IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT AND APPLICATION OF PAPIER MACHE FOR COVERING FLOORS, ROOFS, AND OTHER LIKE USEFUL PURPOSES
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Brindley, of Moorgate Street, in the City
of London, Paper Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE TREATMENT AND APPLICATION OF PAPIER MACHE FOR COVERING FLOORS,
ROOFS, AND OTHER LIKE USEFUL PURPOSES."
Sealed the 20th March 1857, and dated the 19th November 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Brindley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on- the 19th
November 1856.
I, WILLIAM BRINDLEY, of Moorgate Street, in the City of London, Paper
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT AND APPLICATION OF PAPIER MACHE FOR
COVERING FLOORS, ROOFS, AND OTHER LIKE USEFUL PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My said improvements consist in treating papier mache with linseed or
other suitable oil, and drying it at a high temperature to render it waterproof;
in embossing or figuring the surface by raising figures thereon while in a soft
state, by means of metal. paper, or other stencil plates, or like means; in
covering one or both sides of sheets of papier mache, or placing between
sheets thereof fabrics made of wool, hair, or other suitable materials; and,
lastly, in corrugating any kind of such sheets, so treated and prepared, by
pressing them between corrugated metal plates or other moulds.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Brindley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
19th May 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BRINDLEY, of Moorgate Street, in the City of London. Paper Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria. by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Iler reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors. give and grant unto me, the said
William Brindley. Her special licence that I, the said Wiliam Brindley, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as 1, the said William
Brindley, may 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 THE
TREATMENT AND APPLICATION OF PAPIER MACHE FOR COVERING FLOORS, ROOPS,
AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES." upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Brindley, 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 William Brindley. do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My said improvements consist in several modes of treating papier mache.
to render it suitable for floor cloths, roofing, and similar purposes.
And for the better understanding of my said Invention, I will now proceed
to detail the particulars thereof requisite for carrying the same into practical
operation.
. I first prepare the papier mache by putting it into a wire or perforated
metal sieve or frame, to obtain sheets of any required thickness, according to
the usual process of manufacture, and ornament such sheets while in a soft
state. by embossing or figuring the surface by raising figures thereon which

page_text: I effect by means of metal, papier mache, or other stencil plates, or like
means. Another preparation of sheets of papier mache consists in covering
one or both sides with fabrics made of wool, hair, or other suitable fibrous
materials, previously perforated or otherwise; or such materials may be placed
between two or more sheets of papier mache, rendering such manufactured
articles noiseless when trod on, and, therefore, very desirable for covering
floors and similar uses. And sheets of papier mache may be corrugated by
pressing them between corrugated metal or other moulds. The corrugated
sheets of papier mache being principally adapted for various descriptions of
roofing, require to be first prepared according to my Patent for "Improvements
in the manufacture of waterproof paper," bearing date the 28th day of
February 1849, and the same process is applicable to sheets of papier mache
generally. It consists in applying linseed oil to papier mache by pressure,
and drying it at a temperature of 200 degrees Fahrenheit, or upwards.
Ilaving thus fully described several modes of carrying out my said Invention,
I would observe that I am aware that the corrugating of papier mache has
been in use for articles of furniture and other matters; I therefore declare
that what I do claim as my improvements are, namely,
First, the peculiar manufacture of papier mache, floor cloths, or like
articles.
And, second, the application of corrugated sheets of papier mache for
roofing, partitioning, and other similar purposes.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Brindley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
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W. BRINDLEY. (L.S.)