A New or Improved Absorbent Writing Paper.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 20th June. 1890-Accepted. 26th July. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Absorbent Writing Paper.
1, PETER WHITESIDE of 251 New Hall Lane Preston in the County of Lancashire
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a notepaper for letter writing, upon which
the ink shall immediately dry as it is written so that as to avoid the use of blotting
paper to dry up the ink on the surface of the paper as required at present.
My invention consists of making the paper with a sufficiently hard surface to write
upon comfortably but is not so highly glazed as the ordinary non-absorbent note
paper. This allows the ink to soak into the papers as the latter is written upon,
but at the same time the ink marks do not spread which would confuse the
writing.
Dated this 26th day of April 1890.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Absorbent Writing Paper.
I, PETER WHITESIDE 251 New Hall Lane Preston in the County of Lancashire
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 my invention is to provide an absorbent paper for use in writing and
upon which when any characters are written the ink will immediately dry, so that
there will be no occasion for the use of blotting paper to dry, or blot up the ink as is
required at present-thereby saving much time to those who are continually engaged
in correspondence and entering up books.
My absorbent paper may be made up into note paper and envelopes for letter
writing or any other suitable shape or size for general use, it can also be used to
form the leaves of diaries, account and other books into which entries are frequently
made.
My invention consists of making the paper with a sufficiently hard and smooth
surface to write upon comfortably and also to allow the pen to travel smoothly, so as
to avoid the pen catching, and causing the ink to spurt over the paper-but the
process of calendering the paper is not used to so great an extent as is the case in the
highly glazed non absorbent papers; thus it will readily be seen that the ink will
soak into my improved absorbent paper as soon as it is written upon, but at the same
time the ink marks will not spread so as to confuse the writing, but remain perfectly
clean & legible.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An absorbent paper for letter and general writing, upon which when used the
ink will immediately dry thereby saving the use of blotting paper.

page_text: 2. The use of an absorbent paper for diaries, account and other books into which
entries are frequently made and upon which the ink will immediately dry so that the
book may be closed at once or the leaves turned over without the fear of smearing
the writing.
Dated this 20th day of June 1890.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.