The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-02
TRANSFORMATIONS
OF PAPER INTO VARIOUS PECULIAR
AND USEFUL PRODUCTS.
ZyIonite, an Imitation Glass for Cathe-
draI Windows ounterPanes and PHI
low shams-Paper Pulp Fabric
Methods of Manufacture.
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The uses Of paper, outside OF It's ORDINARY
commercial purposes for printing "rAI!Hs'
and wrapping, are constantly increasing
its great cheapness suggesting its employ
nent for widely differing purposes. Some 1
of its latest uses, in view of its properties, as
generally known, seem very curious Out |
are not more so than its employment as car
wheels, in which it has been very uccessLuL
1t is in fact one Of the most adaptaple pro-
ducts of the hand Of man. One OF the most
remarkable uses is the manufacture or zyIo-
mite. which can be made in imitation OF
horn, rubber, tortoise shell, amber, anu
glass Zylonite may be adapted to WIDE
variety of uses, but one of its most valuable
is an imitation glass for cathedral windows.
The zylonite is much less brittle than
either horn or ivory, and much more hsAl-
bic. As imitation tortoise she'll IL can
hardly be distinguished from the genuine
article In the manufacture OF zylonlte
plain white tissue paper, made from cotton
or cotton and linen rags, is taken and hrst
treated to bath Of sulphuric and other
acids, in which it undergoes a chemical
change. The next process Is the washing oil
the paper to remove the acids, and 1t Is then
! treated to another preparation OF alcohol
| and camphor. Its appearance by this time
/ is very much like parchment, and it can
! be worked up into plates of any thickness,
and made perfectly transparent, or can be
died all the brilliant colors that can be given
to silk.
SHEETS AND SLAMS.
A widely different use from the above is
IN the manufacture of coun terpanes and pill
low shams These articles are composed OF
two sheets of No. manila paper To hold
the sheets together, and to strengthen the
fabric, small gummed Irvine is used at dis
tances of three or four inches. Inc sheeUS
are also hemmed about the edges so as to
Il
and generally are printed upon the upper
surfaces of the shams and counterpanes. The
articles are very neat, servlceabIe, ana
cheap All wrinkles can be removed by hot
fatirons As the paper will prevent the
escape of heat about as we'll as WOODEN
blanket it can be made a very servlceaole
article of bed clothing, as it can be left upon
the bed if desired.
Though paper pulp is not strictly paper,
| | glance at some of its uses is properly WITHIN
the scope Of this article. A recent use LOT
which a patent has been granted Is the man
ufacture of sheathing and roofing papers.
The sheathing paper is made from a pup or
spent tan bark, meadow hay, and mill waste
as a center with a layer of pulp on either
side composed of cotton or linen rags, waste
napers. or a mixture of similar materials.
The roofing paper has the same middle bui
the covering is pulp composed OF saGihet
and colored rags, shOddy, and straw. Botf
the purpose intended.
y PAPER PULP FABRIC.
2 Perhaps the most important OF the recent
= inventions or applications or paper pulp L
q in the manufacture of paper pulp fabric
This material is designed for articles which
~ REQUIRE the characteristics of paper ana,
2 the same time. much more strength thar
4 1aner alone possesses Paper pulp fabric IL
q the past has been made by securing sheet
of finished paper to sheet metal by means
a cement or an adhesive of some kind. I'M
t. fabric was necessarily somewhat limited II
7 area, as the area of the metal sheets Wer
J. limited.
The latest paper pulp material IS mao
in continuous webs or lengths in all desires
3 widths. The fabric is composed of wiz
N cloth of a desired finenesS or coarsenes
,e covered with paper pulp. 1t thus posseSse
all the strength Of metal and all the Hex
bility, softness, and smoothness Oh paper
t, The continuous webs Of paper pulp are con
~ bined with the continuous web or VIII
10 cloth. so that the pulp is forced through I'd
= mesbes of the wire cloth, completely film
u them and at the same time completely COY
NJ ering the wire.
of METHODS OF MANUFACTURE.
Dr. The pulp is manufactured by an ordinar
Id paper making machine, so as TO denver Z"
independent and continuous sheets or papt
min at certain points, from which the wei
,s or continuous sheets are fed into suitab
= pressure rollers. a roll of wire clotn
~ placed in the line of feed near the pressul
}" rollers and is fed into them at the san
OF time, and between the two continuous shee
W of paper pulp. The rollers press the tnr
webs together, and in the operation the ~
webs of paper pulp fill the meshes OF {
on wire cloth as well as completely enveloplI
~ it
an The fabric is afterward dried, and is tn
.as ready for use. Before being passed throui
the rolls and covered with the pulp, the WI
er' cloth is water-proofed or not, as desired.
The fabric looks exactly like paper
A., the same texture and quality. The surfa
'lie of the fabric may be finished by paintlr
FRA vanishing, ETC., or by treating 1t with
w. fire-proofing or water-proofng compour
ock or by covering it with finished paper
&c. AS the fabric is a continuous sheet, pieces
the sheets can be easily cut into
ea-- t-proper shape for any use or for any artlc
the Especially those that can be formed with'
MIA seam. The parts can be easily scanned
m pether, however, if necessary, by paste
is', cement as in ordinary paper, and the Joil
pal NAV be united as perfectly as paper, as
lrly the Joints on the outer surface are or pulp