IMPROVED MEANS OF FORMING Threads, and THE PRODUCTION „OP, FABRICS THEREFROM
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Stanislas Vigoureux at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd May 1872.
I, STANISLAS VIGOUREUX, of St. Denis, in the Republic of France,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED MEANS OF FORMING Threads, and THE PRODUCTION „OP, FABRICS
THEREFROM," to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object,―
1st. A new or improved means of forming multiple thrown threads
composed either of a first simple throwing, which I envelope by means of
a twisting machine with an additional throwing of a meshed substance
ribbon or thread crossing the first thrown thread diagonally in opposite
directions or in the same direction in a longer helix or spiral, or by
drawing and throwing together in the mechanism two-preparations or
ribbons of different colours or shades or different filamentous matters,.
in order to constitute the first thrown thread; then I transform this
simple thread into a multiple throwing by covering it also by means
of the twister with a third ribbon or mesh in helices crossed diagonally

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2ndly. The production by means of these multiple thrown threads of
fabrics which come from the weaving operation with peculiar effects,
having a speckled, mottled, dotted, or chiné appearance, which results
from the composition of the dyed thrown threads.
3rdly. The manufacture of undyed fabrics by weaving with multiple
undyed thrown threads composed of filamentous materials of different
natures, (the fabrics afterwards being dyed in the picce) with regular
chiné or dotted effects, which result from the employment of different
filamentous matters which produce themselves in contrasting colours
upon the crossed twists in an opposito direction or in the same direction
with a more elongated spiral.
I proceed to give some details of the structure and composition of my
multiple thrown threads, and of the fabrics resulting from them, when
the multiple threads are employed dyed or undyed.
1st. The structure of the dyed or undyed thrown threads.—Instead of
forming, as usual, my thrown threads with two simple threads interlacing
or covering one another I add a complementary throwing, which crosses
the first throwing either diagonally in the opposite direction, or in larger
spirals in the same direction. Whatever may be the first throwing it is
upon the twisting mechanism that I surround it with the complementary
throwing. I prefer to operate the first throwing in the twister, as
well as the after ones.. In that case I take two meshed preparations of
ribbons either differently dyed or of differently materials, but undyed.
These two preparations stretch and become thrown at the same time
upon the twister. The first throwing obtained receives from the rope
machine the complementary throwing, which either crosses it diagonally
or runs in a larger spiral in the same direction by means of a pre-
paration ribbon or mesh either differently dyed, or undyed, and formed
of different material. The multiple thrown threads just mentioned are
formed from filamentous matters previously dyed or from undyed matters,
but of differing materials or from matters previously dyed, say, with
indigo or other ground colour, or even with the colour fixed or when
they have undergone all the preparatory treatments.
In the manufacture of fabrics with the said multiply thrown threads
the employment of my threads produces new industrial results.

page_text: 1st. The fabrics manufactured with the dyed multiple thrown threads
proceed from the weaving operation with a chiné or varied- appearance,
which is softer and more regular than that hitherto produced.
2nd. The fabrics manufactured with the undyed multiple threads
of different filamentous materials will produce when the woven piece
has undergone the dyeing operation effects with a peculiar dotted or
stippling appearance, which result from the different effect produced by
the bath of dye upon each of the twists composing the thrown thread,
the said twists being formed of cotton, wool, silk, linen, hemp, china
grass, or any other textile or filamentous material.