IMPROVEMENTS IN PLAIN AND MIXED REPPS, AND IN THE METHOD OF WEAVING THE SAME IN COTTON, SILK, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS, OR IN ANY COMBINATION OF SUCH MATERIALS."
Year: 1881

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LETTERS PATENT to John Horrocks, of Ainsworth Mill, near Bolton, in the
County of Lancaster, and of Saunders Street, Southport, in the same County,
Manufacturer, for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN PLAIN AND MIXED
REPPS, AND IN THE METHOD OF WEAVING THE SAME IN COTTON, SILK,
WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS, OR IN ANY COMBINATION OF SUCH
MATERIALS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Horrocks at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th June 1881.
JOHN HORROCKS, of Ainsworth Mill, near Bolton, in the County of Lancaster,
and of Saunders Street, Southport, in the same County, Manufacturer. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PLAIN AND MIXED REPPS, AND IN THE METHOD OF WEAVING THE
SAME IN COTTON, SILK, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS, OR IN ANY
COMBINATION OF SUCH MATERIALS."
For improvements in the manufacture of plain and mixed repp cloth, and in the
method of weaving the same by introducing an additional warp, the yarns of which
are conducted between the ribs of the cloth so as to form a stitch, the effect of
which is to prevent the threads being pulled apart or giving way under pressure,
thus adding greatly to the strength and durability of the fabric.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Horrocks in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th
December 1881.
JOHN HORROCKS, of Ainsworth Mill, near Bolton, in the County of Lancaster,
and of King Street, Southport, in the same County, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PLAIN AND MIXED REPPS, AND IN THE METHOD OF WEAVING THE
SAME IN COTTON, SILK, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS, OR IN ANY
COMBINATION OF SUCH MATERIALS."
In the manufacture of my improved repp I make use of a loom of ordinary
construction (to which I make no claim), with the addition of the apparatus
bereinafter described, that is to say, by reference to the accompanying Drawing, a
bracket A is screwed or cast on to the upright stand or support B of the loom
(usually called the "side") at the rear of the machine, upon which bracket or
loom C is placed.
This bean carries fine warp threads, which are carried between the threads of
the ordinary warp at such intervals as the quality of the cloth to be woven or the
formation of rib thereof may require. The following details will be well
understood by weavers.
These fine warp threads are conveyed round the under side of a roller D through
the loom E and by means of the healds F, each containing an oval shaped aperture,
through which passes one of such fine warp threads. from the beam Care worked
in cross sheds betwixt the ordinary warps, thus locking the weft at the centre of
the rib in each and every pick, forming an intermediate locked stitch between the
ordinary ribs, thus strengthening the repp and preventing it from fraying.
Having thus described my said Invention, and the manner in which it is to be
performed, I desire it to be understood that I claim as my said Invention,—
1st. The apparatus constructed and working substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, as an attachment or
addition to ordinary looms used in weaving repps or similar fabrics.
2nd. The improved method of weaving repps, substantially as above described,
, and the improved fabric so obtained.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Horrocks, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twenty seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
Signed, sealed, and delivered
by the said John Horrocks
in the presence of
R. W. CRAIGHEAD,
of 54, Brown Street,
Manchester,
Solicitor's Clerk.
JOHN HORROCKS. (L.S.)