Improvements in or relating to the Spinning and Weaving, or like Treatment, of Fibrous and Filamentous Materials.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 21st Feb., 1894-Accepted, 5th May, 1894
TROYIDIONAD
MULTICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Spinning and Weaving, or like
Treatment, of Fibrous and Filamentous Materials.
I, PIERRE VICTOR RENARD of 28 Rue Boscho Fontenay-sous-Bois (Seine) in
the Republic of France, Weaver do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The present application for Letters Patent has for its object to reserve as my
personal and exclusive property the improvements in or relating to the spinning
and weaving of fibrous and filamentous substances of all kinds, as hereinafter
described, and also all applications of this process and of the products obtained
thereby.
The fibrous material is arranged in a lap or sheet of greater or less thickness by
any suitable means such as carding, combing, or even by simply distributing the
material. This lap is then completely and thoroughly impregnated or saturated
with some liquid matter or with a solution (such as a gummy, gelatinous, resinous,
albuminous, or other similar solution) which augments its cohesiveness.
After the lap has been more or less thoroughly dried (the lap may also be
compressed before, during or after the drying takes place), it is ready to undergo
the various manipulations necessary to make it fit for subsequent use in spinning
and weaving.
This lap may be directly incorporated in other textile fabrics or it may be cut
into strips or ribbons which can be used flat or twisted either singly or several
twisted together, or each one twisted with one or more threads of another animal
vegetable or mineral fibre either alone or mixed with or in combination with any
other kind of threads and materials, in weaving and in lace and trimming making.
The twisting action of these materials with other threads may take place either
when they are in the state of flat strips or ribbons or after they have been already
twisted; in the first case the threads may be arranged during the twisting operation
on one or on both faces of the strips or ribbons.
The textile fabrics and lace or trimmings thus obtained may subsequently
undergo all the finishing operations that are deemed necessary in order to produce a
variety of different patterns.
This method of arranging the fibrous and filamentous materials in laps or sheets
to which additional consistency is imparted by impregnating them completely and
thoroughly with a liquid matter, or with a solution, and which are cut in strips or
ribbons for spinning, twining and weaving purposes, is particularly suitable for very
short fibres and also for fibres adhering together but slightly, such as for example
feathers, down, calf-hair, rabbit-hair, etc.
If the liquid or solution which has been used to render the sheet or lap cohesive
contains a substance which would subsequently prove useless, disadvantageous or
injurious, such as gelatinous, albuminous, resinous, or other similar substances; this
substance may be extracted from the sheets or laps, strips or ribbons, threads or
tissue by a solvent or by a mechanical process applied at that stage in the
manufacture of threads or tissues which appears to be the most appropriate and the
most convenient for this operation.
Dated this 24th day of May 1893.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Spinning and Weaving, or like
Treatment, of Fibrous and Filamentous Materials.
I, PIERRE VICTOR RENARD of 28 Rue Boscho Fontenay-sous-Bois (Seine) in
the Republic of France, Weaver, 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 :-
The present invention relates to the spinning and weaving of fibrous and
filamentous substances of all kinds, and to the products obtained thereby.
The fibrous material of whatever kind is arranged in a lap or sheet of greater or
less thickness by any suitable means such as carding, combing, or even by simply
distributing the material. This lap is then completely and thoroughly impregnated
or saturated with some liquid matter or solution e.g., a more or less concentrated
solution of gelatine in hot water or any gummy, gelatinous, resinous, albuminous or
similar solution which augments its adhesiveness. To accomplish this the following
method may be advantageously adopted. The filamentous lap is placed between
two sheets of wire gauze and, thus supported, passes through the gelatine solution
after which it is pressed to remove the excess liquid and then dried at once.
This compression may be performed also either in the course of the drying or
after it has taken place.
After the lap has been more or less thoroughly dried, it is ready to undergo the
various manipulations necessary to make it fit for subsequent use in spinuing and
weaving.
The lap or sheet thus prepared may be directly incorporated in other textile
fabrics by placing it between two tissues and retaining it there by rows of stitches,
or it may be cut into strips or ribbons which can be used flat or twisted either
singly or several twisted together, or each one twisted with one or more threads of
another animal, vegetable or mineral fibre either alone or mixed with or in
combination with any other kind of threads and materials, in weaving and in lace
and trimming making.
The twisting action of these materials with other threads may take place either
when they are in the state of flat strips or ribbons or after they have been already
twisted; in the first case the threads may be arranged on one or on both faces of
the lap or during the twisting operation on one or on both faces of the strips or
ribbons.
The textile fabrics and lace or trimmings thus obtained may subsequently
undergo all the finishing operations that are deemed necessary in order to produce
a variegated appearance and a variety of different patterns.
This method of arranging the fibrous and filamentous materials in laps or sheets
to which additional consistency is imparted by impregnating them completely and
thoroughly with a liquid matter, or with a solution, and which are cut in strips or
ribbons for spinning, twining and weaving purposes, is particularly suitable for very
short fibres and also for fibres adhering together but slightly, such as for example
feathers, down, calf-hair, rabbit-hair, etc.
If the liquid or solution which has been used to render the sheet or lap more
cohesive contains a substance which would subsequently prove useless, disadvanta-
geous or injurious, such as gelatinous, albuminous, resinous, or other similar
substances, this substance may be extracted from the sheets or laps, strips or
ribbons, threads or tissues by a solvent or by a mechanical process applied at that
stage in the manufacture of threads or tissues which appears to be the most
appropriate and the most convenient for this operation.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. The process of spinning and weaving fibrous and filamentous materials
consisting in the complete impregnation of the said materials with a liquid or
solution after they have been arranged in a lap or sheet for the purpose of
imparting to the fibres of such lap or sheet additional cohesive power further also
in cutting the lap or sheet so prepared into strips in a dry or damp state and
twisting either singly or several together or with one or more threads of any other
kind animal vegetable or mineral such additional threads being arranged in any
manner either on one or on both faces of the said laps or strips or all round them
during the twisting operation substantially as described.
2. A lap sheet strip thread yarn or other fibrous or filamentous body produced
substantially as before described.
Dated this 21st day of February 1894
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.