US1381832A

US1381832A - Rug

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Publication number: US1381832A
Application number: US362302A
Authority: US
Inventors: Heidenheim Emanuel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-03-01
Filing date: 1920-03-01
Publication date: 1921-06-14
Anticipated expiration: 1938-06-14

Description

E. HEIDENHEIM.

RUG.

APvLlCATIoN man MAR. 1, 1920.

1,381,832. ,Patentedune M9 i921.

j W ATTORNEYS EMMFUJEL HEKDENHEM, 02E' NEW YORK, N. Y.

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application mea nana 1, 1aed.

To ali w hom it 'may conceit/t ide it known that ll, Financiar, lflnmnrrninna, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borou h of Manhattan, in the county and State of "lew l'orlr, have invented a new and improved.

flug, of which the following is a full, clear, and enact description.

'lhis invention relates to the textile industry and especiall to the weaving of fabries. More particu arly the invention relates to an improved method of-nianufacturing rugs, also relates to the particular construction of the rug or similar articles..

object of the invei'itiony is to provide new and useful methods for manufacturing fabrics, and more particularly rugs, to the end that rugs may be more economically made, and the color scheme of the rug may be so produced as to greatly facilitate the :manufacture thereof. j

llt is also object of this invention to provide new and useful manufacturin methods for the production of rugs whichp will enable the weaver to make a rug from a single or braid of material, and enable him to change the color of the rug to produce a i'inally completed article of manufacture having alternate bands or rings of colors to produce a rug of pleasing appearanca lit is a purpose to produce an article of manufacture, such as a rug, having a novel and improved weave or braid whichenables the manufacturer' to periodically reverse the side of the braid to vary the alternate color bands or rings of the rug.

llt is an additional purpose to produce an article of manufacture, such as a rug, in accordance with the manufacturin constituting a will enable the construction of rugs having a periodic color change without the necessit7 ci changing the material.

Y@ith the above principal objects and others in view, the invention has relation to the' certain manfacturing methods and article as set forth in the appended claim delining this invention, and one particular eX- ample of which is presented in 'the' following Specification and portrayed in ythe accompanying drawings, wherein:

' F igure l diagrammatically represents one side of the rug; and Fig. 2 diagrammatically tipeoincatlon of Letters Patent.

methods part of my invention, whichy Patented June 1d, tutti., serial No. seance.

represents the reverse side in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 shows a detail view of a section of rug material broken away and removed from the rug to illustrate how the braid is reversed to change the color thereof.

Fig. 4 represents a detail view of the braid employed in making the rug. Fig. 5 shows the warp threads of the braid crossed to illustrate their position when the braid is reversed by the manufacturer F ig. 6 shows a fragmentary perspective of the rug shown view of two dissimllarly colored woof bands,

with one band partly overlapping the other to facilitate an understanding of how the woofs are platted across the warps.

rug, or fabric material, constructed in accordance with the plans of this invention is made up of a single braid, the said braid having two predominant colors. The braid itself is'woven by using a pair of warp threads or strands which carry a pair of transversely woven or platted Woof bands. wo Woof bands are used, each of which is different in color from the `other. F or the purpose of the present speciiication, and in order to disclose the color arrangement employed in this invention, it is to be assumed that a blue and a white woof band will be used for making up the braid. 'l'he blue Woof band is represented in the shaded portions, of the drawings, while the white Woof band is usually represented in the unshaded parts thereof or in the stippled parts of the drawings. rThe Woof bands, are so woven as to expose 'the major portion of the blue band on one side of the braid, while the white band is exposed on the other side of the braid. This mode of weaving produces a strand of material having a blue coor on one side and white on the reverse s1 e.

ln presenting a more detailed disclosure of the invention, there is shown in Figs. l and 2 a single rug. These figures are made in diagrammatic form. to simplify the disclosure of the method of weaving the rug., The figures illustrate the two sides of a rug, that is to say, Fig. l shows the to yof the rug and Fig. 2 vshows the reverse `si e thereof, It is to be observed how the central portion B of one side of the rug predomition of the rug on the reverse side thereofA is white, as shown at W, '.llhe blue center is immediatelyfollowed by a white band or ring W, and, likewise, the white ring-or band W is followed by another blue band B. This is the case, except conversely in color arrangement, with the other side of the rug, as shown in Fig. 2.

The particular feature which characterizes this invention, and which enables the manufacturer to produce rugs having the alternate arrangement of colors as above described, resides in the novel method of producing the braid so as to make one side of the braid blue and the other side thereof white. I am aware that it is not new to manufacture rugs simply having an alternate color arrangement, whereby there is consecutively woven a blue and white ring, one around the other, to make arug; but I do claim as new the method of producing the alternate color rings or bands by using first one side and then the other of a braided material so as to bring out the alternate color bands orvrings.

