IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUC- TION OF COMPOUNDS CONTAINING COLLODION OR SUBSTITUTES FOR COLLODION, AND IN THE APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME, AND IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN SUCH APPLICATIONS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Freeman Jack, of Mark Lane, in the City of
London, Accountant, and Frederick Greening, of Southall, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUC-
TION OF COMPOUNDS CONTAINING COLLODION OR SUBSTITUTES FOR COLLODION,
AND IN THE APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME, AND IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED
IN SUCH APPLICATIONS."
Sealed the 19th August 1879, and dated the 22nd February 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Freeman Jack and
Frederick Greening at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd
February 1879.
WILLIAM FREEMAN JACK, of Mark Lane, in the City of London, Accountant,
and FREDERICK GREENING, of Southall, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS CONTAINING COLLODION,
OR SUBSTITUTES FOR COLLODION, AND IN THE APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME, AND
IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN SUCH APPLICATIONS."
Our Invention relates to materials or compounds available as cheap, durable, and
reliable substitutes for collodion prepared by the usual well known but expensive
method in sealing and capsuling bottles, and for other purposes.
In carrying out our Invention in the production of the said materials or com-
pounds, we employ fibre so prepared as to be soluble in alcohol or hydrocarbon oils,
either from coal or wood, or mixtures of the same, and we form a solution of the
fibre therein either by itself or in conjunction with oils, gums, resins, baryta, bone
dust, lead, or other animal, vegetable, mineral, or metallic substances which will
combine with the same, and any colours requisite to produce the desired effect,
either singly or by a mixture of two or more of them.
This solution we make of such a consistency as to be capable of being formed
into tissues or sheets of any desired thickness by passing it through rollers, pressing
it, spreading it upon a fabric, glass, or other material, or by any other means of
producing such tissues or sheets.
When the material is intended to be employed for the purposes of capsuling, we
leave it in such a state as to admit of its being readily used in covering the bottle
or vessel, it being cut to the desired size and applied to the bottle or vessel by any
usual or suitable mode of fixing capsules. By its contractile power it attaches itself
[Price 4d1

page_text: firmly to the vessel and hermetically seals it. This covering, if desired, we impress
with a seal or die, and may cover the same with a transparent solution of the
improved material.
We also use the same solution and compounds either warm or cold, for application
to corks, bottles, and other vessels, as well as metals, wood, fabrics, leather, and
any other material, either by dipping or by the application by a brush or other
appliance, and by this means form a coating over the whole or part of any desired
thickness impervious to moisture, and in the case of any description of vessel,
hermetically sealing the same.
We also cover the whole or parts of corks with this solution, and stamp or seal
the same by any suitable method before they are driven into the bottles or vessels,
the covering being of such an elastic nature as not to crack or break in the process
of corking; &, as in the case of capsuling, if desired, we cover the cork or the
cork and the neck or any larger or smaller portion of the bottle or vessel with a
transparent solution of the improved material.
We also use the improved material for covering telegraph wires and cables, so as
to prevent the decay of the substances of which they are composed, and for coating
metal or other pipes for preventing loss of heat, and for stopping any escape from
the joints. By applying it to the inside we prevent corrosion, and form a surface
which will not affect liquids.
We also use the improved material to form a grease proof band for hats and for
other like purposes, either by application to the body of the hat (for example), or
to any fabric used in its manufacture or applied separately.
We also use this material for covering or dressing wounds, either in its liquid or
tissue state, also as a coating or covering for other purposes, and in the manufacture
of any vessels, ornaments, or other articles to which it is applicable.
In applying the improved material to bottles or other vessels according to some
of the methods herein before referred to, a cylinder may be employed into which the
said material in the form of dough is introduced, provision being made when
necessary, either by hot water circulation or otherwise, for the heating of the
contents of such cylinder.
At a suitable point in this cylinder a perforation or nozzle and dies are made or
provided for the reception of the neck of the bottle (for example), which is placed
therein so that the contents of the cylinder may have access to it; and in the bore
of the cylinder is fitted a piston or plunger, by the act of operating which a portion
of the material is forced through the said dies and perforation or nozzle on to the
bottle or other article to be covered. Or we may force the said material from the
cylinder through a nozzle direct on to the bottle or other article to be covered.
