Improvements in or connected with Jacquard Looms for Weaving Brussels and Wilton Carpets and Rugs, and other kinds of Carpets and Rugs, and other Woven Fabrics.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1894-Accepted, 18th Aug.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Jacquard Looms for Weaving
Brussels and Wilton Carpets and Rugs, and other kinds of
Carpets and Rugs, and other Woven Fabrics.
We JAMES HUMPHRIES AND SONS LIMITED, of No. 65 Mill Street
Kidderminster, in the County of Worcester Carpet Manufacturers, and JAMES
PERCIVAL HUMPHRIES, Director of James Humphries and Sons Limited,
aforesaid Carpet Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:
The said invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in or
connected with Jacquard looms for weaving Brussels and Wilton carpets and rugs
and other kinds of carpets and rugs and other woven fabrics, by the use of which
improvements a five frame Jacquard loom, all the five frames working
independently, which is ordinarily employed to produce designs in what is called
five frames that is, five different colours working across a certain pattern, can be
made to produce designs up to seven frames or seven colours working across so that
a considerably greater colour effect can be produced by the ordinary Wilton and
Brussels Jacquard loom so modified than has heretofore been obtained.
In carrying the said invention into effect special check papers are prepared for
designing patterns. The special check papers which we use are regulated by the
pitch or number of cords to the width of the fabric woven which is usually
twenty-seven inches wide. The pitch which we use is 186 or about seven cords.to
an inch and the number of wires to an inch crosswise would be according to the
quality of the fabric being woven, say as a standard 10 wires to an inch. The special
check paper for designing would therefore be seven plus ten to an inch.
In stamping cards in the ordinary way for a five frame design, two blanks are
required in a row of ten holes in each card, which blanks raise two worsted ends.
In stamping cards according to the said invention the cards of five of the seven
frames employed are stamped in the same way as a five frame design but for the
additional two frames employed, certain spaces are reserved at certain distances
in the cards for introducing the sixth and seventh frames. The spaces reserved are
stamped.in the cards in the manner hereinafter described and the said spaces are
governed by the tying in and drawing up of the barness below. The spaces in the
cards for the two additional frames referred to are in two rows of ten each at
different intervals in the cards, the first row being utilised for the sixth frame and
the second row for the seventh frame and in every case where the sixth or seventh
frame is required to rise, blanks are left for the particular cords to work.
:
We employ the same lingoes as in a five frame loom but they are differently
arranged; that is to say, instead of five lingoes working between the ground ends
or courses, seven lingoes are required between each course and these additional
lingoes are obtained by arranging certain intervals in the harness for that purpose
similar to the intervals in the cards, the cards being governed by the lingues and
the reverse. The lingoes between the spaces reserved are lifted over the ground
ends and the two extra lingoes are placed between each course containing five
lingoes, thereby making seven lingoes which is the number required; the threads
are then drawn through the harness or eyes of the lingoes and then through,the
reeds of the sley, seven threads appearing in each of the spaces of the reed. The
loom is then ready for weaving.
By the use of this invention a fabric is produced entirely different in make from,
and superior in colour effect, better in quality, and more durable in wear, with

page_text: slightly more worsted, than that produced in an ordinary five frame loom. Further
this invention adds considerably to the power of the Jacquard loom as regards
framage and effect of colour thereby materially increasing the value of the plant
used in the manufacture of Brussels and Wilton carpets and rugs and other kinds
of carpets and rugs and other Jacquard woven fabrics.
Dated this 4th day of November 1893.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Jacquard Looms for Weaving
Brussels and Wilton Carpets and Rugs, and other kinds of
Carpets and Rugs, and other Woven Fabrics.
We JAMES HUMPHRIES AND SONS LIMITED, of No. 65 Mill Street,
Kidderminster in the County of Worcester, Carpet Manufacturers and JAMES
.PERCIVAL HUMPHRIES, Director of James Humphries and Sons, Limited,
aforesaid, Carpet Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
The said invention consists of the improvements bereinafter described in or
connected with Jacquard looms for weaving Brussels and Wilton carpets and rugs
and other kinds of carpets and rugs and other woven fabrics, by the use of which
improvements a five frame Jacquard loom, all the five franes working
independently, which is ordinarily employed to produce designs in what is called
five frames, that is, five different colours working across a certain pattern, can be
made to produce designs up to seven frames or seven colours working across so that
a considerably greater colour effect can be produced by the ordinary Wilton and
Brussels Jacquard loom so modified than has heretofore been obtained.
In carrying the said invention into effect special check papers are prepared for
designing patterns. The special check papers which we use are regulated by the
pitch or number of cords to the width of the fabric woven which is usually
twenty seven inches wide. The pitch which we use is 186 or about seven cords to
an inch and the number of wires to an inch crosswise would be according to the
quality of the fabric being woven, say, as a standard ten wires to an inch. The
special check paper for designing would therefore have seventy spaces to
the square inch.
In stamping cards in the ordinary way for a five frame design, two blanks are
required in a row of ten holes in each card, which blanks raise two worsted ends.
In stamping cards according to the said invention the cards for five of the seven
frames employed are stamped in the same way as a five frame design but for the
additional two frames employed, certain spaces are reserved at certain distances in
the cards for introducing the sixth and seventh frames. The spaces reserved are
stamped in the cards in the manner hereinafter described and the said spaces are
governed by the tying in and drawing up of the harness below. The spaces in the
cards for the two additional frames referred to are in two rows of ten each at
different intervals in the cards, the first row being utilized for the sixth frame and
the second row for the seventh frame and in every case where the sixth or seventh
frame is required to rise, blanks are left for the particular cords to work.
We employ the same lingoes as in a five frame loom but they are differently
arranged, that is to say, instead of five lingoes working between the ground ends or
courses, seven lingoes are required between each course and these additional lingoes
are obtained by arranging certain intervals in the harness for that purpose similar
to the intervals in the cards, the cards being governed by the lingoes and the
reverse. The lingoes between the spaces reserved are lifted over the ground ends

