Woven Pile Fabric.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1892-Accepted, 30th July, 1892
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Woven Pile Fabric.
I, JOSEPH COLEY, of No. 451 Southbridge Street, in the City of Worcester, in
the County of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, United States of America,
Weaver, 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 :-
My invention relates to woven pile fabrics, and more particularly to body
Brussels, or other pile fabrics, and the object of my invention is to produce a
reversible body Brussels carpet, or other pile fabric having the same pattern on
both sides, and woven with wires.
My invention consists in a new article of manufacture, to wit:-a reversible body
Brussels carpet, or other pile fabric, woven with wires, and of the construction to
be hereinafter fully described, and the nature thereof indicated by the claims.
Heretofore a body Brussels carpet, or other pile fabric, woven with wires, has
not been reversible, but has had a pattern, or the pile surface on one side only, and
the worsted warps, which form the pattern, or the pile surface have been carried in
the body of the fabric, as warp, to form the backing of the carpet, when they do
not appear in the pattern or pile surface.
In my improved reversible Brussels carpet, or other pile fabric, woven with
wires, the worsted pile warps which form the pattern, or pile surface, appear not
only on one side of the fabric, to form the pattern or pile surface thereon, but also
appear on the other side of the fabric, to form the same pattern, or pile surface
thereon, thus producing a reversible body Brussels carpet, or other pile fabric,
having the same pattern, or pile surface on both sides.
In manufacturing my reversible body Brussels carpet, or other pile fabric, the
ordinary Brussels loom may be used, by altering slightly the construction thereof.
Instead of a single wire, over which the pile warp is looped on the upper surface
of the fabric, two wires, or a double wire is used, one portion of which passes above
the binder or cotton warps, and stuffing threads, to form loops on the upper surface
of the fabric, and the other portion of which passes below the binder warps and
stuffing threads to form the loops on the under surface of the fabric.
Two shuttles are also employed for the filling shots, one of which travels on the
lay, and the other on the warps, and the shuttles are shot simultaneously from
opposite sides of the loom, so as to pass each other in the shedɛ.
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Referring to the drawings:-
Fig. 1 illustrates a face, or plan view, on an enlarged scale, of a detached portion
my reversible body Brussels carpet.
Fig. 2 is an edge view, looking in the direction of arrow a, Fig. 1, and
representing also a sectional view, in the direction of the length of the warp.
Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are detail views, illustrating the position of each of the four
worsted pile warps forming the pattern shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 7 is a modified construction of the fabric shown in Fig. 2, the loops in the
upper surface being cut to form a cut pile surface, and,
Fig. 8 is another modification of the fabric shown in Fig. 2, the loops in both
sides of the fabric being cut, to form a cut pile surface, on both sides of the fabric.
In the accompanying drawings, 1, 2, 3, and 4, are the worsted warps which
form the pattern or pile surface on each side of the fabric. 5 and 6 are the cotton
or binder warps, and 7 and 8 the filling wefts.
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page_text: Two filling wefts 7 and 8, are put into the fabric for each beat of the lay; the
upper one, 8, of the filling wefts extending over the upper surface of the body of
the fabric, and the other filling waft7,.extending on the under surface of the body
of the fabric, as shown in Fig. 2.
The worsted warps 1, 2, 3, and 4 are arranged in pairs, and so connected and
operated by the jacquard, mechanism, that when one worsted: warp of a pair is
called by the jacquard, and raised and lowered. to form the loop or pile surface in
the upper side of the fabric, the other worsted warp of the pair of worsted warps,
is simultaneously lowered and raised: to form the loop or pile surface in the under
side of the fabric. When neither one of a pair of worsted warps are called by, the
jacquard,, both of the worsted warps of the pair are carried straight in the body of
the fabric, between the filling, wefts..
I have represented in the drawings, a detached portion of a four frame carpet in
which four colored worsted warps are used to form the pattern or pile surface.on.
each side of the fabric.
Referring to the detail views, Figs. 3, 4, 5,, and 6, the course of each worsted
warp in the fabric shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is illustrated.
Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be observed, that when the worsted warp 1,
is called by the jacquard, and raised and lowered. to form the loop 1, in the upper.
surface of the fabric, and bring that color into the upper surface of the fabric, the
worsted warp 2; is simultaneously lowered and raised to form the loop 2'; in the
lower surface of the fabric, and bring that color into the lower surface of the fabric.
