US2049028A

US2049028A - Ornamental narrow fabric

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Publication number: US2049028A
Application number: US60595A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph W Stark
Original assignee: GEN RIBBON MILLS Inc
Current assignee: GEN RIBBON MILLS Inc; GENERAL RIBBON MILLS Inc
Priority date: 1936-01-24
Filing date: 1936-01-24
Publication date: 1936-07-28
Anticipated expiration: 1953-07-28

Description

July 28, 1936. J. w. STARK 2,049,023;

ORNAMENTAL NARROW FABRIC Filed Jan. 24, 1936 INVENTOR desL-PH w. 57'FIRK.

ATTORNEY Patented July 28, 1936 I UNETED STATES PATENT 2,049,028 QRNAMENTAL NARROW FABRIC Joseph W. Stark, New York, N. Y., assignor to I General Ribbon Mills, linc., Catasauqua, Pa.

Application January 24, 1936, Serial No. 60,595

16 Claims.

The present invention relates to ribbons and more particularly to ornamental ribbons and similar narrow fabrics. The ribbons embodying the present invention may be used generally for any well known purpose, but are intended more especially for use in tying packages, for ornamenting wrapped and unwrapped articles, and for forming ornamental bows, rosettes, etc.

It has been proposed heretofore to utilize ribbons of unwoven sheet material, especially Cellophane or other regenerated cellulosic materials, in order to obtain certain ornamental effects, particularly when the ribbon material is transparent. Such ribbons, however, are lacking in sufficient strength and for this reason, among others, the use of such ribbons, while relatively wide-spread, is not as extensive as it would otherwise be if free from the objection referred to. Oneof the objects of the present invention therefore is to provide a ribbon which is of proper strength and yet comprises a strip of unwoven sheet material such as Cellophane, paper, or one of the many non-fibrous cellulosic materials derived from cellulose esters and cellulose ethers.

Ribbons woven of textile material, while relatively expensive, especially for such uses as tying packages, possess desirable features, including the quality of proper strength for tying purposes, but the ornamentation of woven textile materials involves, in addition to the relatively high costs, other serious difiiculties. Ornamented woven ribbons have been produced by forming the ornamental design during the weaving of the ribbon, usually by dobby or jacquard devices, or by printing a suitable design upon one or both faces of the ribbon. The ornamentation of the woven ribbon in accordance with the jacquard method is relatively complicated, time consuming, and expensive, while on the other hand, the printing of the design on the ribbon is not entirely satisfactory because it is difficult, if not impossible, to obtain a sharply defined design on the woven ribbon surface. Another object of the invention, therefore, is to eliminate the disadvantages of the woven textile ribbons without substantially eliminating the advantages thereof, and at the same time obtaining the ornamental advantages of unwoven sheet material such as Cellophane.

A further object of the invention is to provide an ornamental ribbon which is strong, durable, and which has'a distinctive novel appearance, and moreover, to provide such ribbon at low cost.

A further object of the invention is to facilitate ;he ornamentation of loosely woven or open-mesh zextile ribbons.

A yet further object of the invention is genrally to provide a combined wovenand. unwoven ribbon which can be readily formed into bows and other ornaments of pleasing appearance.

objects which might hereinafter appear will best be understood from the following description considered with reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of the present specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a face view of a, piece of ribbon embodying one form of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a face view of a piece of ribbon illustrating another form of the invention;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a face view of a piece of ribbon constituting yet another form of the invention.

Referring to the drawing in detail and first to Figs. 1 and 2 which illustrate one form of the invention, there is shown a ribbon in which comprises a strip I! of unwoven thin sheet material extending longitudinally of the ribbon and disposed between the side edges thereof. Said strip I2 is preferably made of Cellophane or other non-fibrous oellulosic material such as paper or the non-fibrous cellulosic sheet materials derived from cellulose esters and cellulose ethers. Preferably, the strip i 2 is lustrous and also transparent, although it. may be translucent or even opaque. The ribbon l0 also comprises woven sections it disposed at opposite side edges of said strip. Said woven portions comprise a plurality of warp threads extending longitudinally of the ribbon and a fine weft thread woven with said Warp threads and floated over both faces of the strip i2 in such manner that the floated-over portions of said weft thread are widely spaced whereby substantially the entire surface of at least one of said strip faces is visible and has substantially the same appearance as if the weft thread were not present, or in other words, said strip has substantially the same appearance as it had prior to its assembly with the warp and weft threads in forming the ribbon.

As here shown, the warp threads include groups of fine textile threads l6 disposed in close sideby-side relation with respect to each other and also with respect to the side edges of the strip l2; groups l8 of fine textile threads spaced from each other and from the threads I6; groups of fine textile threads 20 disposed in close side-by-side warp and .weft threads may consist of any suitable material such as cotton, natural silk, or artificial silk.

