IMPROVEMENTS IN WRAWING NARROW FARRICE FOR BINDING
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Thomas, of Cheapside, in the City
of London, Merchant, for the Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN
WRAWING NARROW FARRICE FOR BINDING."
Sealed the 26th July 1853, and dated the 13th May 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Thomas
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 13th May 1853.
I, WILLIAM THOMAS, of Cheapside, in the City of London, Mer-
chant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN WEAVING NARROW FABRICS FOR BINDING" to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists of applying a stitching warp near one or
both of the selvages in weaving a narrow fabric suitable for binding, in
order to produce a row or rows of stitching near one or both edges or
selvages, and thus to produce a better and more uniform finish to articles
bound thereby.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Thomas in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 12th November 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
WILLIAM THOMAS, of Cheapside, in the City of London, Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the six-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Thomas, Her special licence
that I, the said William Thomas, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Thomas, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN WEAVING NARROW FABRICS FOR BINDING," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Thomas, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Thomas, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof (that is to say):

page_text: This Invention consists of applying a stitching, warp near one or
both of the selvages in weaving a narrow fabric suitable for binding,
in order to produce a row or rows of stitching near one or both edges
or selvages, and thus to produce a better and more uniform finish to
articles bound thereby.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed
to explain the manner in which I perform the same.
The looms I employ are ordinary ones, and the Invention consists of
introducing near one or both selvages a stitching warp thread; and in
working the loom I cause the stitching warp to be brought to the front
surface of the fabric, and to remain there during as many shoots of
weft as will produce a length of fabric equal to the length of stitch
desired; the stitching warp is then carried to the back of the fabric,
and I prefer it should only remain there during one shoot of the weft,
in order that the succeeding stitches may be as near as may be to each
other on the front or face of the fabric. A weaver from the above
description will readily understand how to introduce a stitching warp
near the selvage or selvages when about to weave narrow binding
fabrics, and it will be understood that the object of my Invention is
to produce narrow binding fabrics for stays, shoes, and other articles,
and to obtain all the appearance of being stitched when used, though
it, in fact, only requires to be run or felled on when binding the part
of a stay or shoc or other article, and with the advantage that the
woven stitching will be more uniform than when done by hand, and
with the further advantage that the binding may be applied by less
skilful hands, obtaining equal strength with better appearance. The
stitching warps which I use are of the same material as would be
employed if done afterwards with the needle by hand, such as silk,
twist, or sewings or thread.
I would remark, that I am aware that stitching warps have before
been used in weaving stay and other fabrics; I would therefore have it
understood that my Invention consists of applying one or more stitch-

page_text: ing warp near one or both selvages in weaving narrow binding fabrics,
as herein described.
In witness whereof; I, the said William Thomas, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witness,
WILLIAM SMITH.
WILLIAM THOMAS. (L.S.)