IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HAIR TRIK- MINGS
Year: 1853

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*LETTERS PATENT to William Babb, of Gray's Inn Road Parish
of St. Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman; for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HAIR TRIK-
MINGS."
Sealed the 25th November 1853, and dated the 25th May 1853.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William "Babb
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 25th May 1853:
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I, WILLIAM BABB, of Gray's Inn Road, Parish of St. Pancras, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HAIR, TRIM-
MINGS" to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of hair
trimmings, in the weaving of which I employ wire and certain water-
proofed fibrous materials to form the warp.
And for the better understanding of my said Invention, and for the
more ready performance of the same, I shall now proceed to detail the
particulars thereof.
Horse hair and other hair trimmings manufactured of hair and silk,

page_text: cotton or thread, have been usually made of white hair and of figured
patterns, principally for bonnets.
Now, I propose to manufacture trimmings, varying from one quarter
of an inch to nine inches broad, with a plain surface, the weft being
entirely of hair, and the warp formed entirely of wire, or entirely of
threads of silk, cotton, hemp, flax, or wool, or of worsted, thread, cotton,
straw, Manilla, Brazilian, & China grasses, or other like suitable
grasses, also cane, bast, cocoa nut, and similar fibrous materials.
rendered waterproof by any of the usual processes. Each of these
may be used singly, or any two or more may be used alternating in the
warp. As I propose such trimmings to be used in the manufacture of
hats, I find it desirable that the warp should be of a waterproof mate-
rial as well as the weft, which, being of horse hair or other hair, is so
naturally. I therefore recommend wire, wholly or in part, not only as
resisting moisture, but to stiffen and strengthen the material. But
_the entire use of wire is not essential, as several well-known stiffening
and waterproofing materials may be employed, although never hitherto
used for the purpose described.
I usually make these trimmings with a plain surface, but I do not
restrict myself to so doing, as ornamental figuring may sometimes be
required, particularly for caps or bonnets; neither do I confine myself
to any particular colour or width of trimmings, as the same must be
regulated by the demand for such articles. And I do declare that what
I claim as my Invention is,-
The peculiar manufacture of hair trimmings, in which the warp is
formed of materials which resist the action of moisture, being naturally
or artificially waterproof.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Babb in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 25th November 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
WILLIAM BABB, of Gray's Inn Road, Parish of St. Pancras, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of May, in the
year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the six-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Babb, Her special licence
that I, the said William Babb, my executors, administrators, and as-
signs, or such others as I, the said William Babb, my executors, ad-
ministrators, 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 HAIR TRIMMINGS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Babb, 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 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 William Babb, 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:
My Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of hair
trimmings, in the weaving of which I employ wire and certain fibrous
materials, waterproofed or otherwise, to form the warp, and which
trimmings I propose to use in making men's hats.
And for the better understanding of my said Invention, and for the
more ready performance of the same, I shall now proceed to detail
the particulars thereof.
Horse hair and other hair trimmings manufactured of hair and silk,
cotton or thread, have usually been made of white hair, and in figured
open patterns, principally for bonnets.
Now, I manufacture trimmings, varying from one quarter of an inch
to nine inches or thereabouts in breadth, with a plain close surface,

page_text: the weft being of: hair, or combined with other suitable materials, and
the warp formed of wire, glass, india-rubber, or threads of silk, cotton,
-hemp, flax, wool, and like. materials, which, when desired, may be
rendered 'waterproof by any of the usual processes, and each may be
used singly, or any two or more, in the warp. As I recommend the
-employment of my improved hair trimmings in the manufacture of
-men's hats, I find it desirable generally that the warp should be of; a
waterproof material as well as the weft; the latter, when composed of
thorse-hair.or other hair, being repellant of water naturally. I there-
fore use wire, wholly or in part, in forming the warp,. not only as
resisting-moisture, but likewise to stiffen and strengthen the trimmings.
But the entire use of wire is not essential, as several well-known stiffeni-
(ing and waterproofing materials may be advantageously employed,
although never hitherto used for the purpose described.
Iusually make these hair trimmings with a plain surface, but I do
hot restrict myself to so doing, as ornamental figuring may sometimes
be required; neither do I confine myself to any particular colour
for width of trimmings, or to waterproofing the fibrous materials; as
the same must be regulated by the demand for certain qualities of
trimmings.
And I do declare that what I claim as my Invention is, namely:-
The peculiar manufacture of hair trimmings, as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Babb, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of November, in the
.year of our Lord 1853.
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