A NEW MODE OR IMPROVEMENT FOR DRESSING OF WOOLLEN OR OTHER CLOTHS
Year: 1823

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
SEVILL, of Brown's Hill, in the Parish of Bisley, in the County of Gloucester,
Clothier, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth did,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of His United Kingdom,
bearing date at Westminster, the Thirteenth day of November, 1823, in the
fourth year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Sevill,
my exors, admors, and assigns, His especial licence, full power, sole privilege
and authority, that I, the said Samuel Sevill, my exors, admors, and assigns,
during the term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A NEW MODE OR IMPROVEMENT FOR DRESSING
OF WOOLLEN OR OTHER CLOTHS;" in which said Letters Patent there is cou-
tained a proviso, that if I, the said Samuel Sevill shall not particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within two calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties
and advantages whatsoever thereby granted, shall utterly cease, determine,
and become void, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, will
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Samuel Sevill, do hereby declare that the nature of my said improvements do
consist in a new application of wire points for the purposes of dressing cloth,

page_text: and an improved manner of setting the same, and in further compliance with
the said proviso, I do hereby describe the manner of performing the same,
referance being had to the Drawings and Figures annexed, that is say :-
The Figures are all the real dimensions of the machinery, the same letters
of reference mark in all the figures the same parts of the machine.
Fig. 1 is an end section of a gig barrel. A is a piece of metal in which are
holes or notches for holding the bolt in the lever B; B is a lever fixed on the
end of a bar C, to which a pinion D is attached for moving a circular metal
ring E; F is a number of holes in the metal ring E for holding the bolt at the
extremity of the lever H.
Fig. 2 is an end view of a complete board*. H is a joint lever for moving
the bar I; I is a bar to which the front guard K. is fixed. The bar I moves
in circular brass bearings on the board L, to which the whole is attached. M
is a spiral or coil spring fixed to the bar N; the springs M. are always pressing
on the under side of the pieces of metal O in which the points are set, and by
means of a key applied to the square end of the bar N the springs may be
strengthened or relaxed; P is a metal hook or bearing to receive the bolt
end of the metal Q. It will be observed in this view that the springs M are
not directly connected with the metals O, as by pressing down the metals O
below the hook of P, they may easily be taken out, and then, by reversing the
ends, may as easily be put in again, and both sides of the points will be used;
but the hook or bearing P, instead of being open on the under side, may form
an entire circular bearing, if necessary. Q is the back guard of wood or metal.
Note. Both the front and back guard may be curved to correspond with the
circle of the points which may be placed between thom. R is a toothed wheel
on the square end of the bar N; S is a spring catch for holding the toothed
wheel R. Note.-If all the squares on the ring of the gig barrel were filled
up with boards similar to this Fig. 2, it would represent a complete gig
barrel.
Fig. 3 is an end view, similar to Fig. 2, but with the toothed wheel R and
joint lever H omitted.
Fig. 4. The parts in this are similar to Figs. 2 and 3, but with the
addition of a spiral spring at the end of the lever H. Note.-It must be
obvious that by varying the angle of the springs M, or the base of the
metals O, the points may be made to vary from an acute to an obtuse
angle with the centre of the gig barrel. In the barrel just described, it
may be advantageous to use teazles and brushes, or if desirable, they may
* Note.-The word "board," as it applies to a gig barrel, is commonly understood to
includo everything which is attached to that board.

page_text: be used in a separate barrel in the same machine. I have not described
the frame of the machine, nor the wheels by which the gig barrel is made to
move in a rotatory motion, as either may be varied at pleasure. The opposite
end of the gig barrel is similar to the end view just described, the bar D
passing longitudinally through the barrel carrying a similar pinion to D,
which moves E, &c. Fig. 5 is a section of the bar N, with spring M, metal
points O, and hook or bearing P. Fig. 6 is a section of the two bars I and
N, with their brass bearings T, T. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the mould,
in which the pin or needle points are set and cast. When the points are
about to be set, the two parts of the mould are screwed up so near together
that between the grooved plate A and the plate B there is space enough to
admit the points C. D is a plate on which the points rest. This plate D
may be perfectly parrallel, or may be formed into a given section of a circle or
circles, as the points may be required. E, E, are two pieces of metal, which
slide in grooves; K, K, are circular holes in them for forming the bolt end of
the metals O; F is a piece of metal, which is taken off while the points are
being set. When the points are all set, the mould is screwed up tight, and
then the piece of metal F is replaced so as to come in contract with the oppo-
site plate G; H is a wedge, which holds F and G close together; I, I, are the
apertures, thro' which the metal of block tin or pewter is poured. Note.―
I conclude that the bolt ends of the metal will wear as long as the points, but
if not, an iron spindle may be placed in the mould to form a more desirable
one; in this case the metal will enclose the spindle as well as the points.
Fig. 8 is a section of a rail or bar for the cloth to pass over to get out the
wrinkles. One or more of these rails or bars may be placed on either side of
the barrel in the frame of the machine. I do not claim as new the application of
the rack and pinion to gig barrels, nor the use of levers and shifting guards,
nor the application of wires set in metal; but I claim as improvements, first,
the application of wire points which are nearly or quite non-elastic, by means
of a joint or hinge, the necessary elasticity being given by a coil or spiral
spring not directly connected with the wire points.
Secondly, in the power of applying both sides of the wire points with equal
effect.
Thirdly, in the method of setting the points, and forming the metal tocontain
them.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Sevill, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Ninth day of January, in the Year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and twenty-four
SAMUEL (L.s.) SEVILL.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Ninth day of January, in
the year of our Lord 1824, the aforesaid Samuel Sevill came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Tenth of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and twenty-four.