Improvements in and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Materials for Covering Walls and other Surfaces and in the Decoration and Metalling of such Materials.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date or Application, 2nd May, 1888
KGS
Complete Specification Left, 1st Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
Improvements in and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Materials
for Covering Walls and other Surfaces and in the Decoration
and Metalling of such Materials.
I, THOMAS JOHN PALMER, of Queen's Mill, Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster,
Decorative Material Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to
be as follows :-
My Invention relates to the manufacture of embossed material for the decoration
of walls and other surfaces and in the means for applying leaf or thin sheet metal
or thin fabrics to embossed or other material in a better and cheaper manner than
hitherto. In the case of covering with metal the improvements according to my
Invention allow of much thicker and therefore more durable layers of metal being
applied to embossed or modelled surfaces than can be applied by means hitherto
employed. A further advantage of the thicker metal is that when the material to
which it is applied is used for covering walls or the like this thicker metal effectually
prevents damp from finding its way to the surface of the decoration. My Invention
also allows of woven or felted fabrics or paper, which have been printed, or decorated
to agree with the pattern of an embossed fabric being applied to the surface of such
fabric simultaneously with the embossing or subsequently thereto, thereby producing.
a decorated embossed fabric at a cheap rate.
In carrying out one part of my Invention I take or make paper suited to my
purpose preferably in the form of a web of lightly couched and unpressed paper,
and for most purposes I prefer to make this without using size in the vat so that the
blotting paper," and
said paper will have a character analogous to or like that of "
this I may do in the manner described in the Specification of my Patent 4227 of
1883 or by any of the ordinary and well known ways. This web of paper I dry,
so as to thoroughly abstract moisture therefrom which may be effected by means of
drying cylinders or by other suitable means and then I impregnate it with a substance
which will soften under heat which I preferably effect by passing the paper

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(preferably by means of rollers) through a vessel containing a solution of suitable
gums or resins in solvent oil or spirit the said gums or resins being of a character
which will soften under heat so that the paper treated with the solution thereof will
also soften under heat. I find the following mixture and proportions answer well for
this purpose viz. 9 lbs of good resin, 9 lbs of resin oil, and 56 lbs of petroleum but
I do not limit myself to the use of any particular gums or resins and solvents
therefor provided that they answer the requirements hereinbefore stated.
subjecting the treated paper to a gentle heat to drive off superfluous spirit, I prefer
to air dry the said paper by hanging it in, or passing it through, a drying room, but
I may continue the drying by artificial heat until most or all of the spirit has been
driven off. If I do this latter I prefer to submit the said paper to a considerable
heat toward the finish, and while it retains, or is under the influence of this heat, I
convey it by suitable means to and between an embossing roller or block beneath and
a counter roller or block, preferably a plain roller or block with its surface covered
with an elastic substance, or I use an endless elastic band or bands of felt, rubber, or
other suitable yielding material passing over a plain counter roller or block. In some
cases I steam heat,. or heat by other suitable means, the embossing roller or block.
By either of the, herein before described means, I produce an embossed fabric in
hollow relief which will retain its embossing and be uninfluenced by the moisture of the
paste used in fixing it to surfaces. In making the embossed fabric of unpressed and
lightly couched paper, if I use thick endless felt or other elastic band upon which [
convey the paper between the embossing roller or block and a plain counter roller or
block, and then emboss it, I get the raised parts of the pattern thicker than the
ground of the pattern by reason of their being less compressed. This is of value
in designs having parts in considerable relief. When making patterns with but low
relief in their ornaments, I may make the paper in the ordinary way, and then pass
it through the vessel or bath of impregnating solution, and proceed in either of the
ways herein before described, either conducting it as a continuous operation or not as
may be most convenient.
