IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINE BELTING OR BANDING. AND IN THE MACHINERY AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for
the Invention of." IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINE BELTING OR BANDING. AND
IN THE MACHINERY AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME."-A communication
from abroad by John H. Cheever, of New York, in the United States of
America.
Scaled the 9th March 1860, and dated the 29th December 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of l'atents, with his Petition, on
the 29th December 1859.
1, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINE BELTING OR
BANDING, AND IN THE MACHINERY AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME," to be as
follows:-
In the manufacture of the ordinary rubber, or gutta percha belting or
banding by hand, a sheet of rubber or gutta percha is first folded over the
fabric that forms the body of the belt after the inner and outer sheets have
been cut to the required widths; but this mode occupies a great deal of
time, and requires considerable skill on the part of the operatives. Machines
have also been devised for accomplishing this result, but have not, previous to
this Invention, been successful in producing a perfect belt or band with
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page_text: rapidity and accuracy. By this Invention, the folding of the outer sheet over
the body or inner fabric of the belt or band, and the forming of a true and
even joint or seam is accomplished accurately and with despatch by the
machinery, as is also the cutting of the outer and inner sheets into the
desired strips for forming belts or bands of any required width.
The sheet of wide rubber or gutta percha that is to form the outside of the
belt, either coated with cement or in a sticky condition on one surface, is
wound together with a cloth to prevent the adhesion of the surfaces upon a
supply roll, and is fed along to two sets of revolving circular cutters which cut
off from the wide sheet the necessary width to form the outside of the belt,
these cutters being susceptible of lateral adjustments upon their shafts, so that
any desired width of strip can be cut. The remaining portion of the wide
strip or sheet is wound up, as fast as the strip is cut off, upon a roller, together
with a sheet of cloth. The sheet of rubber or gutta percha of which the inner
portion or body of the belt is to be composed is wound on a roller alter-
nately with a sheet of cloth so as to prevent the layers from sticking together.
The cloth is fed along to two sets of revolving circular cutters which cut off
the desired width of strip for the body of the belt. The strips to form the
inner and outer portions of the belt being thus cut off are then fed over rolls,
the outside strip being the lower, and thence between two other rollers which
unite the two strips, and cause them to adhere. The sheet thus formed of the
two strips then passes between two rollers, the lower one having cams while
the upper one works between these cams upon the upper surface of the belt.
By these rollers the belt is turned up into a gutter shape, and thence passes
to a roller having two tapering surfaces and a thin circular disc, which serve
to complete the overlapping or covering of the inner strip by the outer one.
The edges are then brought evenly together so as to form a true and even joint,
and at the same time the belt is formed by being drawn down or cramped
partly around the periphery of aroller, the belt being passed down in nearly a
vertical direction, and afterwards passing between two pressure rollers. This
mode of drawing the belts brings the edges of the lap or covering to a close
even joint with the greatest accuracy.
The second improvement consists in new modes of imparting a smooth and
finished surface to the belt or band for the purpose of producing the best
friction surface. A strip or sheet of india-rubber or gutta percha, or of cloth
covered with rubber or gutta percha, and made up in any proper mode
previous to vulcanization is then rolled tightly up with the strip or sheet
previously vulcanized, soap stone dust, or black lead, or other similar sub-
stances being sprinkled upon the vulcanized strip or sheet, or upon the belt to

page_text: prevent the belt or band and the strip or sheet from adhering to each other.
The belt or band, while thus tightly wound up between the layers of the
vulcanized strip or sheet, is then vulcanized by placing the whole in a steam
boiler, or by subjecting it to a dry heat, or in any other proper manner. By
thus compressing the belt or band during the curing process between the
layers of the vulcanized strip or sheet, the desired effects of imparting a
smooth and finished friction surface to the belt or band is successfully
attained.
The desired effect may be also produced by simply placing the belt or band
in an extended position between straight strips or sheets of vulcanized rubber
or gutta percha instead of rolling the strip or sheet and belt or band together.
