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G. S. HEN SEL.

GHENILLE FRINGE AND THE METHOD OF WEAVING THE SAME.

--No. 248,649. Patented Oct. 25,1881.

I I 5 I I 5 5 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. HENSEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HENSEL, COLLADAY & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

CHENILLE FRINGE AND METHOD OF WEAVING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,649, dated October 25, 1881.

Application filed May 17, 1881. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE S. HENSEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful 1mprovernents in GhenilleFringes and the Method of Weaving the Same, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a face view of a piece of fabric from which the fringe embodying myinvention is produced. Fig. 2 is a view of the fringe as produced.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

My invention relates to improvements in chenillefringes; andit consists of a head, pendants, and tassels all woven together, whereby the tassels are firmly secured and their attachment by knotting or separate operation is avoided, and the product is cheaper, better, and more attractive.

It also consists of the method or process of manufacturing chenille fringes consisting in weaving a body of iabric with cords inserted therein as weft, said cords being doubled or in parallel rows at suitableintervals, weaving an additional portion of fabric on the edge of the body, and finally cutting through the ad ditional portion to iorm ta-ssels, and through the cords or between the cords to form pendants, said tassels hanging from the pendants,

and thelatter hanging from the head of the fringe.

Refeirin g to the drawings, Arepresents the fringe, consisting of the head a, pendants b, and tassels c.

In Fig. 1 I show a fabric formed of two differently-woven parts, the part 6 being woven with parallel rows ofcords f thrown in at in tervals as weft or filling, after the manner of forming chenille pendants, and the part g being a plain fabric having its weft-threads interwoven at one side of the fabric with the edge h of the part c opposite to the head a. The fabric 9 is subjected to steaming, whereby the weft-threads are criinped by the warpthreads and said fabric is out through the warpthreads between the weft-threads in lines coinciding with the lines between each two adjacent cords f, as at 70, thus leaving the weftthreads in bunches free one from another, but each bunch connected at one end to the portion 0 of the fabric, the bunches of weft-threads thus becoming the tassels c of the fringe. The warp-threads of the portion 6 are cut through between each two cords f, or at the lines is, whereby the cords are released, and the separated parts of the portion 0 form the pendants b, which are of the order of chenille.

It will thus be seen that I virtually form the head, pendants, and tassels at one operation of weaving, and produce'a cheaper, stronger, and better fringe, the tassels thereof being neatly and securely attached to the pendants, obviating the employment of unsightly and expensive knots.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the head a, pendants b, and tassels c, all woven together, substantially as described.

2. The method or process of manufacturing chenille fringes consisting in weaving a body of fabric with cords inserted therein as weft, said cords being doubled at suitable intervals, weaving an additional portion of fabric on the edge of the said body, and, finally, cutting through said additional portion to form tassels and through the cords or between the cords to form the pendants, the tassels hangin g from the pendants, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE S. HENSEL. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, HENRY F. REARDON.

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