IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARD CLOTH USED FOR CARDING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Daniel Bateman, of Low Moor, near Bradford, in
the County of York, Card Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARD CLOTH USED FOR CARDING WOOL AND
OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 6th January 1868, and dated the 12th July 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Daniel. Bateman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
July 1862.
I, DANIEL BATEMAN, of Low Moor, near Bradford, in the County of York,
Card Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARD CLOTH USED FOR CARDING WOOL
AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of an improved manufacture of "card cloth," used
in engines for carding cotton, wool, or other substances, whereby greater
efficiency and durability are obtained than by the cards at present in use.
I propose to make card cloth of an admixture of linen and wool, the warp
being linen and the weft of wool, or of woollen felt or woollen cloth, or a

page_text: mixture of cotton, woollen, or linen cloth; and I propose to treat the front
surface of the card cloth with a composition which shall be impervious to the
action or influence of oils or grease. I prefer to use a mixture of one gallon
of boiled linseed oil, four to six pounds of rice flour, half a pound of common
glue, marine or other waterproof glue, and two pounds of gum, with which
I treat or coat the front or both surfaces of the card cloth, and fix thereto a
covering of waterproof enamelled cloth, composed of cotton or linen cloth
with the surface prepared with a mixture of one gallon of boiled linseed oil
and one pound of lampblack for the first coats, and with boiled oil and yellow
ochre or other metallic or mineral powder for the finishing coats and to give
it the color required, so as to form a perfectly pliable. and uniform surface.
A great advantage will accrue from the adoption of these cards over those
manufactured from materials containing or treated with india-rubber, which
rot or decay by the action or influence of the oil or grease from the machinery,
or tho oil from the material to be carded..
SPECIFICATION. in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Daniel Bateman in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th January 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, .I, DANIEL
BATEMAN, of Low Moor, near Bradford, in the County of York, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Daniel Bateman, Her special licence, that I, the said Daniel Bateman,
my exccutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Daniel Bateman, 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 MANUFACTURE OF CARD CLOTH USED FOR CARDING WOOL
AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,

page_text: the said Daniel Bateman, 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 Daniel Bateman, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My said Invention consists of an improved manufacture of "card cloth,"
used for carding cotton, wool, or other substances, whereby greater efficiency
and durability are obtained than by the cards at present in use. I make card
cloth of an admixture of linen and wool, the warp being linen and the weft of
wool, or of woollen felt or woollen cloth, or a mixture of cotton, linen, or
woollen cloth; and I treat the front surface of the card cloth with a com-
position which is impervious to the action or influence of oils or grease. I
use a mixture of one gallon of boiled linseed oil, four to six pounds of rice
flour, half a pound of common glue, marine or other waterproof glue, and two
pounds of gum, with which I treat or coat the front or both surfaces of the
card cloth, and fix thereto a covering of waterproof enamelled cloth, com-
posed of cotton or linen cloth with the surface prepared with a mixture of
one gallon of boiled linseed oil and one pound of lampblack for the first coats,
and with boiled oil and yellow ochre or other metallic or mineral powder for
the finishing coats and to give it the color required, so as to form a perfectly
pliable and uniform surface. A great advantage will be obtained by the
adoption of these cards in comparison with those manufactured from materials
containing or treated with india-rubber, which rot or decay by the action or
influence of the oil or grease from the machinery, or the oil from the material
to be carded.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would remark, in conclusion, that I do
not limit or restrict myself to the exact details and proportions of ingredients
herein stated, as the same may be varied or modified according to circum-
stances, without in any way departing from my Invention; but what I claim
and desire to be secured to me by the herein in part recited Letters Patent
are, the improved means of manufacturing card cloth to be used for carding
wool and other fibrous substances by the use of linen, wool, or felt, or an

page_text: admixturo of cotton, woollen, or linen cloth, treated with the compositions
hercin specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Daniel Bateman, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Witness,
WILLIAM WRIGHT,
ted nih
Wibsey, n Bradford, Yorks.
Dec. 30th, 1862.
DANIEL BATEMAN.. (L.S.)