An Improved Composition of or from which may be Manufactured Tubes for various purposes, Tyres, and other Articles requiring more or less Flexibility or for use as a Non-conductor of Electricity.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 2nd June, 1900-Accepted, 21st July, 1900
An Improved Composition of or from which may be Manufactured
Tubes for various purposes, Tyres, and other Articles requiring
more or less Flexibility or for use as a Non-conductor of Electricity.
I, GEORGE BESTWICK, of 192, Green Lane, Patricroft, in the County of Lan-
caster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvement which forms the subject of this invention relates to a com-
position of or from which may be manufactured or produced articles of various
commercial utility requiring more or less flexibility and for the production of
articles that are employed as non-conductors of electricity in connection with
electric installation.
For the purpose of this invention I employ the interior hard substance of
Corozo pippin which is obtained after the rind and fruit has been taken there-
from. I steep said substance in a solution of chloride of lime for several hours
when it is ground and mixed with the following ingredients in or about the
following proportions:-
To 2 lbs. of ground Corozo pippin as above is added 3 lbs. of lytharge, 2 lbs.
of flour or oxide of zinc, oz. of sulphur and 1 oz. or more of pure india rubber
according to the amount of firmness or flexibility required.
The composition is then heated and thoroughly mixed, when the dough or paste
may be formed into tubes for encasing electrical wires or other purposes, tyres,
rollers pickers for looms, and articles of general utility which are then vulcanized.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
An Improved Composition of or from which may be Manufactured
Tubes for various purposes, Tyres, and other Articles requiring
more or less Flexibility or for use as a Non-conductor of Electricity.
I, GEORGE BESTWICK, of 192, Green Lane, Patricroft, in the County of Lan-
caster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what man-
ner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:—
The improvement which forms the subject of this invention relates to a com-
position of or from which may be manufactured or produced articles of various

page_text: commercial utility requiring more or less flexibility and for the production of
articles that are employed as non-conductors of electricity in connection with
electric installation.
For the purpose of this invention' I employ the interior hard substance of
Corozo pippin which is obtained after the rind and fruit has been taken there-
from. I steep said substance in a solution of chloride of lime for several hours
in order to remove the acid therefrom without spoiling the appearance of the
ivory, when it is dried, ground and mixed with the following ingredients in or
about the following proportions.
To 2 lbs. of ground Corozo pippin as above is added 3 lbs. of lytharge, 2lbs.
of flour or oxide of zinc, oz. of sulphur, and 1 to 4 ozs. of pure india rubber
according to the amount of firmness or flexibility required.
The composition is then heated and thoroughly mixed when the dough or
paste thereby obtained may be employed in the formation of tubes for encasing
electrical wires or other purposes, tyres for wheels, rollers, pickers for looms and
articles of general utility which are then vulcanized.
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
I claim is:-
1. A composition that is obtained by the treatment and mixture of substances
hereinbefore named and in the manner indicated by which a dough or paste is
produced substantially as and for the purpose or purposes herein before described.
2. The manufacture or production of articles requiring more or less flexibility
such as tubes, tyres, articles employed as non conductors of electricity in con-
nection with electric light installation and articles of various commercial utility
substantially as and in the manner hereinbefore described.
THIS
1st day
OOCT PTE TO
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.