IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Enoch Harrison and Hilton Greaves, of the. City of
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturers, for the Invention:
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Enoch, Harrison and
Hilton Greaves at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 26th November 1855.
We, ENOCH HARRISON and HILTON GREAVES, of the City of Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN
FABRICS" to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to a peculiar arrangement of the warp and weft
threads during the process of weaving, by making what is technically called
the "cord" or "tie-up" at certain irregular intervals, by which we produce a
cloth of very superior texture, capable of taking a better finish, and shewing
off the colors to greater advantage than cloth made upon the present plans.
We do not confine ourselves to any particular kind of. material, as our
Invention is applicable to silk, cotton, woollen, linen, or any compound or
mixture of the same, and the cloth thus manufactured is particularly suitable
for wearing apparel of most descriptions.. In the accompanying. Illustration
we shew our method of producing three designs for heavy, middling,- and
light cloths, which will be clearly understood by any person conversant with
the process of weaving; but we are aware the plan may be varied, and the
designs multiplied to an unlimited number; the said three designs, however,.
are sufficient to illustrate our Invention. The above designs are applicable as
the groundwork of this cloth when applied with spots or embroidery. .

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Enoch Harrison and Hilton Greaves in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 24th May 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, ENOCH
HARRISON and HILTON GREAVES, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Enoch Harrison and Hilton Greaves, Her special license that we, the
said Enoch Harrison and Hilton Greaves, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as we, the said Enoch Harrison and Hilton Greaves,
our 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 THE MANUFAC-
TURE OF WOVEN FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the
said Enoch Harrison and Hilton Greaves, by an instrument in writing
under our 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.
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NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Enoch Harrison and Hilton Greaves,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner tho
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement (that is to say):-
Our Invention relates to a peculiar arrangement of the warp and weft
threads during the process of weaving, by making what is technically called
the "cord" or "tie-up" at certain irregular intervals, by which we produce a
cloth of very superior texture, capable of taking a better finish, and shewing
off the colours to a greater advantage than cloth made upon the present
plans. We do not confine ourselves to any particular kind of material, as
our Invention is applicable to silk, cotton, linen, woollen, or any compound or
mixture of the same, and the cloth thus manufactured is particularly suitable
for wearing apparel of most descriptions. In the accompanying Illustration

page_text: we shew our method of producing three designs for heavy, middling, and
light cloths, which will be clearly understood by any person conversant with
the process of weaving; but we are aware the plan may be varied, and
the designs multiplied to an unlimited number; the said three designs are,
however, sufficient to illustrate our Invention.
The accompanying Designs, from the superior firmness of texture of tho
material produced, and its peculiar property of shewing off the colours to
advantage, are particularly adapted to women and children's dresses, men's
coats, vests, and trowsers, boot and shoe tops, hat covers, and similar articles;
they are also applicable as the groundwork of cloth or material to be
ornamented with spots or embroidery. In the accompanying Illustrations the
black dots across the bars shew the warp threads over the weft threads, and
No. 1 example is calculated for heavy cloth, No. 2 for middling or medium
cloth, and No. 3 for light cloth.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of our said Invention,
we desire it to be distinctly understood that we do not confine ourselves to the
exact arrangement of "cord" or "tie-up," as shewn in the accompanying
Illustration, as the same may be varied to an almost unlimited extent; but
we claim the general principle of the arrangement, as shewn in the accom-
panying Designs.
In witness whereof, we, the said Enoch Harrison and Hilton Greaves,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-second day of
May, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named Enoch Harrison and Hilton
Greaves, in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.
HARRISON. (L.S.)
HILTON GREAVES.
(L.S.)