Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Terry Cloth, Terry Quilts, Terry Covers, and Terry Towels.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 19th Feb., 1892--Accepted, 19th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Terry Cloth, Terry
Quilts, Terry Covers, and Terry Towels.
We, THOMAS PEARSON of the firm of Thomas Pearson and Son, of Victoria
Mills, Manufacturers, JOHN TAYLOR, Manager, and EDWARD HAWORTH
TAYLOR, Loom Tackler, both of 85 Davenport Street, and all of Bolton in the
County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of figured terry
cloth, terry quilts, terry covers, and terry towels, and consists in producing figured
terry cloth, quilts, covers, and towels with raised terry figure or figures of grey,
white, colored, or various colors of figure or figures on the top side of the cloth,
and a raised terry figure or figures of grey, white, colored, or various colors of
figure or figures, underneath the top figure or figures, on the bottom side of the
cloth. In that portion of the cloth without raised terry figure or figures we
weave plain or fancy grounds, plain or fancy floral figures, and employ or use grey,
white, or colored wefts, altogether or separately. In that portion of the cloth
which is without raised terry figure or figures we weave plain on top side, and
plain underneath top plain on the bottom side of the cloth with the weft or wefts
before described, with or without the aid of Jacquard machine or machines. In
manufacturing this improved cloth we employ one or more beams with grey,
white, colored, or striped, altogether or separately, for back warp in the ordinary
way, or, when floral borders or stripes, or both, are required we
the additional ends on back beam or beams, or on face beams if more convenient.
For face warps we employ two or more beams with grey, white, colored, or
striped, altogether or separately, according to the number of colors required in
figure or figures. This improved cloth is woven in an ordinary single-box terry
loom, or with a single-box at one end and two or more boxes at the other end,
and effect the same by any suitable mechanism that will give the requisite motions
The
according to the class or make of loom employed for weaving the same.
aforesaid improvements may be effected in combination with any of the well
known methods for manufacturing figured terry cloth.
Dated the 19th Ma 1891
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EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Figured Terry Cloth, Terry
Quilts, Terry Covers, and Terry Towels.
We, THOMAS PEARSON of the firm of Thomas Pearson and Son of Victoria
Mills, Manufacturers, JOHN TAYLOR, Manager, and EDWARD HAWORTH
TAYLOR, Loom Tackler, both of 85 Davenport Street, and all of Bolton in the
County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of figured terry
cloth, terry quilts, terry covers, and terry towels, and consists in producing figured
terry cloth, quilts, covers, and towels with raised terry figure or figures of grey,
white, colored, or various colors of figure or figures on the top side of the cloth,
and a raised terry figure or figures of grey, white, colored, or various colors of

page_text: figure or figures, underneath the top figure or figures, on the bottom side of the
cloth. In that portion of the cloth without raised terry figure or figures we weave
plain or fancy grounds, plain or fancy floral figures, and employ or use grey, white,
or colored wefts, altogether or separately. In that portion of the cloth which is
without raised terry figure or figures we weave plain on top side, and plain
underneath top plain on the bottom side of the cloth with the weft or wefts before
described, with or without the aid of Jacquard machine or machines.
In manufacturing this improved cloth we employ one or more beams with grey,
white, colored, or striped, altogether or separately, for back warp in the ordinary
way, or, when floral borders or stripes, or both, are required we mount the
additional ends on back beam or beams, or on face beams if more convenient.
For face warps we employ two or more beams with grey, white, colored, or
striped, altogether or separately, according to the number of colors required in
figure or figures. This improved cloth is woven in an ordinary single-box terry
loom, or with a single-box at one end and two or more boxes at the other end, and
effect the same by any suitable mechanism that will give the requisite motions
according to the class or make of loom employed for weaving the same.
aforesaid improvements may be effected in combination with any of the well
known methods for manufacturing figured terry cloth.
The
Fig. 1 is a plan of a part of our improved figured terry cloth, terry quilt, terry
cover, or terry towel with plain or fancy ground.
Fig. 2 is a section through line AB in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan of a part of our improved figured terry cloth, terry quilt, terry
cover, or terry towel with fancy or floral ground.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of so much of a terry loom as is necessary to illustrate
our invention for producing our improved manufacture of terry cloth, terry quilts,
terry covers, and terry towels.
Fig. 5 is a back elevation of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a front elevation of chain changing gear for operating or regulating
the movements of terry yarn beams.
Fig. 7 is a front elevation of intermittent gear for operating chain change gear.
Fig. 8 is an enlarged elevation of chain shown in Fig. 6.
Fig. 9 is a plan of Fig. 8, and Fig. 10 is a front elevation showing the means
we adopt for coupling the brake levers for terry beams.
