IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DAMASKS, REPS, TURKEY SATIN CLOTHS, BORDERINGS "
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Brown, of Halifax, in the County. of
York, Damask Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF DAMASKS, REPS, TURKEY SATIN CLOTHS, BORDERINGS
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Brown at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 26th November 1873.
I, WILLIAM BROWN, of Halifax, in the County of York, Damask
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DAMASKS, REPS, TURKEY SATIN CLOTHS,
BORDERINGS FOR FURNITURE, CARRIAGE LININGS, DRESS GOODS, AND FRINGES," to
be as follows
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Hitherto in the manufacture of such articles as are embraced by this
Invention the desired difference of colour in the case of woven fabrics
has been to dye the animal fibres and vegetable yarns, or dissimilar kinds
of animal fibres for the purpose of forming the warp and weft, of

page_text: different colours or shades of colour previous to the operation of weaving.
This method was accompanied by some important disadvantages arising
from the friction produced in weaving, and from the waste of materials
consequent upon being obliged to dye greater quantities than actually
required.
The present Invention consists in employing two different kinds of
animal fibre such as wool, mohair, alpaca, camels' hair, or silk, and
forming the warp and weft thereof respectively, that is to say, one kind
of animal fibrous material being used for the warp and another for the
weft. The textile fabrics thus produced are then dyed in the piece, the
result being that by reason of the different tints or shades of colour
taken by the respective kinds of animal fibre the same effect as or an
effect similar to that heretofore produced by dyeing the warp and weft of
animal fibre and vegetable fibrous materials in the yarn before being
woven is obtained.
Fringes composed of two different kinds of animal fibre combined or
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Brown in the Great Seal Patent Office 2
on the 22nd May 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BROWN, of Halifax, in the County of York, Damask Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria by Her Letters 2
Patent bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
´ and grant unto me, the said William Brown, Her special licence that
I, the said William Brown, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said William Brown, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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

page_text: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE' MANUFACTURE
OF DAMASKS, REPS, TURKEY SATIN CLOTHS, BORDERINGS FOR FURNITURE, CARRIAGE
LININGS, DRESS GOODS, AND FRINGES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Brown, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, 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 Brown, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :—
"
My said Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture
of damasks, reps, turkey satin cloths, borderings for furniture, carriage
linings, dress goods, and fringes, the same being also applicable to the
manufacture of textile fabrics for table covers.
I employ for the purposes of my said Invention two or more different
kinds of animal fibre, such as wool, mohair, alpaca, camels' hair, and
silk, the same being used in their natural colours, such as for instance,
greys, drabs, fawns, browns, reds, and black. One or more of such
descriptions of animal fibrous material is used for the warp, and one or
more thereof for the weft, the same being woven in the ordinary way as
well understood. The textile fabrics thus produced are then dyed in the
piece, the result being that by reason of the different tints or shades o
colour taken by the respective kinds of animal fibre, very striking and
beautiful effects of pattern as well as of contrast and harmony of colour
are produced, whilst the cost of manufacture is greatly reduced by dyeing
the fabrics in the piece instead of as heretofore practised weaving the
same of yarns previously and separately dyed, and which process involves
great waste and expenditure of material, time, and labour, whereby the
cost of manufacture is necessarily greatly increased.
In the manufacture of fringes in accordance with my said Invention
the same are composed of two or more different kinds of animal fibre
combined or twisted together and then dyed.

page_text: Having thus declared and ascertained the nature of my said In-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would
observe in conclusion that what I consider novel and original, and there-
.fore claim as constituting the Invention secured to me by the said herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is, the manufacture of textile
fabrics and fringes, substantially as herein-before described and set
forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Brown, have hereunto
Witness to the signature of
the said William Brown,
J. B. HOLROYDE,
Sol.,
Halifax.
WILLIAM BROWN. (L.S.)