IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TARPAULIN
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Illius Augustus Timmis, of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF TARPAULIN."
Sealed the 29th November 1872, and dated the 5th June 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Illius Augustus Timmis
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 5th June 1872.
I, ILLIUS AUGUSTUS TIMMIS, of Manchester, in the County of Lan-
caster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TARPAULIN," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of tarpaulin such as is
used for packing bales of manufactured goods and for other similar
purposes, and the object of the Invention is to protect the goods from
injury by the tar by coating the tarpaulin on one or both sides with a
material that imparts to it a clean, soft, and dry surface, without in any
way altering its pliability or waterproof quality.

page_text: The materials which I propose to employ for this purpose are carded
cotton or wool, cotton or woollen waste, mungo," shoddy," or other
suitable fibrous material or mixture of materials in a loose or fleecy
state, that is, before they have been either spun or woven.
The fibrous material must be applied to the surface or surfaces of the
tarpaulin under pressure whilst the tar is in a sticky or adhesive state,
and if distributed evenly will be found to adhere to the whole surface
and most effectually cover the tar and prevent it from soiling or
otherwise injuring any goods with which it may come in contact.
The fibrous material may be applied to the tarpaulin in a variety of
ways, but I find the most convenient and economical way is to apply it
in the form of a thin filmy sheet or fleece as it proceeds from a
" scutcher
lap machine" or "scribbling engine," by running the said sheet or
fleece as it leaves the machine (or from a lap or roll) directly into
contact with the surface of the tarpaulin, and immediately passing it
either round one roller or between [pressing rollers, which will cause the
fibrous substance to adhere firmly and produce a clean soft nap thereon,
and effectually prevent the tar from adhering to or soiling any goods or
article with which it may come in contact.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Illius Augustus Timmis in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 4th December 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ILLIUS
AUGUSTUS TIMMIS, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Illius Augustus Timmis, Her special
license, that I, the said Illius Augustus Timmis, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Illius Augustus Timmis,
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

page_text: 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 OF Tarpaulin,” upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Illius Augustus Timmis, 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 Illius Augustus Timmis, 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 (that is to say) :—
This Invention relates to the manufacture of tarpaulin such as is used
for packing bales of manufactured goods and for other similar purposes,
and the object of the Invention is to protect the goods from injury by
the tar by coating the tarpaulin on one or both sides with a material
that imparts to it a clean, soft, and dry surface without in any way
altering its pliability or waterproof quality.
The materials which I propose to employ for this purpose are carded
cotton or wool, cotton or woollen waste, "mungo," "shoddy," or other
suitable fibrous material or mixture of materials in a loose or fleecy
state, that is, before they have been either spun or worn.
The fibrous material must be applied to the surface or surface of the
tarpaulin under pressure whilst the tar is in a stickey or adhesive state,
and if distributed evenly will be found to adhere to the whole surface
and most effectually cover the tar and prevent it from soiling or other-
wise injuring any goods with which it may come in contact.
"
The fibrous material may be applied to the tarpaulin in a variety of
ways, but I find the most convenient and economical way is to apply it in
the form of a thin filmy sheet or fleece as it proceeds from a "scutcher"
"lap machine" or scribbling engine," by running the said sheet or
fleece as it leaves the machine (or from a lap or roll) directly into
contact with the surface of the tarpaulin, and immediately passing it
either round one roller or between pressing rollers, which will cause the
fibrous substance to adhere firmly and produce a clean soft nap thereon,

page_text: and effectually prevent the tar from adhering to or soiling any goods or
article with which it may come in contact.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention
for "
Improvements in the Manufacture of Tarpaulin," together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried
into practical effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my
Invention, coating the said tarpaulin on one or both sides with carded
cotton or wool, cotton or woollen waste, "mungo," "shoddy," or other
suitable fibrous material or mixture of materials in a loose or fleecy
state (that is, before they have been either spun or woven), substantially
in the manner and for the purposes herein-before particularly set
forth.
In witness whereof I, the said Illius Augustus Timmis, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Third day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
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Witnessed by
GEORGE DAVIES, C.E.,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
ILLIUS A. TIMMIS. (L.S.)