IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FABRICS FROM FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Dugdale Kay, of Accrington, in the County
of Lancaster, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF FABRICS FROM FIBROUS MATERIALS."
Sealed the 29th August 1856, and dated the 5th March 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Dugdale Kay
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition on the
5th March 1856. -
I, RICHARD DUGDALE KAY, of Accrington, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer,do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FABRICS FROM FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as
follows:-
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I take what is generally known as Clark's felt, and by means of dissolved,
caoutchouc, or other suitable cement, I attach the said felt to any woven fabric,
or I attach any woven fabric to both sides of the said felt by any suitable
cement, and thus form a compact fabric, suitable for and applicable to printers'
blankets, roller cloths, cylinder lappings, drawing rollers used in spinning,
and as a substitute for leather in the carding operation, and other similar
purposes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Dugdale Kay in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 4th September 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RIOHARD
DUGDALE KAY, of Accrington, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Royal
Letters Patent bearing date the Fifth day of March, in the
year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Richard Dugdale Kay, Her special licence, that I, the said Richard Dugdale
Kay, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Richard Dugdale Kay, my executors, administrators, and assigns should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafterduring 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FABRICS FROM FIBROUS MATERIALS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Richard Dugdale Kay, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, 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 Royal Letters Patent,
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Dugdale Kay, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement (that is to say)-
I take what is generally known as "Clark's felt," which is made of cotton,
or a felt made of a mixture of cotton and wool, either by Clark's process, or
the ordinary process of felting, and by means of dissolved caoutchouc or other
suitable cement I attach any woven fabric either to one or both sides or sur-
faces of the said felt, thus forining a strong compact fabric, suitable for and
applicable to printers' blankets, roller cloths, cylinder lappings, drawing rollers
used in spinning, and as a substitute for leather in the carding operation or
other similar purposes.
Having thus described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, and
the manner of carrying the-same-into practical effect, I desire it to be dis-

page_text: tinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the exact details herein
described, nor to any particular proportions of the said materials in the
manufacture of the felt; but I claim as of my Invention, and which to the
best of my knowledge and belief has not been hitherto used within this realm,
the application of any woven fabric, either to one or both sides or surfaces of
felt made of cotton or a mixture of cotton and wool, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Dugdale Kay, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
RICHARD DUGDALE KAY. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered, by the within-named
Richard Dugdale Kay, in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.