IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GOODS COATED WITH INDIA- RUBBER AND OTHER GUMS AND IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hiram Hutchinson, of No. 102, Rue Richelieu, in
the City of Paris, in the Empire or France, Merchant, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GOODS COATED WITH INDIA-
RUBBER AND OTHER GUMS AND IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN."--A
communication by Mr. Lorin Burt, residing at Langlèe, in the Depart-
Sealed the 14th August 1860, and dated the 30th April 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hiram Hutchinson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th
April 1860.
J, HIRAM HUTCHINSON, of No. 102, Rue Richelieu, in the City of Paris,
in the Empire of France, Merchant,, do hereby declare the nature of the
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GOODS COATED WITH
INDIA-RUBBER AND OTHER GUMS AND IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of goods.
coated with india-rubber and other gums. For this purpose I cause a woven
fabric, which is to be coated with india-rubber or other gum, to be drawn
continuously from a roll and to pass in contact with a roller, the surface of
which as it revolves continuously is coated with india-rubber or gum, by
feeding such india-rubber or gum in a plastic state between this roller and

page_text: another roller mounted at a short distance from it. The coating of india-
rubber is transferred from the roller to one side of the fabric. The fabric
then passes to another roller, and is by it similarly coated with india-rubber
or gum on its other side; at the point where the fabric comes in contact with
the second roller it is pressed against it by a third roller, on which a raised
pattern is formed, and the india-rubber or gum is by the pressure caused to
adhere firmly to the fabric at the parts with which the raised pattern comes
in contact, the other parts of the second coating of india-rubber or gum
remain sticking to the roller, which applies the coating and are taken back
by it into the mass of india-rubber or gum from which the coating was origi-
nally rolled. The face of the fabric which was first coated and to which the
coating adheres firmly at the parts where the pattern roller presses on it, but
only slightly at the other parts not pressed on by the pattern roller is then
caused to pass in contact with another roller, to which a coating of india-rubber
or gum is also applied, and this coating sticking to the loose parts of the
coating first applied removes them. Thus a fabric is obtained of which
certain parts (regulated by the pattern on the pattern roller) are coated with
india-rubber or gum on both sides, while the other parts of the fabric are
left uncoated, and this is effected by the pressure of one pattern roller.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Hiram Hutchinson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
30th October 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HIRAM
HUTCHINSON, of No. 102, Rue Richelieu, in the City of Paris, in the Empire
of France, Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and, successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Hiram Hutchinson, Her special licence that 1, the said Hiram
Hutchinson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Hiram Hutchinson, 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 " IMPROVE-

page_text: MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GOODS COATED WITH INDIA-RUBBER AND OTHER
GUNS AND IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN," a communication to me
by Mr. Lorin Burt, residing at Langlée in the department of the Loiret,
France, Mechanician, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Hiram Hutchinson, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 Hiram Hutchinson, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of goods
coated with india-rubber and other gums, and in apparatus to be employed
therein. For this purpose I cause a woven fabric x, which is to be coated
with india-rubber or other gum, to be drawn continuously from a roll A, and
to pass in contact with a roller B, the surface of which, as it revolves con-
tinuously is coated with india-rubber or gum, by feeding such india-rubber or
gum in a plastic state between this roller B, and another roller C mounted at a
short distance from it, the coating of india-rubber is transferred from the
roller to one side of the fabric. The fabric then passes to another roller E and
is by it similarly coated with india-rubber or gum on its other side. At the
point where the fabric comes in contact with the second roller it is pressed
against it by a third roller D, on which a raised pattern is formed and the
india-rubber or gum is by the pressure caused to adhere firmly to the fabric
at the parts with which the raised pattern comes in contact; the other parts
of the second coating of india-rubber or gum remain sticking to the roller,
which applies the coating and are taken back by it into tho mass of india-
rubber or gum from which the coating was originally rolled. The face of the
fabric, which was first coated, and to which the coating adheres firmly at the
parts where the pattern roller presses on it, but only slightly at the other
parts not pressed on by the pattern roller is then caused to pass in contact
with another roller H, to which a coating of india-rubber or gum is also
applied, and it is pressed against the said roller by the roller G, and the
coating of india-rubber or gum sticking to the loose parts of the coating first
applied removes them. Thus a fabric is obtained of which certain parts
(regulated by the pattern on the pattern roller) are coated with india-rubber

page_text: or gum on both sides while the other parts of the fabric are left uncoated,
and this is effected by the pressure of one pattern roller. The fabric is wound
up on to the roller K. I have not thought it necessary to show the gearing
by which the rollers are actuated, but the arrows will indicate to a mechanic
the arrangement of gearing necessary.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I make no claim
to any of the parts separately, but what I claim is the combined arrangement
herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Hiram Hutchinson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
T. BASSET.
HIRAM HUTCHINSON. (L.B.)