IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC- TURE OF EMBOSSED WOOD
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Vincent Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical
Draughtsman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC-
TURE OF EMBOSSED WOOD."-A communication from abroad by Henry
May and Henry Taylor Blake, of Bridgeport, in the State of
Connecticut, United States of America..
Sealed the 10th April 1866, and dated the 10th November 1865.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Vincent Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 10th November 1865.
I, ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF EMBOSSED WOOD," to be as follows:-
The wood to be pressed or moulded is cut from the end of the log or
timber in sheets or cross section slices. This wood, being thoroughly
seasoned, is placed in moulds or under dies of any desirable form, and
subjected to pressure upon the end of the grain, after which the wood is
released from the dies or moulds. The sheets of wood, either before or
after the application of pressure, may be saturated or covered with oil,
varnish, or any other suitable waterproof adhesive mixture. The faces of
both of the dies may if desired have a suitable ornamental surface. By

page_text: this application of dies or moulds improved articles of manufacture may be
readily produced, to wit, sheets of wood stamped or pressed into useful
and ornamental forms, patterns, and devices suitable for book covers,
boxes, mouldings, picture frames, panel, and other ornaments.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alfred Vincent Newton in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 10th May 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, 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-five, in the twenty-ninth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, Her special licence that I, the
said Alfred Vincent Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, 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 THE MANUFACTURE OF
EMBOSSED WOOD," being a communication to me from abroad, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, my
executors or administrators, 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.
:
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, 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 (that is to say):
The wood to be pressed or moulded is cut from the end of the log or
timber in sheets or cross sections, and in many cases the wood should be

page_text: so cut as to have the face or faces upon which the impression is to be
made transverse to the grain. The pieces of wood, having been thoroughly
seasoned or otherwise freed from moisture of water or sap, are placed
under, between, or within dies or moulds of any desirable form in such a
manner that a heavy pressure may be made upon the end of the grain of
the wood, and the pieces of wood when thus placed are subjected to
suitable pressure by such dies or moulds. The pressure having been
applied is then removed, and the wood released from such dies or moulds
without unnecessary delay. The sheets of wood, either before or after,
the application of pressure, may be saturated or covered with oil, varnish,
or any other suitable waterproof adhesive mixture. The faces of one or
both of the dies are intended to have a suitable ornamental surface or form,
and thus an improved article of manufacture is produced, to wit, sheets of
wood stamped or pressed into useful and ornamental forms, patterns, and
devices suitable for book covers, boxes, mouldings, picture frames, panel
ornaments, and other ornaments. Any desired form or impression may be
given to the wood by the use of dies corresponding to the form or impres-
sion which is to be imparted to the wood. After each impression is made
the faces of the dies should be brushed so as to remove any adhesive
particles of wood.
Having now set forth the nature of the Invention of "Improvements in
the Manufacture of Embossed Wood," as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and explained the manner of carrying the same
into effect, I wish it to be understood that under the above in part recited
Letters Patent I claim manufacturing embossed wood in the manner above
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, the Tenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
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Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
A. V. NEWTON. (L.S.)