In making some patterns, the surfaces of which I desire to cover with metal, or
with metallized paper, or woven fabric, or with printed or decorated paper or other
fabric, I bring the metal or other fabric in a continuous length on a roller as shown
at A in the diagram Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings and place this roller in
suitable bearings before the embossing roller or block. To this roller A I attach a
friction pulley and strap B for the purpose of keeping a tension on the metal or
fabric, I then pass the metal or fabric over a roller C, which I place in free bearings
so that it may give readily if an excessive tension should come upon the metal or
fabric. The surface of this roller C will be different for different work, in some
cases it will be best with a smooth hard surface, and in other cases it will be advisable
to have a thin felt jacket or other soft surface. Immediately under the roller C
I place another roller D and near this, and at a lower level 1 place another roller D¹
of the same size as the roller D and over these rollers D and D' I stretch a rubber
band, and for the purpose of keeping a proper tension on this band I arrange screws
as at D¹ in connection with the bearings of the roller D' to adjust them. Above the
roller D¹ I fix a ductor blade E with means for its adjustment and at the ends of this
blade 1 place side pieces F and on the rubber jacket G within the space enclosed by
the ductor blade and side pieces I place some solution of shellac or resin or the like
gum or resin in methylated or other suitable spirit or solvent, or caoutchouc, or gutta-
percha, or both, dissolved in sulphuret of carbon, or any other suitable solution of a
like character. I find the following to answer well, viz.:-1 lb of shellac, and 2 lbs of
good resin dissolved with methylated spirit added to bring it to the consistency
required to spread evenly over the surface. I pass the fabric H between rollers Č
and D with its front face downward, and pass it over the band G which being in
notion will carry it under the ductor blade E. I now lay on some of the solution
and pass the fabric H over the roller D' and convey it. between the embossing roller I
and counter roller K (or embossing block and counter block) to between which I
also convey the paper J which is ready for embossing. The roller K may have the

page_text: counter-part of the pattern on the embossing roller formed on its surface, or it may
be a plain roller with an elastic jacket, or with a thick elastic. hand or bands passing
over it as herein before described. It will now be seen that the metal or other
fabric H, and the paper J will come together at the nip of the embossing roller (or
block) and its counter roller (or block) and that the said metal or fabric and paper
will be united and embossed at the same time. If the material H be printed or
decorated, care must be taken in starting that the design registers with the embossing.
If I find it more suitable with some fabrics, to have the solution used to bind
together the two fabrics H and J. more fluid, I substitute for the cementing arrange
ments herein before described the arrangements hereinafter described in connection
with the roller H of the diagram Figure 2.
If I desire to cover the paper with soft sheet metal such as Dutch metal, silver
leaf, or white metal, at the tiine of embossing, I find it advisable to prepare the front
surface of the paper J with one or two coats of paint, or with varnishes, or by
other suitable means to give this surface a smooth face in order to help the metal
to give the required appearance. If I use a varnish the last coat may serve as the
cement to fasten the metal to the paper. If I use paints only, then when the paint
is hard the cementing solution must be applied to the surface of the paper and this
I effect at the roller H by the arrangement shown in Figure 2 and I bring the paper
forward by the same arrangement as is there shown for the embossed paper. In
carrying out this process of metalling the surface of the paper, I arrange the sheets
or leaves of thin metal on a web of thin paper or cloth by slightly overlapping the
edges of each leaf and spreading them out to the width necessary for the paper to be
covered, and then carefully rolling it on a suitable roller. This roller I place in free
bearings as shown for the roller L, allowing it to rest on a felt or other suitable
carrier, which being passed between the embossing roller (or block) and its counter
roller (or block) will be carried forward and will meet the sized paper. The
metal and the sized paper will then be united and embossed at one operation, the
embossing roller taking the place of the roller E and the counter roller taking the
place of the roller A Figure 2. After being embossed the paper (or other fabric)
upon which the metal had been spread will be rolled up and the embossed paper
will be carried forward to have the surplus metal brushed off by hand labour or
machine work.
In making some patterns, I prefer to complete the paper by embossing and then
proceed in the following manner which I will more fully explain with reference to
the diagram Figure z. I arrange in a suitable framing a roller A, the surface of
which I cover with some elastic material such as felt, rubber, pile carpet or other
suitable yielding substance, and over this roller AI pass a thick elastic and endless
web B which may be felt or rubber or other suitable material. This elastic or
yielding web is passed over another roller and also over the small rollers D DI
and D the latter being used as a tension roller by means of a ratchet rest on each
side of the frame. For patterns with bigh relief I prefer to bind the edges of this
elastic web B with some non-elastic material such as metal ribbon, so that its centre
may give more freely when it is pressed against the surface of the embossed fabric.
