Improvements in Twist Lace Fabrics and in the Manufacture thereof.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Twist Lace Fabrics and in the Manufacture thereof.
I, SAM TAYLOR LINDLEY, of 108 Musters Road, West Bridgford, in the
County of Nottingham, Lace Dyer and Dresser, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be follows:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of twist lace fabrics, and it has for
its object the production of a fabric having a ground work or foundation and
also surface threads so disposed that they may be subsequently brushed, combed,
or carded, into a pile, or the introduction into or the combination with ordinary
openwork lace, of a design or any part of a design, comprised of the said founda-
tion or groundwork, and surface threads, which may be subsequently brushed,
combed, or carded into a pile as described.
I am thus able to produce twist lace pile fabric, which is plain or striped,
or in which a design or any part of a design, is composed of a raised pile,
similar in appearance to velvet or plush.
The pile threads may also be of any color irrespective of the other threads
employed in the production of the fabric, and when brushed into a pile give a
very ornamental and rich effect
In carrying out my invention, at the points where it is desired to form a
pile fabric, I employ in addition to the bobbin threads, a full set of warped
threads (that is two threads to every gate) and a set of front thick or gimp
threads, that is, one to every gate. These threads are preferably operated as
follows in order to produce a fabric of the nature described, but it is obvious
that the disposition of the threads may be varied to a certain extent, and the
same result be obtained.
Every other warp thread is traversed one gate say every motion, alternately
to the right and left, and thus constantly twists with the same bobbin thread.
The remaining warp threads are traversed three gates, say every motion,
alternately to the right and left, and are tied by the bobbin threads to the
warp threads previously referred to, the whole forming the foundation or
groundwork. These warp threads may be traversed every other, or every two
motions as preferred.
The front thick or gimp threads, which form the pile, may be of any color,
and are traversed say three gates every motion, or at regular intervals of two
or more motions as preferred, according to the thickness of the pile required.
These threads are worked in either without, or with very little tension, and
are tied to the foundation or groundwork by the bobbin threads.
When the pile fabric is produced at intervals, the pile threads are carried in
the usual manner, from point to point on the surface of the fabric, and are
subsequently clipped.
The loose surface or pile threads are subsequently brushed, combed, or carded
into a pile in the usual manner.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, SAM TAYLOR LINDLEY, of 108, Musters Road, West Bridgford, in the
County of Nottingham, Lace Dyer and Dresser, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
"
This invention relates to the manufacture of twist lace fabrics on what are
known as levers lace machines," and it has for its object the production of a
fabric having a ground work or foundation, and also surface threads so dis-
posed that they may be subsequently brushed, combed or carded, into a pile, or
the introduction into or the combination with ordinary openwork lace, of a
design or any part of a design comprised of the said foundation or groundwork,
and surface threads, which may be subsequently brushed, combed, or carded
into a pile as described.
I am thus able to produce a twist lace pile fabric, which is plain or striped,
or in which a design or any part of a design, is comprised of a raised pile, similar
in appearance to velvet or plush.
The pile threads may also be of any color irrespective of the other threads
employed in the production of the fabric, and when brushed into a pile give a
very ornamental and rich effect.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the disposition of the threads forming the
ground.
Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the disposition of the pile threads.
In carrying out my invention, at the points where it is desired to form a pile
fabric, I employ in addition to the usual bobbin threads D, a full set of warp
threads A, B (that is two threads to every gate) and a set of front thick or
gimp threads C, that is, one to every gate.
These threads are preferably operated as follows in order to produce a fabric
of the nature described, but it is obvious that the disposition of the threads may
be varied to a certain extent, and the same result be obtained.
Every other warp thread A (see Fig. 1) is traversed one gate say every motion,
alternately to the right and left, and thus constantly twists with the same
bobbin thread D.
The remaining warp threads B are traversed three gates, say every motion,
alternately to the right and left, and are tied by the bobbin threads D to the
warp threads A previously referred to, the whole forming the foundation or
groundwork. These warp threads may be traversed every other, or every two
inotions as preferred.
The front thick or gimp threads C (see Fig. 2) which form the pile threads
may be of any color or colors, and are traversed say three or more gates every
motion, or at regular intervals of two or more motions as preferred, according
to the thickness of the pile required.
These gimp threads C are worked in either without or with very little tension,
and are tied to the foundation or groundwork previously described, by the bobbin
threads D previously described.
In Fig. 2 the warp thread B are omitted in order to prevent confusion.
When the pile is produced at intervals, the pile threads C are carried in the
usual manner, from point to point on the surface of the fabric, and are subse-
quently clipped.

page_text: The loose surface or pile threads are subsequently brushed, combed, or carded
into a pile in a well known manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The manufacture of twist lace fabrics or parts thereof with a pile sub-
stantially as described.
2. The manufacture of twist lace fabrics with a foundation or ground and
surface or pile threads secured to the said foundation and so disposed that they
may subsequently brushed combed or carded into a pile subsequently as
described.
3. A twist lace fabric having a pile surface produced by brushing combing
or carding surface threads introduced into the fabric in the process or manu-
facture substantially as described.
4. A twist lace fabric comprised partly of openwork lace of ordinary charac-
ter and partly of pile fabric produced by brushing combing or carding surface
threads introduced into the fabric at the requisite points in the process of
manufacture substantially as described.
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1000
BOULT, WADE & KILBURN,
Agents for the Applicant.