CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF OIL CLOTH, OR OIL PAPER, TO BE EMPLOYED FOR PACKING PURPOSES, OR FOR COATING OR COVERING SURFACES, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Briggs, of Salford, in the County of Lancas-
ter, Oil Cloth Manufacturer, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF OIL CLOTH, OR OIL PAPER, TO BE EMPLOYED FOR
PACKING PURPOSES, OR FOR COATING OR COVERING SURFACES, AND IN APPARATUS
CONNECTED THEREWITH"
Sealed the 15th March 1861, and dated the 20th September 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Briggs at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
September 1860.
I, THOMAS BRIGGS, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Oil Cloth Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for " CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF OIL CLOTH, OR OIL PAPER, TO BE EMPLOYED
FOR PACKING PURPOSES, OR FOR COATING OR COVERING SURFACES, AND IN APPARATUS
CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
In the ordinary manufacture of that description of oil cloth or oil paper,
commonly used for packing goods, in order to render them impervious to
moisture the fabric or paper after having been treated with oil or other water-
proof material has been hitherto exposed to the atmosphere to dry spontaneously;
and my Invention is designed to effect a more rapid drying of the oiled cloth
or paper. The improvement consists in the novel application of a system of
drying cylinders, heated by steam or other means, to the machine in which the
fabric receives its waterproof coating, so that as the fabric passes through the

page_text: machine after having been oiled, or otherwise waterproofed, it passes over or
around the heated drying cylinders and is removed in a dry state; or if preferred
the oiling machinery may be detached from the drying cylinders.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Briggs in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th March 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
BRIGGS, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Oil Cloth Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Thomas Briggs, Her special license that I, the said Thomas Briggs, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas
Briggs, my 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF OIL CLOTH, OR OIL PAPER, TO BE EMPLOYED FOR PACKING
PURPOSES, OR FOR COATING OR COVERING SURFACES, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED
THEREWITH," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Briggs,
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 Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Briggs, 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, and accompanying Drawings (that is to say) :-
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In the ordinary manufacture of that description of oil cloth or oil paper
commonly used for packing goods, the fabric or paper after having been
treated with oil or other waterproof material has been hitherto exposed to
the atmosphere to dry spontaneously; and my Invention is designed to effect

page_text: a more rapid drying of the said oil cloth or paper. The improvement consists
in the novel application of a system of drying cylinders heated by steam or
other means to the machine in which the fabric receives its waterproof or oil
coating so that as the fabric passes through the machine after having been
oiled or otherwise waterproofed it passes over or around the heated drying
cylinders and is removed in a dry state, or if preferred the oiling machinery may
be detached from the drying cylinders.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings made upon a scale of
about three-quarters of an inch to the foot, similar letters of reference being
marked upon corresponding parts of the apparatus in both Figures.
Fig. 1, is a side view of the machinery for drying the oiled cloth or paper,
consisting of a series of steam cylinders; and Fig. 2 is a front view of the
same, such machine being arranged to pass three distinct pieces under the
influence of the cylinder simultaneously.
In Fig. 1, a, a is the framing of the machine, which is a hollow casting,
having steam pipes inserted in the interior communicating with the cylinders
b, b, by means of the bearings c, c, which are provided with steam-tight stuffing
boxes, and steam is supplied to the cylinders through the pipes from the main
steam pipes d, d; e, e, are bevil wheels for driving the said steam cylinders,
and f is the fabric to be dried, which issues from the oiling machine in the
direction of the arrow, and after having passed around the system of cylinders
b, b, passes away in a dry state to be plaited or rolled up.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with
the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be dis-
tinctly understood that I claim drying oiled or otherwise waterproofed textile
fabric or paper by the employment of one or more cylinders duly supplied with
steam for the said purpose, the material to be dried passing around such drying
cylinders as herein-before described, set forth, and fully illustrated in the
Drawings attached.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Briggs, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.