Improvements in Finishing Woollen and Worsted Fabrics.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 29th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Finishing Woollen and Worsted Fabrics.
We, WILLIAM HENRY HARE, of 6 Derby Terrace, Apperley Bridge, near
Leeds, in the County of York, Dyeing and Finishing Manager, SIMEON ROGERS,
of Croft House, Apperley Bridge aforesaid, Textile Designer and Mill Manager,
and BENJAMIN ROBINSON, of High Chiffe House, Cleckheaton, in the said county,
Yarn Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
Our invention relates to improvements in finishing woollen and worsted fabrics,
whether woven, felted, knitted or otherwise manufactured, and the chief object of
our improvements is to avoid the loss of weight occasioned by the ordinary
finishing processes and to add weight and fulness without in any way detracting
from the appearance or quality of the goods.
In carrying our improvements into effect we saturate the goods with a solution
of a soluble salt of zinc, antimony or tin immediately prior to the ordinary
processes of drying, pressing, cutting and otherwise finishing the goods in the
usual way.
The salt we prefer to use for this purpose is chloride of zinc at say fifteen
degrees Twaddle, but this may be varied to from ten to thirty degrees Twaddle
for certain purposes.
After saturation in the aforesaid solution the goods are taken out of the bath
and batched on a roller or otherwise treated and allowed to remain for say twelve
hours or more or less as may be necessary and are then dried and finished in the
usual way.
Dated this 19th day of November 1895.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Finishing Woollen and Worsted Fabrics.
We, WILLIAM HENRY HARE, of 6 Derby Terrace, Apperley Bridge, near
Leeds, in the County of York, Dyeing and Finishing Manager, SIMEON ROGERS,
of Croft House, Apperley Bridge aforesaid, Textile Designer and Mill Manager,
and BENJAMIN ROBINSON, of High Chiffe House, Cleckheaton, in the said county,
Yarn Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
Our invention relates to improvements in finishing woollen and worsted fabrics
whether woven, felted, knitted or otherwise manufactured, and the chief object of
our improvements is to avoid the loss of weight occasioned by the ordinary
finishing processes and to add weight and fulness without in any way detracting
from the appearance or quality of the goods.
In carrying our improvements into effect we saturate the goods with a solution
of a soluble salt of zinc immediately prior to the ordinary processes of drying,
pressing cutting and otherwise finishing the goods in the usual way.

page_text: The salt we prefer to use for this purpose is chloride of zinc at say fifteen
degrees Twaddle, but this may be varied to from ten to thirty degrees Twaddle for
certain purposes.
After saturation in the aforesaid solution the goods are taken out of the bath
and batched on a roller or otherwise treated and allowed to remain for say twelve
hours or more or less as may be necessary and are then dried and finished in the
usual way.
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 :-
The improvements in finishing woollen and worsted fabrics which improvements
consist essentially in the use and application of a solution of chloride of zinc or
other suitable soluble salt of zinc substantially in the manner and for the purposes
herein described.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agents for the said Applicants-Simeon Rogers and Benjamin Robinson.