Improvements in the Manufacture of Woven Quilted Fabrics.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Woven Quilted Fabrics.
We, THOMAS TAYLOR, of the firm of Barlow and Jones Limited, of Bolton, in
the County of Lancaster, Manufacturers and JACOB WARBURTON, of 7 Hampden
Street, Bolton aforesaid, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of woven quilted
fabrics suitable for bed quilts, generally known as toilet quilts, toilet covers and
other similar heavy goods, and the object of our invention is to relieve the ground
or stitched portion of the fabric by interweaving each wadding thread less frequently
than usual with the threads of the binding warp in the ground portion, at the same
time giving to each stitch an equal amount of coarse weft or wadding thread and
using all the wadding thread where the figure comes, thereby producing a softer,
fuller and more even fabric.
In manufacturing our improved fabric we use a loom of ordinary construction,
and by preference Jacquard machines, in which the required number of hooks may
be raised separately without the use of extra cards (though the same object could
be attained by extra cards) to control the binding warp in conjunction with cumber
boards which are used for binding underneath the figures, the face warp being
drawn into healds in the usual manner.
When using two Jacquard machines, each controlling alternate threads of the
stitching or binding warp, and putting in two wadding threads to each card, we
should put two grifes into each Jacquard machine, each grife controlling alternate
hooks, and when weaving a five pick quilting (that is ten to the round) the shedding
of the yarns would be as follows:-
First pick. Both grifes in No. 1 jacquard are raised, and the 1st heald raised.
Fine pick for the face of the cloth.
Second pick. Both grifes in No. 1 jacquard remain raised and the 2nd heald is
raised. Fine pick for the face of the cloth.
Third pick. Both grifes in No. 1 jacquard remain raised, both healds are raised,
and the first grife of No. 2 jacquard is raised. Coarse pick for wadding underneath
the figure and binding underneath the stitching.
Fourth pick. Both grifes in No. 1 jacquard remain raised, both healds remain
raised and the second grife of No. 2 jacquard is raised. Coarse pick for wadding
underneath the figure and binding underneath the stitching.
Fifth pick. All jacquard grifes are down, both healds remain raised and the
first cumber board is raised. Fine pick to bind or press the loose stitching yarns
underneath the figure.
Sixth pick. Both grifes in No. 2 jacquard are raised and the 1st heald is raised.
Fine pick for the face of the cloth.
Seventh pick. Both grifes in No. 2 jacquard remain raised, both healds are
raised, and the first grife of No. 1 jacquard is raised. Coarse pick for wadding
underneath the figure and binding underneath the stitching.
Eighth pick. Both grifes in No. 2 jacquard remain raised, both healds remain
raised, and the second grife of No. 1 jacquard is raised. Coarse pick for wadding
underneath the figure and binding underneath the stitching.
Ninth pick. Both grifes in No. 2 jacquard remain raised and the 2nd heald is
raised. Fine pick for the face of the cloth.
Tenth pick. All jacquard grifes are down, both healds are raised and the second
cumber board is raised. Fine pick to bind or press the loose stitching yarn under-
neath the figure.

page_text: Following out these movements it will he noticed that the 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th
picks are coarse or wadding picks and it is in the shedding of the yarn to receive
these picks that the improvement is effected.
On the third pick whilst No. 1 jacquard raises one half the stitching yarn in the
ground, the first grife of No. 2 jacquard lifts one-quarter of the stitching yarn in
the ground so that three-quarters of the stitching warp is raised in the ground.
On the fourth pick, whilst No. 1 jacquard raises one half the stitching yarn in
the ground, the second grife of No. 2 jacquard lifts one-quarter of the stitching
yarn in the ground so that three-quarters of the stitching warp is raised in the
ground.
On the seventh and eighth picks, whilst No. 2 jacquard raises all the stitching
yarn required for making the ground, each of the first and second grifes of No. 1
jacquard raises one-quarter of the stitching yarn in the ground, making three-
quarters of the stitching yarn raised for each pick respectively in the ground, so
that instead of each binding warp thread having to pass underneath two coarse or
wadding picks between each stitch it will only pass underneath one, consequently
allowing coarser wadding weft to be used if required, with less strain upon the yarn
and producing a more even and if desired a heavier fabric.
The flushing or floating of the wadding picks at the back of the ground in the
above arrangement is what is called satinette weave; but any other weave could
be substituted by cutting cards for the same and introducing wadding picks to
correspond.
Dated this 28th day of November 1892.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Woven Quilted Fabrics.
We, THOMAS TAYLOR, of the firm of Barlow and Jones Limited, of Bolton, in
the County of Lancaster, Manufacturers, and JACOB WARBURTON, of 7 Hampden
Street, Bolton aforesaid, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of woven quilted
fabrics suitable for bed quilts, generally known as toilet quilts, toilet covers, and
other similar heavy goods, and the object of our invention is to relieve the ground
or stitched portion of the fabric by interweaving each wadding thread less frequently
than usual with the threads of the binding warp in the ground portion, at the same
time giving to each stitch an equal amount of coarse weft or wadding thread and
using all the wadding thread where the figure comes, thereby producing a softer,
fuller and more even fabric.
