to Pile and other Goods.
Year: 1885

page_text: to Pile and other Goods.
We BERTIE HALLETT of 60 Brompton Square London in the county of
Middlesex, gentleman and THOMAS FERNELY WILEY of the Cottage Saint Peters
Square, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman do hereby declare
the nature of our invention for A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF APPLYING
WATERPROOFING MATERIAL TO PILE AND OTHER GOODS to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide a method for applying waterproofing
material to a class of goods, which by the present known methods cannot be made
waterproof and still retain their marketable value; and also of an improved method
of applying such materials to other classes of goods.
To apply the waterproofing material in such a manner as to attain our object,
we make use of an air, or other kind of jet or series of jets, issuing from a
suitably arranged nozzle or nozzles, by which a portion of the material is taken up,
carried along and deposited in the form of a fine spray upon the pile or other
goods which are to be made waterproof. These goods may be dried on completion,
or in the event of more than one spraying being necessary then from time to time
after each spraying operation (as the class of goods require) over a series of rollers
or trays, heated by steam or hot air, or they may be passed through hot air
chambers, or otherwise dried by any suitable known process.
The number of operations employed will depend largely upon the class of goods,
the strength of the waterproofing composition, and the amount of waterproofing
desired.
It will be seen that by this method as applied to pile goods we are able to render
each particular hair or bristle waterproof and that it is especially valuable in
waterproofing feathers and other similar goods.

page_text: to Pile and other Goods.
We BERTIE HALLETT of 60 Brompton Square London in the county of Middlesex
gentleman and THOMAS FERNELY WILEY of the Cottage Saint Peters Square
Hammersmith in the county of Middlesex gentleman 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:-
The object of our invention is to provide a method for applying waterproofing
material to a class of goods which by the present known methods cannot be made
waterproof and still retain their marketable value and also of an improved method
of applying such materials to other classes of goods.
:
To apply the waterproofing material in such a manner as to attain our object
we make use of a machine such for example as that known as Bywater's dewing
or damping machine by which the material is ejected in the form of a fine spray,
and deposited upon the goods the machine may be made with only a single nozzle
or of any desired width and with several nozzles to suit the width of the goods
which are to be made waterproof or we arrange the nozzles so that they may be
opened or closed at will as required. We do not confine ourselves to the use
of air as a medium for ejecting the material as we may use steam or other
means to provide the force required to carry the material in the form of vapour to
the goods.
The goods which are to be operated upon may be taken up singly and held by
the hand in a convenient position to receive the deposit or they may be arranged
in position in stacks or otherwise and carried over rollers and thus made to pass in
front of the nozzle or nozzles and receive the ejection or spray.
When the latter arrangement is employed the rolls may if desired be made
hollow and heated by steam or other convenient means and thus the goods may be
dried as they pass over the rolls or they may be carried over rollers or on a
travelling table, tray, belt or other means to a seperate drying chamber or be dried
by other suitable known means,
The spraying operation may be repeated as often as desired in order to give the
goods the required amount of waterproofing, depending largely upon the class of
goods and the strength of the waterproofing material that is used.
It will be seen that by this method of applying the material we are enabled to
produce waterproof pile goods, waterproof feathers and other similar material by
coating each particular hair or bristle with the waterproofing material.

page_text: We would not have it understood that we lay claim to any special arrangements
for producing the spray or for drying the goods upon which we are operating but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
The application of waterproofing material in the form of spray to pile and other
goods substantially as and for the purposes described.