IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARTRIDGES
Year: 1863

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 THE MANUFACTURE OF CARTRIDGES."-A
communication from abroad by Albert Hook, of the City of New York,
United States of America.
Sealed the 23rd October 1868, and dated the 20th August 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton.
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,..on. the.
20th August 1863.
I, 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 THE MANUFACTURE OF CARTRIDGES,””
to be as follows:-
This Invention of "Improvements in the Manufacture of. Cartridges,
relates to a novel mode of attaching the paper part of the cartridge to the
bullet, and consists in forming in the base or rear part of the bullet an
annular groove or recess to receive the edge of the paper cartridge, which is
held therein by compressing the outside of the bullet until it nips and secures
the paper.
In carrying out the Invention the annular groove in the bullet may be
made either by pressure or by casting it therein. The edge of the paper

page_text: cartridge, made by machinery (or otherwise) of suitable length, is then
inserted into the groove, and the bullet compressed thereon. The same
object may be effected by casting the bullet on to the end of the paper
cartridge.
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 20th February 1864.
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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 Twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh 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 I, 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, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARTRIDGES," being a communication
from Albert Hook, of New York, United States of America, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Newton, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, 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 Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say) :-
'This Invention of improvements in the manufacture of cartridges," relates
to a novel mode of attaching the paper part of the cartridge. to the bullet,

page_text: and consists in forming in the base or rear part of the bullet an annular
groove or recess to receive the edge of the paper cartridge, which is held
therein by compressing the outside of the bullet until it nips and secures the
paper.
In carrying out the Invention the annular groove in the bullet may be
made either by pressure or by casting it therein. The edge of the paper
cartridge, made by machinery (or otherwise) of suitable length, is then
inserted into the groove, and the bullet compressed thereon. The same
object may be effected by casting the bullet on to the end of the paper
cartridge.
In the accompanying Drawing I have shewn at Figs. 1, 2, and 3 three
different plans of securing the paper cartridge to the bullet, or rather shewing
in three different positions the groove for receiving the edge of the paper
cartridge.
a is the powder, which is enclosed within a paper cartridge b, b, the
upper edge of which is inserted into a groove cut, cast, or otherwise made
in the bullet d, as seen at c, c. It will of course be understood that
these grooves when made are open or splayed so that the edge of the
cartridge may be more easily inserted therein. When this is done the
edges of the groove are pressed down on to the paper, which will be held
tightly in the groove, and thereby firmly secured to the bullet d.
Having now described this Invention of "Improvements in the Manu-
facture of Cartridges," and having explained the manner of carrying the
same into effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters
Patent, as aforesaid, securing the paper of the cartridge to the bullet by
confining one end thereof in a groove made in the bullet as above set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, the Nineteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)