IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERINGS FOR ROLLERS OF MACHINES WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE SMOOTH AND ELASTIC
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Moseley and Charles Moseley, of the Firm
of David Moseley and Sons, of the Chapel Field Works, Ardwick, in
the City of Manchester, India-rubber Manufacturers, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERINGS FOR ROLLERS OF MACHINES WHICH ARE
REQUIRED TO BE SMOOTH AND ELASTIC."
Sealed the 11th October 1867, and dated the 27th April 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Moseley and
Charles Moseley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 27th April 1867.
We, JOSEPH MOSELEY and CHARLES MOSELEY, of the Firm of David
Moseley and Sons, of the Chapel Field Works, Ardwick, in the City of
Manchester, India-rubber Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERINGS FOR ROLLERS OF MACHINES
WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE SMOOTH AND ELASTIC," to be as follows:-
Our Invention is particularly beneficial where applied to the top rollers of
machines used in preparing and spinning fibrous substances, but it may be
applied to other rollers the surfaces of which are required to be perfectly
smooth and elastic. The covering is made in the form of a tube. The body
or foundation of the covering consists of elastic india-rubber or india-rubber
and cloth, or of a fibrous compound of india-rubber alone or in combination
with elastic rubber or fibrous compound and cloth. The outer surface of the
covering is composed of india-rubber mixed with any earthy or metallic
substances which will in vulcanizing cause it to harden sufficiently to make

page_text: it susceptible of being polished. The combinations of india-rubber fibre and
cloth may be varied according to the degree of elasticity required. The
covering when made is placed in a mould of the required size so as to produce
an evenness of thickness and smoothness of surface, and then vulcanized;
after vulcanizing the covering is taken from the mould, polished and cut to the
desired length; the covering is then ready for use by placing it on the roller,
which may be made adhesive by cement or other adhesive substance.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Moseley and Charles Moseley in the Great Seal
Patent Office, on the 26th October 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOSEPH
MOSELEY and CHARLES MOSELEY, of the Firm of David Moseley and Sons,
of the Chapel Field Works, Ardwick, in the City of Manchester, India-rubber
Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the
said Joseph Moseley and Charles Moseley, Her special license that we, the
said Joseph Moseley and Charles Moseley, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such as we, the said Joseph Moseley and Charles Moseley, our
executors, administrators and 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERINGS FOR ROLLERS
WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE SMOOTH AND ELASTIC," upon the condition.
(amongst others) that we, the said Joseph Moseley and Charles Moseley,
our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or
their, or one of our or their 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Joseph Moseley and Charles Moseley,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say) :-
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Our Invention is particularly beneficial when applied to the top rollers of
machines used in preparing and spinning fibrous substances, but it may be
applied to other rollers the surfaces of which are required to be perfectly
smooth and elastic. The body of the roller is made of metal, wood, or other
suitable material, and the covering is made in the form of a tube. The
foundation or inner portion of the covering consists of elastic india-rubber or
india-rubber and cloth, or of a fibrous compound of india-rubber alone or in
combination with elastic rubber or fibrous compound and cloth combined
together. The outer surface of the covering is composed of india-rubber
mixed with any earthy or metallic substances which will in vulcanizing cause
it to barden sufficiently to make it susceptible of being polished, that is to say,
the outer surface is converted into the composition known as vulcanite; the
proportions of india-rubber fibre and cloth may be varied according to the
degree of elasticity required. The covering when made is placed in or on a
mould of the required size so as to produce uniform thickness and smoothness
of surface, and then the process of vulcanizing is pormed in the usual
manner, after which the tube or covering is taken fr ⚫ mould, polished
and cut to the desired length; the covering is then ready for use by placing
it on the roller, the surface of which may be made adhesive by cement or other
adhesive substance.
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Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, we wish it to be understood that we are aware that
rollers have been covered with a combination of hard and soft compounds of
india-rubber, we therefore make no claim to the said combination; but what
we do claim is the peculiar mode described of making coverings for rollers of
an uniform thickness and of the required hardness and elasticity.
In witness whereof, we, the said Joseph Moseley and Charles Moseley,
have hereto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-fifth day of October
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
JOSEPH MOSELEY.
(L.S.)
CHARLES MOSELEY. (L.B.)