US1038094A

US1038094A - Paper carpet.

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Publication number: US1038094A
Application number: US61064611A
Authority: US
Inventors: George H Davis
Original assignee: E T BURROWES
Current assignee: E T BURROWES
Priority date: 1911-02-24
Filing date: 1911-02-24
Publication date: 1912-09-10
Anticipated expiration: 1929-09-10

Description

e. H. DAVIS. PAPER GABPET.

APPLIU-ATION FILED FEB. 24, 1911.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

2 SHEETB-BHEET'L Mmmu? UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

GEORGE H. DAVIS, 0F PORTLAND, MAINFL'ASSIGNOR TO E. T. BURROWES, OF

PdRTLAND, MAINE.

PAPER CARPET.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

Serial No. 610,646.

T o all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. DAVIS, a citizen ofv the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Carpets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in the art of floor coverings, and has for vits primary object the provision of what. may be properly styled a paper carpet, which, owing to its lefficiency and the cheapness with which the same ma be manufactured and sold may fill a longeltwant or enter a field of service not heretofore contemplated in floorcoverings, and may also, to a con,y

siderable extent, supplant the ordinary linoleums, oil-cloths, straw mattings,l and in fact the cheaper grades of cloth carpet. v

It is .universally recognized tha-t there exist innumerable instances where it is desirable to have a neat anddurable floor covering, but where the expense of the usual coverings is not justifiedf-for example, spare rooms not subjected to very hard usage, and it is equally well-known that the comparatively expensive ordinary floor coverings, is, 1n many cases, notably among the poorer classes, prohibitive of their use. It is with a view of meeting these exigencies that the present invention has been devised.

I am aware that it has been attempted to provide a suitable floor covering 'of various superposed and connected layers of fabric such as cloth and paper, specially impregnated or treated by an oily preservative or strengthening composition, but such acomposite structure is also relatively expensive as compared to the present invention and does.

not embrace the idea, as embodied herein, of providing a carpet composedy substantially of paper alone or vin itself of such density and thickness to render the same useful and practical for the purposes enti-A tled.

With all of the foregoing considerations in mind, the present improvements may be defined as embracing a carpet, the body portion of which is constituted by paper of the density and thickness referred to, lprovided with stiii'ening or reinforcing means en-l abling the same to be securely tacked inI place to restrict the possible tendency of the paper to tear away from its fastenings, and the same possessing as inherent or as auxillary features, means for maintaining the strips 1n straight or true condition which might otherwise arise from undue shrinkage, warping, etc.

The invention also includes the provision4 of the paper body with means adapted to reinforce margins or edges alongv severed lines, said means affording a guide to direct the severing operation and constituting a protection against the pulling of the heads of tacks through the paper and thus releas. mg the, carpet from the licor; or the means re erred to may, in unsevered condition constitute intermediate points for tacking the carpet to the floor, in addition to tacking the usual margins of the strips.

- More specifically the invention contemplates a carpet strip having its edges reinforced by narrow strong strips of fabric such las muslin, andintermediate strips as desired, constituting tacking portions, and Which strips may preferably be in the na ture of tape having selvage edges to prevent raveling and distortion. Also a carpet comprising juxtaposed strips 4having marginal reinforced portions, the latter being arranged to underlie the juncture between the adjoining edges o f strips to serve as an effectual barrier against the entrance of dust or gritty. substances beneath the carpet between the same and the floor.

All ofthe foregoing and other features of my present invention will be apparent from the specific description hereof hereinafter contained when read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and wherein several preferred and convenient embodiments of the invention are illustrated.

In the drawings: Figure: 1 is a plan view of what I may term a wide strip of paper carpet made in accordance with the'invention, Fig. 2 is a view of the under side of the same, Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 1-l of Fig- 1, Fig. 4 is a similar view y on the line 2-2 of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is lan elevation showing the wide strip of Fig. 2 severed longitudinally along the dotted line indicated in Fig. 2 to constitute relatively narrow or what are 'known as the ordinary width strips, Flg. 6 is a plan view of still.

another embodiment of the invention. 7 is a perspective view of several strips, like shown in Fig. 1,'in assembled condition, and tacked to the floor.

Referring more specifically. to the drawings wherein likereference.characters designate corresponding parts l in the several views, and first with reference to the rst four figures of the drawing, A represents a strip of carpet, in this instance of double width, the same being formed of substan-` tial thickness and density capable in itself of withstanding the wear to. which the same is subjected, the under sideof which may be left plain or printed if desired to representcloth or burlap. The upper or exposed surface of the paper is printed in keeping with the use for which the carpet is designed, such printing being preferably in bright fancy colors ofl any suitable material, not oily in its nature, presenting a durable tough surface overlying and protecting the fiber of the paper, subsequently varnished, and nally buffed down to subdue or modify the luster of the resultant product. One or both margins of the strip and the ends thereof are provided with an underlying reinforcing narrow strip of fabric such as muslin, preferably in the nature of selvageedged tape B, secured in any desired manner to the under surface of the paper, as by pasting, and projecting for about half of its width beyond the edge of t-he paper to underlie an adjoining strip of carpet as will be obvious. This selvage edge tape assists in preserving the paper strip in proper condition for service, while preventing undue warping or curiing of the edges thereof, and also acts as a tacking strip through which the tacks may be passed and prevented thereby from pulling throughy the paper and freeing the paper Ias would be the case were the tacks passed through the paper alone. The tape 1s of thin or inconsequential thickness, tough and strong, capable of performing its stated function of enabling secure fastening of the carpet to the oor. B utilizing the selvage edge I obtain the a ditional advantage that ravelings inherent in raw-edged fabric such as muslinreferred to, cannot escape u wardly through the s ace intermediate adjoining strips and ren er the carpet as a whole unsightlyl in that particular. g

