IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF QUILTS, BEDCOVERS, AND RUGS
Year: 1884

page_text: I LEIGH SLATER of 12 Dantzic Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Chartaline Blanket Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of said Invention
for IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF QUILTS, BEDCOVERS, AND RUGS, to
be as follows:-
My Invention consists in manufacturing quilts, bedcovers, and rugs of a
combination of paper crimped, quilted or embossed, and printed cotton cloth.-In
performing my Invention I take one or more sheets of paper of suitable texture
and pass them through a quilting machine or through an embossing calender; then
cover the paper with printed cloth; the selvages are then whipped or bound in a
sewing machine or otherwise.
By this means a light and cheap bedcovering, quilt, or rug can be manufactured.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention I wish to remark that paper
being a better non-conductor than either cotton or wool, a covering thus made is
warmer than those now generally in use, and can be manufactured at a lower
price. I do not limit myself to any particular machinery or apparatus for carrying
the same into operation, but what I do claim is the improved method of using a
crimped, quilted, or embossed paper, which through the process of crimping
quilting or embossing has lost much, if not all its liability to crackle, and at the
same time has rendered unnecessary the use of wool or wadding as an adjunct either
to impart warmth, or to give a bulky appearance.
Dated this Second day of January 1884.

page_text: I LEIGH SLATER of N° 12 Dantzic Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Chartaline Blanket Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention
for IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF QUILTS, BEDCOVERS, AND RUGS
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My Invention consists in manufacturing quilts bedcovers, and rugs of a
combination of paper crimped, plaited crushed or embossed, and printed cotton
cloth. In performing my Invention I take one or more sheets of paper of suitable
texture and pass them through a plaiting machine crushing machine, or through
an embossing calender, then cover the paper with printed cloth; the selvages are
then whipped or bound in a sewing machine or otherwise.
The plaiting machine that I use consists of two rollers which feed two revolving
and skeleton wheels upon which are placed templets which folds the paper into
plaits Z and passes the folded paper on to a table arranged to catch it—the
plaited paper is then passed through a crushing machine to further soften it-this
crushing machine consists of two pair of rollers, the second pair hang, and have a
pendulum motion, and as the plaited paper passes through the two pair of rollers,
the second pair swings back on the first pair, crushing the paper against the first
pair.
By this means a light and cheap bedcovering, quilt, or rug can be manufactured.―
Paper being a better non conducter than either cotton or wool, a covering thus
made is warmer than those now generally in use, and can be manufactured at a
lower price.
I do not limit myself to any particular machinery, or apparatus for carrying the
same into operation, but what I do claim is the improved method of using a
crimped, plaited, crushed, or embossed paper, which through the process of
crimping, plaiting, crushing, or embossing, has lost much, if not all its liability to
crackle, and at the same time has rendered unnecessary the use of wool or wadding
as an adjunct either to impart warmth or to give a bulky appearance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The use of crimped, plaited, crushed, or embossed paper instead of wool or
wadding to impart warmth, or to give a bulky appearance to quilts, bedcovers,
and rugs.
2. The manufacture of bedcovers, quilts, rugs, and like articles by combining
plaited, crushed, crimped, or embossed paper, with a covering of woven fabric, in
the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore more particularly described.
Deted this 11th day of September 1884