A New or Improved Woven Fabric.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1898--Accepted, 2nd May, 1898
A New or Improved Woven Fabric.
We, WILLIE BEAUMONT, and ARNOLD WYCLIFFE SMITH, trading as Beaumont
and Smith, of Britannia Mills, Whitehall Road, Leeds, Worsted and Wooden
Manufacturers, and ALBERT BEAUMONT, of Richmond House, Fastown, Hudders-
field, Designer, 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 our invention is to produce a new cloth, whereby we obtain
a finer appearance, softer handle, and cheaper fabric than is possible on
the older methods of construction. The cloth may be made entirely of worsted
yarn, or entirely of woollen yarn or any other suitable textile material such as
cotton, silk, etc., or it may be made partly of worsted yarn in combination
with woollen yarn or partly of woollen yarn in combination with worsted
yarn or these two materials worsted and woollen, may be combined with
any other suitable textile material in such proportions, and in such positions in
the cloth as we may hereafter decide. The cloth is constructed on the basis of
the prunel twill, the warp threads of which are raised twice and depressed once,
whilst the weft threads work exactly the reverse way, and are depressed twice and
raised once.
In the new cloth we have invented, this prunel twill forms the face of the
cloth and also forms the back of the cloth, thus forming a double prunel twill cloth
These two single prunel cloths which together form the double prunel twill cloth
may be stitched or tied together firstly by a centre or middle thread inserted in
the warp of the cloth; or these two single prunel cloths which together form the
double prunel twill cloth may be stitched or tied together secondly by a centre
or middle thread inserted in the weft of the cloth; or these two single prunel cloths
which together form the double prunel twill cloth may be stitched or tied together,
thirdly, by a centre or middle thread inserted in the warp of the cloth, and a centre
or middle thread inserted in the weft of the cloth-the cloth thus formed being
stitched or tied together both in the warp and weft. In all cases the centre or
middle threads used for stitching or tieing the two cloths together may be hidden
or brought to the surface for ornamention if so desired.
The back of the double prunel twill cloth thus described is identical in appear-
ance with the face of the cloth, whether the stitching or tieing is effected by insert-
ing a centre or middle thread in the warp of the cloth; or whether the stitching
or tieing is effected by inserting a centre or middle thread in the weft of the cloth;
or whether the stitching or tieing is effected both by inserting a centre or middle
thread in the warp of the cloth and a centre or middle thread in the weft of the
cloth-the said centre or middle threads being in all cases, either hidden or bought
to the surface for ornamention if so desired.
In carrying out our invention, the cloth may be made in several ways, and in
order to fully illustrate the same we give below, five different systems in which
the invention may be carried out and have further illustrated these by diagrams,

page_text: In carrying out our invention by inserting a centre or middle thread in the
warp the cloth may be made as follows:
(a) Warp 1 end face warp
1 end backing warp
1 end centre or middle warp
1 end face warp
1 end backing warp
(a) Weft 1 end face weft.
1 end backing weft
(b) Warp. 1 end face warp
(b) Weft.
1 end backing warp
1 end centre or middle warp
1 end face weft
1 end backing weft
Whilst however it will be seen that in the above methods of construction-the
centre or middle thread used for stitching or tieing purposes is inserted in sample (a)
in the proportion of one centre or middle thread in the warp-to four ends of
warp threads (two ends of face warp threads and two ends of backing warp threads),
and in sample (b) in the proportion of one centre or middle thread to two ends of
warp threads (one end of face warp and one end of backing warp)-we reserve
the right to insert the centre or middle threads used for stitching or tieing
purposes, in such proportion to the other threads of the warp as we may hereafter
decide our object being to protect the manufacture of a cloth based on the
principle of the double prunel twill-stitched or tied together by a centre or
middle thread inserted in the warp of the cloth.
In carrying out our invention by inserting a centre or middle thread in the weft,
the cloth may be made as follows:
(c) Warp. 1 end face warp
(c) Weft.
1 end backing warp
end face weft
1 end backing weft
1 end centre or middle weft
1 end face weft
1 end backing weft
(D) Warp. 1 end face warp
1 end backing warp
(D) Weft. 1 end face weft
1 end backing weft
1 end centre or middle weft.
Whilst however, in the above methods of construction the centre or middle
thread, used for stitching or tieing purposes is inserted in sample (c) in the pro-
portion of one centre or middle thread in the weft to four ends of weft threads
(two ends of face weft threads and two ends of backing weft threads), and in
sample (D), in the proportion of one centre or middle thread to two ends of weft
threads (one end of face weft and one end of backing weft)-we reserve the
right to insert the centre or middle threads used for stitching or tieing purposes,
in such proportion to the other threads of the weft as we may hereafter decide-
our object being to protect the manufacture of a cloth based on the principle of
the double prunel twill, stitched or tied together by a centre or middle thread,
inserted in the weft of the cloth.
In carrying out our invention by inserting a centre or middle thread in the
warp, and also a centre or middle thread in the weft the cloth may be made as
follows:

page_text: the basis of the double prunel twill, the two single prunel twill cloths, forming
this double prunel twill cloth being stitched or tied together both by a centre or
middle thread inserted in the warp of the cloth, and by a centre or middle thread
inserted in the weft of the clotĥ as substantially set forth in reference to (s)
Figure 5.
4. The manufacture of a cloth, constructed on the principles herein explained-
of which we are the sole inventors--the said cloth being hereafter known as
A new or improved woven fabric.
Dated this 28th day of February 1898.
WILLIE BEAUMONT,
Britannia Mills, Whitehall Road, Leeds, Woollen Manufacturer.
ARNOLD WYCLIFFE SMITH,
Britannia Mills, Whitehall Road, Leeds, Woollen Manufacturer.
ALBERT BEAUMONT,
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Richmond House, Fartown, Huddersfield, Designer.