THE APPLICATION OF ENAMEL TO CERTAIN FRICTION. SURFACES OF LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to.Louis Rudolph Bodmer, of 2, Thavies Inn, Holborn,
in the City of London, Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"THE APPLICATION OF ENAMEL TO CERTAIN FRICTION. SURFACES OF LOOMS FOR
WEAVING:"-A communication, from abroad. by Edmund Sée and Paul
Sée, both of Roubaix. (Nord), in the Empire of, France.
Sealed the 9th April 1867, and dated the 18th October 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Rudolph Bodmer at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his. Petition, on the
18th October 1866.
I, LOUIS RUDOLPH BODMER, of 2, Thavies Inn, Holborn, in the City of
London, Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "THE APPLICATION OF ENAMEL TO CERTAIN FRICTION SURFACES
or LOOMS FOR WEAVING," (a communication to him from abroad by Edmond
Sée and Paul Sée, both of Roubaix (Nord), in the Empire of France,)
to be as follows:-
The friction of leather upon iron or steel in looms for weaving is in several
respects objectionable, inasmuch as it necessitates the employment of a
lubricant, which is a source of expense, and frequently causes stains of grease
on the cloth or tissues which are being manufactured. To remedy this defect
the Inventors cover those surfaces which are exposed to friction against

page_text: leather, as more especially the guide bars for the buffalo hide drivers or
pickers, with a coating of enamel, porcelain, glass, or similar vitrified
substance, which reduces the friction, and thereby renders the application of a
lubricant unnecessary.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Louis Rudolph Bodmer in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 13th April 1867.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS
RUDOLPH BODMER, of 2, Thavies Inn, Holborn, in the City of London,
Engineer and Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Louis Rudolph Bodmer, Her special licence that I, the said Louis
Rudolph Bodmer, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or Buch" others
as I, the said Louis Rudolph Bodmer, 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 "THE APPLICATION OF ENAMEL TO CERTAIN FRICTION SURFACES OF LOOMS FOR
'WEAVING," (a communication from abroad by Edmond Sée and Paul-Séé,
both of Roubaix (Nord), in the Empire of France, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Louis Rudolph Bodmer, 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 Louis Rudolph Bodmer, 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 :-
In those parts of the loom in which leather is employed and exposed to
friction or rubbing against iron or steel, oil or grease has to be applied as a

page_text: lubricant, in order to reduce the friction and consequent wear of the parts.
The use of a lubricant is however objectionable, partly on account of the
additional expense and labour it entails, partly on account of the grease spots
by which the cloth or tissues which are being manufactured are often
damaged.
Now this Invention consists in providing those metallic surfaces which are
exposed to a rubbing action or friction against leather, as more especially
the guide bars for the buffalo hide drivers or pickers, with a covering or
coating of enamel, glass, or other vitreous substance, whereby the friction is
reduced and the application of a lubricant rendered unnecessary.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Rudolph Bodmer, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.