US2012719A

US2012719A - Terry towel

Info

Publication number: US2012719A
Application number: US695879A
Authority: US
Inventors: Holt William
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1932-11-17
Filing date: 1933-10-30
Publication date: 1935-08-27
Anticipated expiration: 1952-08-27

Description

Aug. 27, 1935. w. HOLT 2,012,719

TERRY TOWEL Filed Oct. 50, 1933 INVENTOR Patented Aug 27.1935 i I v p i V I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE William Holt, Bury, England Application October 30, 1933, Serial No. 695,879

a In Great Britain November 17, 1932 1 Claim. (01. 139396) This invention relates to towels of the terry i. e. 20 hanks of 840 yds. of the yarn weigh one v type woven from two terry warps and having pound but whereas the ordinary yarn has 1'7 terry loops of warp yarn on both sides and is turns per inch, the yarn employed will have 30 designed to provide a terry towel fabric with a to 40 turns per inch or upwards in the spinning 5 hard rough friction surface on both sides. and. in doubling instead of say six turns per inch I According to the invention the terry towel is the finished warps will have say 12 to 18 turns woven from terry warps all the yarns of which are per inch in the doubling. I

twisted with many turns per inch more than Yarn of 30s counts i. e. 30 hanksfof the yarn given to ordinary terry warp threads such as to weigh one pound which ordinarily will be spun cause the terry loops when woven in each to twist with turns per inch will be spun with about itself into a snarl forming seriesof snarls over 40 turns per inch and doubled with about 12 to a the entire surface on both sides of the towel. 18 turns per inch.

y In carrying out the invention the towel is woven The twist mustbe so excessive over whatis on a terry loom of known construction with the ordinarily employed for the same counts of yarn 5 terry warps on one or more beams and ground that when woven and the tension removed each warps on a separate beam. loop will twist'itself into a snarl a. the product The invention will .be described with referthen being a terry towel having a series of twisted ence to the accompanying drawing:-' snarled loops a over the entire surface on both Fig. 1 is an enlarged sectional diagram. sides giving two hard rough friction surfaces. 20 Fig. 2 is a greatly enlarged view'of one of the What I claim as my invention and desire to terry loops a. protect by Letters Patent is:

For the purpose of the invention the terry warps A'terry towel having a rough pile face on both from which the towel is to be woven are two or sides comprised of a plurality of hard snarled. more fold doubled yarn, the yarn in the course of terry 10 Standing out f om the surface of manufacture before doubling being more highly highly twisted doubled warp yarn interwoven with twisted than ordinary yarn of the same counts binder Warp a d weft yarns'giving two hard rough say double or treble the number of turns per inch friction surfaces to the towel, the yarns comprisand on doubling are again similarly, more tightly ing the terry loops being of 20s to s counts twisted than ordinary terry warp of the same all the terry yarns having 30 to turns per inch 30 counts with two or three times the number of in the spinning and 12 to 18'turns per inch in the 5 turns per inch. doubling.

As an example the yarn may be say 20s counts I WILLIAM HOLT.