AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR COVERING LEATHER, AND GIVING A CLOTH-LIKE APPEARANCE TO ITS SURFACE
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR COVERING LEATHER, AND
GIVING A CLOTH-LIKE APPEARANCE TO ITS SURFACE."-A communication
from abroad by George Washington McDaniel, of Georgetown,
District of Columbia, United States of America.
Sealed the 14th July 1871, and dated the 19th May 1871.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 19th May 1871, pursuant to the 9th Section of
the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
PROCESS FOR COVERING LEATHER, AND GIVING A CLOTH-LIKE APPEARANCE TO ITB
SURFACE," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the
same, and have made solemn Declaration that it has been communicated

page_text: to me from abroad by George Washington McDaniel, of Georgetown,
District of Columbia, United States of America.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement:--
The purpose of this Invention is the production upon leather of a
surface resembling that of woollen, silk, or other textile fabrics. I first
take any kind of leather and colour the face of it on either side with
any desirable colour, then allow it to dry. I next coat it with a solution
of glue water, gum water, dragacanth water, or any other similar sub-
stance, in order to fill up the pores of the leather. Then I apply a
coating of glycerine for the purpose of counteracting any possible chance
of cracking, and also to replace the natural pliability of the leather.
This process takes from four to six hours, but the leather must not be
allowed to become too dry, or it should be wet before the next pro-
ceeding. I then apply a solution of partly boiled linseed oil, allowing it
to lie about half an hour, when it becomes sticky. I apply to it cloth
dust, which is obtained by grinding woollen, silk, or other textile fabrics.
The leather will then be ready for use. This leather may be used for
furniture, carriage seats, pianos, suspenders, pocket books, hats, caps,
belts, and many other articles.
Having thus described the said Invention as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, and shown how the same may be conveniently
and advantageously carried into practice, I claim the process of covering
leather substantially as herein set forth for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Witness,
E. C. JACKSON.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE. (L.S.)