A NEW APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS TO ORNAMENTING TISSUES, PAPERS, AND OTHER SURFACES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Marc Klotz, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris,
in the Empire of France, Merchant, for the Invention of "A NEW
APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS TO ORNAMENTING TISSUES, PAPERS, AND
OTHER SURFACES."
Sealed the 7th January 1862, and dated the 25th July 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Marc Klotz at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th
July 1861.
I, MARC KLOTZ, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris, in the Empire of
France, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS TO ORNAMENTING TISSUES, PAPERS,
AND OTHER SURFACES," to be as follows:-
Papers and fabrics have hitherto been ornamented by means of pulverized
vegetable, animal, or other matters, which are caused to adhere thereto by
pressure, gumming, or otherwise. For example, flock paper has been made
by producing the paper with a pulverized fibrous matter, which process has
been similarly applied to fabrics; these fibrous matters, by reason of the pul-
verizing process lose all the brilliancy they may otherwise possess by dyeing
or coloring, in consequence of the dullness of the said pulverized matters,
bence the surfaces to which they are applied as an ornament have no brilliancy
or brightness, whether colored or not.

page_text: Now my Invention consists in substituting for these dull pulverized matters
certain particles, which, although minutely subdivided, preserve the brilliancy
they possess while in mass or as fibres, which I apply to paper or fabrics, such
as tarletans, gauze, tulle, or other tissues by gumming, and so produce novel
effects. Instead of pulverizing the matters which destroy the brilliancy of the
fibre and produces a dull powder, I simply cut up the fibres into particles of
a certain length and so preserve their brilliancy and color, which particles I
apply for the ornamentation of paper & all kinds of tissues. These particles
may be applied in various ways, but it will be sufficient here to describe only one
method; thus, for example, I cut up hemp fibre, colored manilla, abaco or abago,
urtica nivea, alöes reed or rattan, esparto, or other fibres into particles of
about 60 to 90th part of an inch in length, in which state said particles retain
all their original brilliancy & color, & which I apply by gumming to tulle,
gauze, or other material. The subdivision, crushing, or pounding of the fibrous
matters into brilliant colored or metallized particles may-be-effected-by-any
known means, or in other suitable manner. The distinctive feature of my
Invention thus consists in the employment of fibres of a certain length, which
I term particles, as a substitute for the ordinary dull looking powder, such
particles retaining all their original brilliancy & color. They may be variously
colored or metallized and applied by gumming for the purpose of ornamenting
papers-and-tissues to produce the appearance of velvet or flock. I can also apply
these brilliant colored particles for ornamenting all kinds of tissues, paper, or
fabrics, either alone or combined with pulverized matters, to produce in the
latter case the combined effects of dull and brilliant colors.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Marc Klotz in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd
January 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MARC
KLOTZ, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris, in the Empire of France, Mer-
chant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Marc Klotz, Her special licence that I, the said Marc Klotz, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Marc

page_text: Klotz, 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 "A NEW APPLICATION OF CERTAIN
PRODUCTS TO ORNAMENTING TISSUES, PAPERS, AND OTHER SURFACES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Marc Klotz, 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 Marc Klotz, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
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My Invention relates to a new application of certain products to orna-
menting paper fabrics, tissues, or other surfaces. Paper and fabrics have been
hitherto ornamented by means of pulverized vegetable, animal, or other
matters, which are caused to adhere thereto by pressure, gumming, or other-
wise. For example, flock paper has been made by powdering the paper with
a pulverized fibrous matter, which process has been similarly applied to fabrics.
These fibrous materials by reason of the pulverizing process lose all the
brilliancy they may otherwise possess by dying or coloring in consequence of
the dullness of the said pulverized matters, hence the surfaces to which they
are applied as an ornament have no brilliancy or brightness, whether colored
a
or not.
Now, my Invention consists in substituting for these dull pulverized matters
certain particles, which, although minutely subdivided, still preserve a certain
length and present the brilliancy they possess while in mass or as fibres. These
I apply by gumming to paper or fabrics, such as tarletans, gauze, tulles, and
other tissues to produce a novel effect. Instead of pulverizing the matters
which destroys the brilliancy of the fibres and produces a dull powder, I simply
cut up the fibre into particles of a certain length, and so preserve their
brilliancy and color, which particles I apply afterwards to ornamenting paper
and all kinds of tissues. I can likewise grind the said fibre by means of some
suitable mill or grinding apparatus, care being taken that the operation be
stopped before the fibre has lost by such subdivision its brilliancy, or other

page_text: means may yet be employed for pulverizing or dividing the fibre. These par-
ticles may be applied in various ways, but it will be sufficient here to describe
one method only. Thus, for example, I cut up hemp fibre, colored manilla,
abaco (or abaga), urtica nivea, aloes, reed, rattan, sparte, or other like fibres
into particles of about of of an inch or more. These particles, which retain
all their original brilliancy and color I apply by gumming to tulle, gauze, or
the like materials. The distinctive feature of my Invention thus consists in
the employment of fibres of a certain length, which I term particles, as a sub-
stitute for the ordinary dull looking powder, such particles retaining all their
original brilliancy and color. They may be variously colored or metallized,
and applied by gumming for the purpose of ornamenting paper and tissues,
and produce the appearance-of-velvet-or-flock. -I-can--also-apply--these-bril-
liant colored particles for ornamenting all kinds of paper, tissues, or fabrics,
either alone or combined with pulverized matters to produce in the latter case
the combined effects of dull and brilliant colors.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be carried into effect, I wish it to be distinctly understood that
what I claim as being of my Invention is, applying brilliant colored particles,
such as the fibre of the urtica nivea, abaco or abaga, the bamboo, the reed, the
rattan, and the like, either in their original state or after they have been dyed
or metallized, and so divided as not to lose their brilliancy by too great tenuity
to all fabrics and tissues, such as tarletans, tulles, gauzes, &c. &c., whether
such particles are employed alone or in combination with materials of a dull
looking appearance to produce in the latter case the combined effects of dull
and brilliant colors.
In witness whereof, I, the said Marc Klotz, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
MARC KLOTZ. (L.S.)