US1049943A - Matting. - Google Patents

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N. TERASHIMA.

' MATTING.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 16, 1911.

Patented J an. 7, 1913.

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NOBORU TEIR-ASI-IIMA, 0F SHINNAKADORI, JAPAN.

MATTING.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NoBoRU TERASHIMA, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at No. 13 Shicho-me, Shinnakadori, W akayama-shi, Japan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Matting, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new fabric for matting, in the weaving whereof warp is properly arranged and is subjected to the sheddings available for the production of double ply cloth, and as the weft, a certain fibrous substance is woven into its face in a continuous state, and certain piece materials are woven into'the back thereof separately or in a continuous length.

The invention has in view the weaving of a sort of fabric, which forms a cloth on its face, while forming a mat on its back.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 shows its plan; Fig. 2 its cross section; Fig. 3 its vertical section; Fig, 4c the plan of a modification; Fig. 5 the cross section of the modification; Fig. 6 the vertical section of the modification; Figs. 7 and 8 the cross section of the fabric, in which the wefts used are of coarser and cheaper fibers than those shown in Fig. l to Fig. 6.

In the drawing, the same letters refer to the same or equivalent parts.

In the formation of the present fabric, the warp is properly arranged, and is subjected to the sheddings available for the production of double ply cloth as aforementioned, and certain soft fibrous substance such as cotton, hemp, woolen and silken yarns, and certain coarse piece materials such as rushes, straws, sedges, blades or stems of grass, or palm, bamboo strips and wood shavings, are respectively woven into the face and back of the fabric as the weft, the former in a continuous length and the latter in separate pieces or in a continuous length as mentioned above so that the fabric is composed of weft fibers (B) closely and uniformly woven on its face to form a cloth, while it is composed of pieces (G) of piece materials on its back to form a mat as stated hereinbefore.

By certain piece material for the weft, I mean, firstly, a single separate piece of rushes, straws, sedges and the like, or of blades or stems of every proper species of grass, or of palm, bamboo strips, wood shavings and the like (as shown in Fig. 7), and secondly, a bundle of a few Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 16, 1911.

Patented J an. 7,1913.

Serial No. 666,304.

pieces of one species or several different species of these piece materials spirally wound up by thread (as shown in Fig. 8), and thirdly, a twist of two or more strings, each string being also a twist of several pieces of one species or several different species of these piece materials as shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3.

hen a single separate piece of piece materials as shown in Fig. 7 is used in forming the back of the present fabric, it is preferable to weave between each piece weft, such fibrous weft D as cotton, hemp and woolen yarns as shown in Figs. t to 6; then owing to the friction, which such fibrous weft gives, said piece weft is prevented from slipping aside from its position, and also in this case, the warp (A) and the fibrous weft (D) form the cloth in the selvage parts (X) of the fabric, so that each selvage may be doubled up, and be hemmed together, thus the fabric being conveniently bordered.

In the present invention, as the face of the fabric forms a cloth, while the back thereof forms a mat as stated above, an elastic sort of matting is produced, and besides the fabric being of good appearance, it may, also, be woven at a very cheap cost.

In the claims the word rushes is intended to include and be the equivalent of the materials referred to in the specification as certain coarse piece materials such as rushes, straws, sedges, blades or stems of grass, or palm, bamboo strips and wood shavings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A fabric for matting and the like, comprising a ply of soft wefts woven into a fabric and a ply of wefts of rushes united thereto by a binding warp.

2. A fabric for matting and the like, comprising a surface ply of soft wefts woven into a fabric, and a bottom ply of wefts of rushes united to the surface ply by an interwoven binding warp.

3. A fabric for matting and the like, com prising a ply of soft wefts woven into a fabric by warps, a ply of wefts of rushes united thereto by independent binding warps.

4. A fabric for matting and the like, comprising a ply of soft wefts woven into a fabric by warps, a ply of wefts of rushes united thereto by independent binding warps, the

strands of the rushes separated from each other by a strand of soft Weft, said strands of soft Wefts united to the soft weft fabric by auxiliary binding warps.

5. A fabric for matting and the like, comprising a surface ply of soft wefts and Woven warps into fabric, a bottom ply of alternate soft Wefts and rushes each united to the soft weft fabric by separate warps,

the soft wefts in the bottom ply lying Within 10 the fabric and below the outer surface of the rushes.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NOBORU TERASHIMA.

Witnesses J. K. CALDWELL, ULAOHI TSHIRVARA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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