IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John David Brickles, of Valentine Road, South
Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, Warehouseman, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION OF
Sealed the 22nd October 1867, and dated the 24th April 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John David Brickles at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th April 1867.
I, JOHN DAVID BRICKLES, of Valentine Road, South Hackney, in the
County of Middlesex, Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION
OF WOVEN FABRIC," to be as follows:-
My Invention refers to those fabrics in which hard twisted threads are
employed, and which threads by a treatment subsequent to weaving are caused
to contract the fabric and give it an uneven appearance. Letters Patent for
a fabric of this description were granted to Jesse Brickles, Thomas Thorpe,
and Joseph Lillie, dated 28th Feb. 1855, No. 436, and my Invention is an
improvement thereon, but is also applicable to other fabrics of the character
above mentioned.
According to the usual method the yarn for these fabrics is twisted in the
ordinary manner with the exception of its being harder twisted, but as the
spindles in a frame will frequently be driven at different speeds an inequality
of twist is the result. To obviate this defect I propose to put in a portion of

page_text: the required twist in one frame, and then to remove the yarn to another frame
and complete the operation, by which means the quantity of twist on different
bobbins becomes equalized; or to ensure greater regularity a third or any
other number of operations may be adopted. It is not absolutely necessary to
remove the bobbins to a separate frame as their change to other spindles
would produce the same effect, but in that case the result would depend upon
the care of the attendant,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John David Brickles in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th October 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
DAVID BRICKLES, of Valentine Road, South Hackney, in the County of
Middlesex, Warehouseman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John David Brickles, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said John David Brickles, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during 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 A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION OF WOVEN
FABRIC," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John David
Brickles, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should par-
ticularly 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 John David Brickles, 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, that is to say :-
My Invention refers to those fabrics in which hard twisted threads are
employed, and which by a treatment subsequent to weaving are caused to

page_text: contract the fabric and give it a crapy appearance. Letters Patent for this
description of fabric were granted to Jesse Brickles, Thomas Thorp, and
Joseph Lillie, dated Twenty-eighth of February, One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-five, Number 436.
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According to the Invention therein specified the fabric was composed of
yarn twisted harder than usual, and one portion of such yarn was twisted
to the right hand and another to the left. These contrarily twisted threads,
were thrown as weft in a rising box loom two picks from one shuttle, and
then two from the other, or in any other series, and when the fabric was
thus woven it presented the appearance of ordinary cloth. A subsequent
treatment with moisture caused the hard and contrarily twisted threads
to contract in opposite directions, and by these means the fabric was con-
tracted into an uneven crapy surface; or, in like manner threads pre-
pared as above were used for the warp in alternate or other series of
sheds, as fully described in the Specification of the aforesaid Patent. There
was however a defect in the fabric which it is the object of my present
Invention to overcome. It was found impossible to procure threads for the
purpose which were equally twisted, for as the spindles in a fra
frequently be driven at different speeds, an inequality of twist is the
and when therefore the woven fabric was submitted to moisture some
threads contracted more than others, and the fabric became puckered
of presenting an uniform crapy appearance. To obviate this I propy
manufacture the said fabric with threads which have a portion of their wist
put in in one frame, and then the remaining portion in another, that is to say,
I effect the required amount of twisting in the yarn at two operations and in
different frames, by which means the quantity of twist on different bobbins
becomes equalized; or to attain still greater regularity three or any other
number of operations may be adopted. It is not, as will be seen, absolutely
necessary to remove the bobbins to another frame, as their change to other
spindles in the same frame would produce the like effect, but in that case the
result would depend upon the care of the attendant. The threads for the above-
mentioned fabric may be of any fibrous material, single or doubled, and the
said fabric may be composed wholly of these hard twisted yarns for the weft
or warp, or the said weft or warp may consist partly of common yarns, a pro-
portionate number of shuttles being used. Fabrics manufactured as above
are specially applicable as towels, but they may be dyed or printed and used
for any ordinary purpose.
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Having thus described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be understood

page_text: that I claim as secured to me under the above in part recited Letters Patent,
manufacturing such fabrics as aforesaid by the use of hard and contrarily
twisted threads, the twist of which has been put in at two or more operations
in different frames or on different spindles.
In witness whereof. I. the said John David Brickles have hereunto set
that I claim as secured to me under the above in part recited Letters Patent,
manufacturing such fabrics as aforesaid by the use of hard and contrarily
twisted threads, the twist of which has been put in at two or more operations
in different frames or on different spindles.
In witness whereof. L. the said John David Brickles have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
JNO. D. BRICKLES. (L.S.)