IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EMERY CLOTH OR PAPER, SAND PAPER, GLASS PAPER, AND MATERIALS IN TUBULAR AND OTHER FORMS SUITABLE FOR POLISHING METAL AND THE TIKE و" SIMILAR
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Tatum, of Robin Hood Court, Shoe Lane, in the
City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF EMERY CLOTH OR PAPER, SAND PAPER, GLASS PAPER, AND
MATERIALS IN TUBULAR AND OTHER FORMS SUITABLE FOR POLISHING METAL
AND THE TIKE
و"
SIMILAR
Sealed the 18th July 1876, and dated the 19th January 1876.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Tatum at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th January 1876.
WILLIAM TATUM, of Robin Hood Court, Shoe Lane, in the City of London.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EMERY CLOTH OR PAPER, SAND PAPER,
GLASS PAPER, AND SIMILAR MATERIALS IN TUBULAR AND OTHER FORMS SUITABLE
FOR POLISHING METAL AND THE LIKE."
My Invention is designed to furnish emery cloth or paper, glass or sand paper,
and the like for finishing or polishing metal or woodwork and for similar purposes
in convenient forms, for such purposes so that workmen and others having to use
emery, or glass, or sand cloth or paper may do so more conveniently and
economically than is possible with sheets of such material or pieces torn from a
sheet, and roughly rapped around a stick, rod, or block of wood or doubled or
folded together.
According to my Invention I manufacture emery cloth or paper, glass or sand
paper, and other like scouring, polishing, smoothing, or finishing materials in the
form of tubes, thimbles, sockets, sheaths, rings and similar articles of any required
size or dimensions. When in use the tube or other piece of emery or other cloth or
paper is slipped upon a rod or bar or block of wood or other material, and then
forms a convenient and efficient polishing implement. Small tubes or sheaths thus
mounted on a suitable rod will be found very advantageous in brass fitting, watch
making, and other work of a similar character, that is to say, where the surfaces to
be polished are irregular or consist of small curves, mouldings, and the like, which
are only accessible with an implement that can be freely turned to any angle and
It is intended to
used in any direction while continuing its polishing action.
furnish with the said tubes, sheaths, or other articles of polishing cloth or paper sets
of wood holders or rods, corresponding in form with the files commonly used for
working metals, that is to say, round, half round, square, flat, and three cornered
files. With a set of these holders a workman can easily polish or finish with the

page_text: said emery or other tubes, sheaths, or the like any surface which is accessible with
a file.
In the manufacture of these tubes, sheaths and other articles it is essential that
the emery or other smooth surface should present an even and uniform surface
without any perceptible joint or seam, therefore they cannot properly be formed by
taking an ordinary sheet of emery paper or cloth and joining its edges, but must be
manufactured in such a manner, that the tubes, sheaths, sockets, rings, or other
articles of cloth, paper, or other fabric must first be formed and then covered with
the emery or other polishing material. I prefer to form the said tubes or other
articles by coiling or rolling thin paper upon a round mandril or cylinder, or a
round, square, or flat rod, or a square or flat block or piece of wood or metal of the
required dimensions, and joining the edges with glue or other suitable adhesive
material. Or I may form the seamless tubes, rings, sockets, or the like by
dipping properly shaped mandrils, rods, or blocks into paper pulp which forms an
envelope or sheath around the same, and when dry is readily removed therefrom.
Or I may form the said tubes or other articles in any other manner, which will
ensure their having the proper strength and a uniform surface for the reception of
the emery or other polishing material.
The paper, cloth, or other tubes, rings, sheaths, sockets, or other articles are then
covered or coated with emery, glass, sand, or other scouring and polishing substance
and are then ready for use or sale.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Tatum in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th July
1876.
WILLIAM TATUM, of Robin Hood Court, Shoe Lane, in the City of London.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EMERY CLOTH OR PAPER, SAND PAPER,
GLASS PAPER, AND SIMILAR MATERIALS IN TUBULAR AND OTHER FORMS SUITABLE
FOR POLISHING METAL AND THE LIKE."
My Invention relates to the production of tubes or sheaths coated with emery
or glass powder or sand, the said tubes or sheaths being placed upon handles or
holders of any desired form for use in polishing wood, metals, and the like.
In carrying out my Invention I employ ordinary cotton cloth, paper, felt, leather,
or other suitable material, the said material being cut into picces of the desired
size. These pieces are separately placed around a circular tapering mandrel of the
desired size, and the edges of the material which overlap each other are then
secured by glue, paste, or other suitable substance. The whole of the surface of the
said material is then coated with a solution of glue or other suitable substance, and
the emery or glass powder or sand laid on. Silica or acetic acid may be mixed
with the glue solution, the consistency of the said solution and the proportion of
silica or acetic acid in its composition being varied according to the fineness or
coarseness of the emery or glass powder or sand to be used. The tube or sheath is
then drawn off the mandrel and when dry is ready for use. The said tubes or
sheaths may be coated with glass or emery powder or sand of any desired degree of
fineness, and may be made of any required length or diameter.
The great advantage of my Invention is that the sheaths will adapt themselves
to holders of various shapes suitable for polishing flat, concave, convex, and other
surfaces, so as to be readily used for every description of work, and as the tubes or
sheaths can be slipped around upon the holders every portion of the surface can be
used, thus avoiding the waste consequent upon using the ordinary emery cloth
or paper.
These sheaths when placed upon suitable holders can be advantageously used
in lieu of a steel or stone for sharpening knives and other cutlery and for other
useful purposes.

page_text: When intended to be used for sharpening purposes I prefer to coat the sheaths
with a composition consisting of a solution of glue or other suitable substance
with about equal proportions of Portland or Roman cement and emery powder
or sand.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Tatum, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eighteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six.
Witness,
THOS. N. PALMER,
62, Lansdown Rd.,
Dalston, E.
WILLIAM TATUM. (L.S.)