IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCTION OF WALL PAPER PAPER BOARD SLABS TILES AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
I HENRY WARD JOHNS of the city county and state of New York one of the
United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCTION OF WALL PAPER PAPER BOARD SLABS TILES
AND THE LIKE" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to a novel production involving the use of asbestos. It has
for its object to produce a paper or board or sheets slabs or tiles from asbestos pulp
or pulp composed of asbestos and other suitable material and having any suitable
or desirable design or appearance given to the surface by embossing the same or by
the deposition thereon of asbestos in any suitable form or by the deposition thereon
of a suitable cement and with this end in view my invention consists in the broad
idea of a product having as its base asbestos solely or of asbestos and any other
suitable material made into paper paper board slabs tiles or sheets and embossed to
produce a pleasing aesthetic effect as will be hereinafter fully explained in detail.
In carrying out my invention I produce paper in rolls or sheets or paper board
slabs or tiles from a pulp composed of asbestos or asbestos mixed with other
suitable material in any of the ways well known to paper manufacturers and upon
the surface of the paper paper board slabs or tiles thus made I produce any desired
design either by embossing the same between engraved rolls or by coating depositing
or building up the design upon the surface using any suitable adhesive solution such
as size or glue to cause the necessary adhesion.
The design upon the surface of the body proper may be composed of asbestos
alone or asbestos mixed with any other suitable material or such design may be
composed of cement alone any suitable adhesive material being employed which
will cause the design to adhere tenaciously to the body.
In some cases I may use any suitable foundation other than asbestos or of which
asbestos is a component part and on such surface I superpose an embossed surface
composed of asbestos or asbestos mixed with other suitable material whoreby
I obtain a fire proof and durable surface. This surface I secure in place by an
interposed coating of liquid glue size or other suitable adhesive material.
I am aware of course that ordinary paper has been embossed and that designs
have also been produced on ordinary paper bodies by printing etc and that clay
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page_text: and other plastic materials have been embossed and I do not claim any such broad
idea the gist of my invention resting in the employment of asbestos solely or in
conjunction with other materials in the production of paper, paper board slabs
tiles etc with embossed surfaces and I do not wish to limit myself to any special or
particular method or agency for producing the embossed surface nor to any particular
shade or color as variations in such respects may be made without departing from
the spirit of my invention.
It will be understood that where the character of the materials used is such that
they will naturally adhere to each other no independent adhesive materials will be
necessary but when the design is formed and located upon the body after the latter
has been fully made or dried then a film or layer of adhesive material should be
used between the body and the design.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
Paper, paper board slabs tiles and the like having an embossed surface when
such paper paper board slabs tiles and the like are produced wholly or in part from
asbestos in any suitable form substantially as herein before explained.