IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, HARNESS, AND DRIVING STRAPS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO UNITING VARIOUS MATERIALS TOGETHER, AND ALSO FOR WATERPROOFING
Year: 1857

page_text: Mark Lane, in the City of London, Gentleman, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, HARNESS, AND
DRIVING STRAPS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO UNITING VARIOUS
MATERIALS TOGETHER, AND ALSO FOR WATERPROOFING,"
Sealed the 9th April 1858, and dated the 26th October 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles de Clippèle, at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th October 1857.
I, CHARLES DE CLIPPÈLE, of Brussels, temporary of No. 74, Mark Lane, in
the City of London, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, HARNESS, AND
DRIVING STRAPS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO UNITING VARIOUS
MATERIALS TOGETHER, AND ALSO FOR WATERPROOFING," to be as follows:-
The improvements consist in producing a composition for uniting together.
materials of the same or a different kind, such as iron to wood, leather to
leather, or leather to cloth; also for manufacturing with paper or cloth,
covered with this composition, waterproof cartridges and cartouches; and also
for waterproofing cables and cords. This composition when suitably heated
serves for the formation of a paste susceptible of being moulded into washers
Povice 8d1

page_text: and for fancy articles. By applying this composition to the manufacture of
boots and shoes, sewing and other modes of fastening are dispensed with.
The composition is thus formed and applied-Sulphuret of carbon about
one and three quarters of a pint, gutta percha about nine and a half ounces,
muslin a sufficient quantity.
The sulphuret of carbon is put into a flask with the gutta percha, and
melted together in a sand bath...
When the composition is employed to unite two parts together, I cover the
muslin (cut to a suitable shape) and also the two parts to be united with the
composition and allow them to dry. When the parts are well dried they are
exposed to the heat of a stove, and when melted the parts are united together
by strong pressure.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles de Clippèle, in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 24th April 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
DE CLIPPELE, of Brussels, temporary of No. 74, Mark Lane, in the City of
London, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Charles de Clippèle, Her special licence that I, the said Charles de Clippèle,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Charles de Clippèle, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, HARNESS, AND DRIVING STRAPS, WHICH
IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO UNITING VARIOUS MATERIALS TOGETHER, AND ALSO
FOR WATERPROOFING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Charles de Clippèle, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great

page_text: Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles de Clippèle, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say :-
My invention consists in producing a composition or cement suitable,
First, for uniting together materials of the same or of a different kind, such
as iron to wood, for attaching a bullet to its wooden cartridge, leather to
leather, cloth to cloth, or leather to cloth, for the manufacture of boots and
shoes, pipes, harness, driving straps, and other articles.
Secondly, for waterproofing ropes, cords, cables, cardboard, pipes, cases,
trunks, boats, and wood, by covering them with the composition. ·
Thirdly, for forming a paste susceptible when heated of being moulded into
rollers and fancy articles.
The composition or cement is formed and applied as follows:-Sulphuret of
carbon about one pint and three quarters, gutta percha about nine ounces and
a half, muslin a sufficient quantity.
The sulphuret of carbon is placed in a glass flask with the gutta percha
cut into pieces as fine as possible, care being taken to leave a space in the
flask to permit the materials to swell, and I close the flask with care. It is
necessary to agitate the flask three or four times a pay in order to accelerate
the solution. The flask must be exposed to the heat of a fire or to the sun.
The composition may be used after four days. The muslin is only employed
in cases hereafter stated.
EMPLOYMENT OF THE COMPOSITION.
For the cementing of leather to leather, or cloth to cloth, or leather to
cloth, for the manufacture of boots and shoes, pipes, harness, and driving
straps, I take the above-described composition and apply it by means of a
For the cementing of leather to leather, or cloth to cloth, or leather to
cloth, for the manufacture of boots and shoes, pipes, harness, and driving
straps, I take the above described composition and apply it by means of a
brush to the two parts which are to be united after having scraped or roughened
the leather by means of a card or a rasp in order to form a downy surface.
When the two parts are covered with the composition I leave them to dry,
and when they have become white, which indicates that they are dry, I heat
them by a fire without flame, care being taken not to bring them too near the
fire. When the parts which are white assume a brown tint and there is no
humidity perceptible on the surface, they are brought together and submitted,
after hammering about half a minute, to strong pressure during seven or eight
minutes. This process is applicable to all the materials above stated.

