IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TEXTILE FABRICS, LEATHER, AND OTHER SURPACES; IN A CEMENT EMPLOYED. THEREIN, WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE WATERPROOFING OF FABRICS AND MATERIALS, AND IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AND SPREADING SUCH WATERPROOFING CEMENT
Year: 1862

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Cockburn Warden at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
.: 16th December 1862.-A communication from abroad by Adolph
Baldamus, of Berlin, Prussia.
I, GEORGE COCKBURN WARDEN, of Islington, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TEXTILE FABRICS, LEATHER, AND OTHER
SURPACES; IN A CEMENT EMPLOYED. THEREIN, WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE
WATERPROOFING OF FABRICS AND MATERIALS, AND IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING
AND SPREADING SUCH WATERPROOFING CEMENT," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in ornamenting textile fabrics, leather, and other
surfaces by fixing thereon, by means of the waterproof cement hereafter named,
or by any other cement which becomes adhesive on the application thereto of
heat, various designs, patterns, or devices, cut out or stamped in silk, velvet,
leather, or other desired material.
Another part of the Invention consists in producing, by means of
lithographic or other engraving, shaded effects upon the design to be fixed as
aforesaid.
Another part consists in the employment of silk or other fabric previously
dyed of a color to resemble that of the parts of the object forming the subject
of the design to be fixed as aforesaid; for instance, if the design is to consist of
a rose and leaf, I take pink or red silk for the rose and shade the same by
engraving, and green silk and shade it also to represent the leaf.

page_text: The cement which forms part of the subject of this Invention is composed of
the following materials in or about the following proportions, that is to say,
seven parts of gutta percha, two parts of resin, and one part of solution of
caoutchouc mixed by dissolving them together under heat. The apparatus for
applying and spreading the cement, whether on the designs or objects for orna-
menting surfaces or for waterproofing, consists of a vessel or trough with
overhanging sides, to which heat is applied to render the cement sufficiently
fluid. The lower part of the vessel is formed or provided with a long
narrow outlet closed by a roller free to revolve in adjustable bearings. The
cement is rendered sufficiently fluid, and the material on which it is to be
spread is drawn over the roller and in contact with it, when a coating will
be evenly spread all over one face of the material.
When the coated material is to be used for the ornamenting of any surface
it is placed thereon, and heat from an iron cylinder or otherwise is applied with.
pressure.
When the cement is applied for waterproofing, then a second material has
to be employed, and which is caused by heat to adhere to the cement spread on
the material as aforesaid, so that the cement may be enclosed between the two
fabrics or materials. I do not limit myself to the employment of the spreading
apparatus which forms the subject of part of this Invention, as other means
of spreading the cement may be adopted.