IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Briggs, of Briggella Mills, Bradford, in the
county of York, Manufacturer. for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Briggs at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th May 1882.
EDWARD BRIGGS of Briggella Mills, Bradford in the County of York,
manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS'
"
My invention relates to the manufacture of new silk textile fabrics or cloths,
which are novel, cheap and durable.
For this purpose I employ a combination of warps and wefts as follows; the
warps are made of thrown silk and with silk in the gum. The warps are of various
counts, sizes and weights and according to the quality of the cloths required to
be made.
The weft is spun silk and single thread and not two or more folds, and the weft
is made of Tussore or Turkestan silks and according to the quality of the cloths to
be made.
The fabrics or cloths are woven in the usual manner and are made in all kinds
of twills from three treads to twenty including the twenty treads, also in plain or
two treads.
By the combinations of these warps and wefts, I produce fabrics or cloths of silk
which are novel, cheap and durable.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edward Briggs in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th November 1882.
the county of York,
EDWARD BRIGGS of Briggella Mills, Bradford in
Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS
"
The said invention relates to the manufacture of new silk textile fabrics or
cloths, which are novel, cheap and durable.
For this purpose I employ a combination of warps and wefts as follows, the
warps are made of thrown silk and with silk in the gum-The warps are of
various counts, sizes and weight according to the quality of the cloths required to
be made.
The weft is spun silk and single thread and not two or more folds and the weft
is made of Tussore or Turkestan silks according to the quality of the cloths to
be made.
The fabrics or cloths are woven in the usual manner and are made in all kind of
twills and treads from three treads to twenty including the twenty treads; also in
plain or two treads.
By the combinations of these warps and wefts I produce fabrics or cloths of silk
which are novel, cheap and durable.
Having thus particularly described the nature of my said invention and the
manner of carrying the same into effect I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise details herein before described as the same may admit
of modification while producing similar results but what I claim and desire to
secure by Letters Patent is :-
The manufacture of woven fabrics produced by a combination of silk warps and
wefts substantially in the manner and for the purposes bereinbefore set forth.
In Witness whereof I the said Edward Briggs have hereto set my hand and
seal this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand
night hundred and eighty two
Witness
WALTER JAS. TURNER C.E.
Patent Agent
Bradford
EDWARD BRIGGS (LS.)