AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF SUBSTANCES TO BE USED AS FLOOR COVERINGS AND FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES FROM PAPER PULP, SPONGE, AND OTHER LIKE MATERIALS
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF SUBSTANCES TO BE USED
AS FLOOR COVERINGS AND FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES FROM PAPER PULP, SPONGE,
AND OTHER LIKE MATERIALS."-A Communication from abroad by John
Langdon Kendall, of Foxboro', Massachusetts, United States of
America.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 24th February 1874, pursuant to the 9th
Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 24th February 1874, pursuant to the 9th
Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
Declaration, on the 24vn rebruary 101, pursuant to the n
Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.

page_text: petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have made
solemn Declaration that it has been communicated to me from abroad
by John Langdon Kendall, of Foxboro', Massachusetts, United States of
America.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention relates to further improvements upon the "Improved
Elastic Material and Method of Manufacturing the same for Stuffing
Mattresses, Sofas, and Chairs, and for other like Purposes," for which
Letters Patent were granted to me, dated 14th September, A.D. 1872,
No. 2740.
The purpose of this Invention is to render the said material or manu-
facture firm, close, and compact, without detracting materially from its
pliability, and thus to adapt it for use more especially as a substitute for
the ordinary oilcloth, carpeting, table mats, and the like.
According to the said Invention the paper pulp, sponge, and other
materials manufactured in a sheet form in the manner described in the
Specification of the aforesaid Letters Patent, is first thoroughly saturated
with linseed oil and then subjected to pressure, by placing it in a suitable
press or by passing it between pressure rolls or otherwise to express
therefrom the excess of oil, and compress the manufactured sheet of
paper pulp and sponge into a compact, close, and firm thickness. The
sheet thus prepared with oil is then painted, printed, or stencilled, or
otherwise ornamented, so as to be suitable for use as oilcloth or carpeting
or for table mats and similar articles.
The preparation of the manufacture from paper pulp, sponge, and other
materials with linseed oil as above stated, not only prevents the con-
tinuity of the sheet from being broken when subjected to pressure to
compress it in thickness, but also gives body and firmness, which are
requisite and essential for it when used as oilcloth or carpeting and for
similar purposes.

page_text: Linseed oil is the best oil to employ, but it is not intended to limit this
Invention to the use of that oil as others may be employed and the same
result obtained.
Litharge may be mixed with the oil if desired, but it is not necessary,
and the prepared manufacture from paper pulp, sponge, and the like
herein described, may be used for sheathing and for other like purposes.
By the preparation above described it is intended more especially to
adapt the said manufacture from paper pulp, sponge, and other materials
for use as a substitute for the ordinary oilcloth carpetings.
Having thus fully described the said Invention, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the
same, I wish it understood that I claim, the manufactured paper pulp,
sponge, and other materials herein described, treated with linseed oil or
its equivalent, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of February,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four
Witness,
JA.. EDWARDS,
8, Southampton Buildings,
London.
W. ROBT. LAKE. (L.S.)