AN IMPROVED MODE OF PACKING BALES OF COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Sam Mendel, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MODE OF
PACKING BALES OF COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS."
Scaled the 7th February 1873, and dated the 10th December 1872.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Sam Mendel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th December 1872.
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I, SAM MENDEL, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
MODE OF PACKING BALES OF COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS," to be as follows:
The object of this Invention is to prevent mildew in fabrics that aro
packed in bales and shipped to foreign parts; and my Invention consists
in first covering the bale of fabrics with a soft porous fabric known as
Osnaburg or sponge cloth, or other equivalent of any colour, then with
strong paper, then with a waterproof packing consisting of canvas

page_text: saturated with tar and lined with paper, then with ordinary waterproof
tarpauling, and finally with strong canvas. The bales are pressed by
hydraulic power and secured by metal or other bands as usual.
The soft porous fabric forming the first cover of the bale is to absorb
the moisture that might be contained in the fabric packed, and which
in long voyages in hot climates is liable to be given off and cause
mildew.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Sam Mendel in the Great Seal Patent Office, on
the 2nd June 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAM MENDEL,
of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-sixth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Sam Mendel, Her special licence that I, the
said Sam Mendel, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Sam Mendel, 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 "AN IMPROVED MODE OF PACKING BALES OF
COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Sam Mendel, 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 Sam Mendel, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is

page_text: to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (that is to say) :—
The object of this Invention is to prevent mildew in fabrics that are
packed in bales and shipped to foreign parts, and it consists in first
covering the bale of fabrics with a soft porous fabric known as Osnaburg
or sponge cloth, or other equivalent of any colour, then with two strong
papers, then with double waterproof packing consisting of canvas
saturated with tar and lined with paper, and finally with strong canvas.
The bales are pressed by hydraulic power and secured by metal or other
bands as usual.
And in order that my Invention may be more fully understood I will
proceed to describe the mode of operation.
I first take a piece of strong striped canvas and place it on the
follower of the press; then I put on the canvas two pieces of waterproof
packing consisting of canvas saturated with tar and lined with paper;
then sheets of strong paper; and then a piece of Osnaburg or sponge
cloth, or other soft porous fabric of any colour. The pieces of fabric to
be packed are then piled up on the follower of the press, and then a
similar set of pieces of Osnaburg or other soft porous fabric, strong
papers, double waterproof packing and striped canvas is placed on the
pile of fabrics, the press is then set to work and when the pile of fabrics
is compressed to the required degree, the ends and sides of the bale are
surrounded first with a wrapper of Osnaburg or other soft porous fabric;
then with strong papers; then with double waterproof packing; and
lastly with striped canvas. The bale is then completed by overlapping
the wrappers and the whole is secured by metal bands or cords as usual.
The soft porous fabric forming the first cover of the bale is to absorb
the moisture that might be contained in the fabrics packed, and which
in long voyages in hot climates is liable to be given off and cause
mildew.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention and described the
manner of performing the same, I wish to remark that I do not limit
myself to the details given, as the number of layers of paper, waterproof
packing, tarpauling, and canvas may be varied, and I claim the use of a
wrapper or wrappers of the soft porous fabric known as Osnaburg or

page_text: sponge cloth, or other equivalent in packing bales of cotton and other
fabrics to absorb the moisture, and thereby to prevent mildew aš
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Sam Mendel, have hereto set
my hand and scal, this Thirtieth day of May One thousand eight 5
hundred and seventy-three.