Improvements in and relating to Textile and Woven Bands and Belts.
Year: 1887

page_text: COMPLETE DIECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Textile and Woven Bands
and Belts.
I, SAMUEL OGDEN of 7 Meal Street Manchester Merchant and Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, 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 textile and woven bands and belts employed in driving
machinery and for traction haulage and analogous purposes, and it has for its object
to render such bands and belts more durable and incapable of being prejudicially
affected by moisture, water, and atmospheric exposure.
These Improvements consist in saturating, coating painting, enamelling or otherwise
similarly treating the bands and belts with the hereinafter described or similar
compounds.
First the band or belt may be painted, coated or saturated with a wax compound;
second with a siccative compound and third with an enamelling compound.
The wax compound consists of bees wax with which there may be intimately
mixed, while the wax is in a molten condition, sufficient plumbago to form a working
paste when the compound is applied hot. With or instead of bees' wax, paraffin,
ozokerit, or vegetable wax or a mixture of them may be employed and the hardness
of the compound may be increased by the addition of hard vegetable wax or ozokerit
or be reduced by the addition of vaseline or heavy mineral oil. This compound is
applied hot and preferably while the band or belt is at a similar temperature and may
be limited to the edges of the band or belt.
The siccative compound consists of

page_text: may be varied within considerable limits but the hereinbefore given proportions are
suitable for my ordinary purposes and practice. This compound should be allowed
to become dry before the application of the enamelling compound.
The enamelling compound consists of
Prussian Blue ground or intimately mixed and boiled with a sufficient quantity
of raw linseed oil to form a paste.
After the application of the enamelling compound the bands or belts should be dried
by artificial means.
When the band or belt has to be used in sheltered positions the third or enamelling
stage may be omitted and when it is used in enclosed buildings both the second and
the third stages may be omitted. If the band or helt is to be ultimately used in short
lengths for traces and for other tractive or haulage purposes I prefer to cut it into
such lengths before treatment by the second and third processes. If the fully
enamelled surface becomes dull in consequence of exposure the gloss may be restored
by dry rubbing with a soft cloth or leather.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
(1) The preparation and treatment of textile and woven bands and belts consisting
1st in the application of wax or of a wax compound; 2nd, in the application of a
siccative compound and 3rd, in the application of an enamelling compound: substan-
tially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
;
the
(2) In the preparation and treatment of textile and woven bands and belts
application of a wax or of a wax compound; substantially as hereinbefore described.
(3) In the preparation and treatment of textile and woven bands and belts, the
application of wax or a wax compound in combination with a subsequently applied
siccative compound substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
(4) In the preparation and treatment of textile and woven bands and belts; the
application of an enamelling compound consisting of Prussian Blue and linseed oil,
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
Dated this 7th day of November & D 1887
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.