US279110A - Covering for tables - Google Patents

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0. H. TYLER. GOVERING FOR TABLES, 8m.

Patented June 5, 1883.

- UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. TYLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COVERING FOR TABLES, 840.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,110, dated June 5, 1883.

v Application flledDeeember14,1882. (Nomodcld To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. TYLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented new anduseful Improvementsin Coverings for Tables, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide tables, desks, and the like with a strong, durable, flexible, and elastic covering, which can be washed and rubbed without injury, which will be impervious to water and prevent the same from soaking into the table, and which will not shrink, break, or' crack, when objects are dropped upon it, or when the top of the desk, table, or other covered article warps or cracks, To such end I secure, by means of a suitable cement,to the top of the table'or other article of furniture a covering composed of layers of pulp and cloth with the cloth below the pulp or betweentwo layers of pulp, so that in'either case the finished pulp surface shall be on top. This article can be prepared in any well-known way, the cloth being pressed into the pulp and the pulp being composed of cork, cork and rubber, or other material which shall be water-proof and susceptible of being combined with cloth and then dried and smoothed or finished, so as to subserve the purposes liereinbefore specified. Thislayer of pulp becomes a layer of water-proof-paper material, and will hereinafter be designated as such. After cementing such covering downupon the top of the table or other article to be covered, the covering will be planed along its edges so as to render the latter smooth and even, and also bring them flush with the table or desk top. The edges of the covering are protected by next securing to the edge of the covered top a strip of wood, metal, rubber, or other suitable material, which said strip will be sufliciently wide to cover the edges of both'the top and its cover. These strips protect the edges of both the desk or table and of the covering, and prevent wear of the latter at its edges, and also give a .neat and finished appearance to the article.

In the drawings, Figure 1. represents a top or plan view of a table covered in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same, the cloth in such instance being below the layer of water-proof material. Fig. 3 is a section of a part of the covered table-top with the cloth between two layers of water-proof material.

A indicates the top of a table, and B the covering, consisting of the layer b,of pulp,and the layer 1), of cloth, buckram, or similar material. The proteetingstrip O, which is secured to the edges of the table so as to protect the edges of the covering, is secured by glue or cement both to the wood and to the edges of the covering, whereby the latter will not turn up or ravel at the edge. Nails or screws can also be used in addition to the glue for securing the strips to the table and its cover, in which case the heads of the screws or nails can be countersunk into the strips, so as to preservea smooth outer surface on the strip. The part b of water-proofpaper material is of a continuous tint and appearance throughout, so that portions of its surface may be abraded and removed without changing the general appearance, and so that the entire surface, when soiled, may be, removed by rubbing off with sand-paper and the like.

It will be seen that this covering can be ap plied to tables, stands, counters, desks, or chairs, and that it will be durable and serviceable, and that when soiled by ink the same can be removed and the surface of the covering refinished by sand or emery paper or other abra ding substance or toolwithout the necessity of removing the covering from its foundation.

I am aware that a fabric for seats and backs of chairs and other purposes has heretofore been composed of an outer layer of paper, an intermediate layer of wire-cloth, and abottom layer of woven fibrous material, all cemented or glued together. This fabric does not offer a washable surface, because a sheet of manu factured paperwill not answer the purposes of my invention, since it is not water-prooiand cannot be rubbed down smooth in order to remove ink and other stains.

I am further aware that a material for chairseats, &c., has been composed of one or more veneers of wood cemented to a sheet or sheets of leather-board, (made by combining leather cuttings and picked tarred rope or oakum.) A material of this description is not adapted for covering tables or desks where a smooth waterproof Wearing or exposed surface of an to remove soiled surfaces, and the covering beelastic and flexible nature is very desirable.

Having thus described my invention, what I I c1aimis- 5 A table or other article of inrniture having a covering, B, composed of a layer of cloth, 1/, and a superposed layer of W2L1;61"-1)1'O0f-1)2t1)61' material, I), having a uniform tint or color throughout and cemented thereto, the latter 1o layer being adapted to be Washed or abraded ing secured to the table-top, substantially described. o

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing wit- 15 nesses.

I CHAS. H. TYLER. Vitncsses J AMES L. NoRRIs,

Jos. L. COOMBS.

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