Another mode of producing the same smooth friction surface is as follows:-
Take a strip or sheet of cloth or paper, and give it a smooth polished and ena-
melled surface by applying coats of a composition made of French or pipe clay,
soapstone dust,or black lead, and any suitable waterproof glue, and then dry or
harden the composition by artificial heat or otherwise. The belt or band
being made up in any proper manner, is then rolled up tightly with the strip
or sheet, having its surface coated with the enamelling composition, soap
stone dust or black lead being sprinkled upon the strip or sheet. The roll is
then vulcanized by placing the whole in a steam boiler or heater, or by sub-
jecting it to a dry heat, or in any other proper manner.
Many other substances other than those named may be used for making
the smoothing or enamelling composition for the cloth or paper, the ordinary
patent leather or enamelled leather, or cloth composition, for instance, it being
only necessary to use such a coating or compound upon the strip or sheet of
paper or cloth as will impart the desired smoothness to the surface of the belt
or band. The belt or band instead of being rolled up with the strip or sheet
of cloth or paper may be placed in any position which will bring the friction
surface of the belt or band in contact with the smooth surface of the cloth
or paper.
The third improvement relates to the production of a new kind of belting
aud banding, and the machinery and process for forming the same.
In preparing the improved belt the centre of the belt is formed of a thick
cotton fabric woven of the intended width of the belt, and of different thick-
nesses according to the required strength of the belt. Both sides or surfaces
of the belt are to be covered with any composition of vulcanizable india-
rubber or gutta percha by grinding or driving it into the surfaces by means
of heavy and powerful rolls.
The machine for effecting this object, and which forms part of the present

page_text: Invention consists principally of large pressure rollers revolving in opposite
directions, between which the india-rubber or gutta percha in a soft and
tolerably thick mass is fed and rolled into a sheet, thence partially around the
lower pressure roller until the sheet comes in contact with a sheet of cotton,
duck, or other woven fabric fed from a supplying roll, and passing between
the pressure roll and a lower roll, whereby the entire surface of the woven
fabric has the india-rubber or gutta percha ground and driven into it. The
superfluous rubber or gutta percha is then cut off by two cutters susceptible
of lateral adjustment, so as to be adapted to different widths of belts. The
belt or band with its surface thus covered is passed between rollers, having
portions of their peripheries cut away so as to leave shoulders with slightly
rounded edges. These press the edges of the rubber or gutta percha firmly
and evenly upon the edges of the woven fabric. The edges of the belt or band
are then callendered so as to form a smooth and even finish thereto by being
passed between two grooved wheels which completes the operation with the
exception of the vulcanization, which may be done in any proper manner.
The other side of the duck or other woven fabric can be coated in the same
manner by passing it again through the machine.
The last improvement relates to a new machine for manufacturing the new
and improved "solid belting" by which the sides and edges of the cotton,
duck, or other woven fabric, of which the inner portion of the belt is composed
are covered with or encased in a coating of india-rubber or gutta percha at
one operation; and also by which any number of belts of the same or of
different widths can be formed at a time. The machine is provided as before
with sets of large pressure rollers, between which respectively the india-rubber
or gutta percha in a soft and tolerably thick mass is fed and rolled into a
sheet, thence partially around the peripheries of the central pressing rollers
until the sheet comes in contact with a sheet of duck or other woven fabric
fed from a supply roll. By this means the upper and lower surfaces of the
woven fabric have the india-rubber or gutta percha ground and driven in it.