The protruding portions of the tape may be provided with a gummed upper surface,

if desired, for the purpose of adhering to the meeting edge o an adjoining strip.

As distinguished from underlying an adjoining carpet strip, the projecting portions of the tape may be folded over the top of .the strip to which the same is attached constituting a binding which might be found desirable, for inst-ance where the edge of the strip in question immediately adjoins the wall.

Wherever found expedient, intermediate fabric strips or t-ape may be secured to the rangement found practical, but herein I have illustrated but one of these intermediate strips D utilized in connection with the double width strip of Fig. l running longitudinally thereof at the center of the strip A and of suitable width to constitute a reinforced tack line when the strip is used asa-unit'or to be severed along the dotted line .frto constitute the two narrow strips (Fig. 5), each marginally reinforced for 'rackingl purposes,` etc. This intermediate strip D, or 1n fact all of the reinforcing strips if necessary may be trans- `versely slitted, as at g to enable the structure to accommodate itself to any relative differential shrinkage or expansion of the paper and muslin strip or tape.

A characteristic feature of advantage presented' by the intermediate strip D is that the same being in itself of narrow width and at the center of the paper strip or body A may constitute a sufficient guide for properly severing the double strip into the narrower strips as above defined, so that the purchaser may at will use the double strip either as a unit or in the severed condition, while the manufacturer is enabled to economically produce the product in the relatively large or sheet formation.

If desired. several thicknesses of the muslin reinforcing strips may be utilized to prevent' stretching and maintaining the shape of the carpet and to enable the carpet to withstand the pulling action on the securing tacks, while throughout the entire mar-- ginal edges of the carpet such edges will "be preserved against any fracture or breakage which mightbe incident to a tripping or kicking action of the foot. The ta e will also serve to hold the painted sur ace of the carpet out of contact for a considerable extent when. rolled for shipping, storage or compactness.

I have. illustrated in perspective in Fig. 7 one manner of applying the carpet strip of Fig. 1 to a floor. Here A represents the separate parallel paper strips; B the tapes underlying the meeting edges of adjacent strips through which the tacks E assing through said edges are engaged; an D are the intermediate strips through which the central line of tacks F are passed.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a form of strip wherein the projecting portion of the tape is coated with an adhering substance G adapted to be engaged by the moistefned edge of an adjacent strip to stick the two together. The end tapes C are adapted to protect the ends of the strips the same as 0 under surface of the paper body in such ar-7 the marginal strips BB and may be there' strip formed wholly of paper of substan tial thickness to render the same durable, the same being decorated on its obverse surface, and a' narrow reinforcing stiifening strip ofsuitable fabric at the edge of the body constituting with said edge a rigid abutting margin of substantial strength, the reinforcing stifening strip projecting outwardly beyond the edge of the b'o and the major portion of the paper body. 4strip throughout the extent thereof beigjfdevoid of supplemental stiffening material to permit relatively free and uniform .expansion and contraction thereof. .l 2. A carpet consisting of a dense body `strip forrrii'i'd wholly of paper ofvsubstanv tial .thickness to render the same durable,

said strip being of double width and dem' orated on its obverse surface, a narrow reinforcing stiffening strip of suitable fabric fthe body constituting with f. :1d-abutting margin of substantial strength, and an'additional rein- V forcingstiii'ening strip arranged intermediate of the edges of thevpaper body stripv adapted to be severed longitudinally with the paper body strip, and constituting a guide for the severing operation,- to constitute two strips'of usual width from the double strip, the intermediate portions .of the paper body strip throughoutthe ex; tent thereof bein devoid of supplemental' stiffening materia to permit relatively free and uniform expansion and contraction body' thereof. 3. A carpet consisting of a dense strip formed wholly lof lpaper of substantial thickness to render thel same durable, and a narrow reinforcin stiening 'strip of suitable fabric secure to the body to give the samemadded rigidity and strength along .the line of the stiffening strip, said stiifening strip being transversely slitted to enable the structure toY accommodate itselfv to any relative differential shrinkage or expansion of the paper and fabric reinforcing strip, and the major portion of the paper body strip throughout the extent thereof being devoid of sup lemental stiifening material to permit relatively free and uniform expansion and contraction thereof. v f In testimony whereof I- aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, -GEORGE H. DAVIS. Witnesses:

ERNEST E. GownLL, LEONARD G. WEYMOUTH.