US5161A

US5161A - fleischmann

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Publication number: US5161A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1847-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 1864-06-19

Description

C. L. FLEISCHMANN, or WASHINGTON', DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

, COTTON WADDING. p

Specification of. Letters Patent No. ,5,161, dated June 19,` 1.8477. Y Y I To all whom it may conceraf Be it known that I, CHARLES LEWIS:

FLEISCHMANN, of Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have invented a newv and Improved Kind of CottonV Wadding; and I do hereby decla-re that the following is a full and eXact description.

Pelipe cotton wadding as it is made in i the usual way, is covered with a thin film of a glutinous substance which when dry `makes a. porous, soft and delicate cover between which layers `ofcotton fibers are confined. This delicate film, soon rubs o-f when introduced into dresses or used for other purposes, a-ndin' consequence of that` the fibers separate vand the wadding tears;l

in order to make this fabric more durable; to prevent the separation of the wadding even in case it should breakin some places, and to make it more convenient in fastening and securing it into dresses, comforts, beds, etc.; I invented a new kind of cotton wadding, the nature of which consists in havingthreads, cords, or loose webs inserted in the' surfaces or through the middle of the batting before it is sized, in such a. manner that the fibers whichA are on the surface of the batting become entangled in the threads, cords or loose webs, and form when sized and dried a well combined and strong fabric. This new kind of cotton wadding v has the advantage over that now in use, that it has more strength and greater durability,

and that it facilitates the manufacture of cotton wadding, as by means of the insertedl threads, cords, or webs, it can be more easily carried through all the various machineries of sizing `and drying, without endless belts, 86C.,

The batting as it comes from the cards has the liber all drawn out lengthwise, and

when made'into wadding in the usual mode it tears easily sidewise; to prevent this, the fibers upon the surface must be mat-ted in such manner as to Vplace them in vvall directions; to effect this I pass the batting after the cords or threads, &c., have been inserted or without the threads, &c., previous to sizing, between rollers which run in troughs of water or any suitable thin Huid, in order to meisten the batting, whereby. the cotton fibers are caused to unite or mat together, which `may be still more induced by giving these rollers a. vibrating motion. This moist, matted and smooth surface takes up any kind of sizing without difliculty and r andv to make such thick wadding,

i makes the surfaceewith or without the threads, cords or webs a perfectly united fabric,-v without being porous, and which is less liable Ito be torn .in a sidewise direction. The sizing may be of any composition whatever; it will spread easily, and can be laid upon the batting with any known device, as

sizing rollers, revolving brushes,"&c.

In the manufacture of cotton wadding for upholstery work ingenerahthe sizing must be thicker and of an impenetrable character` which is readily accomplished b-y the above described method. Cotton wadding for the same purpose must be considerably thicker,l i

without being-obliged topass all the cotton which is Vrequired to produ'ceg..-that thickness,

. through the machineryfan'd drying chamber,

which requires a-Jgreat deal of labor, power,

time Aand fuel. -fI prepare thin wadding according to the mode described above, or any other mode and when dry, I split it in two,

and roll every separate sheet upon rollers; where wadding of a giventhickness is required, I place fone of these sheets with'thel glazed surface outward at the bottom, place the cotton of any thickness upon it, and

upon that the other sheet with the glazed surface outward, and then pass the whole between two rollers, which unites it into a perfect thickA wadding.V In thatV manner Slg.

wadding of horse hair, mop, tow, feathers, i

hair, wool, or any similar substance may be produced.

Figure 1, in the accompanying drawing shows such a wadding with threads introducedfon the surfaces lengthwise, a', a, a, a. Fig. 2 is a section through the wadding of Fig, l, a, a, a, a., c, a the threads or cords,'b

the wadding. Fig. 3shows wadding with a v loose web. Fig. 4 a section of a waddingin which the threads or cords b, b, b, inserted in the middlevof the wadding. Fig. 5 shows the mode of splitting the wadding. Fig. 6, wadding, c, the upper glazed sheet,

d, the batting, etc., the under glazed sheet. Y

Fig. 7, shows wadding made or horseV hair, mass, tow, etc.

f the glazed cotton sheet g the introduced material la the other glazed cotton sheet.

' i What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- Y l. IncorporatingV with glazed cotton batting,cords, threads or loose webs upon its surface or inside, as substantially yabove described. f

2. I also claim the method of glazing cotton batting by wetting the surface With- Water or any other thin fluid as described, preparatory to applying the glazingmatter as substantially described. Y

3. And finally I claim the method of Inaking thick glazed cotton batting by splitting a thin cotton batting glazed on both sides or the equivalent substitute therefor, and i11-