IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF * LEATHERETTE OR ARTIFICIAL LEATHER.
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur Wallace Pope, of Boston, in the State
of Massachusetts, in the United States of America, but at present
of 23, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF
* LEATHERETTE OR ARTIFICIAL LEATHER.
Sealed the 18th February 1876, and dated the 8th December 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur Wallace Pope
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 8th December 1875.
I, ARTHUR WALLACE POPE, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts,
in the United States of America, but at present of 23, Southampton
Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT
OF LEATHERETTE' OR ARTIFICIAL LEATHER," to be as follows :—
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The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture or
treatment of "leatherette or artificial leather in order to give it a
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greater resemblance to real leather. For this purpose I apply to the back
of leatherette or artificial leather a coating of flock of wool, hair,
cotton, silk, or other suitable material, by cementing and applying the
same either directly to the inner surface of the "leatherette
or artificial
leather, or by and through the interposition of cloth, paper, or other
sheet material secured to the "leatherette " or artificial leather.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Arthur Wallace Pope in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 6th June 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ARTHUR
WALLACE POPE, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, in the United
States of America, but at present of 23, Southampton Buildings, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of December, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Arthur Wallace Pope,
Her special license, that I, the said Arthur Wallace Pope, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Arthur
Wallace Pope, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF
* LEATHERETTE OR ARTIFICIAL LEATHER," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Arthur Wallace Pope, my executors or admini-
strators, 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 sanie was to be per-
formed, 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.
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page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Arthur Wallace Pope, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say:-
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The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture or
treatment of "leatherette" or artificial leather in order to give it a
greater resemblance to real leather, and relates more especially to that
class of imitation leather which is formed of paper. For this purpose I
apply to the back of "leatherette or artificial leather a coating of flock
of wool, hair, cotton, silk, or other suitable fibrous material, by
cementing and applying the same either directly to the inner surface of
the "leatherette " or artificial leather, or by and through the inter-
position of cloth, paper, or other suitable sheet material sufficiently
flexible for the purpose, and secured to the "leatherette or artificial
leather by any suitable cement.
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The flock is applied and cemented on the back of the "leatherette
or artificial leather in the manner usually adopted in making flock,
paper, and the flock may be applied to the cloth or other interposed
material either before or after the latter has been cemented to the back
of the "leatherette" or artificial leather. I prefer to secure the flock
to the "leatherette" or artificial leather by means of a flexible water-
proof cement or varnish.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the mode
in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that
what I claim is, applying a coating of flock of wool, hair, cotton, silk,
or other suitable fibrous material to "leatherette" or artificial leather,
substantially as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Arthur Wallace Pope, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of May, in the year