IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY AND SUCH LIKE WARES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Latham Boote, and Richard Boote, of
Burslem, in the County of Stafford, Potters, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY AND SUCH LIKE WARES."
Sealed the 5th May 1865, and dated the 10th November 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Latham Bootė
and Richard Boote at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 10th November 1864.
We, THOMAS LATHAM BOOTE and RICHARD BOOTE, of Burslem, in the
County of Stafford, Potters, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY AND SUCH LIKE WARES,"
to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in manufacturing plates, saucers, dishes, bowls, and
other similar dished and concave articles from pulverized clay or such like
material in a dry or partially dry state in manner hereafter described.
We take a metal mould made in two parts and of the shape of the article
to be manufactured, one part of the mould being intended to form the outside
and the other part the inside of the article. For some articles it will be necessary
to make the mould in more than two parts. We fill the lower part of the
mould with the pulverized clay or other material from which the article is to.
be manufactured, and if this lower part is intended to form the outer or convex.

page_text: side of the article we remove a part of the clay or other material, leaving
that which remains to correspond as near as possible with the inner or
concave side of the article; if, on the other hand, the lower part of the
mould is intended to form the inner or concave side of the article we leave
the clay to correspond as near as possible with the outer or convex side. We
then lower the upper part of the mould into or upon the lower part and after
exerting sufficient pressure, again raise it, and the article may be removed.
By shaping or partially shaping the clay as before explained before bringing
down the upper part of the mould, the article receives uniform pressure at
every part.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Latham Boote and Richard Boote in .the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 10th May 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, We, THOMAS
LATHAM BOOTE and RICHARD BOOTE, of Burslem, in the County of Stafford,
Potters, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto us, the said Thomas Latham Boote and Richard Boote, Her special
licence that we, the said Thomas Latham Boote and Richard Boote, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Thomas
Latham Boote and Richard Boote, our 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 THE MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY AND SUCH LIKE WARES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Thomas Latham Boote and
Richard Boote, or one of us, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our, or one of our, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly deseribe 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Thomas Latham Boote and Richard
Boote, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
Our Invention consists in manufacturing plates, saucers, dishes, bowls, and
other similar dished and concave articles from pulverized clay or such like
material in a dry or partially dry state in manner hereafter described.
We take a metal mould made in two parts and of the shape of the article
to be manufactured, one part of the mould being intended to give form to or
shape the outside and the other part the inside of the article. For some
articles it will be necessary to make the mould in more than two parts. We
fill the lower part of the mould with pulverized clay or other material from
which the article is to be manufactured, and if this lower part is intended to
give shape to the outer or convex side of the article we remove a part of the
clay or other material, leaving that which remains to correspond as near as
possible with the inner or concave side of the article. If, on the other hand,
the lower part of the mould is intended to give shape to the inner or concave
side of the article, we leave the clay to correspond as near as possible with the
outer or convex side. We then lower the upper part of the mould into or
upon the lower part, and after exerting sufficient pressure, again raise it, and
the article may be removed. By shaping or partially shaping the clay, as
before explained, before bringing down the upper part of the mould, the
article receives uniform pressure at every part.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we claim as our
improvements in the manufacture of pottery and such like wares, arranging
the clay or other material employed in or on the moulds in such manner
that in making articles of a convex and concave form each part may receive
an equal amount of pressure, substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Thomas Latham Boote and Richard
Boote, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Fifth day of
May, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
THOMAS LATHAM BOOTE. (L.S.)
RICHARD BOOTE.
(L.S.)

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Latham Boote, and Richard Boote, of
Burslem, in the County of Stafford, Potters, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY AND SUCH LIKE WARES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Latham Boote
and Richard Boote at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 10th November 1864.
We, THOMAS LATHAM BOOTE and RICHARD BOOTE, of Burslem, in the
County of Stafford, Potters, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY AND SUCH LIKE WARES,"
to be as follows: ...
Our Invention consists in manufacturing plates, saucers, dishes, bowls, and
other similar dished and concave articles from pulverized clay or such like
material in a dry or partially dry state in manner hereafter described.
We take a metal mould made in two parts, and of the shape of the article
to be manufactured, one part of the mould being intended to form the outside
and the other part the inside of the article. For some articles it will be necessary
to make,the mould in more than two parts. We fill the lower part of the
mould with the pulverized clay or other material from which the article is to
be manufactured, and if this lower part is intended to form the outer or
or convex

page_text: side of the article we remove a part of the clay or other material, leaving
that which remains to correspond as near as possible with the inner or
concave side of the article; if, on the other hand, the lower part of the
mould is intended to form the inner or concave side of the article we leave
the clay to correspond as near as possible with the outer or convex side. We
then lower the upper part of the mould into or upon the lower part and after
exerting sufficient pressure, again raise it, and the article may be removed.
By shaping or partially shaping the clay as before explained before bringing
down the upper part of the mould, the article receives uniform pressure at
every part.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Latham Boote and Richard Boote in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 10th May 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, THOMAS
LATHAM BOOTE and RICHARD BOOTE, of Burslem, in the County of Stafford,
Potters, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto us, the said Thomas Latham Boote and Richard Boote, Her special
licence that we, the said Thomas Latham Boote and Richard Boote, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Thomas
Latham Boote and Richard Boote, our 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 THE MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY AND SUCH LIKE WARES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Thomas Latham Boote and
Richard Boote, or one of us, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our, or one of our, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Thomas Latham Boote and Richard
Boote, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
Our Invention consists in manufacturing plates, saucers, dishes, bowls, and
other similar dished and concave articles from pulverized clay or such like
material in a dry or partially dry state in manner hereafter described.
We take a metal mould made in two parts and of the shape of the article
to be manufactured, one part of the mould being intended to give form to or
shape the outside and the other part the inside of the article. For some
articles it will be necessary to make the mould in more than two parts. We
fill the lower part of the mould with pulverized clay or other material from
which the article is to be manufactured, and if this lower part is intended to
give shape to the outer or convex side of the article we remove a part of the
clay or other material, leaving that which remains to correspond as near as
possible with the inner or concave side of the article. If, on the other hand,
the lower part of the mould is intended to give shape to the inner or concave
side of the article, we leave the clay to correspond as near as possible with the
outer or convex side. We then lower the upper part of the mould into or
upon the lower part, and after exerting sufficient pressure, again raise it, and
the-article may be removed. By shaping or partially shaping the clay, as
before explained, before bringing down the upper part of the mould, the
article receives uniform pressure at every part.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we claim as our
improvements in the manufacture of pottery and such like wares, arranging
the clay or other material employed in or on the moulds in such manner
that in making articles of a convex and concave form each part may receive
an equal amount of pressure, substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Thomas Latham Boote and Richard
Boote, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Fifth day of
May, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
THOMAS LATHAM BOOTE. (LS.)
RICHARD BOOTE.
(L.S.)