IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ROPES, BANDS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Wilkinson, of the Town and County
of the Town of Nottingham, Framework Knitter, for the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ROPES, BANDS,
Sealed the 31st May 1853, and dated the 21st February 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Wilkinson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 21st February 1853.
I, WILLIAM WILKINSON, of the Town and County of the Town of
Nottingham, Framework Knitter, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ROPES,
BANDS, STRAPS, AND CORDS " to be as follows:-
In circular ropes and cords, I take a core of gutta percha, or other
waterproof material, either solid or hollow, and plait round it strands
of hemp, silk, or metal wire, or other protecting material, which can
be laid on in a braiding or plaiting machine, by means of any plaiting
machine suitable for the purpose. In flat bands and straps, I cover a
flat or hollow band of gutta percha with plaitings of hemp. For strong

page_text: ropes, I combine several cords thus made as a core, and plait round
them strands of wire-hemp or other like suitable material.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Wilkinson, in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 20th August 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
WILLIAM WILKINSON, of the Town and County of the Town of Not-
tingham, Framework Knitter, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
sixteenth year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Wilkinson, Her special
licence that I, the said William Wilkinson, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Wilkinson,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
terin therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF ROPES, BANDS, STRAPS, AND CORDS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Wilkinson, by an instru-
ment in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and im-
mediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Wilkinson, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say:

page_text: My Invention consists in manufacturing ropes, bands, straps, and
cords, as herein-after set forth. For circular ropes and cords, I take a
core of gutta percha or other waterproof material, either solid or hollow,
and plait or braid round it strands of hemp, silk, or metal wire, or
strips of leather, or other protecting material, which can be laid on in
a plaiting or braiding machine. For flat bands and straps, I cover a
flat solid or hollow band of gutta percha or other like material with
plaitings or braidings of hemp, silk, or metal wire, or strips of leather,
or other protecting material. For ropes or bands where additional
strength is required, I combine several cords, made as before described,
as a core, and plait round them strands of wire, hemp, or other like
suitable material, which can be laid on by a plaiting machine. I
employ for the purpose of manufacturing ropes, bands, straps, and
cords, as before described, plaiting or braiding machines of any of the
descriptions in common use suitable for the said purpose. Should it
be desired, the threads of hemp or such like material forming the
strands may be passed through a waterproofing material, or the ropes
after being manufactured may be waterproofed, in order to render
them impervious to wet or moisture.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,-
The several methods herein-before described of manufacturing ropes,
bands, straps, and cords.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Wilkinson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of August One thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty-three.
177 TT 1ZINSON