An Improved Manufacture of List or Cloth-hearth-rugs or Mats, and in a New Application of Materials Employed therein
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1886
Complete Left, 25th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th Mar., 1887.
An Improved Manufacture of List or Cloth-hearth-rugs or Mats,
and in a New Application of Materials Employed therein.
I, THOMAS WESTERBY of 9 Queen Street, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Accountant do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the manufacture of list or cloth hearth rugs or mats,
and according to my invention I propose to employ continuous.lengths of tape, braid, or
other narrow strips of material which may either be woven, knitted, plaited, or braided,
such tapes whilst weaving being formed into loops which may be afterwards cut some-
what in the same manner as looped pile fabrics, or such loops may be left uncut ;
the object of my invention being to enable such rugs to be woven in hand or power
looms; and to dispense with the loose bits of fabric or cloth hitherto employed in the
manufacture of hearth rugs and which had to be placed therein by hand.
In carrying out my invention I employ tapes or braid made from woollen or other
suitable fibres, which are wound onto a beam at the back of the loom so as to form a
warp, but I also employ another beam containing warp threads which form the back
of the rug whilst the tapes are intended to form the loops which when cut, resemble
the lists in ordinary cloth hearth rugs.
In weaving the rugs two beams will be required, one for ordinary warp to back the
rug, and one for tapes to form the loops, whilst the weft will bind the parts together.
The loops of tape may be formed by wires or rods, same as weaving carpets or seal
skin, and the loops may be cut by the wire or rod whilst being withdrawn, or they
may be cut afterwards by shears.
In some cases the weft may be tape in addition to the warp.
By manufacturing list or cloth hearth rugs or mats in the manner and of the
materials herein set forth, they can be more expeditiously made than is now the case,
and by employing a jacquard, patterns can be woven in the rug.
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page_text: and in a New Application of Materials Employed therein.
I, THOMAS WESTERBY of 9 Queen Street Huddersfield Yorkshire Accountant do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF
LIST OR CLOTH HEARTH RUGS OR MATS AND OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
1. In the Manufacture of Rugs mats and other fabrics in accordance with my
invention I employ in contrast to the short and detached or separate clippings
previously employed in the manufacture of list or cloth hearth Rugs yarn or other
suitable material (which may be of cotton jute wool worsted or other material) which
is made or formed either by weaving knitting plaiting braiding or other similar pro-
cesses into continuous lengths or narrow strips like tape or braid.
2. The continuous lengths or other narrow strips (hereinafter all included under the
expression "tape or braid ") are whilst the Rugs or mats or other fabrics are being
woven formed into loops on the surface of the Rugs mats or fabrics.
3. The tape or braid is used in the loom for a surface warp by warping on to an
extra beam behind the loom. A backing warp and weft are introduced in the ordinary
way and the tape or braid warp is brought to the face and looped up with wires or
rods or otherwise. The loops may either be cut or left uncut.
4. The plait or braid may be of any suitable width. I find about half an inch the
most convenient width for mats rugs carpets and similar goods.
5. By my process rugs mats and other fabrics may be made in the hand loom or
power loom which are available for all purposes for which List or cloth hearth Rugs
formerly made by hand are available-They are also available for floor cloths
carpeting seating Carriage linings upholsterers work and any purpose for which a
piled fabric is available-The summit or top bend of the loop where the loops are left
incut forms the surface of the fabric-The fabric is extremely soft and yielding to the
feet or to the touch it is very elastic and has great resilience-so that when pressed
down the surface resumes its position when the pressure is removed-where a plush
like or velvet like surface is desired the loops may be cut in the ordinary way.
6. The height of the pile or loop varies according to the nature of the fabric
required In ordinary rugs mats or carpets it need not be more than Three eighths of
an inch in height-the loop or pile is secured by the ordinary means employed by
practical weavers of pile goods and where the pile or loop remains uncut the wires or
rods may be withdrawn by being pulled out at the side.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
(1) The employment of continuous lengths or narrow strips like tape or braid made
or formed by weaving knitting plaiting braiding or other similar processes from yarn
or other suitable material in the manufacture or production of the surface of rugs mats
and other similar fabrics.
(2) The production of a pile fabric by using in the formation of the loop or pile
such continuous lengths or narrow strips as aforesaid.
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