The belt or band thus covered, then passes to two sets of circular formers,
which formers, the rubber being in a soft and plastic state, will take hold of
the upper and under sheets of india-rubber or gutta percha, and crowd and
press the same upon the edges of the inner fabric or cotton duck, thereby
completely uniting the sheets, and covering the edges with india-rubber or
gutta percha. In order to prevent the sheets of india-rubber from being cut
off in passing through the formers, the peripheries of the same are partially
cut away or flattened to allow the sheets of rubber or gutta percha to pass
between them. The belt or band then passes to a set of cutters which cut off

page_text: the superfluous gum from theedges of the belt remaining after the passage of
the belt between the formers. The edges of the belt or band are then per-
perfectly formed and smoothed by callender rolls, having their peripheries so
shaped as to conform with the edges of the belt, after which the belt or band
passing partially around the guide roll is wound upon a suitable mandril.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 29th June 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our.
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Edward Newton, Her special license that I, the said
William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as 1, the said William Edward Newton, 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, au
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINE BELTING OR BANDING, AND IN THE
MACHINERY AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME," being a communication from
abroad, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Edward
Newton, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the saine 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 William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to
the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):
In the manufacture of the ordinary rubber or gutta percha.belting or

page_text: bauding by hand, a sheet of rubber or gutta percha is first folded over the
fabric that forins the body of the belt after the inner and outer sheets have been
cut to the required widths; but this mode occupies a great deal of time, and
requires considerable skill on the part of the operatives. Machines have also
been devised for accomplishing this result, but have not previous to this Inven-
tion been successful in producing a perfect belt or band with rapidity and
accuracy. By this Invention the folding of the outer sheet over the body or
immer fabric of the belt or band and the forming of a true and even joint or
seam is accomplished accurately and with despatch by the machinery, as is also
the cutting of the outer and inner sheets into the desired strips for forming
belts or bands of any required width.
The Figures in Sheet I. of the accompanying Drawings represent the
improvements in machinery for manufacturing the ordinary rubber belting
Fig. 1 is a plan or top view of the improved machine; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal
vertical section of the same taken through the centre of the machine; Figures
3, 4, and 5 are transverse vertical sections taken respectively in the plane of
the lines A, B, C, D, and E, F, Fig. 1.
The first improvement relates to the machinery for the manufacture of the
ordinary india-rubber or gutta percha belting or banding.
The supporting framework of the machine is seen at a, a, a. The sheetof
wide rubber or gutta percha b, b, (Fig. 2), that is to form the outside of the
belt is either coated with cement or in a sticky condition on one surface, and
is wound together with the cloth c,c, c,to prevent theadhesion of the surfaces
upon a supply roll d, as is the case in making belting by hand, and fed along
to two sets of revolving circular cutters e, c, c, e, which cut off from the wide
sheet the necessary width to form the outside of the belt. These cutters are
susceptible of lateral adjustments upon their shafts f,, so that any desired
width of strip can be cut. The remaining portion of the wide strip or sheet is
wound up as fast as the strip is cut off upon a roller y, together with a sheet of
cloth h supplied from a roller i; is a roller upon which is wound the sheet
of rubber or gutta percha of which the inner portion or body of the belt is to be
composed. This sheet is wound with a sheet of cloth between the layers, soas
to prevent them from sticking together. The cloth lis supplied from a roller m,
and is fed along to two sets of revolving circular cutters n, m, n,'n, which cut
off the desired width of strip for the body of the belt. These cutters n, n, are
also capable of lateral adjustments on their shafts o,o. The remaining portion
of this sheet is then wound upon a roll p together with a cloth y.
The strips to form the inner and outer portions of the belt being thus cut off,
are then fed over the rolls, 7, the outside strip 6 being the lower one, and

page_text: from thence between two other rollers s, s, whereby the two strips are united
and caused to adhere together. The sheet thus formed of the two strips then
passes between two rollers u and e, the lower one having cams w, w, as seen
in the plan view Fig. 1, and the cross section Fig. 5, while the upper one u
works between these cams upon the upper surface of the belt. By these
rollers and the belt is turned up into a gutter shape, as shewn in Fig. 5
and from thence passes to a roller a (Fig. 4), having two tapering surfaces
and a thin circular disc y, which serve to complete the overlapping or covering
of the inner strip by the outer one. The edges are then brought evenly
together, so as to form a true and even joint, and at the same time the belt is
formed by being drawn down or cramped partly around the periphery of n
roller; the belt being passed down in nearly a vertical direction, and after-
wards passing between two pressure rollers a','. This mode of drawing the
belts brings the edges of the lap or covering to a close even joint with the
greatest accuracy.
