US103198A - Improvement in fabric for carpet-lining - Google Patents

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J. L. KENDALL & R. H. TRESTE D. MAKINGUARPET LINING. No. 103,198. Patented May 17, 1.870.

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- Letters Patent No. 103,198, dated May 17, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT, m FABRIC ron CARPET-LINING, 8w."

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

[T 0 all persons to/whmn thesepresen-ts shall come Belit known that we, J oHx L; KENDALL, of Foxborough, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, and RICHARD H. .TRESTED, of: the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Lining-for Carpets, 820.; and that the following is a full and complete specification of the l same; reference being had tothe accompanying plate of drawings?- Q a The preseut invention relates to a new article of gma-nufacture, more especially designed for use as an under lining to carpets,galthough it may be used for "otheripurposcs. a The invention consistsof -a'liningproduced from vegetable fiber, either alone .or in 'combinationwitli aiiimal yfiber, by first reducing thesaid fiberto a con- .ditionoi',pnlp,"depositing the pulp in a sheetform, ow commonly practiced in paper-making, 'and in \jecting such sheet-pulp, or f water-leaf, after gbcen-dried in any suitable manner, to a mechan'ical action of such a nature as will produce a;

"F breaking-up, as it were, of the fibrous sheet, giving it pliahility, elasticity, and softness, without destroy;

ing its homogeneity or continuity, ore-arising its disintegration, whereby the sheet is renderell suitable for a use as an-undcr lining for carpets, 80c.

In carrying out this invention vegetable fiber, by preferencc'alone although animal fiber may becombined with it, of any kind] ordiuarily used in paper-- making, is taken, and lthen' deposited-, 'in any suitable manner, in a sheet form, as now practiced in paperrnaking.

, any suitable manner, it beingpreferable -to. place it in a chamber, which is s'uitablyheated"and"ventilated, when, having been theroughly'died, it is then brought toa'i'pliable and elasticflconditionf by subjecting it To a mechanical action to ibreak up,-as it were,

the fibers of the sheet, destroying their hardness and compactness, without, however, afi'ecting the continnity or homogeneityiofythe sheet, whichv completes i "To reduce theJdrie-d .pulp-shectto a soft, pliable, and 3 elastic condition, as a'liovje' statedy 'one form of mechanism suitable-therefor is shown in the accompany plate cf drawings,

The rollers B are similarly constructed, with'ribs, a, along their length,;at regular distances apart, as shownin the drawings, and particularly at-D.

' ever, unbroken.

.pactness, and bringing'it to a pliable, soft, and elastic condition, with its continuity and homogeneity, how'- The action of the ribs a is to crease and flute the sheet, and thus to draw, loosen, or open, its fibers frdinj each other, and, as a consequence, reducing the sheet tothe condition above stated.

In lieu of the mechanism above described, other forms andarrangements may be employed, as, for in-v stance, the rollers, instead of being ribbed, may be consci-autumn teats or protuberances, or they may be constructed; combining both ribs and teats. and, also, in lieu of rollers suitably constructed 'to produce the effect desc ribed,;it maybe accomplished bya directpoundingfnf'tliesheet with a device ordevices of suitable "construction, the mechanism, however arranged or constructed, forming no part of this invention',' i't-'relating simply to the article of manuihcture, produced substantially-in the manner described.

The pulp-sheet may, if desired, have itsmoistnreremoved and its fibers set, as in paper-making, before being=dried, as hereinabove stated, and also the dried pulp-sheet may "be calendered before being passed through the mechanism described, or its equivalent,

and the sheet sizedornohas in paper-making; but it is preferable not te' size or calender the fibrous sheet,

as, \rithontbeing-sizedor calender-ed, or both, it is susceptible of being reduced to a more thoroughand r, perfect-suit and elastic condition by anaction substant-ially as stated.

The lining herein described, it is obvious, may be produced in any length, width, and thickness desired.

Having thus describedour invention, we will state our claim as. follows:

What we claim as our invention, and desire to have secured to us by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a carpet-lining, made in the manner herein described, and from vegetable fiber, either alone or combined with an animal The above s'pecificationof our improved lining for carpets, &c., signcdby us this 18th day of February, A. D. 1870.

JOHN L. KENDALL. R. H. .TRESTED.

Witnesses:

Enwm W. Buown ALBERT W. Bnown. v

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