IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARD CLOTH
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Moseley, of the Chapel Field Works, in the
City of Manchester, Judia-rubber Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARD CLOTH."
Sealed the 5th January 1867, and dated the 12th July 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Moseley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
July 1866.
I, JOSEPH MOSELEY, of the Chapel Field Works, in the City of Manchester,
India-rubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARD CLOTH," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists in combining fibrous substances with india-rubber. or
any preparation of india-rubber, and in uniting the same when requisite with
woven or felted fabrics of the ordinary description to give the desired stiffness
and strength to the card cloth or material in which the card teeth are set by
the usual machinery. By Uris means card cloth possessing all the properties
of good leather is produced at a greatly reduced cost.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Moseley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th January 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
MOSELEY, of the Chapel Field Works, in the City of Manchester, India-
rubber Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria. by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of July, 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 Joseph Moseley, Her special license that 1, the said Joseph
Moseley. my executors, administrators. and assigns, or such others as 1, the
said Joseph Moseley. 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARD CLOTH," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I. the said Joseph Moseley, 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 Scal Patent Oflice within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I. the said Joseph Moseley, 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): -
My invention consists in combining fibrous substances with india-rubber or
any preparation of india-rubber, and in uniting the same with woven or felted
fabrics of the ordinary description to give the desired stiffness and strength to
the card cloth or material in which the card teeth are set by the usual
machinery. By this means card cloth possessing all the properties of good
leather is produced at a greatly reduced cost.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into operation, I will proceed to describe the means pursued by me.
I take equal portions by weight of india-rubber or any preparation of
india-rubber and cotton waste or other suitable fibrous substances, these

page_text: ingredients, either with or without a solvent, are intimately mixed or
combined together by passing them between friction rollers, such as
known in the india-rubber trade as mixing rollers, and the compound so
prepared is then rolled out into sheets by passing between other rollers,
either healed or not heated as may be required, I then apply the same
to the woven or felted fabrics employed, which have been previously coated
with a solution of india-rubber or any preparation of india-rubber, which
solution causes the compound sheet to adhere to the woven or felted fabrics as
they pass together between rollers.
The above description refers to the mode of manufacturing card cloth
having one sheet of fibrous india-rubber compound and one of woven or felted
fabric. It may, however, be desirable to unite one or more sheets of the
compound with one or more thicknesses or plies of woven or felted fabrics.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described a convenient
manner for carrying the same into operation, I wish it to be understood that
I do not intend to limit myself to the details given, nor to the proportions of
the ingredients, as the same may be varied according to the peculiar quality
of the card cloth required, but what I do claim is. the improved card cloth
described, consisting of a sheet or thickness of fibrous substances combined
with india-rubber or any preparation of india-rubber united to woven or felted
fabrics.
In witness whereof. I, the said Joseph Moseley, have hereto set
my hand and seal. this Ninth day of January, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.
JOSEPH MUSELEY. (L.S.)