IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARPETS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I ALGERNON FREEMAN FIRTH of Clifton Mills Brighouse in the County of York
Carpet Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARPETS which Invention has been communicated
to me from abroad by Thomas Freeman Firth of Clifton Mills aforesaid now on
business journey to the United States to be as follows:-
:-
The object of this Invention is to produce a carpet in appearance similar to a
Brussels or Tapestry Carpet that may be reversed or worn on both sides-there
being no "wires" required in such weaving.
In the manufacture of carpets according to this Invention I employ two or more
shuttles, one of which will shoot thin weft used more for binding the warp and weft
together, other shuttle or shuttles will shoot thick weft which will by the action
of the ordinary pattern mechanism be thrown to the surface of the Carpet alternate
to face and underside producing an uniform reversible piece.

page_text: I ALGERNON FREEMAN FIRTH, of Clifton Mills, Brighouse, in the County of York,
Carpet Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARPETS" which invention was communicated to me
from abroad by Thomas Freeman Firth of Clifton Mills aforesaid when on a business
journey to the United States 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 this invention is to produce a carpet in appearance similar to a
Brussels or Tapestry carpet, that may be reversed, or worn on both sides there being
110 "wires" required in such weaving.
"
In the manufacture of carpets, according to this invention I employ two or more
shuttles one of which" will shoot weft, spun very small and other shuttle or
shuttles will shoot weft spun very much thicker these yarns may be spun of any
fibre wool or cotton or silk or linen or hemp or jute I employ yarn of thickness
according to the size of the rib I wish to produce by weaving alternatly this thick
yarn with the before mentioned small yarn, I produce a loop or rib in imitation of
and appearance similar to the rib or loop on a Brussels or a Tapestry carpet, The
finer or smaller thread forms in crossing or heading the warp an indented appearance
in the cloth analogous to to that in Brussels or Tapestry carpets. I am enabled
thereby to produce stripes and plaids I have one set of colored threads worked on
the face of the thick weft thread which at the next pick being of the small weft
are at the back of the small weft thread, and are again brought to the face when
next pick I throw the thick weft the small thread is sunk or buried between the
ribs formed by the thick ones and the warp riding upon it does not show or
interfere with the effectiveness of the pattern:—when I wish to change the pattern
I drop one pick of the small weft yarn when a reverse action of the warp takes
place and the colored warp previously forming the face goes to the back and that
forming the back rises to the face and produces a change in the pattern.
Having now particularly described the nature and particulars of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The new and improved manufacture of carpets by means, materials, and in
manner herein fully described.