Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 31st Aug., 1898-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1898
I, HERMANN BUYTEN, Furniture Manufacturer, of 9 to 11, Wehrhahn, Dusseldorf,
Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object, to provide a cheap substitute for wooden panels
and similar wall coverings.
as paper-
For this purpose I take a sheet of plastic material such
pulp with or without suitable additions of binding substance and colouring matter,
and imitate upon it the grain of wood by passing it between suitable embossing
rollers or by pressure between moulds, which are engraved so as to produce on
the plastic sheet an imitation of wood fibre or grain in relief.
Such sheets or wall coverings thus differ essentially from certain kinds of wall-
papers in which the grain of the wood is imitated by printing in colour upon a
smooth surface.
The raw material of the wall covering should be of such a nature, that it can
be easily and accurately moulded, and subsequently becomes sufficiently hard
and tough to resist ordinary wear and tear.
The colouring matter may be applied either before or after the process of
moulding or embossing
Dated this 22nd day of Donamber 1807
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, HERMANN BUYTEN, Furniture Manufacturer, of 9 to 11, Wehrhahn, Dusseldorf,
Germany, 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, to provide a cheap substitute for wooden panels
and similar wood coverings.
For this purpose I take a flexible sheet of plastic material, such as paper
pulp with or without suitable additions of binding substance and colouring matter,
and imitate upon it the grain of wood by passing it between suitable embossing
rollers or by pressure between moulds, which are engraved so as to produce on
the plastic sheet an imitation of wood fibre or wood grain in relief.

page_text: Such sheets or wall coverings thus differ essentially from certain kinds of wall-
papers in which the grain of the wood is imitated by printing in colour upon a
smooth surface.
The raw material of the wall covering should be of such a nature, that it can
be easily and accurately moulded, and subsequently becomes sufficiently hard
and tough to resist ordinary wear and tear.
The colouring matter may be applied either before or after the process of
moulding. I prefer to coat the moulded or embossed surface with a suitable
colouring matter imitating the colour of wood.
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:
1. A covering for walls and ceilings composed of a sheet of plastic material,
such as paper pulp, with the addition of suitable colouring matter, and having
an imitation of wood fibre or wood graining embossed on its surface, substantially
- as described.
2. A covering for walls and ceilings made from a flexible sheet of plastic
material by embossing upon its surface an imitation of wood fibre or wood graining
by means of rollers or a press, and then coating it with colouring matter to imitate
wood, substantially as described.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents, 37 and 39, Essex Street, Strand, London.