For patterns with low relief I use the elastic web B without binding its edges.
Over the roller AI fix another roller E to the bearings of which are attached set
screws to bring it in contact with the roller A. Around this roller E I pass an
endless web of material F, which if used for patterns with a hollow back (ie. with
indentations corresponding with the raised parts on the front of the embossed fabric)
should be. of the same nature as the web B but not necessarily so thick. This
web F, I pass over rollers G and H, and I arrange it (oinding the edges or not as
required) according to the pattern being treated, in the same way as I do with the
web B. When dealing with an embossed fabric, I generally place this fabric on a
roller I, by preference with its face inside. I then bring this forward on to the web F
making its first contact_over the roller G and pass it on toward the roller H in
which direction the web F is travelling, and for the purpose of keeping the fabric in

page_text: proper contact with the web F I fasten the leading end of the fabric by suitable clips.
When I wish to coat the surface of an embossed material with sheet metal, if this
metal is made into sheets or leaves and is stout enough to handle freely, I previously
join these sheets or leaves of metal with a suitable cement or other solder so as to
make a continuous length which I roll upon a roller J.
With some patterns and materials I find it advisable to reverse the usual order of
things and apply the size, (used for fastening the metal to the material) to the
metal instead of the material. With this roller J, I arrange a tension pulley K
and friction strap, or I may use other suitable means to keep the roll of metal at a
suitable tension. Below the roller J I place another roller L in free bearings which
roller I prefer shall have a smooth face, which may be metal or rubber, I bring down
the metal under this roller L and onto a rubber band m which I stretch over a pair
of rollers n and n'. The hearings of the roller n I may provide with a pair of screws
to keep the band m at proper tension. Above the band m and over the roller n¹ I
fix a ductor blade O with side pieces F and against this ductor I lay the cementing
solution as hereinbefore described with regard to Figure 1, the said solution being of
a fairly stiff consistency and it will be kept up against the ductor blade by the
continued motion of the band m. In connection with the ductor blade 01 arrange
adjustments therefor to regulate the thickness of cementing solution spread on to
the metal. When I am using metal that has been joined together with cement or
solder, I bring this onto the band m so that the overlying edges do not meet the
ductor blade end on as in this way I find the elasticity of the band m will be sufficient
to allow of the double thickness of metal at the overlapped parts passing the ductor
blade without injury.
After the sized metal has passed the ductor blade O, I pass it over a metal plate or
table P which I keep hot, either by steam pipes under it or by gas jets, or by other
suitable means, the object of this hot plate or table P being to quickly evaporate the
spirit from the cementing solution so that it may be sufficiently "tacky" or adhesive
when it meets the embossed fabric. After passing over the hot plate P, the metal is
carried forward by the web B which will bring it in contact with the front face of
the fabric to be metalled at the nip between the rollers A and E.
As the surface of the roller A is covered with an elastic or yielding material, and
as the web B is also elastic or yielding it follows that the combined elasticity or
yielding nature of these two will press the sized metal into all the concavities of the
embossed fabric and bring it well home to all its surface. With the view to make
this more sure and to rectify any miss in the first contact, I keep the fabric in
contact with the web B and pass it between the roller A and other pressure roller Q
the surface of which is covered with elastic or yielding material. If the fabric be a
light one and be embossed in hollow relief, I cover also the roller E with a yielding
or elastic material.
With some fabrics and patterns I prefer to apply the cementing solution to the
embossed fabric instead of to the metal, and this I find necessary when I use very thin
leaf metal. In this case I proceed in the manner hereinbefore described for applying
such metals to the paper at the time of embossing such paper, as far as arranging and
preparing the metal for use is concerned and I then arrange the embossed fabric on
the roller I Figure 2 having its face inwards and bring it forward on the web F.