Another feature which characterizes rugs made in accordance with plans of my invention, resides in the alternate arrangement of the color scheme to form both a blue and a white center on a single rug, where the blue is on one side thereof and the white on the reverse side thereof. Likewise, the,

white band `W changes to a blue band B when the rug is observed from the other side. Therefore the colors B and W are adjacent one the other in the single rug, as seen by observing first one side of the rug and then the other.

A description will now follow of the manner of weaving a single braid having such novel characteristics as enables the manufacturer to produce a rug of the type above described. And then will follow a description of how the braid is joined together to make the rug.

With particular reference to Figs. 4 and 5, there is shown-a pair of warp threads or strands 7 These threads or strands may toe made of any suitable material, such as yarn, cotton or fiber. The warp strands 7 may be made by twisting to ether'a number of smaller threads to pro uce a warp of suitable size and body. rlhe warp threads 7 are t:held in a suitable weaving machine in parallel relation to receive and support a pair of transversely woven or platted woof bands.

A pair of woof bands 9 and 10 are platted upon the parallel warp threads 7. 'lhe white woof band 9 and the blue woof band 10 are so woven as to produce a braid predominantly white on one side and predominantly blue on the other side. rl`he braid -herein referred to is drawn in detail in 4 and represents the platted or woven warp threads and woofs, making the completed strand of material, usually about the width as shown in Fig. 4 and of indeterminate length, from which rugs are made. The Woof bands 9 and 10 are laid together in parallel relation with one band slightly overlapping the other band. For example, the whlte and blue woofs are started on the warps 7 by lapping the blue woof 10 Ipartly over the white woof 9, as shown in ig. 6. The woofs are carried across the parallel warps by inserting them first over one warp and under the next, weavingv and winding the woof bands back and forth until a completed braid is made to appear as that shown in Fig. 4.

The woofs are so woven as to expose the blue band 10 on one side of the braid and the white band 9 on the other side of the braid. This is vcarried out through the agency of a braid machine employed for the purpose of weaving the braids, and which constitutes4 subject matter apart yfrom the present application. The particular character of the weave, whereby blue is-obtained on one side and white on the other, is effected by pushing the blue band 10 ahead of the white band when the 'woofs are thrown across one side of the warps during one cycle of the weaving operation., and by pushing the white band ahead of the blue band during the next cycle of the operation .when

the woofs are passed across the warps on the other side thereof.

The platted braid made as above described predominates in blue B on one side of the bra-fd, and predominates in white W on the other side of the braid. This feature is dislosed in Fig. 4, where at T the braid is twisted to expose the blue side l5 and the white side W. Where thetwist T occurs, the braid may be flattened and' pressed out to remain the same width at the point T as along the entire body of the braid. The twist, therefore, does not mar the appearance of the braid since the warps and woofs are soft and pliable and may be pressed down to form a flat surface. Fig. 5 is presented to disclose the two warp threads 7 separate from the woofs to illustrate the manner of crossing the warps over at the twist rlin order to reverse the sides of the woofs carried upon the warps.

Having thus described the method of producing the flat braid B-W, a description will now be given of how this novel braid is employed in the manufacture of rugs. rl`he braid B-W is manufactured in any suitable lengths, it being preferable to make assises sumed the desired size, whereupon the side of the braid is reversed to expose the other color thereof. This is shown in the drawings at T, which points out the places where the braid is twisted to thereof. The braid is now wound upon the blue center B until the desired width of the white band lV is obtained, whereupon the braid is again twisted or reversed to change the color of the rug being made. This manner of twistingor reversing the side of the braid is carried out any number of times to produce the desired color scheme comprising the alternate color rings. After the rug is completed, one side thereof will have the appearance as shown in Fig. l, while the other side thereof will be the reverse in color scheme and appear as in Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 discloses an enlarged detail of a fragment of the rug removed from near the center thereof to facilitate an understanding' of the scheme employed to reverse the color pattern. In Fig. 3 it is noted how a portion thereof predominates in blue, or any dark color, and at the point T the braid is twisted over to reverse the color to show the White W, or any light color, side of the change the color l braid. The adjacent braids are sewed together in any suitable manner, such as is shown in this figure, either by hand or by machine. At the point the braid is reversed or twisted, as at T, the braid is pressed down to make a smooth surface, and is likewise sewed to make a substantial, well appearing piece of textile work, such as the ruigI shown in the drawings.

aving thus described my invention, I

desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent:

The method of manufacturing rugs which consists of forming a strand of two parallel cords of material, two strands of material of dierent color braided around and through said parallel cords in such a manner that the color of one of said strands predominates on one side of the finished product and the other color predominates upon the opposite side of said finished product, and subsequently wrapping said strand to form the rug, said strand being twisted at different points to form areas of diiferent colors throughout the finished product.

EMANUEL HEIDEN HEIM.