The second improvement consists in new modes of imparting a smooth and
finished surface to the belt or band, for the purpose of producing the best
friction surface. A strip or sheet of india-rubber, or gutta percha, or of cloth
covered with rubber or gutta percha (the latter being the stronger and better)
is to be vulcanized, and during this process of vulcanization it is advisable to
subject this strip to a higher degree of heat than usual, say, about two hundred
and eighty degrees, for reasons which will be herein-after stated.
The driving belt or band having been made up in any proper manner pre
vious to vulcanization, is then rolled tightly upwith the strip or sheet previously
vulcanized, as herein-before explained, and soapstone dust, or blacklead, or
other similar substances is to be sprinkled upon the vulcanized strip or sheet,
or upon the belt, in order to prevent the belt or band and the strip or sheet
from adhering to each other. The belt or band while thus tightly wound up
between the layers of the vulcanized strip or sheet is then vulcanized by
placing the whole in a steam boiler, or by subjecting it to a dry heat, or in any
other proper manner. By thus compressing the belt or band during the curing
processbetween the layers of the vulcanized strip or sheet, the desired effects
of imparting a smooth and finished friction surface to the belt or band is suc-
cessfully attained. The strip or sheet with which the belt or band is wound
should be subjected to a somewhat greater degree of heat than is usual in the
ordinary curing process, and a higher temperature than that to which the belt
or band is to be exposed, which is about ten degrees or twenty degrees less, so
that when heated with the belt or band it shall not be liable to become sticky
and tacky enough to adhere to the same.

page_text: The desired effect may be also produced by simply placing the belt or band
inan extended position between straight strips or sheets of vulcanized rubber
or gutta percha, instead of rolling the strip or sheet and belt or band
together.
Another mode of producing the samesmooth friction surface is as follows:-
A strip or sheet of cloth or paper is to have a smooth polished and enamelled
surface given to it by applying coats of any suitable composition for producing
the desired results. The best composition for the purpose is made of the fol-
lowing ingredients, viz., French or pipe clay, soapstone dust, or blacklead, and
any suitable waterpoof glue or enamelling fluid combined in any suitable pro-
portions, and applied to the strip or sheet of paper or cloth with a brush, or in
any other suitable manner, and then dried or hardened by artificial heat or
otherwise.
The belt or band having been made up in any proper manner previous to
vulcanization, is then rolled up tightly with the strip or sheet, having its sur-
face coated with the enamelling composition, as herein-before explained, soap
stone dust, or blacklead being sprinkled upon the strip or sheet. The roll is
then vulcanized by placing the whole in a steam boiler or heater, or by sub-
jecting it to a dry heat, or in any other suitable manner. By thus compressing
the belt or band during the curing process between the layers of the
enamelled strip or sheet of paper or cloth the desired effect of imparting a
smooth and finished friction surface to the belt or band is successfully attained.
There are of course many other substances other than those named which
may be used for making the smoothing or enamelling composition for the cloth
or paper; the ordinary patent leather or enamelled leather or cloth composition
for instance, may be employed, it being only necessary to use such a coating
or compound upon the strip or sheet of paper or cloth, as will impart the
desired smoothness to the surface of the belt or band. The belt or band,
instead of being rolled up with the strip or sheet of cloth or paper, may be
placed in any position which will bring the friction surface of the belt or band
in contact with the smooth surface of the cloth or paper.
