IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IMITATION SEAL SKINS, AND OTHER PILED FABRICS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. ·
We SAMUEL CUNLIFFE. LISTER of Manningham in the County of York
Manufacturer and JOSÉ REIXACH of Manningham in the County of York
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IMITATION SEAL SKINS, AND OTHER PILED FABRICS
be as follows:-
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Imitation seal skins usually made of silk or mohair, or silk and mohair combined,
have hitherto had one great defect, that is to say, when rained upon the pile has
absorbed the wet, and has become flat and unsightly, especially when made of silk.
Now thic object of our Invention is to obviate this defect, by waterproofing either
the yarn before the piece is woven, or the piece after weaving.
This we effect by subjecting the piece when it has been dyed tipped and cleaned
to a bath of vasaline and ether or other waterproofing agents. Or the solution
might be mixed with the liquor, in the dyeing or tipping processes.
Or the waterproofing solution might be applied on to the yarn while in process
of being dyed or after dyeing and before being woven.
In this way imitation seal skins and other pile fabrics can be produced at a
comparatively small cost with a pile surface which will not absorb water.
CARPMAEL & Co., .
Agents for the Applicants.
Dated this 16th day of May 1884.
CARPMAEL & Co., .
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We SAMUEL CUNLIFFE LISTER of Manningham in the County of York
Manufacturer and JOSÉ REIXACH of Manningham in the County of York
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IMITATION SEAL SKINS AND OTHER PILED FABRICS
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
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Imitation seal skins usually made of silk or mohair or silk and mohair combined
have hitherto had one great defect, that is to say, when rained upon the pile has
absorbed the wet, and has become flat and unsightly, especially when made of silk.
Now the object of our invention is to obviate this defect by waterproofing either
the yarn before the piece is woven, or the piece after weaving.
This we effect by subjecting the yarn or the piece when it has been dyed, tipped
and cleaned to a waterproofing solution as hereinafter described.
The waterproofing solution we prefer to employ is a solution of Birch oil in
methylated spirit about one part of Birch oil to ten parts of methylated spirit will
be found suitable for the purpose, or a solution of a carbon fat with benzoline or
vaseline and ether or such like waterproofing solution might be employed.
The solution we apply to the face of the fabric after the fabric has been dyed
tipped and cleaned preferably by passing the face of the fabric over a roller or
rollers which take up the solution from a trough below. The solution might be
applied to the back of the fabric but not we believe so advantageously.
The fabric is subsequently dried in a hot air stove, at a temperature of about
100° Fahrenheit, or in a steam oven having a pressure of steam equal to about
10 pounds to the square inch to fix the solution and dry the piece.
In this way the fibres forming the pile will become sufficiently permeated with
waterproofing material to make them water repellant without rendering them
liable to cling or stick together so as to injure the appearance of the pile surface
and this can be effected at a comparatively small cost.
In place of the waterproofing solution being applied to the completed fabric as
above described it might be applied to the yarn from which the pile is to be formed
after such yarn has been dyed and prior to its being woven into the fabric, we
prefer however to apply it to the face or back of the fabric as above described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
(I). In the manufacture of imitation seal skins and other piled fabrics,
subjecting the piece after weaving to a waterproofing solution substantially as
described.

page_text: (II). In the manufacture of imitation seal skins and other piled fabrics,
subjecting the piece after it has been dyed tipped and cleaned to a waterproofing
solution applied on the face or back and afterwards dried and submitted to a high
temperature in a stove or oven substantially as described.
(III). In the manufacture of imitation seal skins and other piled fabrics,
subjecting the yarn of which the pile surface is to be composed to a waterproofing
solution before weaving substantially as described.
Dated this 12th dex of Fehmien 1005
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.