AN IMPROVED MATERIAL FOR 'CARD BACKS EMPLOYED IN CARDING WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Scholes, of Liversedge, near Normanton, in the
County of York, for the Invention of " AN IMPROVED MATERIAL FOR 'CARD
BACKS EMPLOYED IN CARDING WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS
MATERIAL."
Scaled the 6th February 1877, and dated the 12th August 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Scholes at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th August 1876.
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WILLIAM SCHOLES, of Liversedge, near Normanton, in the County of York. "AN
IMPROVED MATERIAL FOR CARD BACKS' EMPLOYED IN CARDING WOOL, COTTON,
AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL.”
My improvements consist in the introduction of paper in combination with the
web or warp of any fibrous material or threads of the same, or in combination with
felt or leather, or it may be used alone as a foundation for "cards," or as a substi-
tute for leather or other material used for the backs of "cards" for the carding of
cotton, wool, or other fibrous material, all as herein-after described.
I employ paper to which threads or a warp or web is attached, which may be
done in any or either of the following ways:-
First. It may be done by using paper in combination with linen or cotton fabric
put together in alternate plies or layers, with any suitable adhesive compound, or
layers or plies of paper may have a warp or number of threads introduced between
them when being cemented together, or paper may be used alone for the interior, or
body of the foundation "cloth" or "back" with the outside layers or plies of
cotton or other suitable fabrics, or paper may be used in combination with leather
or with a felted fabric, or it may be used alone without having any warp or web
introduced.
Second. The warp or thread or a web or fabric may be attached to the papers or
embedded in it while the paper is wet, or at the time of its being formed or made
out of the pulp, and then the sheets or plies of paper with the threads or warp or
web attached may be laid together in as many layers or plies as may be necessary
for the purpose required, and secured together with any suitable adhesive
compound.

page_text: The wires or "card" teeth after the body or "back" is formed, as herein-before
described, are inserted in the same manner as for leather or other foundation or
"back' now in use.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Scholes in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th
February 1877.
WILLIAM SCHOLES, of Liversedge, near Normanton, in the County of York. "AN
IMPROVED MATERIAL FOR CARD BACKS EMPLOYED IN CARDING WOOL, COTTON,
AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL."
My improvements consist in the introduction of paper in combination with the
web or warp of any fibrous material or throads of the same, or in combination with
felt or leather, or it may be used alone as a foundation for "cards," or as a substi-
tute for leather or other material used for the back of " cards" for the carding of
cotton, wool, or other fibrous material, all as herein-after described.
I employ paper to which threads or a warp or web is attached, which may be
done in any or either of the following ways:-
First. It may be done by using paper in combination with linen or cotton fabric
put together in alternate plies or layers (any number of layers of either) with any
suitable adhesive compound, or layers or plies of paper may have a warp or
number of threads introduced between them when or previous to being cemented
together, or paper may be used alone for the interior or body of the foundation
cloth" or "back" with the outside layers or plics of cotton or other suitable fabric,
or paper may be used in combination with plies or layers of leather or with a felted
fabric, or it may be used alone without having any warp or web introduced.
.
Second. The warp or thread or a web or fabric may be attached to the papers or
embedded in it while the paper is wet, or at the time of its being formed or made
out of the pulp, and then the sheets or plies of paper, with the threads or warp or
webattached, may be laid together in as many layers or plies as may be necessary
for the purpose required, and secured together with any suitable adhesive
compound.
The wires or "card" teeth, after the body or "back" is formed as herein-before
described, are inserted in the same manner as for leather or other foundation or
"back" now in use.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and described how the
same may be performed, what I do claim and desire to be secured to me by Letters
Patent is, the employment of paper either separately or in combination with the
herein-before mentioned substances, substantially as and for purposes herein sot
forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Scholes, have hereunto set my hand
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