IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NECKTIES, CRAVATS, AND WAISTBANDS, WHICH IMPROVE
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Peake, of Coventry, in the County of
Warwick, Ribbon Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF NECKTIES, CRAVATS, AND WAISTBANDS, WHICH IMPROVE-
Sealed the 10th May 1864, and dated the 12th November 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Peake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
November 1863.
I, BENJAMIN PEAKE, of Coventry, in the County of Warwick, Ribbon
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NECKTIES, CRAVATS, AND WAISTBANDS, WHICH
IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of neck-
ties, cravats, and waistbands, and other articles of wearing apparel.
I propose to manufacture these articles by weaving them in three separate
bodies or warps at one and the same time in one loom, with selvage edges,
after the manner of the tubular or circular loom, the three separate warps
being connected together at their edges only while being woven by the action
of the shoot or weft thread. By thus being connected at their edges they are

page_text: held in their respective positions when so woven, although the three bodies
are otherwise unconnected and separate
The three warps are arranged with a reed and suitable harness to actuate
them, and the shuttle travels across the warps, both over and under, and forms
three separate bodies of the three separate warps, the reciprocating or return
motion of the shuttle forming an edge or selvage uniting the three woven
warps together at those points only.
The articles may be woven in one or more colors in each of the three bodies,
and may be either figured or plain, all the colors being produced by the warp
threads, as well as the various patterns or designs by bringing each color to
cover the other color when required.
The materials I prefer for weaving the articles are silk and cotton yarn, silk
and linen yarn, silk and worsted, silk and diamond thread, or a mixture of any
two or more of them; or I propose in some cases to use any one of them
only.
By this Invention a substance or body is given to a necktie or other article
such as is effected by the method at present used, of inserting a lining of wool
or other fabric, and finishing the article by stitching or sewing, whereas by
my method I form the article complete in the loom.
The fabric thus made may be used for sashes for head-dress, or for trimming
or bordering garments, or for any other purpose where such manufacture may
be required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Benjamin Peake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th May 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BENJAMIN
PRAKE, of Coventry, in the County of Warwick, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Benjamin Peake, Her special licence that I, the said Benjamin Peake, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Benjamin
Peake, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during

page_text: 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
MANUFACTURE OF NECKTIES, CRAVATS, AND WAISTBANDS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS
ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Benjamin Peake, my executors'
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
one of their 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Benjamin Peake, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of neck-
ties, cravats, and waistbands, and other articles of wearing apparel.
I manufacture these articles by weaving them in three separate bodies or
warps at one and the same time in one loom, with selvage edges, after the
manner of the tubular or circular fabric, the three separate warps being
connected together at their edges only while being woven by the action of the
shoot or weft thread. By thus being connected at their edges, they are held
in their respective positions when so woven, although the three bodies are
otherwise unconnected and separate.
The three warps are arranged with a reed and suitable harness to actuate
them, and the shuttle travels across the warps as required, and forms three
separate bodies of the three separate warps, the reciprocating or return motion
of the shuttle forming an edge or selvage uniting the three woven warps
together at those points only.
The articles may be woven in one or more colors in each of the three
bodies, and may be either figured or plain, all the colors being produced by
the warp threads as well as the various patterns or designs, by bringing each
color to cover the other color when required.
The materials I prefer for weaving the articles are silk and cotton yarn, silk
and linen yarn, silk and worsted, silk and diamond thread, or a mixture of
any two or more of them; or I propose in some cases to use any one of themi
only.
By this Invention a substance or body is given to a necktie or other article,

page_text: such as is effected by the method at present used, of inserting a lining of wool
or other fabric, and finishing the article by stitching or sewing, whereas by
my method I form the article complete in the loom.
The fabric thus made may be used for sashes, for head-dress, or for
trimming or bordering, garments, or for any other purpose where such
manufacture may be required.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would remark, in conclusion, that I do
not limit myself to the precise details I have expressed, as the same may
possibly be modified without departing from the principle of my Invention;
but what I claim and desire to be secured to me by the herein in part recited
Letters Patent is, the manufacture of neckties, cravats, waistbands, and other
articles of wearing apparel, by weaving them in three separate bodies or
warps at one time, with selvage edges, substantially in the manner herein
specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Benjamin Peake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Second day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witness,
CHARLES PEAKE,
Union Street,
Coventry.
BENJ. PEAKE.
L.8.)