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Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Storey, of the Town and County of
:
Lancaster, Manufacturer, and William Virgo Wilson, of the. East
London Chemical Works, Mile End, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturing Chemist, for the Invention. of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
www.www LEAD"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Storey--and
William Virgo Wilson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 29th March 1866.
We, THOMAS STOREY, of the Town and County of Lancaster, Manufacturer,
and WILLIAM VIRGO WILSON, of the East London Chemical Works, Mile End,,
in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE, OF:
LEATHER CLOTH," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar mode of coloring and bronzing leather
cloths, whereby a superior effect is obtained to that which can be obtained by
the ordinary or existing mode of manufacture.
In manufacturing colored and bronzed leather cloths according to this
Invention it is proposed to apply to the surface, of such cloths, after they
have been prepared or coated in the ordinary manner, certain coloring matters
consisting of solutions of roseine or magenta, of aniline or phenyle blues and
violets, of all shades, and also aniline greens, also of the violets obtained by
the action of the iodides of the well-known alcohol, radicals, and, also the
violets obtained by the action of the iodides of the beta alcohol radicals, such

page_text: as iodide of beta hexyl in alcohol or other volatile solvent of the above-named
coloring matters, in combination or otherwise with gum solutions. These
coloring matters are applied to the coated surface of the leather cloths by hand
or by means of rollers or other suitable mechanical contrivances.
In order to produce bronzed leather cloth goods it is simply necessary to
apply the solution of any of the coloring matters herein-before described, and
when dry to burnish the surface by burnishers or other well-known means.
If, however, the goods are not required to present a bronzed appearance, then
the color may be mixed with the gum solution, or the surface may be varnished
after the color has been applied.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Storey and William Virgo Wilson in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 26th September 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, THOMAS
STOREY, of the Town and County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, and-WILLIAM
VIRGO WILSON, of the East London Chemical Works, Mile End, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturing Chemist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Thomas Storey and William Virgo Wilson, Her special license that
we, the said Thomas Storey and William Virgo Wilson, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Thomas' Storey
and William Virgo Wilson, our executors, administrators, or assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LEATHER CLOTH," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Thomas Storey and William Virgo Wilson, our
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Thomas Storey and William Virgo
Wilson, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and.
ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say:-
Our said Invention relates to a peculiar mode of coloring and bronzing
leather cloths, whereby a superior effect is obtained to that which can be
obtained by the ordinary or existing mode of manufacture.
In manufacturing colored and bronzed leather cloths according to our
Invention we apply to the surface of such cloths, after they have been
prepared or coated in the ordinary manner, certain well-known coloring
matters, consisting of solutions in alcohol or in other volatile solvent of
roseine or magenta, or of aniline or phenyle blues and violets of all shades,
and also of aniline greens; also of the violets obtained by the action on
roseine of the iodides of the well-known alcohol radicals; and also the violets
obtained by the action on roseine of the iodides of the beta alcohol radicals,
such as iodide of beta hexyl, such solutions being employed either alone or in
combination with gum solutions, which may consist of shell-lac and all other
resins or gum resins dissolved in either water, alcohol, or ether, or an aqueous
solution of borax may be employed; these coloring matters are applied to the
coated surface of the leather cloth by hand or by means of rollers or other
suitable mechanical contrivances.
In order to produce bronzed leather cloth goods according to this Invention
it is simply necessary to apply a solution of any of the coloring matters
herein-before described, either alone or after admixture with any of the
afore-mentioned gum solutions, and when dry to burnish the surface with
burnishers or by other well-known means. If, however, the goods are not
required to present a bronzed appearance then any of the before-mentioned
solutions of coloring matters may be applied, either alone or after admixture
with any of the said gum solutions, and the surface of the cloth may then be
varnished.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Storey, on behalf of myself and
the said William Virgo Wilson, have to this our Specification hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of September, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.