These apparatus or means may also be used for applying other plastic materials
to bottles or other articles or surfaces to be covered.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Freeman Jack and Frederick Greening in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 21st August 1879.
WILLIAM FREEMAN JACK, of Mark Lane, in the City of London, Accountant,
and FREDERICK GREENING, of Southall, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS CONTAINING COLLODION,
OR SUBSTITUTES FOR COLLODION, AND IN THE APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME, AND
IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN SUCH APPLICATIONS."
Our Invention relates to materials or compounds available, as cheap, durable, and
reliable substitutes for collodion prepared by the usual well known but expensive
method in sealing and capsuling bottles and for other purposes.
In carrying out our Invention in the production of the said materials or com-
pounds, we employ fibre so prepared as to be soluble in alcohol or hydrocarbon oils,
either from coal or wood, or mixtures of the same, and we form a solution of the
fibre therein, either by itself or in conjunction with oils, gums, resins, baryta, bone
dust, lead, or other animal, vegetable, mineral, or metallic substances which will
combine with the same, and any colours requisite to produce the desired effect
either singly or by a mixture of two or more of them.
This solution we make of such a consistency as to be capable of being formed
into tissues or sheets of any desired thickness, by passing it thro' rollers, pressing
it, spreading it upon a fabric, glass, or other material, or by any other means of
producing such tissues of sheets.
When the material is intended to be employed for the purposes of capsuling, we
leave it in such a state as to admit of its being readily used in covering the bottle
or vessel, it being cut to the desired size and applied to the bottle or vessel by any
usual or suitable mode of fixing, capsules. By its contractile power, it attaches
itself firmly to the vessel and hermetically seals it. This covering, if desired, wo
impress with a seal or die, and may cover the same with a transparent solution of
the improved material.
We also use the same solution and compounds, either warm or cold, for applica-
tion to corks, bottles, and other vessels, as well as metals, wood, fabrics, leather, and
any other material, either by dipping or by the application by a brush or other
appliance, and by this means form a coating over the whole or part of any desired
thickness impervious to moisture, and in the case of any description of vessel
hermetically sealing the same.
We also cover the whole or parts of corks with this solution, and stamp or seal
the same by any suitable method before they are driven into the bottles or vessels,
the covering being of such an elastic nature as not to crack or break in the process
of corking, and as in the case of capsuling if desired, we cover the cork, or the cork
and the neck, or any larger or smaller portion of the bottle or vessel with a
transparent solution of the improved material.
We also use the improved material for covering telegraph wires and cables so as
to prevent the decay of the substances of which they are composed, and for coating
metal or other pipes for preventing loss of heat, and for stopping any escape from
the joints. By applying it to the inside we prevent corrosion, and form a surface
which will not affect liquids.
We also use the improved material to form a grease proof band for hats and for
other like purposes, either by application to the body of the hat (for example), or to
any fabric used in its manufacture, or applied separately.
We also use the material for covering or dressing wounds, either in its liquid or
tissue state, also as a coating or covering for other purposes, and in the manufacture
of any vessels, ornaments, or other articles to which it is applicable.
In applying the improved material to bottles or other vessels according to some
of the methods heroinbefore referred to, a cylinder may be employed into which the
said material in the form of dough is introduced, provision being made when

page_text: necessary, either by hot water circulation or otherwise, for the heating of the
contents of such cylinder. At a suitable point in this cylinder a perforation or
nozzle and dies are made or provided for the reception of the neck of the bottle
(for example), which is placed therein so that the contents of the cylinder may
have access to it; and in the bore of the cylinder is fitted a piston or plunger by
the act of operating which a portion of the material is forced thro' the said dies
and perforation or nozzle on to the bottle or other article to be covered. Or we
may force the said material from the cylinder through a nozzle direct on to the
bottle or other article to be covered.
These apparatus or means may also be used for applying other plastic materials
to bottles or other articles or surfaces to be covered.
We claim as our Invention the employment of fibre dissolved in alcohol and
hydrocarbon oils, either alone or in any combination of them, as a solution, either
alone or in combination with gums and other substances for hermetically sealing
.bottles, jars, and other vessels, as well as rendering other articles and materials
"waterproof, and the using of the same materials in the form of sheets, tissues, or
capsules for covering bottles and other vessels.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Freeman Jack and Frederick
Greening, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty first day of
August, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy
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