IMPROVEMENTS IN PADS FOR STAIR AND OTHER CARPETS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PADS FOR STAIR AND OTHER CARPETS."-A communi-
cation from abroad by Edward Henry Bailey, of Brooklyn, County
of Kings, and State of New York, United States of America.
Sealed the 27th August 1872, and dated the 10th July 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Melville
Clark at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 10th July 1872.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PADS FOR STAIR AND OTHER
CARPETS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of pads for protecting stair and other
carpets from wear, and also from moths and other insects, as hereafter

page_text: described. The central portion of the pad is formed of one or more
layers or sheets of paper, surrounded with layers of wadding, cotton
wool, or other fibrous substance, the whole being inclosed in a suitable
sack or outer case of cotton, linen; or other suitable.cloth or material,
which is sewed up tightly or loosely as may be preferred or found best
in practice.
The paper may be impregnated with the essence of oil of sandal wood,
or the essence of the oil of cedar, or with the said woods or any other
substance adapted to repel moths and other insects; but any other part
of the pad may be soented as well..
I prefer to rely upon powdered sandal or cedar wood in combination
with the batting or wadding, or in combination with any equivalent
material used in the construction of the pad, for rendering not only the
pad but the carpet under which the pad is placed moth and insect
proof.
The odor of the scenting material will penetrate the carpet and render
it moth, worm, and insect proof.
The pads may also be made with battings of cotton, wool, shoddy, or
any other fibrous material inclosed between the layers of wadding and
paper, or the pad may be composed only of the battings and waddings
and the cover or sack, the paper being dispensed with.
I also propose
to make the pads of wadding only, or battings only, inclosed in the sack.
These pads may be made in any suitable size for use under stair carpets
or floor carpets.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDER
MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent. send greeting.

page_text: our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Alexander Melville Clark, Her special
licence that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Alexander
Melville Clark, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN PADS FOR STAIR AND OTHER CARPETS,' a communi-
cation to me from abroad by Edward Henry Bailey, of Brooklyn,
County of Kings, and State of New York, United States of America,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alexander
Melville Clark, 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.
"
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, 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, reference being had to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon (that is to say) :-
This Invention consists of pads for protecting stair and other carpets
from wear, also from moths and other insects, which said pads are com-
posed of layers of wadding, with a paper layer between, enclosed in a
suitable sack, and tufted or layers of batting between the paper layer
and the wadding, or the same without the paper layer, the pad to he
scented or not with sandal wood, or essence of the oil of the same, or any
other scenting substance adapted to repel moths and other insects. The
said battings and waddings are to be made of cotton, wool, shoddy, or
; any other fibrous substance suitable for the purpose.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents a top view of a
stair pad with parts broken away to show the different layers or parts of

page_text: which it is composed. A is the central portion of the pad, formed of
one or more layers or sheets of paper; B represents wadding of cotton,
wool, or other fibrous substance, by which the paper is surrounded; C is
a bag or outer case of cotton, linen, or other suitable cloth or material,
which is sewed up tightly or loosely, as may be preferred or found best
in practice, to enclose the other parts.
The paper A may be impregnated with the essence of oil of sandal
wood, or the essence of the oil of cedar, or with the said woods or any
other substance adapted to repel moths and other insects; but any other
part of the pad may be scented as well.
I prefer to rely upon powdered sandal or cedar wood in combination
with the batting or wadding, or in combination with any equivalent
material used in the construction of the pad for rendering not only the
pad, but the carpet under which the pad is placed, moth and insect
proof.
The odor of the scenting material will permeate the carpet, and render
Figure 3 is a transverse section of a pad, in which battings E of cotton,
wool, shoddy, or any other fibrous material are inclosed between the:
waddings B.
And Figure 4 is a cross section showing a pad composed of battings E,
waddings B, and the cover or sack, the paper being dispensed with. I
also propose to make the pads of waddings only, or battings only, inclosed
in the sack.
These pads will be made in any suitable size for use under stair
carpets or floor carpets.
Having described the nature of the Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim as the Invention
to be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,
pads for the protection of stair or floor carpets from wear, and from
moths and other insects, composed of a paper layer between layers of
batting and wadding, or either of them, inclosed in a sack or bag, or the

page_text: same except the paper, the said pads being either scented or not, all as
described in the foregoing Specification.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of January, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.
Witness,
JAS. O. DEWEY,
53, Chancery Lane,
London.
A. M. CLARK. (L.S.)