Improvements in the Manufacture of Carpets or Chenille Fabrics.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1897.
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Carpets or Chenille Fabrics.
I, JOHN STEWART TEMPLETON, of William Street, Greenhead, in the County of
Glasgow, North Britain, Carpet Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows that is to say: -
My said invention relates to carpets or pile fabrics in the manufacture of which
a chenille or fur thread or weft material is first formed by a preliminary weaving
process, and is subsequently employed as a weft in weaving a carpet or pile fabric.
And my invention has for its objects to improve the formation of the chenille
material, and to produce an improved carpet or pile fabric.
In carrying out my invention the chenille material is formed, to some extent in
the well known way, differently colored yarns being interwoven as wefts with fine
holding warps, which waips are arranged in sets of six (or other suitable number)
with spaces between the sets, the wefts being subsequently cut along the middles
of the spaces, thus forming the chenille material which 1S afterwards
used as a weft in weaving the carpet fabric.
By my invention the warps to form the "backbone" or holders for each strip
of chenille material are arranged with two sets of three threads placed at a small
distance apart, and a cord or comparatively thick warp thread is placed between
the two sets of threads on the side within which the weft threads turn up when
cut. This cord is incorporated with each strip of chenille material by a weft thread
over it at suitable intervals, as for example at every sixth weft shot. The com-
bination forms an improved chenille material of considerable substance and
strength.
In weaving a carpet or pile fabric with ordinary chenille material, the requisite
strength and substance is obtained by interweaving in it warps and wefts to form
a backing. By my invention, however, I employ chenille material such as the
improved kind hereinbefore described, without a backing of the ordinary kind.
The improved or corded chenille material may be used as the only weft in weaving
the fabric, or another weft may also be used, being woven in alternately with the
chenille weft. The additional weft may be introduced by means of a separate
shuttle, or in the preliminary weaving of the chenille material, that material may
be woven in with intervals in which sufficient lengths of the warps are left to
subsequently form the wefts alternating with the chenille wefts. With this
arrangement a single shuttle may be used.
The improved fabric in effect closely imitates the ancient oriental carpets in
which every tuft was knotted in by hand.
Dated this Eleventh day of May 1897.
EDMUND. HUNT,
Applicant's Agent. .

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Carpets or Chenille Fabrics.
I, JOHN STEWART TEMPLETON, of William Street, Greenhead, in the County of
Glasgow, North Britain, Carpet Manufacturer, 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, that is to say:-
My said invention relates to carpets or pile fabrics in the manufacture of which
a chenille or fur thread or weft material is first formed by a preliminary weaving
process, and is subsequently employed as a weft in weaving a carpet or pile fabric.
And my invention has for its objects to improve the formation of the chenille
material, and to produce an improved carpet or pile fabric..
In carrying out my invention the chenille material is formed, to some extent, in
the well known way, differently colored yarns being interwoven as wefts with fine
holding warps, which warps are arranged in sets of six (or other suitable number)
with spaces between the sets, the wefts being subsequently cut along the middles
of the spaces, thus forming the chenille material which is to be afterwards used as
a weft in weaving the carpet fabric. The warps used in weaving the chenille
material are, as is well known, shed by means of doup heddles as in gauze weaving,
and in consequence hold the wefts of colored yarn firmly, and cause them to turn
up from the sides when the strips of chenille are separated by cutting the chenille
fabric as herein before mentioned.
By my invention the warps to form the holder or "backbone" of each strip
of chenille material are arranged with two sets of three threads placed at a small
distance apart, and a cord or comparatively thick warp thread or combination of
threads is placed between the two sets of threads on the side on which the weft
threads turn up when cut. This cord is incorporated with each strip of chenille
material by passing a weft thread over it at suitable intervals, as for example at
every sixth weft shot. The combination forms an improved chenille material
of considerable substance and strength.
Figure 1 on the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings is an enlarged
diagram showing a small piece comprising three strips of the improved chenille
material as formed in the preliminary weaving process, the dotted lines indicating
where the wefts are to be cut to divide the fabric into separate strips. Colored
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yarns, A, are interwoven as wefts with holder or backbone warps, B, of which
for each strip of chenille material, there are two sets of three each placed a little
apart from each other. Of each set of three warp threads, B, one is. by the well
known "gauze" weaving action made to cross the other two from side to side
alternately. Along the space between the "backbone" warps, B, a cord, C, is
placed, this cord passing over most of the wefts, A, but being retained by wefts
being passed over it at suitable intervals. Instead of the. cord, C, being inter-
woven like a single warp thread, it may consist of two cords or threads or
combinations of threads the wefts being made to cross over them alternately. The
subsequent weaving process, in which the strips of chenille material are used as
wefts, completely secures the cord or cords, C, along with the backbone and middle
parts of the colored yarns, in the body of the fabric.
In weaving a carpet or pile fabric with ordinary chenille material, the requisite
strength and substance is obtained by interweaving in it warps and wefts to form.
a backing. By my invention, however, I employ chenille material of the improved
kind herein before described, without a backing of the ordinary kind. The
improved corded chenille material may be used as the only weft in weaving the
fabric, or another weft may also be used, being woven in alternately with
the chenille weft. The additional weft may be introduced by means of a separate

page_text: shuttle; or in the preliminary weaving of the chenille material that material may
be woven with intervals in which sufficient lengths of the warps are left to
subsequently form the wefts alternating with the chenille wefts. With this
arrangement a single shuttle or equivalent may be used in weaving the carpet or
pile fabric.
The enlarged diagram, Figure, 2, is a section across the chenille, wefts, the
strong lines, D, showing the warps with which the chenille wefts are interwoven.
The improved carpet or pile fabric in effect closely imitates the ancient oriental
carpet in which every tuft was knotted in by hand.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
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1. In the manufacture of carpets or chenille fabrics, employing chenille material
in the preliminary weaving of which the backbone warps for each strip of chenille
are arranged in two sets between which a cord or equivalent is arranged such cord
being secured by wefts at suitable intervals, substantially as herein before described.
2. Weaving carpets or chenille fabrics with chenille wefts of the improved kind
hereinbefore described, and without the backing ordinarily employed, substantially
as hereinbefore described.
Dated this Ninth day of February 1898.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.