Improvements in the Manufacture of Strips or Bands of Sealskin Cloth and other similar Imitation Pile Fabrics having a Thin Selvedge at either side.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 29th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Strips or Bands of Sealskin
Cloth and other similar Imitation Pile Fabrics having a Thin
Selvedge at either side.
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I, CARL AUGUST ZSCHOCHE, of Rosswein, Saxony, Germany, 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 follow-
ing statement:
The bands of fur or strips of that material hitherto employed have usually been
made of mohair-plush, the pile being attained by the warp of the looped thread
and pile wire in the usual manner, the finished piece being then cut up. Pieces
of imitation sealskin were also cut into strips to form the bordering of articles
of clothing and for other similar purposes. These strips, however, possess the
disadvantage that they fray out at the edges and if, in making the border or
trimming, the edges are turned inwards, they produce thick & unsightly
appearance.
The sealskin, referred to in the present specification is a fabric woven of animal
hair forming the pile and cotton backing, the pile being produced by the known
teazling and dressing processes.
According to the present invention, and in contradistinction to mohair-plush,
the strip of pile is produced in the direction of the weft. The invention is
carried out on an ordinary broad loom, a strip of pile or fur of the required
breadth being woven across the loom, by the weft and then a strip of backing
without pile, to form the edging or selvedge at each side of each plush or fur
strip when the piece is finished and the plush strips cut apart along the centre of
the plain backing strip. The pile and plain weaving are produced in the known
manner but in strips in the direction of the weft. If the strips are cut apart
at the point of juncture of the pile and plain backing, each strip may be provided
with the selvedge at one side only.
The ware may then be teazled, dyed, dressed and printed, but in these sub-
sequent processes, the ware is turned round, i.e. the width of the piece woven is
turned to form the length, so that the pile or nap will lie in the direction of
the length of the strip. In dressing and teazling it is advantageous to cut the
finished piece of fabric into pieces of the required width to pass through the
apparatus and then to sew or otherwise attach the said pieces togther, so that
the whole will pass through the apparatus with the strips of fur or pile lying
in the direction of movement of the ware.
When finished, the piece is cut along the middle or thereabout of the plain
woven intermediate strips and is ready for use.
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:
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1. A method of producing "sealskin" strips having a selvedge at either side.

page_text: which consists in forming a strip or strips of fur across the width of an ordinary
loom, intermittent strips of plain thin weaving being arranged between the said
fur strips, the latter being however, subjected to the dressing, teazling dyeing or
printing process in the direction of the length of the strips, in the manner and for
the purpose substantially as described.
2: A strip of " sealskin " or fur having a thin selvedge at one or both sides
produced for the process covered by Claim 1, in the manner and for the purpose
substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of April 1899.
ERNEST DE PASS
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Flect Street, London, & 5A, Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.