IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING WOVEN FABRICS CALLED ARABIAN STRIPES OR SCARFS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Michael Wilson, of the City of Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Michael Wilson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th November 1859.
I, JOSEPH MICHAEL WILSON, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING WOVEN FABRICS CALLED ARABIAN STRIPES OR
SCARFS," to be as follows:-
The cloth is first submitted to the usual process of stiffening calicoes and
then passed between two weighted rollers and obstructed in its egress by one
or more cross pieces which press against the rollers where the cloth comes
through so as to crumple it and give an uneven or crimped surface to the
cloth. When desired two or more pairs of weighted rollers may be employed,
the surfaces of which are either fluted or plain according to the requirements
of the work.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Michael Wilson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 26th May 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
MICHAEL WILSON, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Joseph Michael Wilson, Her special licence that I, the said
Joseph Michael Wilson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Joseph Michael Wilson, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING WOVEN FABRICS CALLED ARABIAN
STRIPES OR SCARFS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Joseph Michael Wilson, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Michael Wilson, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say):-
I first submit the cloth or fabric to the usual process of stiffening or sizing
calicoes or similar fabrics and then pass it between two weighted rollers,
namely, two rollers revolving in suitable bearings and weighted in any con-
venient manner to give the requisite pressure to the fabric. And to obtain
the necessary crimped or uneven surface of the fabric, generally known as
Arabian stripes or scarfs, I obstruct the fabric in its progress through or
between the rollers by one or more cross pieces of wood or other suitable
material, which press against the said rollers as the fabric passes between them,
which thus produces the desired result. If necessary or advantageous I use

page_text: two or more pairs of weighted rollers, the surfaces of which may be either
fluted or plain according to the design required. When necessary for
subsequent purposes I dye the fabrics any required color previous to the
crimping process.
Having thus fully described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be distinctly
understood that I do not confine myself to the particular color or shade of the
goods called Arabian stripes or scarfs as hitherto adopted, but I claim as my
Invention, and which to the best of my knowledge and belief has not been
hitherto used within the realm, the mode or method of producing the
crimped or uneven surface of fabrics of any color or shade as herein
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Michael Wilson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named Joseph Michael Wilson, in the
presence of
J. M. WILSON. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named Joseph Michael Wilson, in the
presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.
J. M. WILSON. (L.S.)