page_text: For waterproofing cord and string of small dimensions, not thicker than
about half an inch in diameter, it is sufficient to leave them to soak during
four or five minutes in the composition. On withdrawing them I hold with
the left hand a piece of cloth or leather in the form of a mushroom, and draw
the cord or string behind with the right hand, in order to make the excess of
composition fall into a suitable vessel. When they are dry I heat them by a
fire as before mentioned.
For cables and ropes I employ the operation as above described, but before
the cable is coiled I twist the ends after they are dry, and heat them as
before.
For waterproofing pipes, of cloth or other fabric, for conducting water, I
introduce the composition into the interior of the pipe by one extremity, and
stop up the other, and I cause it to move about in the interior. I repeat this
operation two or three times in order that the pipe may be completely covered
internally with the composition. I leave it to dry, and when it is well dried
internally, I cover the exterior with composition by means of a brush. I lét
it dry and afterwards heat as before described.
For forming rollers for spinning, I add a sufficient quantity of the gutta
percha in a pint and three quarters of sulphuret of carbon to make a very
thick composition, afterwards place the materials in boiling water in which
it is evaporated by means of a sand bath; when this forms a paste, sprinkle
it with flour of sulphur; I mould this paste according to the dimensions I
wish to give to the rollers.
For waterproofing paper and cardboard for hangings or other purposes, it
suffices to cover only one side with the composition by means of a brush, and
to let it dry and heat it.
For waterproofing articles of wood, such as cases and trunks, I cover the
wood externally with composition and heat, and when the cases are dry, cover
them internally with paper waterproofed by the above process.
For leathern trunks it suffices to apply to them internally a coat of the
composition, and afterwards heat. This application has the advantage of
keeping off insects. The composition also serves for sticking together pieces
of wood by covering the two parts to be united with the composition; leave
them to dry, then heat. Apply one part against the other, and submit them
during five or six minutes to a pressure suitable to the articles to be united.
For uniting iron to wood, such as a cannon ball to its wooden cartridge,
I cover the interior of the cartridge with the cement, as well as the side of

page_text: the ball to be fitted to it. I spread the composition on the two sides of a
piece of muslin cut to fit the surface of the ball. The parts to be united being
well dried, I first heat the part of the ball which should be in contact with the
cartridge and one of the sides of the muslin, and I apply one on the other.
Being well dried, I heat the part of the muslin which is outside the ball and
the cartridge, then I apply them one to the other, and submit them to
pressure.
For making vulcanized caoutchouc bands and pipes for conducting water or
gas, or other similar articles of caoutchouc, it is merely necessary when the
two parts to be joined are cut bevel shape, to place between them a piece of
muslin covered with composition on each side, as for the balls. It should
be observed that for pipes it is necessary to diminish the thickness of a length
of about half an inch or more internally for one of the parts, and externally for
the other, in such a manner as to preserve an equal thickness all over the
tube. The composition made a little thinner than above described is also
applicable to barques, boats, and other vessels, when applied externally and
internally for rendering them impervious to water, for protecting them from
shells and insects, and from humidity.
Having now described the nature of the Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I observe in conclusion, that I do not confine
myself to the precise proportions of the composition.
What I claim is, the composition and its application, first, for uniting
together materials, such as leather to leather, cloth to cloth, or leather to
cloth, for the manufacture of boots and shoes, pipes, harness, and driving
straps, iron to wood for uniting a cannon ball to its cartridge, and for other
articles.
Secondly, for waterproofing ropes, cords, cables, cardboard, pipes, cases,
trunks, boats, wood, and other articles.
Lastly, for forming rollers for spinning and other articles by moulding, as
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles de Clippele have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
CH. DE CLIPPÈLE d'HEU. (L.S.)