Improvements in the Manufacture of Hearth-rugs, Door-mats, and other Pile Fabrics.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 5th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 8th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Hearth-rugs, Door-mats, and
other Pile Fabrics.
I, CHARLES BROOKE, of Moorlands Road, Dewsbury in the County of York,
Rug Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has reference to a new means or method of manufacturing hearth-
rugs, door-mats and other like fabrics. According to my invention I employ any
suitable colour of warp composed of woollen worsted cotton or other fibres and
after making three or four plain picks, I insert a rod into the shed and draw the
warp forward a suitable distance so as to form loops, which are fastened in the
fabric by the next beat up of the weft, of which there may be any number of
picks; after which the rod is again inserted in the shed, and the warp drawn
forward into loops, which are also made fast by the weft, and this goes on until
the size of rug has been woven. After the rug is completed, the loops formed in
the manner described are moistened by water or steam, which causes the yarn
forming the loops to shrink, and as the loops are not cut, the moistened warp
contracts in such a way as to cause each loop to twist, thereby forming a durable
and attractive rug. I may employ any number of differently coloured warps for
the purpose of forming borders, patterns, or designs on the face of such rug.
Dated this 8th day of December 1891.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Hearth-rugs, Door-mats, and
other Pile Fabrics.
I, CHARLES BROOKE, of Moorlands Road, Dewsbury, in the County of York,
Rug 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 :-
My invention has reference to. a new means or method of manufacturing hearth-
rugs, door-mats, and other like fabrics.
According to my invention I employ any suitable colour of warp composed of
woollen, worsted, cotton or other fibres, and after making three or four plain picks
in the loom, I insert a rod into the shed and draw the warp forward a suitable
distance so as to form loops, which are fastened in the fabric by the next beat up
of the weft, of which there may be any number of picks; after which the rod is
again inserted in the shed and the warp again drawn forward into loops, which
are also made fast by the weft, and this goes on until the size of rug has been
woven. After the rug is completed, the loops formed in the manner described are
moistened by water or steam, which causes the yarn forming the loops to shrink,
and as the loops are not cut, the moistened warp contracts in such a way as
to cause each loop to twist, thereby forming a durable and attractive rug.
I may employ any number of differently coloured warps for the purpose of
forming borders, patterns, or designs on the face of such rug.
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page_text: 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 -
The manufacture of rugs and mats by forming loops in the manner described,
and in causing the said loops to twist or curl by being treated with steam or water, 5
all in the manner substantially as described.
Dated this 3rd dor of Sentember 1809
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.