CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING LACE AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Whitehall, of the Jacquard Works, Ilus-
kinson Street, in the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham,
Mechanician, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING
LACE AND OTHER FABRICS."
Sealed the 24th December 1858, and dated the 26th June 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Whitehall at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th
June 1858.
I, SAMUEL WHITEHALL, of the Jacquard Works, Huskinson Street, in the
Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, Mechanician, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
FINISHING LACE AND OTHER FABRICS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the employment of a glass roller of sufficient
thickness to sustain the pressure required to press lace or other fabrics, after
the same has been "got up" or "dressed," and being divided into the required
'widths for "finishing," as it is called, terms well known and understood in the
lace trade. Heretofore it has been usual to apply an iron roller, or a roller
having an iron surface, in the pressing of lace for finishing the goods for sale,
but I use a glass roller of sufficient thickness for this purpose, by which means
a more cleanly appearance is given to the lace and other goods, and a more
beautiful gloss or lustre is imparted to them, which has not been obtained by
the pressure of any roller heretofore used for like purposes. A reel may also
be attached to the roller, whereby the lace or other fabric can be wound
thereon, in lieu of being conveyed, as heretofore, in a loose state from the
roller.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Samuel Whitehall in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th December 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
WHITEHALL, of the Jacquard Works, Huskinson Street, in the Town and
County of the Town of Nottingham, Mechanician, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Samuel Whitehall, Her special licence that I, the said Samuel Whitehall, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said 'Samuel
Whitehall, 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN FINISHING LACE AND OTHER FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Samuel Whitehall, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
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
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Whitehall, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to
the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
"
My Invention relates to certain improvements in finishing lace and other
fabrics, and consists in the employment of a glass roller of sufficient thickness
to sustain the pressure required for pressing lace or other fabrics after the same
has or have been "got up or "dressed," and been divided into the required
widths for "finishing," as it is called, terms well known and understood in the
trade. Heretofore it has been usual to employ an iron roller or a roller having
an iron surface in the pressing of lace for "finishing" the goods for sale, but I
propose to use a glass roller of sufficient thickness for this purpose, by which
means a more cleanly appearance is given to the lace or other goods, and a more

page_text: beautiful gloss or lustre is imparted to it or them, superior to what had hitherto
been obtained by the pressure of any roller heretofore used for like purposes.
A reel may also be attached to the roller on which the lace or other fabric
can be wound, instead of being conveyed, as heretofore, in a loose state from
the roller.
I now proceed, with reference to the accompanying Drawings, more par-
ticularly to exemplify my said Invention, and the manner in which the same
may be carried into effect.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Figure 2 end view of two rollers, whereof
A represents a pulp roller, and B a glass roller. These rollers are kept tightly
together by springs, weights, or other suitable mechanical contrivance. C is a
handle, which is fastened to the shaft of the roller B, and when turned causes
both of the rollers A and B to revolve. If the lace or other fabric be intro-
duced between the rollers when in action the fabric will be at once drawn in,
and will become flattened and glossed, and a more cleanly appearance, and a
higher and more beautiful gloss or lustre will be imparted to the goods
than had been hitherto obtained by the use of rollers heretofore used for
such purpose.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the employment
or adaptation of a glass roller, for the purpose of effecting certain improve-
ments in finishing lace and other fabrics, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Whitehall, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of December, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Witness,
SAMUEL WHITEHALL. (L.S.)
GEO. JON. ROBINSON, Patent Agent,
Nottingham.