth picks.
12th pick, a binding pick, machine down, and the same half of face yarn up as
that raised in the second, fourth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh picks, and the reverse
half of the stitching yarn up, to that raised in the sixth pick.
This completes the round of 12 picks.
1st pick, a face pick, machine up and one half of face yarn up.
2nd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the reverse half of face yarn up to that
raised in the first pick.
3rd pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a face pick machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that raised
in the second pick.
5th pick, a face pick machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first and third picks.
6th pick, a face pick machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second and fourth picks.
7th pick, a binding pick, machine down, and the same half of face yarn up as
that raised in the second, fourth, and sixth picks and one half of the stitching yarn
raised.
8th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, and fifth picks.
9th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, sixth and seventh picks.
10th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth and eighth picks.
11th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, sixth seventh, and ninth picks.
12th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth, eighth, and tenth picks.
13th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth and eleventh picks.
14th pick, a binding pick, machine down, and the same half of face yarn. up as

page_text: that raised in the second, fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh, and
thirteenth picks, and the reverse half of the stitching yarn up to that raised in the
seventh pick.
This completes the round of 14 picks.
1st pick, a face pick, machine up, and one half of the face yarn up.'
2nd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the reverse half of face yarn up to that
raised in the first pick.
3rd pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first pick.
4th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second pick.
5th pick, a face pick, machine up and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first and third picks.
6th pick, a face pick machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second and fourth picks.
7th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, and fifth picks.
8th pick, a binding pick, machine down, and the same half of face yarn up as
that raised in the first, third, fifth, and seventh picks, and one half of the stitching
yarn raised.
9th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, and sixth picks.
10th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth, seventh, and eighth picks.
11th pick, a face pick machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, sixth and ninth picks.
12th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth seventh, eighth, and tenth picks.
13th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second fourth, sixth ninth, and eleventh picks.
14th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the first, third, fifth seventh, eighth, tenth, and twelfth picks.
15th pick, a face pick, machine up, and the same half of face yarn up as that
raised in the second, fourth, sixth ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth pick.
16th pick, a binding pick, machine down, and the same half of face yarn up, as
that raised in the second, fourth, sixth, ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, and fifteenth
picks, and the reverse half of the stitching yarn up to that raised in the eighth
pick.
This completes the round of 16 picks.
We also claim the right to put in a less or larger number of face picks, between
the binding picks than is shewn in Modes 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.
In modes shown at 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 we raise the same half of the face yarn
in the binding picks as that raised in the preceding face picks, and we also
claim the right to raise the reverse half of face yarn in the binding picks to that
raised in the preceding face picks. We can make this improved cloth with one,
two, or more shuttles, with a fine and coarse weft in one colour, and with a fine
and coarse weft in one, or more, different colours.
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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First In the manufacture of figured quilts, or other figured fabrics, a reversible
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page_text: cloth, in which the yarn which makes the figure and commonly called the
"stitching yarn" is bound down by binding picks of weft on both sides of the
cloth, by means of the various methods of picking, and drawing in of the ends,
made in broad or narrow looms with one or more shuttles, substantially in the
manner herein described and as illustrated by the accompanying diagrams, or any
modification thereof.
Secondly We claim the improved figured quilts or other similar figured
fabrics woven in the manner hereinbefore described.
Dated this 18th day of March 1893.
GEO. DAVIES & SON;
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.