In preparing the composition above named it is preferable to use glue which
has been rendered waterproof, but this is not indispensable; it is also better to
use acomposition which will be but slightly affected by the steam or heat used
in the vulcanizing process, as the same cloth or paper may then be used more
than once, but this is not indispensable.
It will be evident that in both the processes above described the winding
or rolling up of the belt or band can be effected either by hand or by
machinery.

page_text: The third improvement relates to the production of a new kind of belting
and banding, and the machinery and process for forming the same.
India-rubber or gutta percha belting or banding is made usually from strips
of the ordinary cotton sail duck covered with a coat of india-rubber or gutta
percha; and then folded together. The outside of the belt is covered with a
thicker coat of rubber or gutta perch, the seam is covered by another narrow
strip of rubber or gutta percha, and the whole is then vulcanized in the
ordinary process of vulcanization. When greater strengthis required,additional
strips of duck are used until the desired strength is obtained. This process
occasions many defects in the belt, and is very expensive in the manufacture.
There is a great expense in covering each strip of the belt with a coat of
rubber, which acts as a cement only to make the several plies adhere together
and the rubber being a costly material, adds very much to the price of the
belt. In manufacturing the belts it is almost impossible to prevent air from
being confined between the strips or plies, and under the heat used in
vulcanizing the air expands and makes large air bubbles in the belt, which
injure it very materially. To obviate these difficulties, the centre of the belt
is formed of a thick cotton fabric woven of the intended width of the belt, and
of different thicknesses, according to the required strength of the belt. For
some small sizes a fabric of the ordinary thickness of cotton duck will suffice,
as it is much stronger on account of the two selvages. For belts requiring
greater strength a thicker material may be used, and for the strongest an
article woven expressly for cotton belts, having a great thickness, should be
employed. Both sides or surfaces of the belt are to be covered with any com-
position of vulcanizable india-rubberorgutta percha by grinding or driving it
into the surfaces by means of heavy and powerful rolls, such as are used in
rubber factories. It is better that this composition should be driven in with
great force, as it will then adhere more perfectly to the belt.
To cover the woven fabric on its sides and edges with a surface of india
rubber or gutta percha, a machine has been invented which I will now proceed
to describe, reference being had to Sheet 11. of the accompanying Drawings,
in which Figures 1 and 2 are respectively front and rear elevations, Fig. 3 is
a plan or top view, and Fig. 4 is a central vertical section.
a,a,a,in the Drawings represent the supporting framework of the machine;
b, b, and c, c, are large pressure rollers, revolving in opposite directions,
between which the india-rubber or gutta percha, in a soft state and tolerably
thick mass, is fed and rolled into a sheet, thence partially around the lower
pressure roller c until the sheet comes in contact with a sheet of cotton duck
or other woven fabric fed from a supplying roll d, and passing between the.

page_text: pressure roll c and a lower roll f, whereby the entire surface of the woven
fabric has the india-rubber or gutta percha ground driven into it. The
superfluous rubber or gutta percha is then cut off by two cutters y, J,
susceptible of lateral adjustment on their axles, so as to beadapted to different
widths of belts. The belt or band with its surface thus covered is passed
between rollers h, h, having portions of their peripheries cut away, so as to
leave shoulders i, i, with slightly rounded edges, as seen in Fig. 1. These
press the edges of the rubber or gutta percha firmly and evenly upon the edges
of the woven fabric. In lieu of this cutting away the peripheries of the
rollers, h, it is evident that collars or circular discs of similar form to the
shoulders i, i, may be placed upon the rollers, ½, and made to serve a similar
purpose. The edges of the belt or band are then callendered so as to form a
smooth and even finish thereto by being passed between two grooved wheels k,k,
which completes the operation with the exception of the vulcanization, which
may be done in any convenient and well known manner. The cutters g.g, can
be made by stationary or revolving knives. The wheels k, l, are sometimes
used before the belt is passed through the rollers h, h. It will be seen that
the other side of the duck or other woven fabric can be coated in the same
manner by passing it again through the machine. The belt being formed and
covered with rubber, is then vulcanized in any ordinary manner, but the
process of vulcanization, as above described, while wrapped in sheets of cloth,
paper, and vulcanized rubber, is the best plan. Sometimes an additional cover
of rubber composition, which is cut out of double the intended width of the
belt, may be put over the belt, and then folded over by hand or by a machine,
as herein above described.