When the worsted warp 1, is not, called by the jacquard, but is carried straight in
the fabric, as shown at: 1", between the filling wefts, the worsted. warp 2, will also
be carried straight in the fabric between the filling wefts, as shown at 21:
When the worsted warp 2 is called by the jacquard, and is raised' and lowered 'to
form a loop 2111, in the upper surface of the fabric, the worsted warp 1 is.
simultaneously lowered and raised to form a corresponding loop 1", in the lower
surface of the fabric, and this operation is repeated, so that whenever one of a pair
of worsted warps is called by the jacquard to appear in the pattern, and form the
loop or pile surface in the upper surface of the fabric, the other of the pair of
worsted warps simultaneously forms the loop or pile surface in the lower surface of
the fabric, and appears in the pattern on that surface.
Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, .the, worsted warp 3, is first carried straight in the.
fabric between the filling wefts, as shown at 3; and the worsted warp 4-is-also,
carried straight in the fabric between the filling wefts, as shown at 4', but when the
warps 1 and 2 are carried'straight in the fabric, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4; at 1";
and 21; the worsted' warp 3. is called by the jacquard mechanism, and forms the
loop 3 in the upper surface of the fabric, and simultaneously the worsted warp 4.
forms the loop 4 in the lower surface of the fabric. The worsted' warps 3 and 4:
are carried straight in the fabric, between the filling wefts, as shown at: 31;
and 4, when the worsted warps 1' and 2 are called by the jacquard; as shown.in
Figs. 3 and 4.
It will thus be seen, that in my, reversible body Brussels carpet, or other pile.
fabrie; the same pattern is woven on each side of the fabric, and the same colors
appear in the pattern on each side of the fabric, but not in the same position in the:
pattern.
In case: all the worsted warps are of one color,,then the two faces of the carpet:
will be exactly alike, and' of the same color.
If one, set of the wires, used in weaving the carpet, is provided with knives on.
their ends, then the cut pile surface 9 will be formed on one side of the finished'
carpet, as shown in Fig. 7, instead of the looped surface 10:. If both sets of wires..
are provided with knives on their ends, then the cut pile surface 9 will be formed"
on each side of the carpet; as shown in Fig: 8:
I have described my new double faced woven pile fabric as a carpet; but it may
also be used as a rug, or for covering furniture, etc...

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. As a new article of manufacture, a reversible body Brussels carpet, sub-
stantially as set forth.
2. As a new article of manufacture, a reversible body Brussels carpet, having
the same pattern on each side, substantially as set forth.
3. As a new article of manufacture, a double faced woven pile fabric, having a
body Brussels carpet surface on each face, substantially as set forth.
4. As a new article of manufacture, a double faced pile fabric, woven with wires,
substantially as set forth.
5. As a new article of manufacture, a double faced woven pile fabric, having a
cut pile surface on one side, and a body Brussels carpet surface on the other,
substantially as set forth.
6. As a new article of manufacture, a double faced woven pile fabric, of Brussels
weave, having a cut pile surface on both sides, substantially as set forth.
7. A reversible woven pile fabric, consisting of the binder warps, two sets of
filling wefts, and the worsted warps carried above and below the body of the fabric,
to form the loops or pile surface on both sides of the carpet, substantially as set
forth.
8. A double faced pile fabric, woven with wires, and having the same pattern on
both sides, and consisting of binder warps, two sets of filling wefts, and the worsted
warps carried above and below the body of the fabric to form the loops or pile
surfaces on each side of the fabric and carried in the body of the fabric between
the filling wefts, substantially as set forth.
9. A double faced pile fabric woven from an even number of frames of worsted,
and having the same pattern on both sides but each side having a different coloring
and consisting of two binding warps passing entirely through the floating worsted
warps from top to bottom and from bottom to top, and two sets of filling wefts put
in simultaneously every other beat and worsted warps when selected, carried
simultaneously above and below the body of the fabric to form the loops or pile
surface on each side of the fabric and when unselected, carried in the body of the
fabric substantially as set forth.
Dated this 9th day of June 1892.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.