US1557398A - Textile fabric and method of manufacturing the same - Google Patents

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. C. BALAY TEXTILE FABRIC AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Filed Oct. 51. 1922 Patented 0st. 13, 1925.

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CONSTANT BALAY, ()F ST. ETIENNEFRANCE.

Application-filed October .31, 1922.

T0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CONSTANT BALAY, a citizen of France, and residing at St. Etienne, Loire, 5 Avenue de la Ptepublique, France, have invented an Improved Textile Fabric and :dethod of hlannfacturing the flame, of which the following is a specification.

The-object of the present invention is a new textile fabric, especially useful for upholstering furniture and enabling the most varied decorative effects to be obtained at very low prices.

The invention comprises also the method of manufacture of this fabric. It is obtained by combining with a warp formedof strips of strong paper a woof of binding threads which constitutes with the paper bands a strong support upon which any figuring effects that may be desired can be obtained, whether by means of woof floats formed by the weaving shuttle and at least one other shuttle, or by means of warp floats formed of threads taking the same part in the weave as the strips. The floats may be made of any textile material and may completely cover the support so that it does not itself take part in the decorative effect.

Attempts have already been made to obtain decorative effects in fabrics by combining, by the aid of any suitable woof threads, threads of twisted paper; but this gives a coarse fabric of very peculiar appearance, which makes ittotally different both to the sight and touch from ordinary fabrics.

By using strips of cellophane or similar material giving a lustre effect and capable of taking the mostvaried tints, certain deco rative effects have been obtained; but these were limited by the fact that thestrips of cellophane stretched on the loom did not themselves enable great variation of decorative effect to be obtained; and, moreover, in view of the price of this material, it was necessary to utilize it as a part of thedecorative effect, that is to say, to let it appear, or only to use it in strips on one part of the fabric, and not merely employ it to form a base to receive floats, as above described, which are one of the constitutent elements of the new fabric which forms the object of the present invention.

In the manufacture of this new fabric, a warp formed of strips of paper about 2 mm. broad and employed flat, and not in the Serial No. 598,192.

form of twisted threads, forms the basis of the fabric. These strips cut in any desired manner from a sheet of strong paper are placed flat upon the loom and so constitute the warp of the fabric. Between each two strips of paper are placed three threads of any textilefibre, for example, cotton, which serve to supportthe woof float. The paper warps thus disposed constitute the basis of the tissue and upon them, if desired, figured effects are obtainedby suitable arrangement of interwoven threads formed from warpor woof floats, as explained below.

arp floats are obtained by placing on the loom above the paper strips slivers of the textile fibre used, for instance, artificial silk. Thus these textile fibres form a warp superposed on the paper strips and following exactly the same course as the paper strips. Vi oof floats are obtained by means of shuttles having the usual movement of woof shuttles and producing the design of the fabric according to the combinations of the 100111 by passing above or below the combined warp elements formed bythestrips of paper and the warp float which they carry.

It is further to be noted that therezinaybo floats on both faces of the paper strip, a sliver of textile fibre identical with that which gives the upper float being placed beneath each strip and two shuttles being used instead of one for the woof floats. In this fashion, the paper base is entirely hidden by the various floats.

It is then to be noted that in the method of manufacture in question the support or base ofthe fabric upon which the float and figured effects are to be formed from warp and woof is constituted solely by the warp of strips of paper. Hitherto the support has always been made by an assemblage of warp and woof threads interwoven in a suitable fashion to obtain a stouter or thinner weave, according to the thickness and feeltof fabric desired. This advantage is due to the fact that this strip of paper of 2 mm. width forms by itself a supporting element of suitable strength and substance qualities which cannot be possessed by textile fibres obtained by spinning, which are flexible in all directions.

For the better understanding of the invention, the accompanying drawings show in,

Figures 1 and 2 a section and plan respectively showing the arrangement of the ele- LA u ments of the fabric in the simplest case where the fabric has only one woof float formed by one of the woof elements and in 4 Figures 8 and 4 section and plan respectively of a fabric in which the paper is wholly covered above and below by warp and woof floats.

In Fi ures 1 and 2 the warp consists of strips or paper l of about 2 mm. width. Between each two strips are placed threads 2 which serve to bind the woof. The woof threats 3 and l produce the woof float effects upon the base formed of the warp 1.

In Figures 3 and lis seen the method by which a fabric is made upon a base of paper strips 1 which are entirely covered on both faces by warp and woof floats. The warp floats 5 and 6 placed above and below the strips 1 follow the strips throughout the length of the fabric. The two woof elements which form the floats and a pass above or below the strips, maybe required by the design. It is clear from these figures that the basis of the fabric consists solely of strips of papr without warp threads of any kind.

It is to be noted that the use of flat paper strips gives the fabric an appearance comparable with that of tapestry. For the woof elements should be spaced at the same distance as the warp elements to give a good fabric. Hence woof elements of about 2 mm. width are employed and the whole surface of the fabric is divided into small squaresoofthis size. It is then clear that the number of warp elements and of woof elements per square metre is but small. This much reduces the complexity of the machines ordinarily employed and enables the speed of manufacture to be vastly increased.

Further, it is possible to employ very thick textile fabrics to form the woof floats. Consequently, they may be made from slivers of textile dbris of short length which ordinarily cannot be employed because they give much too thick a fabric. Thus, it is possible to employ as woof elements slivers of cotton, of artificial spun silk and even of artificial spun silk waste, which hitherto could not be used in this sort of fabric. It is to be noted that the fabric obtained will not be of very great thickness because the flat strip of paper being very thin (about /5th of a millimetre) the hickness of the fabric will hardly exceed the thiclc ness of the woof fibre.

It is obvious that any of the processes nowadays in use for obtaining decorative effects may be employed in making fabrics according to this invention, as, for instance, the Jacquard mechanism. Further, the

almost infinite variety of combinations of different textile fibres such as artificial silk, cotton, and so forth, with strips of coloured paper, glac paper, glossy or matte paper, and so on, enables the most varied decorative effects to be obtained. It is also possible by this method to obtain a specially supple fabric by dipping in suitable baths, or by employing special papers, for example, glycerined papers.

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:

l. A decorative fabric, comprising, in com-- bination, a fabric base formed of paper strips placed flat and forming warp members, decorative elements supported on the base, and tying threads fastening the decorative elements on the paper strips.

2. A decorative fabric, comprising, in combination, a fabric base formed of paper strips place-d flat and forming warp members, decorative textile fibers forming weft members and constitutng floats carried by the fabric base of paper strips.

3. A decorative fabric, comprising, in combination, a fabric base formed of paper strips placed flat and forming warp members, decorative textile fibers, tying threads, the textile fibers forming weft elements and also warp elements, the last said warp ele ments resting on the paper strips throughout the length of the strips and being fastened thereto by the weft elements.

i. A decorative fabric, comprising, in combination, a fabric base formed of paper strips placed flat and forming warp embers, decorative textile fiber elements resting on the fabric base, weft elements, and tying threads forming warp members positioned between the paper strips and connecting the weft elements to the paper strips.

5. A decorative fabric comprising, in combination, a fabric base formed of paper strips placed flat as warp members, warp floats on the paper warp members, woof members, the warp floats being connected to the paper strips at each intersection with a woof member.

6. A decorative fabric, comprising, in combination, a fabric base formed of paper strips placed flat as warp members, warp and woof floats and warp tying threads, the warp floats extending for their entire length on the paper strips and being held to the strips by the woof floats, the woof floats being held in place by the warp tying threads.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CONSTANT BALAY. [1,. s]

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