IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON SPOONS
Year: 1844

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME; I, JOHN
WHEELEY, of Stafford, Manufacturer of Iron, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Eighteenth day of December, in the eighth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
John Wheeley, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said John Wheeley, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said John Wheeley, my exors, adññors, or assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during
the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON SPOONS;"
in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said John
Wheeley, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her
said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as
in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at
large appear..

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Wheeley, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which is to be performed, are fully described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon
(that is to say):
My Invention consists in forming iron spoons from iron plate so formed
with different thicknesses that the handles may be cut side by side from the
thickest parts of the iron, and the parts for the bowls of the spoons shall be cut
from the thinner parts of the iron plate. And in order that my Invention may
be fully understood, I will proceed to describe the Drawing hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shows a plan of part of a plate of iron prepared for the making of
iron spoons according to my Invention. Figure 2 shows an edge view
thereof. I cause iron to be rolled into plates or strips sufficiently wide for
making the bowl of a spoon, which will vary according to the size of spoons
which are to be made; and in place of the iron being rolled with parallel
surfaces from end to end, I cause parts to be thicker than other parts; thus
from a to b is thin, and suitable for the bowl of a spoon, and from 6 to c is
thicker, and suitable for making the handles (side by side) of two spoons, and
from c to d there is again a thin portion of plate suitable for the bowl of a
spoon; and in this manner the iron plate is formed; and the portions for
making spoons are cut out by suitable tools, as indicated by red lines, and the
parts so cut out are then to be finished into spoons in the ordinary mauner, as
is well understood, less labour, however, being required in the finishing
process of shaping, owing to the iron having been first prepared as herein
described with thick parts for forming the handles and thin parts for the
bowls; and there will be comparatively little waste in scrap, owing to the
handles being cut from the plate side by side, as is shown by the red lines.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that what I
claim is the preparing iron in the form herein described; and applying it in the
imanufacture of iron spoons.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Wheeley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
JOHN (L.3.) WHEELEY.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fourteenth day of June, in
the year of our Lord 1845, the aforesaid John Wheeley came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specifi-
cation 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.
Enrolled the Eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-five.