page_text: and the two extra lingoes are placed between each course containing five lingoes,
thereby making seven lingoes which is the number required; the threads are then
drawn through the harness or eyes of the lingoes and then through the reeds of the
sley, seven threads appearing in each of the spaces of the reed. The loom is then
ready for weaving.
Having explained the nature of the said invention we will now proceed to describe
in detail the manner of carrying the same into effect assisted by the figures and
diagrams of the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 represents a piece of the special check paper which we use in designing
patterns to be produced by the said invention. This special check paper has seven
or approximately seven courses to the inch in the width as the number of courses
required in the standard width of twenty-seven inches is about one hundred and
eighty-six. The number of cross wires or lashes to the inch varies with the quality
of the fabric to be woven ; in the check paper represented we have provided for ten
cross wires or lashes to the inch as this number will be most commonly employed in
the weaving of Brussels and Wilton carpets and rugs.
Figure 2 represents a stamped card used for operating the Jacquard mechanism
in weaving patterns or designs according to the said invention. The said card
resembles that employed in an ordinary five frame loom but differs in the respect that
sections or portions at certain positions on the card are set off for the sixth and
seventh frames. The said sections or portions in the said Figure 2 are represented
between each pair of dotted lines; the row of holes at in the said sections are for
the sixth frame and the rows of holes at m are for the seventh frame. The rows
of holes outside the said marked sections are for the first five frames and these
parts of the card do not differ from the cards for ordinary five frame Jacquard
looms.
In the diagram Figure 3 we have represented a portion of the lifting board,
harness and lingoes for ten courses marked respectively A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H,
I, J, between the rows of holes in the lifting board for the courses F and G four
additional rows of holes marked X Y X2 Y2 are made. The lingoes attached to
the top lish ends passing through the said holes in the rows X Y supply the sixth
frame to each of the courses and the lingoes attached to the top lish ends
passing through the holes in the rows X2 Y2 supply the seventh frame to each of
the courses.
In order that it may be clearly seen how the lingoes of the sixth and
seventh frames are harnessed up we have represented the lingoes complete in full
lines in the course A only, the additional lingoes only of the other courses being
represented in full lines, the other lingoes that is the lingoes for the first five frames
being in dotted lines. From an examination of the diagram it will be seen how the
top lish ends of the additional lingoes are passed through the lifting board n; for
example, the lingoe a which carries the sixth frame of the course A passes over the
ground ends or chain between the course A. and the course G to the hole marked 1
on the board in the row X; in the same way the lingoe a² which carries the seventh
frame of the course A passes to the hole marked 1 of the row X². The lingoe b
carrying the sixth frame of the course B passes to the hole marked 2 in the row X
and the lingoe 62 carrying the seventh frame of the course B passes to the hole
marked 2 in the row X2 and so on. The sixth frame of the courses F, G, H, I J
are obtained from the row of holes Y and the seventh frame from the row of holes Y².
In the diagram Figure 3 we have represented a space between the course F and the
course G but it will be understood by those conversant with the Jacquard loom that
on the lifting of the lingoes the space represented between the said courses closes
up, the lingoes taking the normal positions represented in plan in Figure 4, the
parts in the said Figure 4 being marked with the same letters of reference as
the corresponding parts in Figure 3.
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The arrangement of the lingoes herein before described having been effected the
worsted ends are passed through the eyes p of the lingoes and the worsted ends of
each course, seven in number, are passed through one reed of the sley s as represented
in Figure 4. The loom is then ready for weaving.

page_text: By the use of this invention a fabric is produced entirely different in make from
and superior in colour effect, better in quality and more durable in wear, with
slightly more worsted, than that produced in an ordinary five frame loom. Further
this invention adds, considerably to the power of the Jacquard loom as regards
framage and effect of colour thereby materially increasing the value of the plant
used in the manufacture of Brussels and Wilton carpets and rugs and other
kinds of carpets and rugs and other Jacquard woven fabrics.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that we
claim as the said invention of "Improvements in or connected with Jacquard
looms for weaving Brussels and Wilton carpets and rugs and other kinds of
carpets and rugs and other woven fabrics" ;-
The improvements in or connected with five frame Jacquard looms herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings whereby we are enabled to
produce in the weaving of carpets and other fabrics in the said modified or improved
Jacquard looms designs or patterns having seven frames or colours the said
improvements consisting in providing the cards for operating the Jacquard
mechanism with additional spaces for operating the sixth and seventh frames and
also in the method of arranging and harnessing the lingoes for the said sixth and
seventh frames substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated the Sixteenth day of July 1894.
JAMES HUMPHRIES & SONS, LIMITED,
Per JOHN HUMPHRIES, Director.
JAMES PERCIVAL HUMPHRIES.