IMPROVEMENTS IN WEAVING CERTAIN FIGURED FABRICS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Makin and Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson, both
of Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN WEAVING CERTAIN FIGURED FABRICS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Makin and Jabez
Edward Johnson-Ferguson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on
the 27th October 1881.
JOHN MAKIN and JABEZ EDWARD JOHNSON-FERGUSON, both of Bolton, in the
County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WEAVING CERTAIN FIGURED FABRICS."
This Invention relates to a method of weaving figured fabrics of a particular
class, for which we have filed a petition for the grant of Letters Patent bearing
even date herewith, the object of the present Invention being to produce the same
or a similar kind of fabric with one shuttle only, and requiring only three picks
to make the pattern.
This cloth is made with two or more ends in one dent or space of the reed, and
two warps.
One end (or more) is taken from the back warp and is put through the
mounting, and one end (or more) is taken from the face warp and is put through
the healds.
The machine is lifted up and one of the healds raised, and a pick of weft is
put through the shed; another shed is then made with the machine still up, but
the first heald is put down and the second heald is raised; another pick of weft is
then put through this shed; the machine then goes down, and both the healds
come up and one of the pressing boards, when another pick is put through this
shed.
The machine is then lifted up again, and the first heald raised and another pick
of weft is put in; another shed is then made, with the machine still up, but the
first heald is put down and the second heald is raised; another pick of weft is
then put through this shed; the machine then goes down and the second pressing
board is lifted up, when one pick is put through the shed.
This method of weaving produces a raised figure on the cloth, which is bound
on the face and on the back.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Makin and Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 27th April 1882.
JOHN MAKIN and JABEZ EDWARD JOHNSON-FERGUSON, both of Bolton, in the
County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WEAVING CERTAIN FIGURED FABRICS."
This Invention relates to a method of weaving figured fabrics of a particular
class, for which Her Majesty's Letters Patent have been granted to us bearing even
date herewith, and numbered 4711, A.D. 1881, the object of the present Invention
being to produce the same or a similar kind of fabric with one shuttle only and
requiring three or more picks to make the pattern.
This cloth is made with two or more ends in one dent or space of the reed, and
two warps.
One end (or more) is taken from the back warp and is put through the mounting,
and one end (or more) is taken from the face warp and is put through the healds.
The machine is lifted up and one of the healds raised, and a pick of the weft is
put through this shed; another shed is then made with the machine still-up,-but
the first heald is put down-and-the-second-heald is raised; another pick of the
weft is then put through this shed; the machine then goes down, and both the
healds come up, and one of the pressing boards, when one or more picks are put
through this shed.
The machine is then lifted up again, and the first heald raised and another pick
of weft is put in; another shed is then made, with the machine still up, but the
first heald is put down and the second heald is raised; another pick of weft is
then put through this shed; the machine then goes down and the second pressing
board is lifted up, when one or more picks are put through this shed.
This method of weaving produces a raised figure on the cloth, which is bound on
the face and on the back.
Having now described the nature and object of our said Invention, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, we wish it to be understood that we claim as our Invention the
improvements in weaving figured fabrics, as herein before particularly described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson (on behalf
of myself and the said John Makin), have hereunto set my hand and seal,
this Twenty fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty two.