AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR INSTRUMENT FOR CUTTING ALL KINDS OF FUSTIAN, AND OTHER GOODS MADE OR CONSISTING OF COTTON, SILK, OR WOOLLEN, OR ANY OTHER MIXTURE THEREOF
Year: 1792

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
BROWN, of Pateley Bridge, in the County of York, Clock and Watch Maker,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of, Great Britain, bearing date at,
Westminster, the Second day of November, in the thirty-third year of His
reign, give and grant unto me, the said James Brown, His especial licence
that I, the said James Brown, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within that part of His Majesty's Kingdom
of Great Britain called England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my,
Invention of "AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR INSTRUMENT FOR
CUTTING ALL KINDS OF FUSTIAN, AND OTHER GOODS MADE OR CONSISTING OF
COTTON, SILK, OR WOOLLEN, OR ANY OTHER MIXTURE THEREOF;" in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, requiring me, the said James
Brown, particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, and to cause the same to be inrolled in His said
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, as in and by same,
relation being thereunto had, it more fully appears.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Brown, do hereby declare that the plan hereunto anne ed is a plan of
the said engine, machine, or instrument, and of the several parts thereof, and

page_text: that the following description is a particular description of the said engine,
machine, or instrument, and of the several parts thereof, and of the nature of
my said Invention, and of the manner in which the same is to be performed :—
DESCRIPTION. Figure 1 is a section or side view of the engine or machine
for cutting all kinds of fustians, and other goods made or consisting of cotton,
silk, or woollen, or any mixture thereof, with more than one knife at the samo
time. A, B, is one side of the main frame; C, C, aro two of the legs which
support the frame; D, D, are two brackets which strengthen the frame; Q is
part of a piece of fustian not cut; W is part of the same piece of fustian
going on to the roller G, H; X, Y, is a part of the same piece of fustian
stretched betwixt the roller G, II, and the roller L, M; N is, part of the same
piece, of fustian cut and falling to O; G, H, & L, M, aro rollers, which may
be made of wood, metal, or any other strong substance, covered with fish skin,
or otherwise made rough to prevent the piece from slipping while it passes
through the machine in the operation of cutting; B is a small roller which
receives the piece, when cut, from the roller L, M; E, F, is a cutting knife,
described by Fig. 4, inserted in the guide C, D; C, D, is the guide described
by Fig. 8, which leads the knife along the race in the operation of cutting;
P, S, is the cnil of a bridge, made of brass or any other metal or strong
substance; S, I, is the end of a bridge of brass or any other metal or strong
substance, and supports the ends of the knives at F; Z is a rod of iron, or any
other strong substance, fixed upon the bridge S, 1, to prevent the knives from
slipping back when the piece is passing through the machine in the operation
of cutting; R, O, R, O, are bolts which fix the bridges P, S, & S, I, at any
certain distance from each other, as may be required, and move in grooves in
the frame A, B; T, T. aro nuts which screw on the bolts R, O, R, O, in order
to fix them; is a winch, to be fixed at the end of the axle of the rollor
L, M, by which the roller is turned and the machine put in motion. The
same roller may be turned and the machine put in motion by a wheel, a pulley,
or otherwise. 7 is an old guide without a knife; 3, W, T, the curved part of
Fig. 3, is an addition and improvement upon the old guide M; N. This
curved part may be made in one piece with the guide, or soldered thereto, or
otherwise fixed to it. The curve W nets as a sledge upon the surfaco of the
piece before the point of the guile which is in the race, to prevent the knife
from cutting through the piece; 4 is an old knife without a guide; 5 is an old
knife and guide now used in cutting fustians, ct. The principles, of these
knives and grides do not vary, but the points of the ghides are made longe
or shorter, thicker or smaller, according to the description or sort of goods
to be ent. Figure 6 represents the knife, Fig. 4, inserted in the guide, Fig. 9.

page_text: Fig. 2, A, B, A, B, & C, C, is an horizontal view or plan of the said machine
standing upon legs. The frame may be made of wood, iron, or any other strong
substance. W, W, represents a part of the piece of fustian going to the roller
G, H, as described, W, in Fig. 1; X, Y, X, Y, is a part of the same piece
stretched betwixt the roller G, H, and the roller I., M; B, B, B, B, is a part
of the same piece, when cut, passing over the roller L, M; E, F, E, F, E, F, repre-
sents six knives inserted in six guides C, D, C, D, C, D, either with or without
the addition described in Fig. 3, the points of which guides are to be introduced
into the races of the piece at C, C, C; the ends of the knives inserted in the
guides at C, C, C, are supported by the tension of the piece, the other ends at
F, F, F, are supported by the bridge S, I, and prevented from slipping or being
pushed back by a rod of iron or any other metal or hard substance at Z, Z, Z,
while the piece passes through the machine in the operation of cutting. These
six knives are put by way of example, but the number of knives to be used will
depend on the number of races intended to be cut. P, S, is a bridge, made of brass
or any other metal or hard substance, which is fixed upon the frame with bolts or
screws at 0, 0, 0, to keep the piece level before the points of the knives; S, I, is
a bridge, made of brass or any other metal or hard substance, which supports
the ends of the knives at F, F, F; Z, Z, Z, is a rod of iron, or any other.
metal or hard substance, fixed upon the bridge S, I, to prevent the knives from
slipping back.; 0, 0, 0, 0, are the heads of the bolts R, O, (see Fig. 1);
8 is a wheel, with elastic arms and strong rim, having a square hole at the
center A, which fits on to a square part of the axle of the roller G, H; 9 is a
wheel, with elastic arms and strong rim, having a circular hole at the center A,
which fits on to a circular part of the axle of the roller G, H, and also having
a notch B projecting from the rim; E, E, represents the two wheels, Fig. 8
& Fig. 9, fitted on to the axle of the roller G, H, in Fig. 2; 2, L, L, is a nutt
which screws upon the axle of roller G, H, and presses together the rims of
the two wheels E, E, and by that means increases the friction when the
roller G, II, is turned round, and the notch B stops at O, which is a notch of
iron, or any other hard substance, projecting from the frame. The wheel,
Fig. 8, goes round with the roller G, H, and the wheel, Fig. 9, is fixed by
the notches B & O. The friction is produced betwixt the rims of the two
wheels E, E, by means of the wheel of Fig. 8 going round with the roller
G, H, and the wheel, Fig. 9, being stationary, by locking the notch B with tho
notch O, which projects out of the frame. 10 is a ratchet or tooth wheel,
with a square hole in the center A, to be fixed on a square part of the axle of
the roller L, M; B is the latch which falls into the ratchet; 2, V, represents
the ratchet or tooth wheel, Fig. 10, fixed to the axle of the roller L, M. The

page_text: use of this wheel is to 'prevent the roller L, M, from turning back when the
piece of fustian or other stuff' intended to be cut is stretched in order to intro-
duce the points of the knives. The advantage which this machine has over
the present mode of cutting fustians, ct", is, that it performs more work with
less labour by the introduction of several knives at the same time, whereas
hitherto ono knife only has been used for that purpose, and worked by the
hand. This machine is made'on' a 'scale of six inclics to the foot, and may be
mado larger or smaller, and will produce nearly the same effect,
In witness whereof, I, the said James Brown, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, the Twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.
J. LANES.
in une presence or
CHA" MAYO, Old City Chambers.
JOHN REDCROSS, his Clerk.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Twenty-ninth day of
November, in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid James Brown came
before our Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute in that case made and provided.