IMPROVED MATTING BASKETS, SCREENS, AND OTHER INTERLACED OR PLAITED ARTICLES
Year: 1885

page_text: Plaited Articles.
I, ALFRED ELKANAH HEALEY of The Willesden Paper and Canvas Works
Willesden in the County of Middlesex Manufacturer do hereby declare the
nature of said Invention for "IMPROVED MATTING BASKETS, SCREENS, AND OTHER
INTERLACED OR PLAITED ARTICLES "
to be as follows:-.
This Invention has for its object the manufacture of matting baskets, screens
and other interlaced or plaited articles and consists in taking strips (which may be
refuse cuttings) of copperised paper or canvas constituting the material known as
"Willesden Fabric" and interlacing plaiting or weaving the said strips together to
form matting baskets, screens, blinds lattice work, partitions or other articles.
For outdoor purposes this new manufacture is especially suited as it resists damp
and is practically proof against rot and the influence of the weather.
When an
ornamental effect is desired the strips employed may be of different colors and may
be so intermixed as to form any desired pattern.
This new manufacture may be employed for interior use in many positions such
as where Indian matting is now employed for laying down on floors and similar
purposes, and particularly in places where it is desired to protect valuable hangings
or Carpets from the influence of damp.
In order to produce these articles at the least possible cost the shreds may be
placed upon bobbins or other holders and by means of a warp and weft action such
shreds may be interlaced openly or closely and in the patterns desired, and at the
same time may be passed through a glazing or coating fluid for the purpose of
giving body and finish to the material when so required.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Matting, Baskets, Screens, and other Interlaced or
Plaited Articles.
I ALFRED ELKANAH HEALEY of the Willesden Paper and Canvas Works
Willesden in the County of Middlesex Manufacturer 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:-
This Invention has for its object the manufacture of matting baskets screens and
other interlaced or plaited articles and consists in taking strips (which may be
refuse cuttings) of copperised paper or other fabrics constructing the material
known as." Willesden" manufactures and interlacing plaiting or weaving the said
strips together to form matting baskets screens, blinds, lattice work, partitions or
other articles with or without the combination of cane or wickerwork.. The fabric
to which I refer as "Willesden" is that such as is described in the Specification
amongst others of Letters Patent January fourteenth One thousand eight hundred
and seventy eight No 174.
For outdoor. purposes, this new manufacture is especially suited as it resists
damp and is practically proof against rot and the influence of the weather. When
an ornamental effect is desired the strips employed may be of different colours and
may be so intermixed as to form any desired pattern.
This new manufacture may be employed for interior use in any position such as
where Indian matting is now employed for laying down on floors and similar
purposes and particularly in places where it is desired to protect valuable materials
from the influence of damp.
In order to produce these articles at the least possible cost the shreds may be
placed upon bobbins or other holders and by means of a warp and weft action such
shreds may be interlaced openly or closely and in the patterns desired and at the
same time may be passed through a glazing or coating fluid for the purpose of
giving body and finish to the material when so required.
The accompanying drawing represents a portion of an interlaced article shewing
one amongst many ways in which the strips may be arranged-The end strips are
secured by being passed through slots a in the ends of the strips transverse to them
but I do not limit myself to this pattern of interlacing nor to the mode of fastening
shewn.
The "Willesden" fabric interlaced, plaited, or woven as aforesaid, may with
great advantage be used for treating and compressing into consolidated blocks,
slabs or other articles by submitting a number of sheets, or layers of interlaced
plaited or woven "Willesden" fabric to the treatment (with or without moulds),
described in the Specification of my Patent Number 185 dated January 15th 1878
and the result will be a very solid and dense material of great tensile strength
owing to the interlacing of each component layer and moreover having a highly
ornamental effect equal at least to that for example of pollard oak or walnut or
other of the more expensive woods, suited for use in place of the 'more costly woods
now employed for building, decorative, domestic, Naval and other purposes, and the

page_text: material thus produced will present many advantages over timber especially for
large panels, and the like, as it will be more durable and capable of withstanding
the effects of time and weather, without being liable to split or splinter as timber
does under certain conditions.
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
First. The manufacture and use of articles and materials of interlaced plaited
or woven copperized paper or other materials or "Willesden" fabrics substantially
as hereinbefore described. .
Second. The manufacture of a new material for use as described by taking two
or more layers or sheets of interlaced plaited, or woven material, such as herein-
before described, and consolidating them into one compact body.