A SPEEDY AND ELEGANT METHOD, OF STIFFENING, DRYING, AND FINISHING DYED MUSLINS
Year: 1799

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
ASHWORTH, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Dyer, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present Majesty King George the Third, in and by His
Letters Patent under the Great Scal. of Great Britain, bearing, date, at West-
minster, tlie Sixteenth day of July last, for Himself, His heirs and successors,
did give and grant unto me, the said John Ashworth,; His. especial licence,
full power, sole priviledge, and authority, that I, the said John Ashworth, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of them, by. myself and
themselves, or by my and their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such
others as the said John Ashworth, my executors, administrators, or assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A SPEEDY AND ELEGANT METHOD, OF STIFFENING,
DRYING, AND FINISHING DYED MUSLINS;" in which said Letters Patent there is
contained 'a' proviso, obliging me, the said John Ashworth, by. an. instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
and to cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month next and immediately after the date of the said
recited Letters Patent as-in and by the same, reference being thereto had,
will. more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Ashworth; do hereby describe and ascertain the nature of my said

page_text: Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by the Plan or
Drawing in the margin of these Presents, and the following description thereof,
that is to say:
Fig. A is the plan of the platform or floor, shewing the situation and
manner of framing the timbers composing the sides a, a, a, those supporting
the bearers of the bed as b, b, b, and the bearers for the moving side as c, c, c,
which are further shewn by the dotted lines. Fig. B is the section of the
front, wherein the timbers are figured as in A; d, d, is the moving side to
increase or diminish as the width of the muslin requires, which is worked by
the screws e, e, e, at the same time by three winches as HI; f. f. f, are the
points or hooks to receive the muslin. Fig. C is the section of the back front;
9, 9, 9, are pieces framed to support the bearers of the screws to move the side,
which is also seen in section D; h, h, are rack wheels on the axles of the
rollers i, i, in sections B and D; one roller has points or hooks as in D, the
other is without hooks to roll the muslin on before or after it is dried, which
are likewise worked with a winch. Fig. D is the section of one end; k, k,
are grooves, which are likewise seen through the timbers in C, for the wheels
of the flying cylinder as 1, 1; m, m, shews part of the moving side which works
on two rollers as n, n; o, o, is the nut which the screw passes through, which
is also seen in Fig. E. Fig. F and G is the plan and section of the flying
cylinder as p in D, which is moved backwards and forwards by a line at each
end, as at q; r, r, are iron heaters for the cylinder, which are solid, or of
different calibres, as heat is required for the various colours.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twelfth
day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred