Textile Fabrics, Cordage, Ropes, Nets, and similar Materials.
Year: 1886

page_text: Textile Fabrics, Cordage, Ropes, Nets, and similar Materials.
I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of 67, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me
from abroad by The United States Waterproofing Fibre Company (Limited) of
56 South Street, New York, United States of America, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention relates to a method of treating textile fabrics, cordage, ropes,
nets and similar materials with a composition so as to render the same water-proof,
acid-proof, and it consists in treating the fabrics with a composition composed
of certain ingredients as will be hereinafter set forth. The composition which
I employ consists of the following ingredients in the proportion stated, though said
proportions may be varied.
1st formula:
Resin, 100 pounds.
Refined paraffine wax, 100 pounds;
which are thoroughly mixed and incorporated with each other by being heated, and
when liquified by heat they are thoroughly stirred. After the mixture becomes
cool it is thinned by the addition of about 50 pounds of benzine.
The resin and the refined paraffine wax will hold or retain the benzine so as to
prevent the rapid evaporation of this thinning ingredient.
The composition produced by this mixture is of a light amber color and may be
applied to hemp fibres used in the manufacture of ropes without perceptably:
changing its color, so that rope or cordage when manufactured from fibres thus
treated will present to the eye its usual color.
In manufacturing rope or heavy cordage the yarn or fibres may be treated by,
submerging the same in a tank containing the composition.
After the rope is treated it is dried-so as to drive off or evaporate the surplus of
the benzine, and will leave the resin and paraffine wax incorporated in and around
the fibres.
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Rope when it is treated as described will last much longer than the ordinary
rope of commerce, and besides being water-proof and mildew-proof will keep for a
longer time bright and the same will not freeze and become stiff when used in
exposed places.

page_text: For treating fish nets and seinès, with the hereinbefore described composition of
matter I add thereto what is known commercially as "Residuum" which is a
product of mineral oil and is the residue or distillant of the mineral oil after the
benzine or naptha and all the oil has been removed from the crude oil by distillation,
this ingredient will add to the composition a dark tint. To further color the
composition lamp black may be added in suitable proportions.
The composition is one of the best, simplest, cleanest and most satisfactory for
the treatment of linen, cotton or hemp nets, and will preserve the cords and fibres
from decay, and the nets when treated will not stick together or smell unpleasantly.
One gallon of the composition will weigh about seven pounds and is sufficient to
treat from fourteen to twenty pounds of net.
For treating some fabrics I may use instead of the paraffine wax, paraffine oil,
and turpentine may also be employed as a thinning material. It is well known
that resin is insoluble in water, and that paraffine either as a wax or oil is water
repellent and acid proof, hence when they are combined make essentially water
proof composition, and when they are applied to the fabric they impregnate the
fibres thereof so as to impart these qualities to the fabric,
It will be evident that any fabric which is treated with the composition herein
described is rendered acid and water-proof and is made stronger and more durable.
Though the fabric is rendered by the hereindescribed treatment heavier, its
pliability is not impaired, and the composition may be employed for treating all
kinds of woven materials or fabrics, as burlaps, canvass, fish-nets, cords, ropes, bags
for fertilizers, tents, awnings, overalls and similar materials.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st The improved cold, and self-setting water-proofing and preserving composition
for cordage, consisting of resin and paraffine wax assimilated or mixed with each
other and reduced to a proper consistency by a volatile liquid for the purpose set
forth.
2nd A cold-self-setting composition for treating cordage fish nets or fabrics having
as a base, resin and paraffine wax which are assimilated or mixed together,
residuum or distillant and benzine for thinning the same, substantially as and in
the proportions specified.
3rd The improved cold and self-setting composition for treating cordage, fish nets
and fabrics, consisting of resin, paraffine wax, and a thinning liquid to which is
added a residuum or distillant and a coloring material, substantially as set forth.
4th The improved method of treating textile fabrics to render them acid proof,
which consists in saturating and impregnating the fabrics with a composition
consisting principally of resin and paraffine or other mineral oils, which are reduced
to a proper consistency, with a volatile liquid, and in removing the surplus quantity
of the composition from the fabric, for the purpose set forth.
5th A composition for treating textile fabrics, having as a base paraffine oils and
resin assimilated or mixed with each other, substantially as described.
6th An improved textile fabric coated or impregnated with a composition
consisting of paraffine or equivalent mineral oils and resin, substantially as
described.