US112391A

US112391A - Improvement in utilizing the silky down of the wild cotton

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Publication number: US112391A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1871-03-07
Anticipated expiration: 1888-03-07

Description

I of Boston in the county of Suffolk and State of ture, a quantity of the said silky down in or about j in the proportion of one pound of the down to one pound of thelcotton, wool, or flax, and running the mixture. through a common cotton or'wool-picker and afterward subjecting it-(th'e mixture) to the opera 'tions of a carding-machine. or engine, as wool or cotton is carded, thereby Ican so intermix the two mate,

substance or article of great value and use for being I union those of the seed-dpwn.

state of roving or sliver.

.. It i To a ll persons to whom these'prescnts may come:

cotton, silk-weed]? or swallow-wort, as ,usually described, as follows: i

{luster,'}thc base fabric serving to bind and hold in imixed with cotton or wool, has more or less of the the operations of the picker, which also thoroughly interminglesthe down with the fibers of the cotton or MICHAEL noDeE-siMPso or ios ron," MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 112,391, dated March], 1871.

IMPROVEMENF IN UTlLlZlNG THEH'SILKV DOWN OF THE WILD COTTON.

.ll'he Schedule referred to in'th'eee Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it knownthat I, MICHAEL Hones SIMPSON,

Massachusetts, have invented or discovered a new and useful manufacture or mode of utilizing the silky down of the seedsof .theAsclepias. lynaca 'wild termed; and I do: hereby;declarethe same to be fully thevegetable fiber or silky down above mentioned, it has been found ditficult if not impracticable to make a. useful or strong product from it on account of its gloss and smoothness, and the consequent ditfieulty of causing the fibers to hold together. p I havediscovered that by combining or mixing with cotton, wool, or flax, or a fibroiis material of like na- Vhenhretofore attempts .have been made tofspin rials as toproduce a combination or compound fibrous manufactured? into thread. or, yarn'and cloth. The admixture of the said seed-down with the base or additional fibrous matter, whether the latter be either wool or flax, imparts to the fabric a peculiarly silken The operations of the picking and carding-engines prepare the fibers of the seed-down for being held to advantage by and in connection with those of the cotton, or wool when all arejtwisted together from the;

q The seed-down in its normal condition, or when first seeds in connection with it. These alj cmovedby wool. i a

Subsequen tl y the carding-engine straightens out the fibers of the down and cotton or wool and prepares them forbeing drawn and spun.

are held from escaping with the seeds and dirt expelled from the fibers by the blast of the picker.

The above mode of utilizing the seed-down 'of the silk-weed is calculated, from present appearances, to r develop in this country a highly important branch of industry, especially the cultivation of the plant for manufacturing purposes, and its use in the arts to a great extent in making various fabrics, in many of which it may advantageously take the place of silk.

' Although I have mentioned that the mixture of the down and binding material may be in the proportion of one pound of each, I-do not intend to limit my invention to such proportions, as they may be varied more or less, as circumstances may require.

.I make no claim to any composition of fibrous materials or mode of compounding, such as set forth in I There are important differences between my method of procedure and any described in either of the aboverecited references. p

In neither of them is there found the said down containing the seeds mixed with a fibrous material, and together subjected to the action of a picker and afterward to a carding-engine, all of which is productive ofhigbly useful effects in the preparation of the down for being converted into a yarn or a fabric.

I therefore claim as my inventionr 1. [lhehercinbefore-described method of treating the .Asclepias fiber or seed-down, as explained, such being for combining it, under circumstances as stated, with one or more other fibrous matters, as mentioned, and

subsequently subjecting the mixture to the operations of a picker and a carding-engine.

2. The improved article: or

made of the materials and .in the manner as set forth.

M. H. SIMPSON.

Witnesses:

- R. H. EDDY, S; N. Prrnn.

am cm,

fibrous composition,