AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF QUILTED FABRICS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, of the Firm of
J. Brandt and G. W. von Nawrocki, Patent Agents, of No. 124, Leipziger-
strasse, Berlin, in the German Empire, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
MANUFACTURE OF QUILTED FABRICS." A communication from Amy Helena
Alice Frankenberg. of Hanover, in the German Empire.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von
Nawrocki at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th
September 1879.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. von
Nawrocki, Patent Agents, of No. 124, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, in the German
Empire. "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF QUILTED FABRICS." [A communication
from Amy Helena Alice Frankenberg, of Hanover, in the German Empire.]
According to the present Invention quilted fabrics such as are used for bed quilts,
cushions, under garments, and the like are made by first sewing together the two
fabrics forming the cover according to any desired design, the sewing being effected
in such a manner that openings are left in the lines of sewing at such points as to
enable access to be had to all the spaces enclosed by the sewing. These spaces are
then filled with any suitable stuffing or filling, such as feathers, down, &c., by
introducing a tube filled therewith through an opening left in the corner or other
part of the fabric, and through the said openings in the sewing, and discharging the
contents of the tube into the said spaces by means of air pressure, or by a piston or
plunger forced into the tube, each space being filled in succession in this manner.
The openings are then closed by sewing or by buttons. By this method the filling
being entirely detached from the sewing it can be better shaken up so as to throw
up the design well in relief, and it is prevented from caking together as is the case
when it is sewn through, it can also be again withdrawn through the said openings
whenever it is desired to wash the cover.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 10th March 1880.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. von
Nawrocki, Patent Agents, of No. 124, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, in the German
Empire. "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF QUILTED FABRICS." A communication
from Amy Helena Alice Frankenberg, of Hanover, in the German Empire.
According to the present Invention quilted fabrics, such as are used for bed
quilts, cushions, garments, travelling rugs, and the like are made by first sewing
together the two fabrics forming the cover according to any desired design, the
sewing being effected in such a manner that openings are left in the lines of sewing
at such points as to enable access to be had to all the spaces enclosed by the sewing.
These spaces are then filled with any suitable stuffing or filling, such as feathers,
down, & etc., by introducing a tube filled therewith through an opening left in the
corner or other part of the fabric, and through the said openings in the sewing, and
discharging the contents of the tube into the said spaces by means of air pressure
or by a piston or plunger forced into the tube, each space being filled in succession
in this manner. The openings are then closed by sewing or by buttons. By this
method the filling being entirely detached from the sewing it can be better shaken
up so as to throw up the design well in relief, and it is prevented from caking
together as is the case when it is sewn through; it can also be again withdrawn
through the said openings whenever it is desired to wash the cover.
The accompanying Drawings illustrate the stuffing of a quilt according to this
Invention; Fig. 1 being a plan, and Fig. 2, a section thereof. The two fabrics are
first secured together by stitching according to the desired design presenting
curvilinear or other spaces A, B, C, & etc., but portions of the stitching as at a, b, c,
& etc., are omitted so as to provide an opening into each of these spaces. Some of
the spaces as K and J can be filled with the stuffing material directly through the
openings, m. For the purpose of filling the spaces, such as A, that are not directly
accessible from the exterior, a tube P bent as required to suit the channels in the
design is charged with the stuffing material, and inserted through the openings left
as at o, o, in the corner at a, a, and b, and the contents of the tube are forced
forwards. by a piston or plunger, or in some cases may be blown from the tube so
as to fill the coinpartment into which its end is directed. When the several com-
partments of the design have been thus filled with the stuffing material, the
openings into them are closed by stitching.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my correspondent I claim,-
The manufacture of quilted fabrics by first stitching together two pieces of fabric
according to the desired design of the quilting, leaving openings into the several
compartments thereof, filling these compartments with the stuffing material with
the aid of a tube when required, and finally closing the openings by stitching,
substantially as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty eighth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.