A New Material for Packing, and Process for its Manufacture.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Material for Packing, and Process for its Manufacture.
I, FRIEDRICH WILHELM MAX OESTERHELD, of Gattenstrasse 6, Gotha, Thuringia,
in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement; —
The object of this invention is a novel packing material and a process for the
manufacture of the same, the material being chiefly characterized by applying a
yielding or elastic or soft material to a firm foundation or base so that the two are
firmly connected with one another. The material thus produced is then advan-
tageously used either as a plate or sheet, or as an envelope for packing all manner
of objects such as are to be protected against concussion or shaking either during
transport or in storage.
The accompanying drawings show the subject of this invention.
Fig. 1 shows in transverse section a flat plate produced by said process.
Fig. 2 a corrugated plate likewise in transverse section.
Fig. 3 shows the shape of an envelope for glow lamps, with the glow lamp in
position therein.
Now the process for manufacturing this material consists in the following:
On a foundation or base a of paper, thin card board fabric or other material,
covered with a layer of adhesive such as gum-arabic, glue, dextrine. varnish or
starch, is placed a layer b of a soft elastic material, for instance wood-wool, rhea
(or alpha grass) asbestos, loofah, cotton, or animal fibre. The two layers are
now compressed by suitable rollers or presses the superimposed soft, elastic
material b, combining with the foundation, but without loosing its elasticity.
In producing shaped envelopes, for instance elastic, yielding, casings for glow
lamps, serving for the transport of the same, or packages for carrying cartridges or
other explosive material, or such as is used for transporting highly polished steel
or metal goods, all of which are to adapt themselves to the configuration of the
object to be packed therein, the following process is observed it being illustrated by
Fig. 3.
The wood wool 6 is pressed into smooth sheets by means of rollers or presses.
it is then cut into strips and applied to a mould corresponding to the contour of
the article to be packed. Upon the wood-wool is packed the outer covering
material, a say paper, card board or linen, previously coated with an adhesive,
and is then forced into shape by pressure.
For certain cases, sav for transporting glass bottles, and in order to obtain par-
ticularly great safety, the packing plates will be made corrugated, as shown in
Fig. 2. In making these the plates will conveniently be passed through corrugated
rollers so that the packing material is corrugated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what L
laim is:
1. An elastic yielding packing material either plain, corrugated, or of such shape

page_text: as to conform to the contour of the article to be packed characterized by a firm
foundation or base a of paper, thin card board or fabric and a yielding soft material b
say such as wood-wool rhea (alpha grass) asbestos loofah, cotton or the like, firmly
united with the former.
2. A process for manufacturing the packing material mentioned in Claim 1,
characterized by uniting a firm foundation or base and a soft yielding material
into a yielding elastic resilient packing material by an adhesive and pressure
exercised by rollers or presses.
Doted the 10th day of January 1898
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant.