US1520333A - Pile fabric to simulate fur blankets and method of producing the same - Google Patents

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Dec. 1924- v 1,520,333

s. E. cREAsEY PILE FABRIC TO SIMULATE FUR BLANKETS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Filed Aug. 27, 1924 I SawueA E C VQQSQ INVENTOR BY am a$am ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 23, 3924.

STATES PATENT FFEE SAMUEL E.. CREASEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL 8' 00., INQ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PILE FABRIC TOSIMULA'IE FUR BLANKETS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Application filed August 27, 1924. Serial No. 734,425.

To all whomz't-ma concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. CnnAsnr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented the new and useful Impror'ement in Pile Fabrics to Sunulate Fur Blankets and Method of P roduring the Same, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to pile fabrics made in simulation of animal fur.

More specifically, the invention relates to pile fabrics having the appearance of the pelts of animals sewn together into what is known as fur blankets. with demarcation between the designs of the pelts," and a method of producing the same.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: first, to provide a textile fabric with the appearance of the pelts of animals sewn together; sec- 0nd, to provide a textile fabric woven in a continuous piece which gives the appearance of the well-known fur blankets sold by furriers to garment manufacturers, said fur blankets consisting of a number of pelts sew together and sold by the yard or by the square; third, to provide a textile fabric, woven in a continuous piece with the appearance of the pelts of animals sewn together with the fur hairs firmly embodied in the back of said fabric, and projecting therefrom as animal hairs do from a skin, with demarcation between the different J pelts; fourth, to provide a textile fabric woven in a continuous piece with the appearance of the pelts of animals sewn together' with the fur hairs firmly embodied in the back of said fabric, and projecting therefrom as animal hairs do from a skin, with demarcation between the different pelts, said demarcations to be of as permanent a character as the fabric itself and to give service in wear; and fifth, to provide cut away to make a demarcation at the lines a between surfaces 6" simulating the pelts of animals.

Figure 2 represents the same surface af' ter it has been ornamented, and Figure 3 represents a cross sectional view of the fabric after it has been ornamented at the line Wt-4t, the low areas of the pile being shown at a, the higher areas at b, the darker ornamented portions at c.

In carrying out my'invention I carefully select suitable yarn for the pile of the fabric depending upon the pelt which I desire to simulate, as, for instance, the finer silk would be used for some animals. the glossy fibre silk for other animals, and

mohair and other fibres for simulating other animals. I sele;t the yarn for the back of the goods and arrange the number of picks in keeping with the yarn selected to simulate the fur of the animal.

After the pile fabric is woven I remove certain areas of the pile in a design' peripherally to an inner surface area approximating the size and shape of the pelt that I am simulating. I sometimes shear off a portion of the pile leaving a low pile area in this peripheral line as shown in my illustration. I do this shearing by using an embossing roller, or what is sometimes cal-led a recess roller, to press down the portion of the pile in the, main areas, shearing off the pile in the remaining erect portions, and then re-erecting the areas to simulate the pelts, which process is well known to those skilled in the art of shearing pile fabrics, although said method has not hitherto been-used in combination with the other methods described to form pile fabrics simulating blankets as in my invention. When desired, I remove all the pile in this peripheral outline design by singeing or applying chemicals to the back of the cloth, eating the pile out of the back of the goods, the pile then falling out in the peripheral outline referred to; said method of removing pile being also well known to those skilled in the art of manufacturing pile fabrics but not having previously been applied to the manufacture of simulation furs as specified in my invention.

The removal of the pile in the peripheral designs following the contour of various pelts closely resembles the appearance resulting from the sewing of a number of pelts of animals together; and'also has the advantage of being permanent in wear.

After the pile is removed in the peripheral designs inferred to, I then ornament the surfaces of the fabric within said peripheral designs with the colors of the animals fur I desire to simulate, or with fanciful animal designs if desired.

While I have, in order to indicate my invention, described certain specific materials and methods in manufacturing simulation fur blankets with a sharp demarcation between the pelts, it will be apparent that the raw materials, the designs, and the steps followed out in carrying out this method may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of my inventionand I therefore do not intend to be limited by the details herein shown and described, except as they are included in the claims.

Vhat I claim is:

1. A pile fabric ornamented with a plurality of printed designs simulating the pelts of animals and with a part of the pile removed between the areas of said designs to give the effect of pelts sewn together.

2. A pile fabric ornamented with a plurality of printed designs on the face of the fabric simulating the pelts of animals and with a part of the pile sheared off between the areas of said designs to give the effect of pelts sewn together as in a fur blanket.

3. A method of providing a pile fabric which includes: first, the selecting and weaving of yarn to resemble the fur of an animal; second, imparting a plurality of designs to the fabric simulating the coloring of the pelts of said animal; and, third, removing pile between the said areas'of designs, to give the effect of pelts sewn together.

4. A method of providing a pile fabric which includes: first, the selecting ofsuitable yarn corresponding to the hairs in the fur of an animal; second, the wearing of said yarn in combination with abacking with hairs projecting from said backing as the hairs do from the skin of the animal; third, printing a plurality of designs in colors on the surface of said goods simulating the pelt of the animal; and, fourth, shearing the pile ina design following the contour of pelts of said animal as sewn together.

5. A method of providing a pile fabric which includes: first, the selecting of suitable yarn corresponding to the hairs in the fur of an animal; second, the weaving of said yarn in combination with a backing with hairs projecting from said backing as the hairs do from the skin of the animal; third, printing a plurality of designs in colors on the surface of said goods simulating the markings on the pelt of'the animal; and fourth, shearing the pile in a design following the contour of pelts of said animal as sewn together, the effect of the Whole being that of the skins of the animals sewn together as in a fur blanket.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my'name this th day of Au ust, 1924.

S MUEL E. CREASEY.

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