AN IMPROVED PROCESS OF ORNAMENTING WALL AND OTHER PAPERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, WILLIAM VIRGO WILSON of Jubilee Street, Mile End in the County, of
Middlesex Color Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
for "AN IMPROVED PROCESS OF ORNAMENTING WALL AND OTHER PAPERS to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved process of producing a finish upon wall and
other papers, in imitation of silk, satin borsehair, or other fabrics. Whatever the
nature of the finish or design to be produced or the kind of fabric to be finished or
ornamented, the process consists in first coating the fabric with a varnish or com-
pound of nitrocellulose and then embossing or frictioning and embossing (according
to the kind of finish desired) the varnished or coated surface.
The varnish or coating consists essentially of nitrocellulose dissolved in acetate
of amyl or in acetate of amyl and amylic alcohol with or without the addition of
any known menstrua for nitrocellulose and with the addition of castor or linseed
oil as specified in two other applications for Letters Patent respectively dated
April 7th 1884 N° 6051 and January 13th 1885 N° 491.
In order to produce a silk, satin or horsehair cloth finish, on wall or other
papers, the paper is first coated with the said varnish and when the same is dry it
is passed through an embossing machine the rollers of which are suitably engraved
to produce the desired effect the rollers being preferably, heated and running either
at unequal or equal speeds according as it is, or is not, desired to produce a
frictioning as well as an embossing action to produce the desired effect, or the
paper after being varnished might, before being embossed, be passed through a
friction calender.
I am aware that wall papers have heretobefore been embossed and they have
also been varnished, but the effect produced by my invention has never heretofore.
been obtained.

page_text: An Improved Process of Ornamenting Wall and other Papers.
I WILLIAM VIRGO WILSON of Jubilee Street, Mile. End, in the County of
Middlesex, Color Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly, described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
wall and
upon
My Invention relates to an improved process of producing a finish
other papers, in imitation of silk; satin, horsehair; or other fabrics.
Whatever the nature of the finish or design to be produced, or, the kind of fabric,
to be finished, or ornamented; the process consists in first coating the fabric with a
varnish or compound of nitro cellulose, and then embossing, or frictioning, or
calendaring and embossing (according to the kind of finish desired) the varnished
or coated surface.
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The varnish or coating consists, essentially, of nitro-cellulose dissolved in Acetate
of Amyl, or in Acetate of Amyl and Amylic Alcohol, or in any other known solvent
with the addition of castor or linseed oil, as specified' in two other applications for
Letters Patent respectively. dated April 7th 1884 N° 6051, and January 13th 1885
No. 491.
In order to produce a silk, satin, or horsehair cloth finish on wall or other papers,
the paper is first coated with the said varnish, and when the same is dry it is
passed through an embossing machine, the rollers of which are suitably engraved,
to produce the desired effect the rollers being preferably heated' and running either
at unequal or equal speeds, according as it is, or is not, desired to produce a
frictioning as well as an embossing action to produce the desired effect; or the
paper after being varnished might, before being embossed, be passed through a
friction or glazing calendar.
I am aware that wall papers have, heretofore, been embossed, and they have
also been varnished, but the effect produced by my Invention has never before been
obtained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed; I'declare that what
I claim is
,
1. The herein described process of ornamenting, or finishing; wall papers, which
consists in first coating the paper with a varnish composed of a solution of nitro-
cellulose and oil, and subsequently submitting the varnished paper to the action of
an embossing machine, substantially as herein described.
2. The herein described process of ornamenting or finishing wall papers, which
consists in first coating the paper with a varnish composed of a nitro cellulose

page_text: solution and oil, and subsequently passing the varnished paper first through a
friction or glazing calendar, and afterwards through an embossing machine sub-
stantially as herein specified.
3. As a new article of manufacture, a web of paper varnished with a solution of
nitro-cellulose and oil, and subsequently embossed in such way that the paper has
a silk, satin, or horse-hair cloth finish, as herein described,
Dated thin 15th day of Janua
1000
W. V. WILSON.