Year: 1886

page_text: I FRANK REDDAWAY of Cheltenham Street Pendleton in the County of Lancaster
Manufacturer of Machine Belting do hereby declare the nature of this Invention
to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the machine or driving belting which is made of cotton
or other canvas or cloth folded and stitched or of cotton or other textile material
woven into the required form and has for its principal object to obtain an improved
surface upon the belting. In the case of belting which has been made by folding.
and stitching canvas I apply a covering of paper to the belting or I coat or treat
the surface of the belting with paper pulp or with a filling and finishing com-
position composed of pulp or finely comminuted fibrous material mixed with size
or boiled oil or with rubber or other adhesive substance. In some cases I may first
treat the belting with such filling material to obtain an even surface and then apply
a coating of paper. I prefer to use a tough paper which will withstand the
frictional contact with the pulleys and strap forks or belt shifters or I may use
vegetable parchment or paper specially treated to increase its durability or I may
use a paper made wholly or partly from buffalo hide or other extra strong fibrous
material. In some cases I may apply paper during the formation of the belting
that is before the folds have been stitched together as for example I may employ
layers of canvas and paper or coat the canvas with paper or pulp and arrange the
folds so that the paper surface shall be at the outside and form the outer surface of
the belt. The belts may or may not be finished by the application of paint or
preservative composition.
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page_text: I FRANK REDDAWAY of Cheltenham Street Pendleton in the County of Lancaster
Manufacturer of Machine Belting do hereby declare the nature of this Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying drawings:-
My Invention relates to the machine or driving belting which is made of cotton
or other canvas or cloth folded and stitched or of cotton or other textile material
woven into the required form and has for its principal object to obtain an improved
surface upon the belting. I apply a covering of paper to the belting or I coat or
treat the surface of the belting with paper pulp or with a filling and finishing
composition composed of pulp or finely comminuted fibrous material mixed with
size or boiled oil or with rubber or other adhesive substance. In some cases I may
first treat the belting with such filling material to obtain an even surface and then
apply a coating of paper. I prefer to use a tough paper which will withstand the
frictional contact with the pulleys and strap forks or belt shifters or I may use
vegetable parchment or paper specially treated to increase its durability or I may
use a paper made wholly or partly from buffalo hide or other extra strong fibrous
material. In some cases when making belts from folded canvas I may apply paper
during the formation of the belting that is before the folds have been stitched
together as for example I may employ layers of canvas and paper or coat the
canvas with paper or pulp and arrange the folds so that the paper surface shall be
at the outside and form the outer surface of the belt. When coating the canvas
with paper I may arrange for the canvas to receive freshly made paper from a
paper making machine as for example the canvas may be passed through a machine
which coats the canvas with a layer of pulp or with a web of slightly cohering
pulpy matter which is pressed into close union with the canvas and is dried in
position upon the latter. In the method which I have adopted in practice I mix
pulpy matter such as is used in the making of paper with size or with an adhesive
composition as for example with an adhesive mixture of boiled drying oils and
other matters or with ordinary glue size with or without other matters. This
composition is spread upon the surfaces and edges of the belting so as to fill the
hollows and to form a coating upon the belt of a tough character which will
increase the durability of the belt. The belts may or may not be finished by
the application of paint or preservative composition.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
(1.) Coating canvas belting with paper or paper pulp or with a composition of
paper pulp and other matters substantially as and for the purpose set forth and
indicated.

page_text: (2.) Coating canvas for use in the manufacture of machine belting with paper or
paper pulp.
(3.) A belting woven or made of canvas and coated with a filling and coating
composition consisting of so termed paper pulp made adhesive by an admixture of
size or cement substantially as set forth and indicated.
Dated this 12th day of Ontahan 100R
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.