In manufacturing our improved figured terry cloth, terry quilts, terry covers,
and terry towels the warp is represented at Ċ and is delivered from the warp
beam D in the usual manner. The terry portion is made in figure at E as shown,
and can be of any color or colors as desired, the same being supplied from the
back terry yarn beams G and H. In case a blending of colors is desired in the
figured terry the same is effected and regulated by the construction or method of
disposing the terry yarn on the beams G and H. An important feature of this
invention consists in making cloth, quilts, covers, and towels with raised terry
figures E on the top or front side and raised terry figures E on the back or
bottom side, in each case the raised terry portions are opposite each other as shown
in Fig. 2. In this construction of our improved terry cloth, terry quilts, terry
covers, and terry towels the plain or fancy ground portion B' of the front side is
opposite the plain or fancy ground portion 13' on the back side. It is well known
that in terry cloths made hitherto that the opposite side of the terry figure has
always a plain ground back and vice-versa. In weaving the terry figures E the
yarn is supplied from either of the terry yarn beams G and H; the portion for
terry for top and bottom sides being regulated by healds or mails operated by a
dobby or heald machine or Jacquard machine or machines so as to lift one half the
terry yarn for the top side and drop the other half for the bottom side. In case
it is desired to weave fancy or floral figures on both sides of the ground work of the
cloth the same is effected by means of the usual Jacquard machine or machines.
For carrying out the manufacture of this improved figured terry cloth, terry
quilts, terry covers, and terry towels we provide the loom with the terry yarn

page_text: beams G and H, which are provided with the brake bands 1 coupled to the brake
levers J and K. The latter are pivoted to the frame work L of the loom by the
pins or centres M. The levers J and K are coupled together by the strap or
band N, which passes over the pulley O on the pin or centre P mounted in the
fixing secured to the framework L of the loom. The lever K is coupled to the
lever R by the rod S and pins T. The lever R is pivoted to the framework L
by the centre U, and is coupled to the lever V by the rod W and pins X. The
lever V is pivoted to the framework L by the centre Y, and is fitted with the
bowl Z mounted on the centre a secured to the lever V by the nut b. The bowl Z.
rests or sits on the chain c carried by the chain pulley d on the centre as shown
in Fig. 6. On the latter centre is mounted the star wheel y which is operated
intermittently by the pin on the spur wheel j on the centre : the spur wheel j
being driven by the spur pinion m on the crank shaft of the loom. The star
wheel g operates on the flange p on the spur whoclj, and out of the flange P is cut
a portion to allow the star wheel to rotate when the pin h operates in each
slot r.
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When the lever R is in the
This apparatus operates in the following manner
position shown in Fig. 4 the bowl Z is on the risers e² of the chain c, which releases.
the brake lever K from the terry yarn beam G. Immediately the lever K is
raised the strap or band N allows the lever J to drop and arrests the terry yarn
beam H. The terry yarn beam G when released allows yarn to be supplied to
form one pattern or figure E across the width of the cloth as represented at E' in
Fig. 1. The width or length of each pattern or figure is regulated by the number
of raisers or risers e² and sinkers c³ of the chain c. When the risers c² have been
rotated or traversed over the pulley d the sinkers present themselves and allows
the bowl Z to drop with its connections, which causes the lever K to be operated
to arrest or apply the brake to the terry yarn beam G and lifts the lever J by the
strap or band N and releases the terry yarn beam H to form the pattern or figure
represented at E2 in Fig. 1, thus operating on each alternately according to the
movements of the chain c. The levers J and K are provided with the weights & to
ensure of their operating according to the dictates of the risers c² and sinkers c³
forming the chain c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
:-
1. The manufacture of figured terry cloth, terry quilts, terry covers, and terry
towels wherein the raised terry portions on the front side are opposite the raised
terry portions on the back side, and the plain or fancy grounds on each side of the
same are opposite each other, the whole being woven in one or more colors or a
combination of colors, substantially as described.
2. The manufacture of figured terry cloth, terry quilts, terry covers, and terry
towels wherein the raised terry portions on the front side are opposite the raised
terry portions on the back side and the grounds on each side opposite one another
are provided with plain or fancy floral figures, the whole being woven in one or
more colors, or a combination of colors substantially as described.
3. In combination with a terry loom for manufacturing figured terry cloth, terry
quilts, terry covers, and terry towels wherein the raised terry portions on the front
side are opposite the raised terry portions on the back side and plain and fancy
grounds on each side are opposite each other, the use of apparatus for automatically
regulating the delivery of terry yarn, substantially as described and as shown in
the annexed drawings.
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EDMUND CHADWICK,
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