Improvements in Woven Carpet Lining.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1896-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1896
Improvements in Woven Carpet Lining.
I, WILLIAM AGAL MAURAN, of 235 Waterman Street, Providence, Rhode
Island, United States of America, Superintendent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a cheaply constructed carpet lining,
having the desirable qualities of lightness, durability, and elasticity, and it consists
in a woven carpet lining, having a filling formed of crumpled paper strips, cemented
to the warp threads, whereby the filling is prevented from unraveling, at the cut
ends of the fabric.
Dated this Thirty-first day of December 1895.
I, WILLIAM AGAL MAURAN, of 235 Waterman Street, Providence, Rhode
Island, United States of America, Superintendent, 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 object of my invention is to provide a cheaply constructed carpet lining,
having the desirable qualities of lightness, durability and elasticity, and it consists
in a woven carpet lining having a filling formed of crumpled untwisted strips of
paper, which may be cemented to the warp threads, in order to prevent the
unraveling of the weft at the cut ends of the fabric, as hereinafter fully set
forth.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 represents a plan view of my improved carpet lining. Fig. 2 represents
an edge view.
Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section taken in the line 3, 3, of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 represents on a diminished scale, the outspread strip of paper which is to
be crumpled as shown, preparatory to being woven into the fabric.
In the drawings, A A represents the warp threads of the fabric, and B B the
crumpled paper filling, the said filling being formed of an untwisted strip of
paper c, crumpled by being drawn longitudinally through an eye, or tubular guide a,
as shown in Fig. 4, thus forming an elastic weft B, which will impart the desired
quality to the fabric. When weaving the fabric, thin glue may be applied to the
warp threads to cause the adhesion of the warp threads to the filling, whereby
when the glue has dried, the filling will be so held by the warp threads as to
prevent the filling from unraveling at the cut ends of the fabric. And by my
improvement the necessity of applying reinforcing strips, or of sewing the fabric
longitudinally, will be obviated.

page_text: The carpet lining so produced presents a desirable appearance as an article of
manufacture in addition to its intrinsic qualities for the purpose designed.
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. A woven carpet lining having the filling formed of crumpled untwisted strips
of paper, substantially as described.
2. A woven carpet lining having the filling formed of crumpled untwisted strips
of paper, cemented to the warp threads of the fabric, substantially as described.
Dated this 11th day of July 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.