Against this web F and in conjunction with the roller I arrange troughs R and S
and in that S I fix a roller T which revolves in cementing solution placed in the
trough R and against this roller T I run a brush roller U which will take off the size
from the roller Tand brush it on to the face of the embossed fabric. This brush
roller U has preferably a motion in the same direction as that of the fabric but of a
considerably greater speed and it may have a quick lateral motion also. In the
trough S, which I may either use as a dry trough or a cement holding trough I fix
another brush roller V, the motion of which will be the reverse of that of the advancing
fabric and it may have a lateral motion the same as that of the roller U, the chief
object of this roller being to level down and equalize the coating of cementing solution

page_text: on the embossed fabric. The fabric to which the cement has been applied will now be
carrie. forward between the rollers A and E and A and Q and have the metal pressed
on to its surface as herein before described.
When
When coating by the process just described the surface of an embossed fabric with
printed or decorated paper, cloth or other material having a pattern on it care must be
taken to keep its pattern in register with the pattern of the embossed fabric.
coating paper or other fabric for damp walls or other purposes I may do so by
either of the herein before described ways, except that I do not emboss the coated
fabric.

page_text: Improvements in and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Materials
for Covering Walls and other Surfaces and in the Decoration
and Metalling of such Materials.
I THOMAS JOHN PALMER of Queens Mill Lancaster in the County of Lancaster,
Decorative Material 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 :-
My invention relates to the manufacture of embossed material for the decoration of
walls and other surfaces and in the means for applying leaf or thin sheet metal or thin
fabrics to embossed or other material in a better and cheaper manner than hitherto. In the
-case of covering with metal the improvements according to my invention allow of much
thicker and therefore more durable layers of metal being applied to embossed or
modelled surfaces than can be applied by means hitherto employed. A further
advantage of the thicker metal is that when the material to which it is applied is used
for covering walls or the like this thicker metal effectually prevents damp from finding
its way to the surface of the decoration. My invention also allows of woven or felted
fabrics or paper, which have been printed, or decorated to agree with the pattern of
an embossed fabric being applied to the surface of such fabric simultaneously with the
embossing or subsequently thereto thereby producing a decorated embossed fabric at
a cheap rate.
In carrying out one part of my invention I take or make paper suited to my purpose
preferably in the form of a web of lightly couched and unpressed paper, and for most
purposes I prefer to make this without using size in the vat so that the said paper will
have a character analogous to or like that of "blotting paper," and this I may do in
the manner described in the specification of my Patent 4227 of 1883 or by any of the
ordinary and well known ways. This web of paper I dry, so as to thoroughly abstract
moisture therefrom which may be effected by means of drying cylinders or by other
suitable means and then 1 impregnate it with a substance which will soften under heat
which I preferably effect by passing the paper (preferably by means of rollers) through
a vessel containing a solution of suitable gums or resins in solvent oil or spirit the said
gums or resins being of a character which will soften under heat so that the
paper
treated with the solution thereof will also soften under heat-I find the following
mixture and proportions answer well for this purpose viz. :-9 lbs. of good resin, 9 lbs.
of resin oil, and 56 lbs. of petroleum but. I do not limit myself to the use of any
particular gums or resins and solvents therefor provided that they answer the require-
ments herein before stated. After subjecting the treated paper to a gentle heat to drive
off superfluous spirit, I prefer to air dry the said paper by hanging it in, or passing it
through, a drying room, but I may continue the drying by artificial heat until most or
all of the spirit has been driven off. If I do this latter I prefer to submit the said
paper to a considerable heat toward the finish, and while it retains, or is under the.
influence of this heat, I convey it by suitable means to and between an embossing
roller or block and a counter roller or block beneath preferably a plain roller or block

page_text: With its surface covered with an elastic substance, or I use an endless elastic band or
bands of felt, rubber, or other suitable yielding material passing over a plain counter
roller or block. In some cases I steam heat, or heat by other suitable means, the
embossing roller or block. By either of the hereinbefore described means, I produce
an embossed fabric in hollow relief which will retain its embossing and be uninfluenced
by the moisture of the paste used in fixing it to surfaces. In making the-
embossed fabric of unpressed and lightly couched paper, if I use thick endless.
felt or other elastic band upon which I convey the paper between the embossing
roller or block, and a plain counter roller or block, and then emboss it,
get the raised parts of the pattern thicker than the ground of the pattern by
reason of their being less compressed. This is of value in designs having
parts in considerable relief. When making patterns with but low relief in their orna-
ments, I may make the paper in the ordinary way, and then pass it through the vessel
or bath of impregnating solution and proceed in either of the ways herein before
described, either conducting it as a continuous operation or not as may be most.
convenient.
