US244503A

US244503A - Wall papee

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Publication number: US244503A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 1898-07-19

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W. 0. WALTER MANUFACTURING WALL PAPER.

No. 244,503. Patented July 19,1881.

WITNESSES: I INVENTOR I I ATORNEY I "UNITED STATES PATENT: Orrice.

W. CHARLES WALTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANUFACTURING WALL-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,503, dated July 19, 1881.

To all whom t't mag concern:

Be it known that I, W. CHARLES WALTER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manufacturing Wall-Paper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of wall-paper, especially of thatclassknown as flock wall-papers, so that the same can be manufactured in a shorter timeand at less expense than heretofore, while the difficulty of forming joint, heretofore experienced with this class of paper, is to a great extent overcome.

The flock wall-paper heretofore in use was made by spreading flock, which had been dyed in different colors, over layers of uucolored varnish, which had first been printed on the paper in the required designs.

My invention consists in covering the surface of the paper with colored varnish and spreading thereon a layer of white woolen or cotton flock, which has been made transparent by treatment with lard-oil. To overcome the objectionable appearance of the meeting edges of the flock-paper, itis ornamented at the joints, as well as in the body of the paper, with raised rosettes or center pieces, which are made of a suitable plastic material and adapted to match in color with the colors of the design of the paper. 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lrepresents a front view of a wall-paper manufactured according to my improved method, and

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same.

Application filed June 18, 1881. (No model.)

wards laid on in varnish and flock from running one into the other. After the ground is thus prepared the design is successively laid on in its different colors by first printing thereon the design in properly-colored varnishes and then spreading over them layers of colorless transparent woolen or cotton flock, the transparency of which is obtained, as before, by treating it with lard-oil and drying it before use. The colored varnishes appear through the transparent colorless flock and give it corresponding colors, which are, however, softened and subdued, so that a very pleasing appearance is imparted to the eye.

. One of the main objections to the use of flock wall-paper in general has been that, owin g to the thick layer of flock upon the same, the meeting edges are visible, which detracts from the appearance of the wall-paper. To cover the joints, strips of moldings have been fastened over the same, which interfered, however, with the ornamental effect of the design. For the purpose of overcoming this objectionable feature and also dispensing with the moldings I employ a series of raised ornaments, B, which are made of any suitable cheap plastic material and finished at their surface in gold, bronze, or other colors and properly-colored flock. They are made of such a shape and color as to match with the design and form a part of the wall-paper. These raised ornaments B are attached to the wall-paper A by nails or other fastening devices, a, not only at the meeting edges of the paper, but also regularly throughout the body of the same wherever the pattern requires it, so that not only the joint is covered to some extent, but furthermore an opportunity given for exceedingly rich and bold designs. The raised ornaments form the center pieces of the figures of the design or rosettes, &c., and have the advantage that they can be partly covered with flock, which matches in color with the color of the body of the paper and of the furniture, so as 'to bring thereby the colors of the wall-paper and furniture into harmony with each other. Having thus describedmyim ention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The method herein described of making wall-papers by printing the design in colored varnishes and spreading over the same colorlfess transparent flock, substantially as speci- 2. In the manufacture of flock wall-paper, spreading upon the varnished ground colorless transparent flock, in the manner substantially as described.

3. The method herein described of manufacturing flock wall-paper, consisting of the following steps, first, laying upon the tinted surface of the paper a ground of uncolored varnish and transparent uncolored flock; secondly, printing thereon the design in colored varnishes; and, lastly, spreading thereon colorless transparent flock, substantially as set forth.

4. As a new article of, manufacture, a flock wall-paper, covered with colored varnishes and colorless transparent flock, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a flock wall-paper, of raised ornaments secured thereto at the meeting edges and upon the body of the same, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two witnesses this 31st day of May,

W. CHARLES WALTER. Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, CARL KARP.