US543659A - Tufted woven fabric - Google Patents

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H. SKNNER. TUFTED WOVEN FABRIC.

No.: 543,659. Patented July 30,1895.

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UNITED STATES v PATENT Y OFFICE.

HAL-cron SKINNER, or YoNKERs, NEW YORK.

TUFTED WOVEN FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,659, dated July 30, 1895.

Application tiled December 17, 189,4. Serial No. 532,029. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HALcYoN SKINNER, ot' Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tufted Woven Fabrics, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates t0 tufted woven fabrics in which, as in what are known as Moquette7 carpets, the tufts are looped around some of the weft-threads and bound thereto by some of the warp-threads.

In a fabric embodying my said invention the rows of tufts follow each other in series of four and the weftthreads follow each other in series of eight, four alternating ones of the said weft-threads passing through the loops of the tufts and being so interwoven with the warp-threads as to retain the tufts, and the intervening ones of the said weft-threads being so interwoven with the warp-threads as to form a back or body filling. I will proceed to describe this fabric with reference to the accompanying drawings, and afterward to pointent its novelty7 in claims.

Figure I represents a section of the fabric parallel with the warp. Fig. lI is a diagrarnmatic plan view showing the position of the warp-threads when the shots of tuft-weft are put in. Fig. III is acorresponding plan view showing the position of the warp-threads when the shots of back or body weftare putin.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.. l

In carrying out my invention the warp is divided into sets of four and distributed in four leaves of heddles, and eight movements of the harness and eight shots of filling are required for each series of four successive rows of tufts. The four warps of each set are designated in the drawings ot a2 a3 co4, respectively. The four altern ating weft-threads of the series which pass through and secure the loops of the tufts, and which are woven into the face of the fabric, are designated, respectively, l* 2* '3* 4*, and the intervening weft-threads, which are woven into the back of the fabric, are designated, respectively, l 2 3 4. The tufts are designated b b2 b3 b4.

The operation of the weaving is as follows: The rst shedding of the harness raises one warp-thread-for instance, a-of each set of four and depresses all the others, and a shot l* of the tutt-weft is inserted. The second shedding raises all the warp-threads except o2, which it depresses, and a shot 1 0f the back weft is inserted. The third shedding raises the warp -thread a3 and depresses all the others, and the second shot 2* of tuff-weft is inserted. The fourth shedding raises all the warp-threads except a, which it depresses, and the second shot 2 of back weft is inserted. The fifth shedding raises the warp-thread a2 and depresses all the others, and the third shot 3*of tuft-weftis inserted. The sixth shedding raises all of the warp-threads except a', which is depressed, and the the third shot 3 of back weft is inserted. The seventh shedding raises the warp-thread a4 and depresses all the others, and the fourth shot 4* isinserted. The eighth shedding raises all the warp-threads except a3, which it depresses, and the fourth shot 4 of back weft is inserted. The tufts may be introduced between the warp-threads in any well-known or convenient manner, a row of tufts being inserted before each shot of tuftweft.

It will be observed by reference to Fig. l that each tuff-weft thread and the second back-weft thread on each side of it are bound by the same warp-thread.

vI have herein referred to tuff-weft and back or body weft, but these Wefts maybe all alike and are only separately designated for the Sake of facilitating the explanation of the structure of the fabric. One shuttle only is necessary, and that may be operated in the same way as in plain weaving. l

An important merit of the fabric having the warp and weft interwoven and the tufts bound as herein described, is that the warpthreads may be beaten up more closely together than in fabrics of this class heretofore manufactured, and that a more solid back is obtained, while the tufts are held very firmly in an upright position.

WhatI claim as my invention is l. A tufted woven fabric consisting of warp threads, weft threads and tufts looped around some ofthe weft threads and in which the rows of tufts follow each other in series of four, and the weft threads follow each other in series of eight, four alternating ones 0f the said weft threads being tutt-weft and the intervening ones being back weft and each tuft weft thread and the second back weft thread on each side of it being bound by the same Warp thread, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A tufted Woven fabric consisting of Warp threads, weft. threads and tufts looped around some of the weft threads and in which the rows of tufts follow each other in series of four, the weft threads follow each other in series of eight; and the Warp threads are divided in ro sets of four, four alternating ones of the said weft threads being tuft-weft and the intervening ones being back weft and each warp thread binding one of the back-weft threads and the second Luft weft thread on each side of it, substantially as herein described.

HALCYON SKINNER. W'itnesses:

CYRUs A. PEAKE, W. W. BUTLER.

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