AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF WALL PAPERS to be as follows:-
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JAMES ALFRED TURNER of West Gorton near Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Waterproof Material Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
my Invention for "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF WALL PAPERS to be as
follows:-
"
My Invention has for its object the manufacture of wall papers that shall have
a waterproof back surface so as to withstand the action of moisture in the walls,
and that shall also be of sufficient strength and substance to enable them to be
hung up without being cemented to the wall surface. For this purpose I take the
wall paper after it has been printed upon and coat the back surface thereof with a
suitable waterproof cementitious substance, such as vegetable pitches, applied by
preference by means of doctors and spreading rollers, and I then apply to such
prepared surface a sheet of either paper or of a woven fabric such as cotton, cloth
or canvas, the paper or cloth being applied to the surface in any suitable manner,
but by preference by passing the same while hot between pressing rollers. In
some cases I apply the cementitious matter also to the paper or cloth backing, or
again, the cement may be applied to the backing only.
T
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings,
London, W.C.

page_text: "
I, JAMES ALFRED TURNER of West Gorton near Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Waterproof Material Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my
Invention for "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF WALL PAPERS" and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
My Invention has for its object the manufacture of wall papers that shall have
a waterproof back surface, so as to withstand the action of moisture in the walls,
and that shall also be of sufficient strength and substance to enable them to be
hung up without being cemented to the wall surface. For this purpose, I take the
wall paper after it has been printed upon, and coat the back surface thereof with
a suitable waterproof cementitious substance, such as vegetable pitches, applied by
preference by means of "doctors" and spreading rollers, and I then apply to such
prepared surface a sheet or backing of either paper or of a woven fabric, such as
cotton cloth or canvas, the paper or cloth being applied to the surface in any
suitable manner, but by preference by passing the same while hot between pressing
rollers, both the wall paper and the backing being drawn in continuous lengths
from rolls on which they are wound. In some cases, I apply the cementitious
matter also to the paper or cloth backing; or again, the cement may be applied to
the backing only.
•
In employing embossed wall papers for the purposes of my Invention, the back
surfaces of the embossed parts may with advantage be filled in flush with the
cementitious substance, whereby the front surfaces of such parts will be protected
against injury,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim :—
The improved manufacture of wall papers consisting in the combination with
printed wall papers of a backing cemented thereto with waterproof cementitious
materials substantially as herein described.