IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HEARTH RUGS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Grimond, of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HEARTH RUGS."
Sealed the 12th April 1859, and dated the 1st February 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Grimond at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,. on. the
1st February 1859.
I, JOSEPH GRIMOND, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster;
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HEARTH RUGS," to be as follows:-
I manufacture hearth rugs of jute or jute hemp, with a mixture of cotton or
other cheap material, or of jute or cotton alone without any mixture, if found.
desirable, and I weave the same in. a Kidder or other suitable loom used for
weaving Kidderminster carpets, and I weave it with an ornamental border all
round, but particularly at each end, thus producing a complete Kidder rug of
a good description, and at a very cheap rate, which can be fringed at the sides
and ends, or ends alone, at pleasure..

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Grimond in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
30th July 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
GRIMOND, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Joseph Grimond, Her special licence that I, the said Joseph Grimond,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph
Grimond, 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
term 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 MANU-
FACTURE OF HEARTH RUGS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Joseph Grimond, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Grimond, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say) :-
I manufacture hearth rugs of jute or jute hemp, with a mixture of cotton,
common or low-priced wool, or other cheap material, or of jute or cotton, or
low-priced wool alone without any mixture, if found desirable, and I weave
the same in a Kidder or other suitable loom used for weaving Kidderminster
carpets, and I weave it with an ornamental border all round, but particularly
at each end, thus producing a complete Kidder rug of a good description, and
at a very low price, which can be fringed at the sides and ends, or ends alone;
at pleasure.
Having thus fully described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be distinctly
understood that I claim as my Invention, and which to the best of my know-

page_text: ledge and belief has not been hitherto used within the realm, the manufacture
of hearth rugs of jute or jute hemp, with a mixture of cotton, common or low-
priced wool, or other cheap material woven in a Kidder or other suitable
loom, with an ornamental border either all round or at each end only, as
herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Grimond, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Joseph Grimond in
the presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.
JOS. GRIMOND. (L.S.)