IMPROVEMENTS IN CUTTING THE PILE OF VELVET, VELVETEENS, AND OTHER PILED
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jerome André Drieu, of Bowden, in the
County of Chester, Machinist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CUTTING THE PILE OF VELVET, VELVETEENS, AND OTHER PILED
Sealed the 13th October 1853, and dated the 22nd April 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jerome André
Drieu at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 22nd April 1853.
I, JAMES ANDRE DRIEU, of Bowden, in the County of Chester,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CUTTING THE PILE OF VELVET, VELVETEENS, AND OTHER
PILED FABRICS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of applying a grooved instrument, which is
passed under the yarn or fibre to be cut, there being a revolving cutter
combined with the grooved instrument, which by its rotation cuts the
yarn or fibre as the instrument is progressively passed under.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jerome André Drieu, in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 22nd October 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JEROME ANDRE DRIEU, of Bowden, in the County of Chester, Ma-
chinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-
sors, give and grant unto me, the,said Jerome Andre Drieu, Her special
licence that I, the said Jerome Andre Drieu, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jerome Andre Drieu,
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
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CUTTING THE PILE OF VELVET, VELVETEENS, AND OTHER
PILED FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Jerome Andre Drieu, 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 Jerome André Drieu, 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 consists of applying a grooved instrument, which is
passed under the yarn or fibre to be cut, there being a revolving cutter
combined with the grooved instrument, which by its rotation cuts the
yarn or fibre as the instrument is progressively passed under.

page_text: Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed
to describe the means of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
a, is a circular disc of steel made with a cutting edge at its periphery,
thus forming a circular knife. b, is a grooved instrument, which guides
and steadies the cutter which revolves by means of the axis c, on
which the circular knife fits easily, and can slide thereon, but is caused
to turn therewith by reason of the feather, key, or projection e, as is
shewn. d, is a point to the instrument b, which enters between the
yarn or fibre to be cut and the body of the fabric, and by the rotation
of the knife in the groove of the instrument the cut is effected. With
this arrangement I can use as many knives and guides as will cut the
whole breadth of the cloth at one operation.
From the above description, aided by the drawing, a workman will
readily construct apparatus according to my Invention.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that what
I claim is, the combination of parts herein shewn and described for
cutting the pile of velvet, velveteens, and other piled fabrics.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jerome André Drieu, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of October,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-
three
JEROME ANDRÉ DRIEU. (L.S.)
Witness, JAMES BROWN,
12, Arlington St.,
Salford.