In making some patterns of paper or other material, the surfaces of which I desire-
to cover with metal, or with metallized paper, or woven fabric, or with printed or
decorated paper or other fabric, I bring the metal or other fabric in a continuous.
length on a roller as shown at A in the diagram Figure 1 of the accompanying
drawings and place this roller in suitable bearings before the embossing roller or
block. To this roller A 1 attach a friction pulley and strap B for the purpose of
keeping a tension on the metal or fabric,. I then pass the metal or fabric over a.
roller C, which I place in free bearings so that it may give readily if an excessive-
tension should come upon the metal or fabric. The surface of this roller will.
he different for different work, in some cases it will be best with a smooth hard
surface, and in other cases it. will be advisable to have a thin felt jacket or other
soft surface. Immediately under the roller C 1 place another roller D and near-
this, and at a lower level I place another roller D¹ of the same size as the roller D
and over these rollers D and D I stretch a rubber band, and for the purpose of
keeping a proper tension on this band I arrange screws as at D' in connection
with the bearings of the roller D' to adjust them. Above the roller D¹ 1 fix a ductor
blade E with means for its adjustment and at the ends of this blade I place side
pieces F and on the rubber jacket G within the space enclosed by the ductor
blade and side pieces I place some solution of shellac or resin or the like gum or
resin in methylated or other suitable spirit or solvent or caoutchouc, or gutta percha,.
or both, dissolved in sulphuret of carbon, or any other suitable solution of a like
character. I find the following to answer well, vis. :-1 lb. of shellac, and 2 lbs.
of good resin dissolved with methylated spirit added to bring it to the consistency
required to spread evenly over the surface. I pass the metal or fabric H between
rollers and D with its front face downward, and pass it over the band G which
being in motion will carry it under the ductor blade E. I now lay on some of
the solution and pass the metal or fabric H over the roller D¹ and convey it
between the embossing roller I and counter roller K (or embossing block and
counter block) between which I also convey the paper or other material J which
is ready for embossing. The roller K may have the counter-part of the pattern
on the embossing roller formed on its surface or it may be a plain roller with an
elastic jacket, or with a thick elastic band or bands passing over it as heroinbefore
described. It will now be seen that the metal or other fabric H, and the paper or
other material J will come together at the nip of the embossing roller (or block) and
its counter roller (or block) and that the said metal or fabric and paper or other
material will be united and embossed at the same time. If the metal or fabric H be
printed or decorated, care must be taken in starting that the design registers with the
embossing. If I find it more suitable with some fabrics, to have the solution used to
bind together the two inaterials H and J more fluid, I substitute for the cementing
arrangements herein before described the arrangements hereinafter described in
connection with the roller H of the diagram Figure 2.

page_text: If I desire to cover the paper or other material with soft sheet metal such as Dutch
metal, silver leaf, or white metal, at the time of embossing, I find it advisable to prepare
the front surface of the paper or other material J with one or two coats of paint, or
with varnishes, or by other suitable means to give this surface a smooth face in order
to help the metal to give the required appearance. If I use a varnish the last coat
may serve as the cement to fasten the metal to the paper or other material. If I use
paints only, then when the paint is hard the cementing solution must be applied to the
surface of the paper or other material and this I effect at the roller H by the arrange-
ment shewn in Figure 2 and I bring the paper forward by the same arrangement as
is there shewn for the embossed paper. In carrying out this process of metalling the
surface of the paper or other material, I arrange the sheets or leaves of thin metal on
a web of thin paper or cloth by slightly overlapping the edges of each leaf and
spreading them out to the width necessary for the paper or other material to be
covered, and then carefully rolling it on a suitable roller. This roller I place in
free bearings as shewn for the roller I, allowing it to rest on a felt or other
suitable carrier, which being passed between the embossing roller (or block) and its
counter roller (or block) will be carried forward and will meet the sized paper or
other material. The metal and the sized paper or other material will then be united
and embossed at one operation, the embossing roller taking the place of the roller E,
and the counter roller taking the place of the roller A Figure 2. After being embossed
the paper (or other fabric) upon which the metal had been spread will be rolled up
and the embossed paper or other material will be carried forward to have the surplus
metal brushed off by hand labor or machine work.
