Improved Fabric or Material for Use in the Manufacture of Socks, Belts, Carpet Linings, Bedding, Clothing, Furniture, and for other purposes,
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th May, 1899-Accepted, 8th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Fabric or Material for Use in the Manufacture of Socks,
Belts, Carpet Linings, Bedding, Clothing, Furniture, and for
other purposes,
We, MATTHEW WILSON, Manufacturer, of 51, Rosemary Road, Peckham, and
GEORGE WILLIAM WOOD, Oil and Colourman, of 107, Queen's Road, Peckham,
both in the County of London, 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:-
This invention has for object, the combination of ingredients with material as
a base for the manufacture of fabrics to render them suitable for use as socks or
liners for foot coverings, for body belts, for floor carpet liners, for furniture,
bedding, clothing, and other similar household and personal goods.
For the purpose of our invention, we take paper pulp or felt and mix there-
with bruised ginger, ground pepper, borax, boracic acid, creosote, cresols, carbolic
acid mixed with tar, or the like and thoroughly associate the particles and roll
the compound into sheets with or without the admixture of a deodorizing or dis-
infecting body or substance with camphor or other purifying agent, and with or
without a woven fabric on which, if desired, our compound can be spread. The
sheets thus produced can be spread on beds as coverlets, or made up as cases
for mattresses or cushions for seats, or can be cut to various shapes for use accord-
ing to the purpose intended.
or for
The ingredients are applicable in combination for spreading on
saturating a ready made fabric with a starchy or gelatinous substance for thicken-
ing the compound, and this can be covered by a light fabric pressed into contact
to give an even surface, or by a waterproof material in the case of socks, and
the like.
The compound fabrics according to their preparation, the quantities of
ingredients required, and the uses to which the material has to be applied, render
them specially applicable as absorbents of moisture, warming in action, slightly,
evaporative, and prevent the location of insects and parasites, also house pests.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. An improved compound fabric or material for use as a base in the manufac-
ture of socks, belts, carpet linings, bedding, clothing, furniture, and for other
purposes, consisting of paper pulp or felt mixed with the ingredients herein
specified and with or without a disinfecting or deodorizing agent, substantially
in the manner described.

page_text: 2. An improved compound material consisting of a fabric coated with or
saturated by the ingredients specified, and thickened with a starchy or gelatinous
substance, with or without a covering of a light fabric, as described.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London.
Agent for the said :-
Matthew Wilson and
George William Wood.