IMPROVEMENTS. IN MACHINERY OR APPA- BATUS FOR PASTING WALL PAPERS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Daniel McDermid, of Darlington, in the County of
Durham, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS. IN MACHINERY OR APPA-
BATUS FOR PASTING WALL PAPERS."
Sealed the 24th April 1867, and dated the 25th October 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Daniel M°Dermid at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition, on the
25th October 1866.
I, DANIEL MCDERMID, of Darlington, in the County of Durham, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR PASTING WALL PAPERS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in machinery or apparatus
for pasting wall papers, the object being to dispense with the ordinary table
and hand brush used for the purpose of pasting the length of paper, and to
substitute a machine or apparatus by which the work may be efficiently and
rapidly performed.
I propose to construct a box, vessel, or receptacle to contain the paste, the
upper portion of the box is provided with bearings for the reception of two
rollers, one above the other, the lower roller dipping slightly into the paste; the
paper is then introduced. between the two rollers and drawn completely through,
whereby-the-revolution of the rollers, by friction of the paper,
-will-cause-á-
layer-of-paste-to-be-applied-to-the-paper-when-it-is-ready-to-be-attached to

page_text: the wall; or the paper may be wound on a core or roller and set in bearings.
on the box, and may then be drawn off over a lower roller dipping into the
paste, or between two independent rollers, as in the first instance. By this
Invention a great saving in space is effected and also in time. The pasting
rollers may be covered with an absorbent fabric, such as flannel, or they may t
be made as circular brushes, the principle being the same. in each case.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Daniel McDermid in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th April 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DANIEL
MCDERMID, of Darlington, in the County of Durham, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Daniel McDermid, Her special licence that I, the said Daniel
McDermid, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Daniel McDermid, 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 "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PASTING WALL PAPERS," upon "the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Daniel M°Dermid, 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.
per-
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Daniel M°Dermid, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in machinery or apparatus
for pasting wall papers, the object being to dispense with the ordinary table'

page_text: and hand brush used for the purpose of pasting the lengths of paper, and to
substitutė a machine or apparatus by which the work may be efficiently and
rapidly performed..
I propose to construct' a box, vessel, or receptacle to contain the paste, the
upper portion of the box is provided with bearings for the reception of 'two'.
rollers, one above the other, the lower roller dipping slightly into the paste;
the paper is then introduced between the two rollers and drawn completely
through, whereby the revolution of the rollers, by friction of the paper, will
cause a layer of paste to be applied to, the paper, when it' is ready to be
attached to the wall; 'or: the paper, may be wound on a core or roller and
set in bearings on the box; and may then be drawn off over a lower roller
dipping into the paste, or between two independent rollers, as in the first
instance. By this Invention a great saving in space is effected and also in
time. The pasting rollers may be covered with an absorbent fabric, such as
flannel, or they may be made as circular brushes, the principle being-the samé
in each case........
In order that my said Invention may be more completely understood
I annex the accompanying Drawings, drawn to a scale of half size; the
dimensions of the machine may, however, be increased to 'suit. any width or
dimensions of paper.
Fig. 1 represents a longitudinal section of the machine, and Fig. 2 a front
view of the machine; Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section, and Fig. 4 an
end view. Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts where such
occur in each of the Figures respectively.
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A is the case or box of the paper-pasting machine made of zinc, galvanized
iron, or other metal and wood, or of wood only, or of metal only, or other
material; B is a sheath fixed at each end, of the case to receive the wire
guide or groove C, also a bush for the centre bearing of, the roller. D; C is a
guide or groove of galvanized iron wire or other metal. for the centres of the
rollers D and E to work in; D is a zinc or other metal or wooden. roller,
which revolves in the paste in the box A; E is a galvanized iron or other metal
roller, round which the paper is to be wound or wrapped, as at F; F is the
paper wound on the roller E, by drawing which upwards at H the roller D,
on which the weight of paper and roller E rests, is caused to revolve in the
paste, and thus to keep a constant supply of paste touching the paper; G is
a wooden or metallic roller, forming also a handle by which the machine may
be carried; as a roller-its use is in drawing the paper perpendicularly upwards
to cause the pressure-to-come-in-the-direction-of-the-paste-roller D, thereby
keeping the paper and paste constantly in contact. H, H, represent the

page_text: position of the hands of the operator drawing the paper; I is a spring or
scraper which prevents the paste from accumulating on the roller G by the:
edge of the paper as it passes; J is the lid of the box or case which slides
inside when open; K is a head or stud to cover the bearing of the roller G,
one at each end of the machine; L, L, are ordinary tin or metal feet for the
machine to rest on.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would remark in conclusion that I do
not limit myself to the exact or precise details or configuration of parts
I have expressed and shewn, nor to any particular material or combinations
of materials of which the machine may be constructed, neither do I restrict
myself to any limit, size, or dimension of machine, since in all these cases
certain variations or modifications in the machinery, the materials, and the
dimensions will necessarily occur in accordance with the work required to be
done; but what I claim and desire to be secured to me by the herein in part
recited Letters Patent are, the general arrangement and combination of parts
constituting the "Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Pasting Wall
Papers," substantially as herein specified and shewn.
In witness whereof, I, the said Daniel McDermid, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
WILLIAM BLAKISTON,
Darlington.
DANIEL MODERMID. (L.S.)