In making some patterns, I prefer to complete the paper or other material by
embossing and then proceed in the following manner which I will more fully explain
with reference to the diagram Figure 2. I arrange in a suitable framing a roller A,
the surface of which I cover with some elastic material such as felt, rubber, pile
carpet or other suitable yielding substance, and over this roller A I pass a thick elastic
and endless web B which may be felt or rubber or other suitable material. This
elastic or yielding web is passed over another roller and also over the small
rollers D D and D² the latter being used as a tension roller by means of a ratchet
rest on each side of the frame. For patterns with high relief 1 prefer to bind the
edges of this elastic web B with some non-elastic material such as metal ribbon, so
that its centre may give more freely when it is pressed against the surface of the
embossed fabric. For patterns with low relief I use the elastic web B without binding
its edges. Over the roller A I fix another roller E to the bearings of which are
attached set screws to bring it in contact with the roller A. Around this roller E I
pass an endless web of material F, which if used for patterns with a hollow back (i.e.
with indentations corresponding with the raised parts on the front of the embossed
fabric) should be of the same nature as the web B but not necessarily so thick. This
web F, I pass over rollers G and H, and I arrange it (binding the edges or not as
required) according to the pattern being treated, in the same way as I do with the
web B. When dealing with an embossed fabric, I generally place this fabric on a
roller I, by preference with its face inside. I then bring this forward on to the web F
making its first contact over the roller G and pass it on toward the roller H in which
direction the web F is travelling, and for the purpose of keeping the fabric in proper
contact with the web F I fasten the leading end of the fabric by suitable clips. When
I wish to coat the surface of an embossed material with sheet metal, if this metal is
made into sheets or leaves and is stout enough to handle freely, I previously join these
sheets or leaves of metal with a suitable cement or solder so as to make a continuous
length which I roll upon a roller J.
With some patterns and materials I find it advisable to reverse the usual order of
things and apply the size, (used for fastening the metal to the material) to the metal
instead of the material. With this roller J, I arrange a tension pulley K and
friction strap, or I may use other suitable means to keep the roll of metal at a
suitable tension. Below the roller J I place another roller L in free bearings, which
roller I prefer shall have a smooth face, which may be metal or rubber. I bring down

page_text: the metal under this roller L and on to a rubber band m which I stretch over a
pair of rollers n and n¹. The hearings of the roller n I may provide with a pair
of screws to keep the band m at proper tension. Above the band m and over the
roller n I fix a ductor blade O with side pieces F and against this ductor I lay the
cementing solution as hereinbefore described with regard to Figure 1, the said solution
being of a fairly stiff consistency and it will be kept up against the ductor blade O by
the continued motion of the band m. In connection with the ductor blade O I
arrange adjustments therefor to regulate the thickness of cementing solution spread
on to the metal. When I am using metal that has been joined together with
cement or solder, I bring this on to the band m so that the overlying edges do
not meet the ductor blade end on as in this way I find the elasticity of the
band m will be sufficient to allow of the double thickness of metal at the over-
lapped parts passing the ductor blade without injury. After the sized metal has
passed the ductor blade O, I pass it over a metal plate or table P which I keep hot,
either by steam pipes under it or by gas jets, or by other suitable means, the
object of this hot plate or table P being to quickly evaporate the spirit from the
cementing solution so that it may be sufficiently "tacky" or adhesive when it meets
the embossed fabric or material. After passing over the hot plate P, the metal is
carried forward by the web B which will bring it in contact with the front face of
the fabric or material to be metalled at the nip beween the rollers A and E.
As the surface of the roller A is covered with an elastic or yielding material,
and as the web B is also elastic or yielding it follows that the combined elasticity or
yielding nature of the two will press the sized metal into all the concavities of the
embossed fabric or material and bring it well home to all its surface. With. the view
to make this more sure and to rectify any miss in the first contact, I keep the fabric
or material in contact with the web B and pass it between the roller A and another
pressure roller Q the surface of which is covered with elastic or yielding material. If
the fabric or material be a light one and be embossed in hollow relief, I cover also
the roller E with a yielding or elastic material.
With some fabrics or materials and patterns I prefer to apply the cementing
solution to the embossed fabric or material instead of to the metal, and this I find
necessary when I use very thin leaf metal. In this case I proceed in the manner
herein before described for applying such metals to the paper or other material at the
time of embossing such paper or material as far as arranging and preparing the metal
for use is concerned and I then arrange the embossed fabric or material on the roller I
Figure 2 having its face inwards and bring it forward on the web F. Against this
web F and in conjunction with the roller H I arrange troughs R and S and in the.
trough RI fix a roller T which revolves in cementing solution placed in the said
trough and against this roller T I run a brush roller U which will take off the size
from the roller T and brush it on to the face of the embossed material. This brush
roller U has preferably a motion in the same direction as that of the fabric or material
but of a considerably greater speed and it may have a quick lateral motion also. In
the trough S, which I may either use as a dry trough or a cement holding trough 1
fix another brush roller V, the motion of which will be the reverse of that of the
advancing fabric and it may have a lateral motion the same as that of the roller U,
the chief object of this roller boing to level down and equalize the coating of cementing
solution on the embossed fabric or material. The fabric or material to which
the cement has been applied will now be carried forward between the. rollers A
and E and A and Q and have the metal pressed on to its surface as hereinbefore
described.
When coating by the process just described, the surface of an embossed fabric or
material with printed or decorated paper, cloth or other material having a pattern on
it care must be taken to keep its pattern in register with the pattern of the embossed
fabric or material. When coating paper or other material for damp walls or other
purposes, I may do so by either of the hereinbefore described ways, except that I do
not emboss the coated fabric or material.

page_text: 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 1
claim is :-
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1. The manufacture of a material for covering walls or other surfaces by impreg-
nating paper with a solution of the nature hereinbefore described, then heating the
paper so treated and embossing it.
2. The manufacture of a material for covering walls or other surfaces by taking or
making a web of unpressed or lightly couched paper, drying it, impregnating it with
substance which will soften under heat then heating it and finally embossing it
substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. In apparatus for the production of material for covering walls or other surfaces
according to the preceding claims the use of a thick endless felt or like elastic or
yielding material for conveying the treated paper between the embosser and a plain
roller or block for the purpose of obtaining an embossed material thicker in the raised
parts than in the ground as hereinbefore described.
4. The production of material for covering walls or other surfaces by taking a web
or overlapping pieces of metal or metallized paper or woven or other fabric and
applying to the back thereof a size varnish or cement of resin dissolved in spirit or
equivalent cementing material and then conducting the said web in conjunction with
a web of paper or other material to be covered through an embosser substantially
as hereinbefore described whether the paper be covered or not with paint varnish or
the like.
5. The arrangement of parts in an apparatus for conducting the process as claimed
by the last preceding claiming clause substantially as explained with reference to
Figure 1 of the accompanying diagrams.
6. The production of a material for covering walls or other surfaces by conducting
an embossed web of material and a web or overlapping pieces of metal or other
material, with cement or the like intervening, between rollers or pressing devices with
the intervention of elastic material substantially as herein before described with
reference to Figure 2 of the accompanying diagrams.
7. The arrangement of parts in an apparatus for conducting the process as claimed
by the last preceding claiming clause substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to Figure 2 of the accompanying diagrams whether there be used the
roller or not and with either the distributor O; F, or the distributor R S T U V
or both.
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8. The processes and apparatus substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in both of the accompanying diagrams and claimed but with the absence of
the embossing process and embossing appliances all substantially as hereinbefore
explained.
9. The articles of manufacture produced by the means and in the manners berein-
before described and claimed.