THE PRODUCTION OF A WATERPROOF FABRIC
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Hirst Hebblethwaite, of Huddersfield, in the
County of York, Wool, Cotton, and Silk Merchant, for the Invention of "THE
PRODUCTION OF A WATERPROOF FABRIC."
Sealed the 26th January 1877, and dated the 27th July 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Hirst Hebblethwaite
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th July 1876.
GEORGE HIRST HEBBLETHWAITE, of Huddersfield, in the County of York, Wool,
Cotton, and Silk Merchant. "THE PRODUCTION OF A WATERPROOF FABRIC."
This Invention consists in producing an unwoven fabric direct from the carding
engine or engines (any number may be used, according to the thickness of the fabric
required) composed of cotton or cotton waste, flax or flax waste, silk noils or silk
waste, made in the process of silk spinning, china grass or any other fibres, separate
or in combination, such fabric being consolidated and made waterproof by the
application of boiled oil, and I may use some size or starch soluble in water or
pitch, tar, resin, or other adhesive substances insoluble in water. I may also apply
pigments and other matters therewith. Such fabrics may be used to substitute
waterproof cloths, waterproof papers, and tarpaulin, now used in packing goods
for export, as a covering for damp walls and wood partitions previous to papering,
as a card cloth, or a foundation for cards, and for other purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed by
the said George Hirst Hebblethwaite in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th January 1877.
GEORGE HIRST HEBBLETHWAITE, of Huddersfield, in the County of York, Wool,
Cotton, and Silk Merchant. "THE PRODUCTION OF A WATERPROOF FABRIC."
This Invention consists in producing an unwoven fabric direct from the carding
engine or engines, composed of cotton or cotton waste, flax or flax waste, jute or
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page_text: jute waste, silk noils, or any kind of silk waste, made in the process of silk spinning
or any other fibre, or any of such separate or in combination, such fabric being
consolidated by passing it through "starch" or any other size or gum soluble in
water, or pressing it into the fabric by "squeezing it in between rollers," or I may
use pitch, tar, or any adhesive substance insoluble in water either by passing it
through or squeezing it in between rollers. I may use pigments and other matters
in combination therewith, after which it must be dried. I then make the fabric
waterproof by passing it through boiled oil or varnish or squeeze the same into it
between rollers.
I may make the fabric waterproof by applying the boiled oil or varnish to one
side only and sticking paper upon it, or applying the boiled oil or varnish to one
side of the paper and sticking the fabric upon it by passing between rollers, thus
consolidating the whole and making it waterproof. This waterproof fabric may bo
used to substitute the waterproof cloths, waterproof papers, and tarpaulin, now
used in packing goods for export, as a covering for damp walls and wood par-
titions previous to papering, and for other purposes.
Having now described the nature of my Invention and the manner of putting
the same into practice, I would have it understood, that what I believe to be new
and therefore claim as my Invention is the production of a waterproof fabric in the
manner and for the purposes herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Hirst Hebblethwaite, have hereunto
set my hand and scal, this Twenty-third day of January, in the year of our
Lord Ouo thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
Witness,
A. B. CROSSLEY,
Clerk to W. Tasker,
Patent Agent,
Halifax,
GEORGE HIRST HIBBLETHWAITE. (LS.)