In manufacturing our improved fabric we use a loom of ordinary construction,
and by preference Jacquard machines, in which the required number of hooks may
be raised separately without the use of extra cards (though the same object could
be attained by extra cards) to control the binding warp in conjunction with cumber
boards which are used for binding underneath the figures, the face warp being
drawn into healds in the usual manner.
When using two Jacquard machines each controlling alternate threads of the
stitching or binding warp, and putting in two wadding threads to each card, we
should put two grifes into each Jacquard machine, each grife controlling alternate
hooks, and when weaving a five pick quilting (that is ten to the round) the shedding
of the yarns would be as illustrated by the accompanying diagram in which-
a designates the first heald shaft, and the second heald through which the face
warp is drawn; c denotes No. and No. 2 cumber board; e and f designate
respectively Nos. 1 and 2 grifes of No. 1 Jacquard machine and g and h, Nos. 1

page_text: and 2 grifes of No. 2 Jacquard machine.
The numerals 1 to 10 inclusive denote the
successive order of the picks, and the crosses on the diagram indicate the order in
which the warp threads are raised.
The description of the shedding is as follows:-
First pick. Both grifes e and
in No. 1 jacquard are raised, and the first
heald a raised. Fine pick for the face of the cloth.
Second pick. Both grifes e and fin No. 1 jacquard remain raised and the 2nd
heald b is raised. Fine pick for the face of the cloth.
Third pick. Both grifes e and fin No. 1 jacquard remain raised, both healds a
and are raised, and the first grife g of No. 2 jacquard is raised. Coarse pick for
wadding underneath the figure and binding under the stitching.
Fourth pick. Both grifes e and fin No. 1 jacquard remain raised, both healds a
and remain raised, and the second grife h of No. 2 jacquard is raised. Coarse
pick for wadding underneath the figure and binding underneath the stitching.
Fifth pick. All jacquard grifes e, f, g, and h are. down, both healds a and b
remain raised and the first cumber board c is raised. Fine pick to bind or press
the loose stitching yarns underneath the figure.
C
Sixth pick. Both grifes g and h in No. 2 jacquard are raised and the first heald a
is raised. Fine pick for the face of the cloth.
Coarse
Seventh pick. Both grifes g and in No. 2 jacquard remain raised, both
healds a and b are raised, and the first grife e of No. 1 jacquard is raised.
pick for wadding underneath the figure and binding underneath the stitching.
Eighth pick. Both grifes and h in No. 2 Jacquard remain raised, both
healds a and b remain raised, and the second grife f of No. 1 jacquard is raised.
Coarse pick for wadding underneath the figure and binding underneath the
stitching.
Ninth pick. Both grifes g and h in No. 2 jacquard remain raised, and the second
heald is raised. Fine pick for the face of the cloth.
Tenth pick. All jacquard grifes e, f, g, and h are down, both healds a and b are
raised and the second cumber board d is raised. Fine pick to bind or press the
loose stitching yarn underneath the figure.
Following out these movements it will be noticed that the 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 8th
picks are coarse or wadding picks and it is in the shedding of the yarn to receive
these picks that the improvement is effected.
On the third pick whilst No. 1 jacquard raises by its grifes e and one half the
stitching yarn in the ground, the first grife g of No. 2 jacquard lifts one quarter of
the stitching yarn in the ground so that in all three quarters of the stitching yarn is
raised in the ground.
On the fourth pick whilst No. 1 jacquard raises by its grifes e and f one half the
stitching yarn in the ground, the second grife of No. 2 jacquard lifts one quarter
of the stitching yarn in the ground so that three quarters of the stitching yarn is
raised in the ground.
On the seventh and eighth picks whilst No. 2 jacquard raises by its grifes 9 and
one half the stitching yarn in the ground, at the seventh pick the first grife e and at
the eighth pick the second grife f of No. 1 jacquard raises one quarter of the
stitching yarn in the ground.
It will thus be seen that at the 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 8th picks respectively three
quarters of the stitching yarn is raised for each pick in the ground, so than instead
of each binding warp thread having to pass underneath two coarse or wadding picks
between each stitch it will only pass underneath one, consequently allowing coarser
wadding weft to be used if required, with less strain upon the yarn and producing a
more even and if desired a heavier fabric.
The flushing or floating of the wadding picks at the back of the ground in the
above arrangement is what is called satinette weave; but any other weave could
be substituted by cutting cards for the same and introducing wadding picks to
correspond.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A woven quilted fabric having the wadding weft bound in such a manner as to
reduce the quantity of wadding between the binding warp and the face of the cloth
in the ground portion, and to retain the whole of the wadding weft between the
binding warp and the face of the fabric where figured substantially as herein
described.
2. A woven quilted fabric in which the respective binding warp threads are
passed under a portion only of the wadding weft between each stitch in the ground
portion of the fabric substantially as herein described.
3. A woven quilted fabric in which the wadding weft is flushed or floated behind
the ground portion of the fabric according to the pattern required substantially as
herein described.
Dated this 22nd dox of December 1892
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicants.