IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ROSETTES AND TRIMMINGS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Grey Hill, of the Town of Nottingham,
Bonnet Front Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF ROSETTES AND TRIMMINGS."
Scaled the 6th July 1869, and dated the 5th February 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Grey Hill at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th February 1869.
Ì, CHARLES GREY HILL, of the Town of Nottingham, Bonnet Front
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ROSETTES AND TRIMMINGS;" to be as
follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of
rosettes and trimmings. Rosettes are at the present time commonly
manufactured by sewing down on to a pad of cotton wool a series of
convolutions of a band formed by attaching loops of ribbon or narrow
velvet or other material to a back or selvage: This is a process which

page_text: takes some time and trouble, the band not readily adapting itself to the
required curves.
According to my Invention I produce such rosettes much more readily
and advantageously by first causing the band to take a curved or coiled
form by corrugating the back or selvage of the band by passing it
through crimping rollers. Then in attaching the band to the pad I
dispense in great part with the use of the needle, simply attaching the
outer ring or rings to the pad by sewing, and causing the remaining
convolutions to adhere by means of gum or cement. To give a suitable
smooth surface to the pad to receive the cement I sometimes cover it
with a thin net fabric. I produce bands suitable for making rosettes
and otherwise for use as trimmings by attaching to a back or selvage
alternate loops of floss silk and ribbon. This is done by means of two
parallel revolving spirals on which the ribbon and silk are wound in the
alternate coils. As they pass off from the spirals they are pressed on to
the back or selvage, and are attached by cement thereto. A band or
strip of net may be attached to the back or selvage together with the
loops, and so as to be encircled by them. The silk may be cut so as to
form a fringe-like ornament. Trimmings thus made may advantageously
be made into rosettes in the manner already described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Grey Hill in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 5th August 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
GREY HILL, of the Town of Nottingham, Bonnet Front Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Charles Grey Hill, Her special licence
that I, the said Charles Grey Hill, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Grey Hill, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,

page_text: 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 ROSETTES AND TRIMMINGS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Charles Grey Hill, my executors or adminis-
trators, 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 Charles Grey Hill, 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 thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of
rosettes and trimmings. Rosettes are at the present time commonly
manufactured by sewing down on to a pad of cotton wool a series of
convolutions of a band formed by attaching loops of ribbon or narrow
velvet or other material to a back or selvage. This is a process which
takes some time and trouble, the band not readily adapting itself to
required curves.
According to my Invention I produce such rosettes much more readily
and advantageously by first causing the band to take a curved or coiled
form by corrugating the back or selvage of the band by passing it
through crimping rollers. Then in attaching the band to the pad I
dispense in great part with the use of the needle, simply attaching the
outer ring or rings to the pad by sewing, and causing the remaining
convolutions to adhere by means of gum or cement.
I will now proceed to describe more fully the manner in which I
prefer to proceed in carrying out this part of my Invention.
Figure 1 shows a side view of a band such as is commonly employed
in making rosettes. The band is made up of ribbons, which I prefer to
be composed of floss or spun silk cemented together, and I prefer to form
such ribbons into a band (such as shown at Figure 1) by cementing the

page_text: ribbons to a back or selvage a in the manner described in the Spc-
cification of a Patent granted to me on the 8th day of April 1868
(No. 1186); but bands formed from woven ribbon, or velvet, or Berlin
wool, or chenille, or other fabric suitable for forming rosettes may be
employed,
In preparing the bands for forming into a rosette I, according to my
Invention, first cause the bands to assume a curved or coiled form by
passing the selvage a (or the edge of the fabric which is to be connected
to the foundation of the rosette) through crimping rollers, by which the
selvage or edge will be caused to assume a corrugated form, such as
shown in edge view at Figure 2. The bands so caused to assume a
curved or coiled form may subsequently be made up into a rosette by
sewing in the ordinary manner to a back or foundation, or, as I prefer,
partly by sewing and partly by cement. Figure 3 shows a plan view of
a back or foundation such as I prefer to employ; it is composed of a disc
of net b, over which is placed, as shown at Figure 4, a smaller disc of
wadding c, and over this a disc d of a fabric with one surface similar
to the soft surface of lint, this soft surface being on the outside. The
net 6 is moistened, and its edge is pressed against and so caused to
adhere to the back of the disc d, so that the wadding is enclosed between
them. When the foundation is thus completed it is ready to have tho
band or fabric of which the rosette is to be composed attached to it. To
effect this the selvage or edge of the band or fabrio of which the rosette
is to be formed is bent around and attached by sewing, or it might be by
a strong adhesive cement, to the ring of net 6 which projects beyond the
disc d, and if desired a second inner coil of the band or fabric may
similarly be attached to the net or to the disc d. When the first coil or
coils have thus been connected to the back or foundation the soft surface
of the disc d is covered by means of a brush with cement, which may be
gum, glue, paste, or other adhesive cement, and the remaining length of
the band is then bent round to form the remaining inner coils of the
rosette, and these coils are pressed down by hand on to the cemented
surface of the disc d. A finished rosette is shown at Figure 5.
What I claim as regards this part of my Invention is corrugating or
crimping the selvage or edge of fabrics suitable for making rosettes
before making up such fabrics into a rosette, as herein described.
I also claim attaching fabrics suitable for making a rosette to the back
or foundation by cement or partly by cement, as herein described.

page_text: Another part of my Invention consists in producing bands suitable for
making rosettes and otherwise for use as trimmings by attaching to a
back or selvage alternate loops of floss silk and ribbon; such a band is
shown at Figure 6 of the Drawings annexed. To form the band I
employ apparatus similar to that described in the Specification of the
Patent granted to me on the 8th day of April 1868 (No. 1186). The
ribbon and silk are wound in alternate coils of the two parallel
revolving spirals of the apparatus, and as they pass off from the spirals
they are pressed on to the back or selvage, and are attached by cement
thereto. A band or strip of net may be attached to the back or selvage
together with the loops, and so as to he encircled by them. The silk
may be cut so as to form a fringe-like ornament, Trimmings thus
made may advantageously be made into rosettes in the manner already
described.
I claim attaching to a back or selvage alternate loops of floss silk and
ribbon, as herein described, to produce a band or trimming suitable for
use for making rosettes and otherwise for use as trimmings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Grey Hill, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.