Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 13th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 13th Nov., 1897
I, JOSEPH MAGUIRE of 24 Grange Street, Rusholme, Manchester, in the County
Lancaster, India Rubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improvement in door, carriage, and like perforated
mats.
The object of this invention is to prevent the dirt passing through the mat to the
floor from whence it is required to be afterwards removed when ordinary perforated
mats are employed.
In this invention I construct a mat by a combination of a rectangular sheet or
other shaped piece of cork linoleum that is perforated to represent any preferred
pattern or design, and solutioned to a plain unperforated backing of either linoleum
oilcloth or a sheet of vulcanized India rubber or other suitable material.
By these means a mat is produced with a perforated upper surface suited to remove
the dirt from boots or shoes of the user, and a lower unperforated Alat surface that
will be waterproof and will prevent the dirt passing through to the floor.
In order to remove the dirt froin the mat, it is inverted, when the dirt may be
removed from the perforations in the upper portion of the mat by a brush, or said
mat may be washed.
I, JOSEPH MAGUIRE of 24 George Street, Rusholme, Manchester in the County
Lancaster, India Rubber 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 an improvement in the manufacture of door, carriage,
and like perforated or partially perforated mats formed from linoleum or other
analagous material or substance in which cork is an ingredient, such as cork carpet.
The primary object of this my invention is to obtain a partially perforated
combination mat constructed of linoleum, cork carpet or the like that will prevent
the dirt passing through to the floor or dampness arising from the floor, constructed

page_text: so as not to chip or break when rolled or bent, or said mats may have through
perforations.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings to which I hereinafter refer, Fig. 1 is a
plan and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 transverse sections of mats such as herein before named.
In this invention I construct a mat by means of a sheet of cork linoleum or cork
carpet as a or a that is perforated to represent any preferred pattern or design, in
combination with a plain unperforated -backing 6 of either linoleum, oil cloth, or a
sheet of vulcanized India rubber, or other suitable, material. The perforated portion
of the aforesaid niat is formed from a piece of linoleum or cork carpet which may be
of any thickness quality and finish and either with or without the ordinary canvas or
'cloth back, that is cut to the required size and shape; the pattern or design is then
stencilled thereon and perforated by means of suitable punches with the aid of a
mallet, or in a machine.
I cut a piece of linoleum or other suitable material to the size and shape of the
aforesaid perforated piece of linoleum or cork carpet, and apply India rubber
solution, marine glue or other suitable adhesive substance to the canvas or cloth
back c thereef, or to the canvas back, if any, or otherwise to the face side of the
aforesaid perforated piece of linoleum or cork carpet, or to both the contact surfaces
of the perforated and unperforated portions of said mat. I place the surface of
the perforated piece of linoleum or cork carpet with the canvas side if any against
the canvas or cloth back of the unperforated piece of linoleum oil cloth or other
material; and the two pieces are firmly united by pressure. By these means I obtain
a mat formed of linoleum and cork carpet or other analagous substance in which cork
is an ingredient, with a single or double insertion. of canvas or cloth which
strengthens the material and prevents the breaking of the linoleum or cork carpet of
which the mat is composed, if the mat is at any time rolled or bent. In the process
of coating the contact surfaces of the herein before described sheets with solution,
said sheets may be passed through a spreading machine.
In order to obtain perfect adhesion, it is preferable to dispense with the oily
.colouring matter that is generally put on the canvas or cloth back of linoleum.
In a modification of my invention I construct a mat in the manner herein before
described, with a single or double insertion of canvas or cloth but with both sheets
perforated as shown in Fig. 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my
said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st. Door, carriage, and like perforated or partially perforatrd inats formed from two
sheets of linoleum or other analagous material or substance in which cork is an
ingredient, such as cork carpet, with the canvas or cloth backing of the linoleum or
other material of which the mat is composed placed inside so as to form either a
single or a double insertion, and 'the sheets solutioned together with an adhesive
substance such as India rubber solution, marine glue or the like substantially as and
for the purpose herein before described."
2nd. Door, carriage, and like perforated or partially perforated mats formed from
two sheet of linoleum or other analagous material or substance in which cork is an
ingredient such as cork carpet substantially as herein before described.
101 dictaban 1907
Dated
ed this 12th day of October 1907
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.