IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF APPLYING METALLIC AND OTHER DUST TO SILK THREAD, SILK WASTE, WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER TEXTILE FABRICS OR MATERIALS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of the Firm of Herbert and
Company, Solicitors of Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster,
Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF
APPLYING METALLIC AND OTHER DUST TO SILK THREAD, SILK WASTE,
WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER TEXTILE FABRICS OR MATERIALS." A communica-
tion from abroad by Jacques Nathansohn, of Berlin, in the Empire of Germany:
Sealed the 11th October 1878, and dated the 1st May 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Herbert John Haddan at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st May 1878.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MODE OF APPLYING METALLIC AND OTHER DUST TO SILK THREAD,
SILK WASTE, WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER TEXTILE FABRICS OR MATERIALS."
A communication from abroad by Jacques Nathansohn, of Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany.
"
The improvements relate to the coating chiefly of threads for use in the manu-
facture of fringes and trimmings, and consists in passing them through a mixture
of any viscid matter mixed with finely pulverised metals, glittering ores, shells,
glass, or other suitable materials, and then pressing the threads so coated between
two or more hot rollers made of metal, whereby the threads so treated may be
flattened, and a lustrous surface of any desired color or brilliancy imparted to them
without injury to the flexibility of the thread. Other suitable materials may be
treated in a similar way.
The amount of pulverised material and viscid matter may be varied to
almost any extent, and two or more pulverised materials may be used at the same
time.
The rollers may be conveniently of metal, hollow, and heated by steam passing
through them; a pair or several pairs may be used.
After the thread is prepared, it may be twisted or crimped, or otherwise treated,
without injury to its gloss.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Herbert John Haddan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 31st
October 1878.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MODE OF APPLYING METALLIC AND OTHER DUST TO SILK THREAD,
SILK WASTE, WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER TEXTILE FABRICS OR MATERIALS."
A communication from abroad by Jacques Nathansohn, of Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany.
The improvements relate to the coating, chiefly of threads, for use in the manu-
facture of fringes and trimmings, and consist in passing them through a mixture
of any viscid matter mixed with finely pulverised metals, glittering ores, shells,
glass, or other suitable materials, and then pressing the threads so coated between
two or more hot rollers made of metal, whereby the threads so treated may be
flattened, and a lustrous surface of any desired color, shade, or brilliancy imparted
to them, without injury to the flexibility of the thread. Other suitable materials
may be treated in a similar way.
The amount of pulverised material and viscid matter may be varied to
almost any extent, and two or more pulverised materials may be used at the
same time.
The rollers may be conveniently of metal, hollow, and heated by steam passing
through them; a pair or several pairs may be used.
After the thread is prepared it may be twisted or crimped, or otherwise treated,
without injury to its gloss.
In witness whereof, I, the said Herbert John Haddan, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of October, A.D. 1878.
H. J. HADDAN. (L.S.)