Title
Patents relating to fireproofing
Reference
YA2007.92/7/2/5
Production date
1902 - 1905
Creator
- Patent OfficeBiographyBiography
The Patent Office is responsible for the registration of designs and trade marks and was formerly known as the Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Office. The Intellectual Property Office became an operating name of the Patent Office on 2 April 2007.
- Grimshaw Brothers & Company LtdBiographyBiography
Chemical manufacturer, set up in 1875. Its products included pure muriate of zinc, iron remover, sizing ingredients, Amazon rubber chemicals, Paton's soap economiser and woollen scourers. Grimshaw's remained in business until 1957.
- The Pyrene Company LimitedBiographyBiography
Leaders in firefighting equipment established in London in 1914. The company was awarded the contract for fire extinguishers onboard London Omnibuses in 1924, and moved to Brentwood Essex in 1930, where they constructed a massive fire demonstration ground. The company was taken over by Chubb and Sons in 1967 and the name was changed to Chubb Fire Security in 1971.
Scope and Content
Patent and patent specification 16372 for an invention for the fireproofing of textile materials held by Harry Grimshaw, 1902-3.
Patent and patent specification 17434 for improvements relating to the fireproofing of paper, cardboard and similar materials, 1902-3.
Correspondence regarding a possible infringement of patent 16372, dated 1905.
Leaflet advertising fire extinguishing products manufactured by The Pyrene Company Limited.
Extent
10
Language
English
Level of description
FILE
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Grimshaw Brothers & Company LtdBiographyBiography
Chemical manufacturer, set up in 1875. Its products included pure muriate of zinc, iron remover, sizing ingredients, Amazon rubber chemicals, Paton's soap economiser and woollen scourers. Grimshaw's remained in business until 1957.
- Intellectual Property OfficeBiographyBiography
The Intellectual Property Office became the operating name of the Patent Office on 2 April 2007.
- The Pyrene Company LimitedBiographyBiography
Leaders in firefighting equipment established in London in 1914. The company was awarded the contract for fire extinguishers onboard London Omnibuses in 1924, and moved to Brentwood Essex in 1930, where they constructed a massive fire demonstration ground. The company was taken over by Chubb and Sons in 1967 and the name was changed to Chubb Fire Security in 1971.
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
