IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNA- MENTING SCOTCH CAPS OR BONNETS."
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Orr, of Kilmarnock, in the County of
Ayr, North Britain, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNA-
MENTING SCOTCH CAPS OR BONNETS.""
Sealed the 22nd July 1870, and dated the 28th January 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Orr at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th January 1870.
I, WILLIAM ORF, of Kilmarnock, in the County of Ayr, North
Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of “Im-
PROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING SCOTCH CAPS OR BONNETS," to be as follows, that
is to say :-
The first part of this Invention, which relates. to. a new or, improved
mode of ornamenting Scotch bonnets or caps, consists in employing
pieces of cloth or ribbon with the pattern printed thereon for orna-
menting the borders of the said bonnets or caps in place of using ribbon
with a pattern or design stitched thereon, as hitherto, thereby avoiding
the cost of stitching the designs or patterns, as hitherto practised:

page_text: By means of another part of this Invention the patterns may be
produced in gilt, bronze, or silver powder; this being effected by first
impressing the cloth or ribbon by means of a block or roller of tho
desired pattern, from which an adhesive ink, varnish, or other adhesivo
substance is imparted to the said cloth in tho desired pattern or con- {
figuration, and whilst the ink or varnish is in the moist state the gilt,
bronze, or silver powder is sprinkled over the parts so treated, and to
which the powder adheres and produces the pattern in either gilt, bronze,
or silver.
Instead of producing the designs or patterns on separate cloth or ribbon, 1
which has afterwards to be stitched to the cap or bonnet, the border of
the cap or bonnet itself may have the designs or patterns produced
upon it, thus avoiding the necessity of sowing, as hitherto practiced.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Orr in the Great Scal Patent Office on
the 27th July 1870..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ORB, of Kilmarnock, in the County of Ayr, North Britain, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoría, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the
33rd year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said William Orr, Her special license, that I,
the said William Orr, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Orr, my executors, administrators, or
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 ORNAMENTING SCOTCH
CAPS OR BONNETS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Orr, by an instrument in writing under my hand and scal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause

page_text: 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 Orr, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :—
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My said Invention, which relates to a new or improved method of
ornamenting what are known as Scotch caps or bonnets, consists in the
employment of pieces of cloth or ribbon with a pattern printed thereon
for ornamenting the borders of the said caps or bonnets, in lieu of using
ribbon or cloth with a pattern or design stitched thereon, as hitherto,
thereby avoiding the cost and labour of stitching the design or pattern,
as at present practised.
Under another. part of this Invention the design or pattern is produced
in gilt, bronze, silver powder, or other coloured material; and this is
effected by first impressing the cloth or ribbon by means of a block or
roller with the desired pattern formed thereon, from which block or
roller an adhesive ink, varnish, or other adhesive substance is imparted
to the said cloth or ribbon in the desired pattern or configuration, and
whilst the ink or varnish is in a moist state the gilt, bronze, silver
powder, or other material is sprinkled over the part so treated, to which
it adheres, and thereby produces the pattern.
In lieu of producing the design on separate cloth or ribbon, which has
afterwards to be stitched or sewn to the cap or bonnet, the border of the
cap or bonnet itself may have the design or pattern produced upon it
in the manner herein-before set forth, thereby obviating the necessity
of sewing, as hitherto practised.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
system, mode, or manner in or under which the same is or may be
used or practically carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion
that I am aware that Scotch caps or bonnets have hitherto been
ornamented by stitching or sewing to the borders thereof pieces of cloth
or ribbon on which an ornamental design or pattern has previously been
stitched, and I therefore lay no claim to such method of producing the
said ornamental designs or patterns; but what I do consider as novel
and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the
herein-before-in-part recited Letters Patent is,—
First. The method of ornamenting Scotch caps or bonnets by sewing

page_text: to the borders thereof pieces of cloth or ribbon on which designs or
patterns have previously been printed, either in gilt, bronze, silver
powder, or otherwise, as herein-before set forth.
Second. The ornamentation of Scotch caps or bonnets by producing
on the borders thereof patterns or designs in gilt, bronze, silver powder, 5
or other coloured material, substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Orr, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of July One thousand eight
hundred and seventy.