NEW OR IMPROVED MODES OF ORNAMENTING KAMPAKAON, LINOLEUM, KAMPTULICON, ENAMELLED INDIA-RUBBER, FLOOR CLOTHS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Longbottom, of the Belgrave Foundry, Leeds,
in the West Riding of the County of York, Engineer, for the Invention
of "NEW OR IMPROVED MODES OF ORNAMENTING KAMPAKAON, LINOLEUM,
KAMPTULICON, ENAMELLED INDIA-RUBBER, FLOOR CLOTHS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES."
Sealed the 19th February 1867, and dated the 22nd August 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Longbottom at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd
August 1866.
I, JOHN LONGBOTTOM, of the Belgrave Foundry, Leeds, in the West Riding
of the County of York, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
Invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED MODES OF ORNAMENTING KAMPAKAON, LINOLEUM,
KAMPTULICON,
ENAMELLED INDIA-RUBBER, FLOOR CLOTHS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to new or improved methods of ornamenting various
articles known under the name of linoleum, kamptulicon, kampakaon (which
is an article made from peat, turf, or. fibrous bog soil with the aid of some
adhesive or binding material), enamelled india-rubber, floor cloths, and other
similar articles. One method consists in the application of small fibres
specially prepared for the purpose from old or waste silk, woollen, worsted, or
cotton goods, including clothes and listings, and also hair and the blowings or
Pri

page_text: material resulting from the tearing of woollen goods. These articles may be
prepared for the intended purpose by the use of spiral knives fixed on rollers
or cylinders, named "Louis" cropping machines," or spiral perpetual machines,
or by other suitable machines. The article to be ornamented is then smeared
or stamped with an adhesive material formed from the combination of india-
rubber, coal tar, and shell lac described in the Specification under Letters
Patent granted to me and to Abram Longbottom, bearing date the 5th day of
July 1865, or with any other suitable adhesive matter, and the before-
mentioned materials reduced to a state of fine division are then applied to the
articles to be ornamented, either by passing such articles through a quantity
of the same or by any other suitable mode of application. The kampakaon,
linoleum, or other article will thus receive a certain amount of the fine
fibrous materials which will firmly adhere thereto when the adhesive com-
pound has dried. If the adhesive material is applied so as to form patterns
a great variety of ornamental designs may be given to the articles before
mentioned.
Another mode of ornamenting these articles is by cutting silk, woollen,
cotton, or other fabrics into patterns, then smearing one side of such patterns
with the adhesive material, and finally applying them to the articles to be
ornamented. In other cases I propose to mix the material to be applied
when in a state of fine division with the adhesive material, and then applying
the mixture to the article to be ornamented. In most cases I propose to
pass the article between rollers after it has been treated by any of the
methods before described, so as to facilitate the adhesion and give a better
appearance to the finished goods.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Longbottom in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th February 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
LONGBOTTOM, of the Belgrave Foundry, Leeds, in the West Riding of the
County of York, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Longbottom, Her special license that I, the said John Long-:

page_text: bottom, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such. others as I, the
said John Longbottom, 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
"NEW OR IMPROVED MODES OF ORNAMENTING KAMPAKAON, LINOLEUM, KAMP-
TULICON. ENAMELLED INDIA-RUBBER. FLOOR CLOTHS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Longbottom, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 John Longbottom, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularlydescribed and ascertained in and bythe following
statement, that is to say:-
My said Invention relates to new or improved methods of ornamenting
various articles known under the name of linoleum,kamptulicon,kampakaon,
(which is an article' made from peat, turf, or fibrous bog soil with the aid of
some adhesive or binding material), enamelled india-rubber, floor cloths, and
other similar articles. One method consists in the application of small fibres
specially prepared for the purpose from old or waste silk, woollen, worsted, or
cotton goods, including cloths and listings, and also hair or down and the
blowings or material resulting from the tearing of woollen goods. The
flockings of fibrous materials above referred to may be prepared for the
intended purpose by the use of spiral knives on rollers or cylinders, named
"Lewis cropping machines," or spiral "perpetual machines," or by other
suitable machines. I also propose to use minerals in their natural state
or calcined, and reduced to a fine state of division; also metal, bronze, and
vegetable colors for ornamenting the said goods. The article to be orna-
mented is to be smeared or stamped with an adhesive material formed from
the combination of india-rubber, coal tar, and shell lac described in the
Specification under Letters Patent granted to me and to Abram Longbottom,
Learing date the Fifth day of JulyOne thousand eight hundred and sixty-five,
No. 1775, or with any other suitable adhesive matter, and the before-
mentioned materials reduced to a state of fine division are then applied to the
articles to be ornamented either bypassing such articles through a quantityot

page_text: the same or by any other suitable mode of application. The kampakaon,
linoleum, or other article will thus receive a certain amount of the fine fibrous
materials, which will firmly adhere thereto when the adhesive compound has
dried. If the adhesive material is applied so as to form patterns a great
variety of ornamental designs may be given to the articles before mentioned.
Another mode of ornamenting these articles is by cutting silk, woollen,
-cotton, or other fabrics into patterns, then smearing one side of such patterns
with the adhesive material, and finally applying them to the articles to be
ornamented. In other cases I propose to mix the material to be applied
when in a state of fine division with the adhesive material, and then applying
.the mixture to the article to be ornamented. In most cases I propose to pass
the article between rollers after it has been treated by any of the methods
before described, so as to facilitate the adhesion and give a better appearance
to the finished goods.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and
original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein;
before, in part recited Letters Patent is, the peculiar modes or methods of
ornamenting kampakaon, linoleum, kamptulicon, enamelled india-rubber,
floor cloths, and other similar articles, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Longbottom, have to this -my
Specification hereto set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of
February, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.