Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 10th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 13th Jan., 1888
I, GEORGE ALBERT HERDMAN of $12 Old Ford Road Bow in the County of Mid-
dlesex Manager for Felt Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements applied to Felis, either in the process of
manufacture or after the felt has been made, and whether the felt be tarred or not,
and it consists in combining metallic wire with the felt, either in the form of wire
netting, wire gauze, or wire woven or webbed in any way, or strands of wire laid
either as warp or weft; also in corrugating fluting, or crimping the felt thus prepared
with wire; whereby I obtain a material having all the properties of ordinary felis,
and further a rigidity, self support and freedom from cracking which will render it
an advantageous substitute for corrugated iron; it being less affected by changes of
temperature and the action of steam and deleterious gases.
I may introduce the wire into the Felt in the ordinary course of manufacture; or
after the felt has been made I may soften it by reheating, place the wire netting or
other form of wire thereon, or between two or more sheets thereof, and stamp or press
the whole together until combined; or in lieu of reheating the felt I may heat the
wire and unite without otherwise softening the felt; or again, I may cement the felt
and the wire together with suitable preparation such as pitch, varnish, ordinary
cement, or plaster of Paris, without heating or softening the felt and I may sew netting
and Felt together with wire or yarn.
I may use my prepared felt in the form of flat sheets, tiles or coverings of any
desired shape and dimensions, but when to be used in large sheets for roofing or the
other usual applications of Corrugated iron, I prefer to corrugate. flute or crimp the
same, either by pressure between rollers, or by stamping in the ordinary way.
My improvements are applicable to felts of all kinds, whether made out of Flax
waste, jute waste, peat, paper, wool croppings, cotton flocks or hair etc. saturated with
coal, tar pitch, natural pitches, wood pitch or Resin, etc., or to hair felis simply milled
or felted together without such saturation.
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1. 1987

page_text: Improvements in Felts.
I, GEORGE ALBERT HERDMAN of 812 Old Ford Road Bow in the County of Mid-
dlesex Manager for Felt Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
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 improvements applied to Felts, either in the process of
manufacture or after the felt has been made, and whether the felt be tarred or not,
and it consists in combining metallic wire with the felt, either in the form of wire
netting, wire gauze, or wire woven or webbed in any way, or strands of wire laid
either as warp or weft; also in corrugating, fluting, or crimping the felt thus
prepared with wire; whereby I obtain a material having all the properties of ordinary
felis, and further, a rigidity self support and freedom from cracking which will render
it an advantageous substitute for corrugated iron; it being less affected by changes of
temperature and the action of steam and deleterious gases.
I may introduce the wire into the felis in the ordinary course of manufacture; or
after the felt has been made I may soften it by reheating, place the wire netting or
other form of wire thereon, or between two or more sheets thereof, and stamp or press
or roll the whole together, until combined; or in lieu of re-heating the felt 1 may heat
the wire and unite without otherwise sofiening the felt; or again, I may cement the
felt and the wire together with suitable preparations, such as pitch, varnish, ordinary
cement, or plaster of Paris, without heating or softening the felt and I may sew netting
and felt together with wire or yarn.
I may use my prepared felt in the form of flat sheets, tiles or coverings of any
desired shape and dimensions, but when to be used in large sheets for roofing or the
other usual applications of corrugated iron, I prefer to corrugate, flute or crimp the
same, either by pressure between rollers, or by stamping, in the ordinary way.
My improvements are applicable to felts of all kinds, whether made out of flax
waste, jute waste, peat, paper, wool cropping, cotton flocks or hair etc. saturated with
coal tar pitch, natural pitches, or wood pitch or resin &c., or to hair felis simply milled
or felted together without such saturation.
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
1 claim is:
1. The combination in a felt, of metallic wire in any of the forms and by any of
the processes substantially herein before described.
2. The corrugation, fluting or crimping of the felt substantially as hereinbefore
described for the purpose specified.
Dated the Tenth day of December 1887.