IMPROVING THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN ARTICLES MADE FROM FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Hurn, of Norwich, in the County of Norfolk,
for the Invention of "IMPROVING THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN ARTICLES
MADE FROM FIBROUS MATERIALS."
Sealed the 25th January 1859, and dated the 28th July 1858.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said George Hurn at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Declaration, on
the 28th July 1858, pursuant to the 9th Section of the Patent Law
Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE HURN,
of Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, send greeting.
WHEREAS, I, the said George Hurn have petitioned Her Majesty to
grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters
Patent, for an Invention for "IMPROVING THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN
ARTICLES MADE FROM FIBROUS MATERIALS."
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Hurn, 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
(that is to say):

page_text: My Invention, which has reference to an improved method of finishing and
securing the cut or ragged edges of all descriptions of articles manufactured
from matting composed of vegetable or other fibre, such as cocoa-nut, manilla,
spanish, hair, aloe, jute, or cotton, consists in substituting, in place of the ordi-
nary linen or leather binding, a rim or edging formed of the same or similar
strands of material from which the articles are made.
But in order that this, my said Invention, may be more fully understood
and readily carried into effect, I now proceed to describe, in detail, the
manner in which the same is to be performed (that is to say) :-
For the purpose of protecting the cut or unsecured edges of matting
generally, as well as the various descriptions of articles manufactured there-
from, I cause the first two or three transverse ties, formed by the shute or
weft of the material to be drawn out or removed, so as to leave the end of the
warp or longitudinal strands loose or detached, and admit of their being curled
in or turned over, and securely bound together by means of the removed
threads, or strands, or others of the same or similar material; the loose longi-
tudinal strands are then firmly enclosed, through the medium of the said
threads or ties, by the operation of sewing, so as to give the appearance of an
enclosed cord with equal strength and durability.
In the manufacture of all descriptions of bags, such as nose-bags for holding
food for horses or other cattle, game bags, or otherwise, I take or select the
said materials, woven to the required width of the bag, and then cut or divide
them transversely into the necessary lengths suitable for doubling and folding
together in the form of the bag, in such manner that the sides thereof may be
sewn or united by means of the selvages, and the cut or unsecured edges
forming the opening or mouth of the same strengthened and finished by
being bound and sewn together in like manner to the matting, as above
described.
In conclusion to the foregoing description, I would here also briefly note,
that the above materials may be cut or arranged in any suitable manner,
either with or without selvages, and operated upon in like manner in either
case.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of this my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed and carried
into effect, I would have it clearly understood, that I do not intend to confine
myself to the precise details herein-before described, as the same might be
varied without departing from the general principle of this my said improvement,
but that which I do claim as new, and of my said Invention, is the mode of

page_text: finishing and protecting the cut or unsecured edges of matting, and of articles
manufactured therefrom, in the manner and for the purposes herein-before set.
forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Hurn, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Hurn, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
GEORGE HURN. (L.S.)