ROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLOORS OF SKATING RINKS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Moseley, of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, India-rubber Manufacturer, for the Invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLOORS OF SKATING RINKS.”
Sealed the 20th December 1875, and dated the 25th October 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Moseley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th October 1875.
I, CHARLES MOSELEY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
India-rubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLOORS OF SKATING
RINKS," to be as follows:-
The floors of skating rinks are generally made of asphalte or other
similar composition. Such floors are objectionable owing to the noise
and dust produced by the friction of the roller skates against the floor.
Now my Invention consists in so constructing the floors of skating
rinks that the above imperfections are removed.

page_text: In performing my Invention I prepare a smooth, level, hard surface
of wood, asphalte, or any other suitable material, and I cover the surface
so prepared with a coating or layer of vulcanized india-rubber, or of any
suitable preparation or compound of india-rubber. The said coating or
layer may be cemented to the surface or laid on in slabs or sheets.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Moseley in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 25th April 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
MOSELEY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, India-rubber 1
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Charles Moseley, Her
special licence that I, the said Charles Moseley, my executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Moseley,
my 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 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLOORS OF SKATING RINKS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles Moseley,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of 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 I, the said Charles Moseley, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is

page_text: to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say) :-
The floors of skating rinks are generally made of asphalte or other
similar composition, such floors are objectionable owing to the noise and
dust produced by the friction of the roller skates against the floor.
Now my Invention consists in so constructing the floors of skating rinks
that the above imperfections are removed.
In performing my Invention I prepare a smooth, level, hard surface
of wood, asphalte, or any other suitable material, and I cover the surface
so prepared with a coating or layer of vulcanized india-rubber, or of any
suitable preparation or compound of india-rubber. The said coating or
layer may be cemented to the surface or laid on in slabs or sheets, or the
surface of the floor may consist of a layer of felted or woven fabric
saturated or coated with elastic or non-elastic india-rubber, or the india-
rubber or any suitable preparation or compound of india-rubber may be
used as a cushion or elastic medium placed under a hard or more rigid
surface.
Having thus stated the nature and particulars of my Invention I
declare that I claim the application of india-rubber or any suitable
preparation or compound of india-rubber in the construction of the floors
of skating rinks for the purposes described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Moseley, have hereto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of April, One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six.