IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EMBOSSED FABRICS OR FABRICS HAVING PORTIONS OF THE SURFACE RAISED OR IN RELIEF
Year: 1884

page_text: I ARTHUR WHITTALL of Townsend, Kidderminster in the County of. Worcester,
Manager for Mess Moses Whittall & C° Carpet Manufacturers at Kidderminster
aforesaid do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EMBOSSED FABRICS OR FABRICS HAVING PORTIONS OF
THE SURFACE RAISED OR IN RELIEF" to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of embossed
fabrics or fabrics having a raised figure or pattern thereon.
My improved fabric is woven with two different classes of surface material, an
elastic material such as worsted and a non-clastic such as tinsel or metallic thread.
The fabric is woven with a pile, it may be either a looped pile or a cut pile and a
figure is produced by the aid of jacquard or other suitable means.
Afterwards the fabric is passed between pressing rollers or by other like means
the non-elastic pile is flattened down whilst the portion of the pile which is of
elastic material remains unaffected by the pressure and of its original height.
By this means any desired embossed pattern may be produced without requiring
figured or embossed rollers to be made for each pattern.
In addition to ordinary purposes for which such fabrics are required, such as
curtains, table cloths, covering furniture and other decorative purposes it is capable
of being made in suitable widths of elaborate designs and rich coloring and
employed to put round against the wainscotting of rooms and so save the necessity
for borders to carpets which are expensive and troublesome to make up.
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H
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

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I ARTHUR WHITTALL of Townsend Kidderminster in the County of Worcester
Manager for Mess™ Moses Whittall & C° Carpet Manufacturers at Kidderminster
aforesaid do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EMBOSSED FABRICS OR FABRICS HAVING PORTIONS OF
THE SURFACE RAISED OR IN: RELIEF," and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of embossed
fabrics or fabrics having a raised figure or pattern thereon.
My improved fabric is woven with two different classes of surface material, an
elastic material such as worsted and a non-elastic such as tinsel or metallic thread.
The fabric is woven with a pile, it may be either a looped pile or a cut pile and a
figure is produced by the aid of jacquard or other suitable means.
Afterwards the fabric is passed between pressing rollers or by other like means
the non-elastic pile is flattened down whilst the portion of the pile which is of
elastic material remains unaffected by the pressure and of its original height.
By this means any desired embossed pattern may be produced without requiring
figured or embossed rollers to be made for each pattern.
In addition to ordinary purposes for which such fabrics are required, such as
curtains, table cloths, covering furniture, and other decorative purposes it is
capable of being made in suitable widths of elaborate designs and rich coloring and
employed to put round against the wainscotting of rooms and so save the necessity
for borders to carpets which are expensive and troublesome to make up.
My Invention may be carried into effect upon any description of looms, such as
coach lining, plush, or carpet looms, which are provided with a wire motion or
otherwise for producing raised surfaces.
By the aid of jacquard or other suitable means, the elastic and non-elastic
surface materials, are caused to appear in such portions of the fabric as have been
previously arranged in accordance with the pattern desired to be produced, as is
well understood.
In employing.tinsel or metallic threads for the non-elastic material, I can use it
in the form of the metallic thread or threads twisted round so as to cover a thread
of cotton or jute or some cheap material, so that when pressed or flattened down
it gives the appearance of, a solid mass of the metallic surface. One or more
descriptions of metallic threads may be thus combined together. Or they may be
twisted round threads of various colors so as not to cover them entirely, and to
produce a tinted effect when flattened down. Twisted threads of either description
can be easily. obtained from manufacturers of the same.
The tinsel or non-elastic threads, together with the elastic materials are operated
in the process of weaving in the usual manner.
After the fabrics are woven they may be subjected to pressure. This may be
performed in a variety of ways; either by passing them between rollers which
can be tightened up to the required pressure, or moving a weight over them.
Being embossed the fabrics in addition to other decorative purposes, are well
adapted by making them in suitable widths either connected or separately for
borders to stair and body carpets, which are less trodden upon than other portions;
especially where they are sewn to the carpets or otherwise arranged so as to occupy
an upright position against the wall or wainscotting, as dado borders; this would

page_text: save the trouble and disfigurement of mitreing as it is technically called, and the,
rooms would look larger, and the metallic portions would be seen to better
advantage.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,
1. Weaving fabrics with raised surfaces composed of elastic and non-elastic
surface materials and flattening that portion which is of the non-elastic material as
described.
2. I claim also manufacturing carpets and other fabrics with embossed borders
produced substantially as described.