Improved Manufacture of Oiled Clothing.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th July,- 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Manufacture of Oiled Clothing.
I, CHARLES STANNARD TOOKE, of 114, High Street, Lowestoft, Oil Clothing
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of waterproof garments which is generally
used by fishermen, sailors and the like. These goods are usually made as
follows:-
The articles of clothing are made usually in calico soaked and coated with
various coats of boiled and raw oils and the objection to them is that they are stiff,
sticky, and the coating of oil is more or less liable to crack. By my improved
method of treating the articles I find that I can get over these drawbacks..
In carrying out my invention I take the articles as made genorally in calico aud
before treating with the oil 1 steep and thoroughly soak them in a solution
produced preferably by boiling cutch in water or sometimes by pouring boiling
water on to cutch; the strength of the solution being varied if required according
to the quality of the goods. The goods are preferably left for several hours in this
solution and the effect produced is that the fullers earth and other materials
(dressing) with which the material is loaded are removed and the calico itself
rendered soft and pliable and the fibres drawn closer together by the action of the
cutch so that less oil will be absorbed and a better article altogether produced.
After the treatment with the cutch the application of the oil may be followed in
the ordinary manner but I generally prefer before applying the oil and after the
treatment of the cutch to rinse the garments thoroughly in cold water to which if
desired a little salt may be added. After this the treatment with the oil proceeds
in the ordinary manner the garments being treated with the oil by a brush or the
like and folded up so that the oil may thoroughly penetrate into the fibres. After
this the usual inside and outside coats may be applied in the ordinary manner.
Dated this 7th day of July 1891.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the. Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Manufacture of Oiled Clothing.
I, CHARLES STANNARD TOOKE, of 114 High Street, Lowestoft, Oil Clothing
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 that class of waterproof garments which is generally
used by fishermen, sailors and the like. These goods are usually made as
follows:-
The articles of clothing are made usually in calico soaked and coated with
various coats of boiled and raw oils and the objection to them is that they are
stiff, sticky and the coating of oil' is more or less liable to crack. By my improved
method of treating the articles I find that I can get over these drawbacks.
In carrying out my invention I take the articles as made generally of calico and
before treating with the oil I steep and thoroughly soak them in a solution
produced preferably by boiling cutch in water or sometimes by pouring boiling
water on to cutch the strength of the solution being varied if required according
to the quality of the goods, calico with much dressing requiring more treatment,
Prindl

page_text: that is stronger solution of cutch longer steeping therein and a more thorough
rinsing, with the articles used than the purer class of calicoes. The goods are
preferably left for several hours in the solution and the effect produced is that the
fullers carth and other materials (dressing) with which the fabric is loaded and which
prevent the oil penetrating it are removed and the fabric itself rendered soft and
pliable and the fibres drawn closer together by the action of the cutch so that
less oil will be absorbed but at the same time making the garment more waterproof
durable and pliable.
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After the treatment with the cutch I take the articles and rinse them thoroughly
in cold soft water in which I place say 1lb. of alum and 31 lbs. of common coarse
salt dissolved in 1 gallon of boiling water to about every fifteen or twenty gallons
of the soft water. After the rinsing the garments are thoroughly dried and if it is
not convenient at the time to dress them with oil, they may be folded up and packed
away for any reasonable length of time without becoming mildewed as would be the
case with ordinary calico.
After this the treatment with the oil proceeds in the ordinary manner, the
garments being treated with the oil by a brush or the like and folded up so that
the oil may thoroughly penetrate into the fibres.
After this the usual inside and outside conts may be applied in the ordinary
manner.
By using a sufficiently strong solution of cutch I can make garments almost as
dark as and fit to be used in the place of the usual black oil clothing without
resorting to the use of lamp black and other substances which are used to make
black oil clothing and which prevent the oil from penetrating into the calico.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In the manufacture of oiled clothing soaking the articles in a solution of cutch
before they are dressed and finished with oil.
2. The process of manufacturing oiled clothing by soaking in a solution of cutch
rinsing dressing and finishing with oil substantially as described.,
Dated this 14th day of March 1892.
CHARLES STANNARD TOOKE.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.
CHARLES STANNARD TOOKE.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.