Improvements in Waterproof Covers for Horses and the like, also applicable as a Card Cloth.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 1st Sept., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Waterproof Covers for Horses and the like, also
applicable as a Card Cloth.
I, JOHN LEE of the Firm of Messrs. James Lee and Sons of Hipperholme in
the County of York, Tanner, Currier, and Belting Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to produce a horse or other animal cover, having a
woollen or other warm fibrous body, either in one or more pieces of any thickness
so as to give warmth to such animals, and the outer surface of the said cover is so
treated as to be rendered perfectly waterproof and impervious to rain or damp.
The outer cover is made of some close non-stretchable material, such as flax,
cotton, hemp, jute or the like..
I cement over the lining or inner coat a flax, cotton, hemp, or other close woven
fabric, upon the outer surface of which the, waterproofing ingredients are fixed or
coated, the lining may consist of felt, flocks, noils, sliver, hair, woollen or other
suitable material, by this means there is little or no stretching of the fabrics, and so
all cracking of the waterproofing is obviated.
The waterproofing consists of indiarubber, gutta percha dissolved in naptha or
other suitable solvent spirit, with or without gums, glues, or other gelatines, linseed
oil, paints or dryers and other waterproofing ingredients.
Or I employ a single non-stretchable fabric waterproofed on one or both sides
and either with or without lining.
The said waterproofed cloth is also applicable for card cloth of all kinds.
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JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Waterproof Covers for Horses and the like, also
applicable as a Card Cloth.
I, JOHN LEE of the Firm of Messrs. James Lee and Sons of Hipperholme in
the County of York, Tanner, Currier and Belting Manufacturer, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to produce a horse or other animal cover, having
a woollen or other warm fibrous body, either in one or more pieces of any thickness
so as to give warmth to such animals, and the outside of the said cover is so
treated as to be rendered perfectly waterproof and impervious to rain or damp.
The outer cover is made of some close nou-stretchable material such as flax,
cotton, hemp, jute or the like.
Upon the outer surface of the outer cover the waterproofing ingredients are fixed
or coated.
I cement on the underside of the outer coat a lining of flax, cotton, hemp, or
other close woven fabric.
Or the lining may consist of felt, flocks, noils, sliver, hair, woollen or other
suitable material, by this means there is little or no stretching of the fabrics, and
so all cracking of the waterproofing is obviated.
In making indiarubber solution I use from two to five parts of solvent spirit to
one part of indiarubber, the spirit dissolving the indiarubber.
Price 8d1

page_text: To render the outside material waterproof I use one part of the indiarubber
solution one of gutta percha or balata, one of pitch, one of linseed oil.
For sticking two or more pieces together such as the outer coat and the lining I
use four of pitch, four of gutta percha or balata, and one of linseed oil.
When making the said material for card cloth (my object being to immitate leather
and therefore to substitute leather) I use for one class all linseed oil, for another
all indiarubber solution, for another two parts each of solution and of linseed oil,
and for another three parts of solution to one part of linseed oil, as this cloth has
to be stuffed, not coated.
Or I may employ a single non-stretchable fabric waterproofed on one or both
sides, and either with or without lining.
The said waterproofed cloth is also applicable for card cloth of all kinds.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Horse or other animal covers with their outer covers made of non-stretchable
material waterproofed, and a lining of felt, flocks, sliver, hair, woollen or other like
material, so as to prevent stretching and cracking of the said waterproofing,
substantially as herein before described.
2. Card cloth stuffed or worked with the ingredients substantially as herein before
described.
1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.
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