I have described the manufacture of a belt with both surfaces covered with
india-rubber or gutta percha; the belts can, however, be made with one side
only thus covered, but they will not be so valuable. I have described belts as
made with a cotton fabric, as that is the cheapest and most useful, but flax or
linen, or other woven fabrics may be substituted. I have described the stripof
which the belt is formed made with two selvages as this is the best, but the strip
can be cut with a single selvage or without any selvages, the great object of the
Invention being to produce a solid fabric, in which the woven strip or duck
covered with rubber is in one ply or strip, and not in several strips or folded,
and therefore is more economical and has the other advantages above specified,
and also is not in danger of splitting or becoming separated when it is used.
The last improvement relates to a new machine for manufacturing the new
and improved "solid-belting," by which the sides and edges of the cotton duck,
or other woven fabric of which the inner portion of the belt is composed are

page_text: covered with or encased within a coating of india-rubber or gutta percha
at one operation, and also by which any number of belts of the same or of
different widths can be formed at a time.
The Figures in Sheet III. of the accompanying Drawings represent the
new machine. Fig. 1 is a plan or top view; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal
vertical section of the same; Figures 3 and 4 are detailed sections of portions
of the apparatus or machine.
a, a, a, represent the supporting framework of the machine; b, b, and c, c,
d, d, and e, e, are large pressure rollers between which respectively a tolerably
thick mass of the india-rubber or gutta percha in a soft state is fed and rolled
into a sheet, and after passing partially around the peripheries of the central
pressing rollers c, c, and d, d, the sheet of rubber comes in contact with a
sheet of duck, or other woven fabric fed from a supply roll y, whereby the
upper and lower surfaces of the woven fabric have the india rubber or gutta
percha ground and driven in. The belt or band thus covered then passes to
two sets of circular formers h, k, of peculiar shape, as represented in the
Drawings at Fig. 3, and the rubber being in a soft and plastic state will take
hold of the upper and under sheets of india-rubber or gutta percha, and crowd
and press the same upon the edges of the inner fabric or cotton duck, thereby
completly uniting the sheets and covering the edges with india-rubber or
gutta percha. In order to prevent the sheets of india-rubber from being cut
off in passing through the formers, the peripheries of the latter are partially
cut away or flattened to allow the sheets of rubber or gutta percha to pass
between them. The belt or band then passes to a set of cutters i, i, i, i, which
cut off such of the superfluous gum from the edges of the belt as may remain
after the passage of the belt between the formers h, h. The edges of the belt
orband are then perfectly formed and smoothed by means of calender rolls j,j,
having their peripheries so shaped as to conform with the edges of the belt
after which the belt or band passing partially around the guide roll is wound
upon a suitable mandril Z. The circular formers h,h,and cutters i,i, admit of
being adjusted laterally upon a screw shaft m, m, so as to be adapted to belts
of the same or of different widths by means of collars n, n, and nuts o, o.
The calender rolls also admit of being set in any position so as to correspond
with different widths of belts by means of a groove p, in which the shaft q to
which the callender rolls are attached, slide, and are secured by means of a
screw or in any other proper manner.
Having now described this Invention of "Improvements in Machine Belting
or Banding, and in the Machinery and Process of Making the same," as com-
municated to me by my foreign correspondent, and explained the manner of

page_text: carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as the
Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid,―
First, the mode or modes herein set forth of manufacturing machine belting
or banding.
And, secondly, I claim the improved machinery herein set forth for making
machine belting or banding.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, the Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)