IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF HOSE FOR CONVEYING WATER, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF WOVEN FABRICS FOR CART COVERS AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Quin, of Leyland, near Preston, in the
County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE PREPARATION OF HOSE FOR CONVEYING WATER, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS
ARE ALSO APPLICABLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF WOVEN FABRICS FOR CART
COVERS AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES."
Sealed the 21st January 1868, and dated the 1st August 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Quin at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st August
1867.
I, JAMES QUIN, of Leyland, near Preston, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF HOSE FOR CONVEYING WATER, WHICH IMPROVE-
MENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF WOVEN FABRICS FOR CART
COVERS AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of seamless hose pipes, machine
strapping, cart sheets, sail cloth, or other fabrics composed of flax, cotton, hemp,
or any mixture of two or more of such materials, and consists,
Firstly ofamixture or preparation in which the yarn previously to weaving (or

page_text: decay of the fibres from damp or otherwise, and also to prevent the deleterious
action of the sulphur upon such fabrics during the vulcanizing process after
they have been coated with india-rubber.
Secondly, the Invention consists of a preparation of india-rubber and other
materials to be applied to one side of the hose or fabric to render the same
waterproof and pliable.
And, thirdly, in the solution or preparation to be applied to the reverse side
of the said hose or fabric to further protect the same against rotting.
Firstly, I take the yarn or woven fabric and steep it about twelve hours in
a solution composed of about five pounds of corrosive sublimate to one
hundred quarts of soft water, and then wash and dry the same.
Secondly, I form a mixture of about ten parts of caoutchouc, one part of
magnesia, two parts of black antimony, one part of sulphur, one-half part of
asphalt or coal pitch, four parts of oxide of zinc, four parts of calomel, and two
parts of red oxide of mercury. This compound must be heated and well mixed
and masticated together by a pair of rollers, or otherwise, and then rolled out
into a thin sheet, and dissolved in about twelve parts of coal naphtha or rectified
coal tar oil. This solution is laid upon one side of the hose or fabric, and
then pressed into the fibres by rollers or other means. When dry it is again
brushed over with a coating of the compound to bring it to a level surface.
When all the naphtha or tar oil has evaporated place the hose or fabric in a
strong iron pan made to receive water or steam, and subject the same to a
temperature of about two hundred and seventy degrees for about fifteen
minutes, then remove and dry the same thoroughly. In coating the seamless
flax hose I prefer to coat it on the outside and then turn that side inwards,
but it may be coated at once on the inside without turning if required (as a
further preservative).
Thirdly, I then coat the reverse side of the hose or fabric with a solution
composed of about one part of creosote or coal tar oil to five parts of red
oxide of mercury.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Quin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 1st
February 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
QUIN, of Leyland, near Preston, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer,
send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said James Quin, Her special licence that I, the said James Quin,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
James Quin, 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 for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
PREPARATION OF HOSE FOR CONVEYING WATER, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO
APPLICABLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF WOVEN FABRICS FOR CART COVERS AND OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that 1, the said
James Quin, 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
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 James Quin, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of seamless woven flax hose
pipes, cart sheets, sail cloth, or other fabrics composed of flax, cotton, hemp,
or any mixture of two or more of such materials, and consists,―
Firstly, of a mixture or preparation (composed as herein-after mentioned) in
which the yarn previously to weaving (or the cloth after it is woven) is steeped
for the purpose of preventing the rotting or decay of the fibre from damp or
otherwise, and also to prevent the deleterious action of the sulphur upon such
fabrics during the steaming process after they have been coated with the
compounds.
Secondly, the Invention consists of a preparation of india-rubber and other
materials to be applied as herein-after described to one side of the hose or
fabric to render the same waterproof and pliable.
And, thirdly, in the solution or preparation (hereinafter referred to) to be
applied to the reverse side of the said hose or fabric to further protect the

page_text: Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "Improvements
in the Preparation of Hose for Conveying Water, which Improvements are
also applicable for the Preparation of Woven Fabrics for Cart Covers and
other similar Purposes," I will now proceed to describe more in detail
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect; which will be readily understood on reference to the following
explanation thereof, that is to say :-
Firstly, I take the yarn or woven fabric and steep it for about twelve hours
in a solution composed of about five pounds of corrosive sublimate to one
hundred quarts of soft water, and then wash and dry the same.
Secondly, I form a mixture of about ten parts of caoutchouc, one part of
magnesià, two parts of black antimony, one part of sulphur, one half part of
asphalt or coal pitch, four parts of oxide of zinc, four parts of calomel, and
two parts of red oxide of mercury. This compound must be heated, and well
mixed and masticated together by a pair of rollers or otherwise, and then
rolled out into a thin sheet and dissolved in about twelve parts of coal naptha
or rectified coal tar oil. The solution is laid upon one side of the hose or
fabric, and then pressed into the fibres by rollers or other means, when dry it
is again brushed over with a coating of the compound to bring it to a level
surface. When.all the naphtha or tar oil has evaporated I place the lose or
fabric in a strong iron pan made to receive water or steam, and subject the
same to a temperature of about two hundred and seventy degrees (Fahrenheit)
for about fifteen minutes, then remove and dry the same thoroughly. In
coating the seamless flax hose I prefer to coat it on the outside and then turn
that side inwards, but it may be coated at once on the inside without turning
if required by means of rollers, or by drawing a plug or gauge made of wood,
iron, or other metal with the compound through the same, and thereby coating
the inside at once (as a further preservative).
Thirdly, I then coat the reverse side of the hose or fabric with a solution
composed of about one part of creosote or coal tar oil to five parts of red
oxide of mercury to prevent the rotting of the outer part of the fabric.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for
"Improvements in the Preparation of Hose for Conveying Water, which
Improvements are also applicable for the Preparation of Woven Fabrics for
Cart Covers and other similar Purposes," together with the manner in which
the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical effect, I would
remark in conclusion that I claim as my Invention, the treatment of such
hose pipes or fabrics (or the yarn of which they are to be subsequently manu-

page_text: factured) substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-before
particularly described and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Quin, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
JAMES QUIN. (L.S.)