The strip I2 is of substantial width and constitutes, in itself, the main ornamental element of the ribbon. More specifically, said ribbon is wide enough to carry a suitable design indicated generally by the reference character 28 and printed or otherwise formed thereon prior to the introduction of said strip into the ribbon. Instead of printing a design on said strip or in addition to the design printed thereon, said strip may be of one or more colors which contrast with the color of parts of the woven sections of the ribbon. Likewise, the tinsel threads may vary in color with respect to each other and with respect to the rest of the ribbon or portions thereof. It-

will be understood also that the strip l2 may be transparent, translucent, or opaque, and that both faces of the ribbon have the same appearance, although, especially when the strip i2 is opaque and provided with different surface designs on opposite faces thereof, the opposite faces of the ribbon may be different in appearance. The warp threads constitute minor ornamental elements of the ribbon. The weft thread is preferably of the same color as the strip l2 so as to be imperceptible except upon very close inspection of the ribbon.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the ribbon $0 is in general similar to the ribbon l0. More particularly, said ribbon comprises a central strip 32, which may be the same as or similar to the strip l2 of the ribbon i0, and woven sections 34 disposed at opposite side edges of said strip and including a weft thread 36 similar to the weft thread 26 of the ribbon l0 and loosely woven with the warp threads of said woven sections 34 and floated over the strip 32 in such widely spaced relation as not to perceptibly aflect the appearance of said strip except upon very close inspection of the ribbon. To further render the weft thread 36 invisible, especially in the portion of the ribbon constituted by the inspection, said weft thread 36, like the weft thread 26, is preferably of the same ground color as the strip 32. The warp-threads in the woven sections 34 are constituted by fiat threads 38 of tinsel or other lustrous material and edge warp threads 35 of textile material. It will be understood that various color combinations may be obtained in the ribbon 30 in any of the ways enumerated above in the description of the ribbon illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

As illustrated in Fig. 5, the invention is emfiodied ina ribbon 40 of the loosely woven or open-mesh type, said ribbon, as here shown, be ing substantially wider than the ribbons ill and 30. The ribbon 40 comprises two strips 42 of unwoven sheet material such as that used for the

strips

12 and 32 in ribbons l0 and 30, and in this respect, as well as in all other respects, may be the same as said strips l2 and 32. The central section 44 of the ribbon is constituted by fine texstrip 32, except upon close.

tile warp threads 48 and textile weft threads 48, forming an open-mesh fabric in said central section. The edge portions of the ribbon are each constituted by one of said strips 42 and woven sections including groups of textile warp threads 50 disposed in close side-by-side relation at opposite side edges of the strip 42; one or more textile warp threads 52 spaced from said threads 50; groups of textile warp threads 54 disposed in close side-by-side relation and spaced from the warp threads 52; fiat warp threads 56 of tinsel or other suitable lustrous material; and groups of textile warp threads 58 disposed in close sideby-side relation adjacent the edges of the tinsel threads 56. The weft threads 48 in the inter- 44 are parts of a single weft thread loosely woven with the warp threads and extending from one edge of the ribbon to the other across the marginal edge portions thereof, floating over the strips 42 in relatively widely spaced relation whereby not to perceptibly affect the appearance of said strips except upon very close inspection of 'the ribbon. The color of the unwoven, strips 42 as well as the color of the mediate section warp and weft threads may vary in the man- 25 ner indicated previously in connection with the description of the other forms of the invention, whereby to obtain a variety of ornamental effects.

Thus it is seen that each of the embodiments herein shown and described is well adapted to accomplish the several objects of the present invention. It will be understood, however, that the invention is susceptible of many other embodiments and that certain changes, omissions, and additions may be made in the construction and. arrangement of elements of the several ribbons without departing from the substance of the invention. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the precise forms of the invention herein shown and described or to any one of them except as may be required by the appended claims 7 A tending longitudinally of the ribbon, said strip carrying a surface design and constituting in itself the major ornamental element of the ribbon, and woven thread sections comprising thin warp threads and widely spaced weft thread portions, said weft thread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in position in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof.

2. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of regenerated cellulose extending longitudinally of the ribbon, said strip carrying a surface design and constituting in itself the major ornamental element of the ribbon, and woven thread sections comprising thin warp threads and widely spaced weft thread portions, said weft thread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in position in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof.

3. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of transparent non-fibrous cellulosic sheet material extending longitudinally of the ribbon said strip carrying a surface design and constituting in itself the major ornamental element of tilt ribbon, andwoven thread sections comprising thir warp threads and widely spaced weft thread portions, said weft thread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in position in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof.

4. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of non-fibrous cellulosic sheet material extending longitudinally of the ribbon, said strip carrying a surface design and constituting in itself the major ornamental element of the ribbon, and woven thread sections comprising widely spaced weft thread portions, said weft thread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in position in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof, said woven thread sections including warp threads extending longitudinally of the ribbon and constituting minor ornamental elements thereof.

5. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of regenerated cellulose extending longitudinally of the ribbon, said strip carrying a surface design and constituting in itself the major ornamental element of the ribbon, and woven thread sections comprising widely spaced weft thread portions, said weftthread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in position in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof, said woven thread sections including warp threads extending longitudinally of the ribbon and constituting minor ornamental elements thereof.

6. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of non-fibrous cellulosic sheet material extending longitudinally of the ribbon and constituting in itself the major ornamental element of the ribbon, and woven thread sections comprising thin warp threads and widely spaced weft thread portions, said weft thread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in position in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof, said strip having a surface design printed thereon.

7. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of regenerated cellulose extending longitudinally of the ribbon and constituting in itself the major ornamental element of the ribbon, and woven thread sections comprising thin warp threads and widely spaced weft thread portions, said weft thread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in posi tion in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof, said strip having a surface design printed thereon.

8. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of transparent non-fibrous cellulosic sheet material extending longitudinally of the ribbon and constituting in itself the major ornamental element of the ribbon, and woven thread sections comprising thin warp threads and widely spaced weft thread portions, said weft thread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in position in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof, said strip having a surface design printed thereon.

9. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip. of non-fibrous cellulosic sheet material extending longitudinally of the ribbon and constituting in itself the'major ornamental element of the ribbon, and woven thread sections comprising widely spaced weft thread portions, said weft thread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in position in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof, said woven thread sections including warp threads extending longitudinally of the ribbon and constituting minor ornamental elements thereof, said strip having a surface design printed thereon.

10. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of regenerated cellulose extending longitudinally of the ribbon and constituting in itself the major ornamental element of the ribbon, and woven thread sections comprising widely spaced weft thread portions, said weft thread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in position in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof, said woven thread sections including warp threads extending longitudinally of the ribbon and constituting minor ornamental elements thereof, said strip having a surface design printed thereon.

11. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of non-fibrous cellulosic sheet material extending longitudinally of the ribbon, said strip carrying a surface design and constituting in itself the major ornamental element of the ribbon, and woven thread sections comprising widely spaced weft thread portions, said weft thread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in position in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof, said woven thread sections including warp threads extending longitudinally of the ribbon and constituting minor ornamental elements thereof, said warp threads contrasting in color with said strip.

12. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of regenerated cellulose extending longitudinally of the ribbon, said strip carrying a surface design and constituting in itself the major ornamental element of the ribbon, and woven thread sections comprising widely spaced weft thread portions, said weft thread portions floated over said strip on both faces thereof for securing the latter in position in the ribbon without altering the appearance of said strip except upon close inspection thereof, said woven thread sections including warp threads extending longitudinally of the ribbon and constituting minor ornamental elements thereof, said warp threads contrasting in color with said strip.

13. An ornamental ribbon comprising a plurality of strips of non-fibrous cellulosic sheet material, said strips being of non-woven character and extending longitudinally of the ribbon and disposed between the side edges thereof in laterally spaced relation, each of said strips carrying a surface design, a woven portion disposed between said strips in substantially the same plane therewith comprising a plurality of warp threads extending longitudinally of the ribbon and a weft thread woven with said warp threads and floating over both faces of said strips, the floatedover portions of said weft being widely spaced from each other whereby substantially the entire surfaces of said strip faces are visible, and selvage warps woven with said weft thread.

14. An ornamental ribbon comprising a plurality of strips of non-fibrous cellulosic sheet material, each strip being of non-woven character and extending longitudinally of the ribbon and disposed between the side edges thereof in laterally spaced relation, each of said strips carrying a surface design, an open-mesh woven portion disposed between saidstrips in substantially the same plane therewith comprising a plu rality of warp threads extending longitudinally of the ribbon and a weft thread woven with said warp threads and floating over said strips on both faces thereof, said woven portion being at least as wide as one of said strips, the floatedover portions of said weft being widely spaced from each other whereby substantially the entire surfaces of said strip faces are visible, and selvage warps woven with said weft thread.

. 15. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of suitable non-fibrous cellulosic sheet ma;

,terial, said strip being of non-woven character and extending longitudinally of the ribbon and disposed between the side edges thereof, said strip carrying a surface design, said ribbon having woven portions at opposite sides of said strip comprising warp threads extending longitudinally of the ribbon and a fine weft thread woven with said warp threads and floated over both faces of said strip, the floated-over portions of said weft thread being widely spaced whereby substantially the entire surface of at least one of said strip faces is visible.

16. An ornamental ribbon comprising a wide strip of suitable non-fibrous sheet material, said strip being of non-woven character and extending longitudinally of the ribbon and disposed be tween the side edges thereof, said strip carrying a surface design printed thereon, said ribbon having woven portions at opposite sides of said strip comprising warp threads extending longitudinally of the ribbon and a fine weft thread woven with said warp threads and floated over both faces of said strip, the floated-over portions of said weft thread being widely spaced whereby substantially the entire surface of at least one of said strip faces is visible, said strip being thin, flexible and readily foldable whereby it is capable of being gathered transversely together with 20 said woven portions in forming a knot for tying the ribbon.

JOSEPH W. STARK.