An Improved Composition for Coating Fabrics for Advertizing and other Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec.. 1887
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 16th Nov., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Composition for Coating Fabrics for Advertizing and
other Purposes.
I ALFRED FORD 22 Gloucester Crescent, Regents Park, Gentleman do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows
I first make the following composition
I take 100 lbs. of the hard Pitch obtained by Stearine manufacturers as a residuum, and
add to it 25 lbs. of Boiled Oil, and 5 lbs. of old, and well dried Soap; I melt all these
together in a convenient vessell, taking care by constant stirring, that they are intimately
incorporated, and allow the mixture to cool down to the consistence of soft dough, in
which state it is fit for use. I then take wire Gauze of a suitable consistence, and
mesh and press it into the above composition, or any suitable modification of the same,
by means of Rollers of metal, or wood, heated or otherwise so as effectually to fill the
meshes of the same, and render it firm, strong, durable & weatherproof and with a
smooth surface capable of being used for advertizing or other purposes.
I may find it convenient to use other forms of pitch or Asphaltum. The other
purposes I have in view, are, among others, covering of Sheds, Vans, Carts, Buildings
in course of erection and other like requirements.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Composition for Coating Fabrics for Advertizing and
other Purposes.
I ALFRED FORD of 22 Gloucester Crescent, Regents Park, Gentleman 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
I first make the following composition
I take one hundred pounds, or thereabout, of the hard Pitch obtained as a residuum
by Stearine manufacturers, and add to it twenty five pounds of boiled oil, or thereabout,
and five pounds, or thereabout of old and well dried Soap. I then melt all these
together in a convenient vessell, and at a temperature sufficient for effectually fusing
the same, and driving off all adventitious moisture, and after this composition has
been strained through a strainer, so as to free it from the fused particles of matter, I
employ the same, or some other suitable modification of the same in forming fabrics
for advertizing, and other purposes in the manner, or manners hereinafter described.
Whilst the material is in a perfectly fused state, 1 place it in a trough, fitted with
a revolving Roller, through its centre, and heated by jets of Gas, or in some other
suitable way, so as to keep the composition in a liquid state, and I then draw through
it, wire Gauze of a suitable consistence, and mesh, so as effectually to coat the wire,
and fill the meshes thereof, or of any other woven fabric I may wish to employ and
with the same object, and when the same has parted with the heat which it acquired
in the bath or trough, I pass it through metal, or wooden Rolls for the purpose of
facing, or flattening the surface-or I first allow the composition, after it has been
melted, to cool down to the consistence of Dough, and then 1 spread it on the fabric I
desire to form by passing both through Metal or Wooden Rolls in the first instance-
I may use other Pitch or Asphaltum. The other purposes, indicated in the Title of
this Invention are for Roofs of buildings and erections, Vans, Railway and other
Carriages, for building Sheds, covering of damp walls, and for floors, and as a substitute
for Leather for splash Boards, Loin Covers, Driving belts, Boxes Trunks and
travelling Bags, Chairs and Seats & Cushions, Tarpaulins, and waterproofing material
generally.
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
The Composition formed by the admixture Stearine pitch-with Oil, and Soap, in
the manner and for the purposes herein described, and set forth.