IMPROVED MACHINERY TO PRODUCE THE DIFFERENT PLEATS REQUIRED IN FANCY FRILLINGS, TRIMMINGS, RUCHINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES TO BE APPLIED TO THE STITCHING MACHINE ROLLERS, ETC
Year: 1877

page_text: Filed 19th January 1880.
In the Matter of a Patent granted to HORATIO WEBSTER, of the Town
and County of Nottingham, Lace Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVED MACHINERY TO PRODUCE THE DIFFERENT PLEATS REQUIRED
IN FANCY FRILLINGS, TRIMMINGS, RUCHINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES TO
BE APPLIED TO THE STITCHING MACHINE ROLLERS, ETC," bearing date
the 15th day of December 1877, No. 4783, and which said Letters Patent
were assigned by the said Horatio Webster to Charles Grey Hill, of the
Town and County of Nottingham, on the 10th day of April 1879 by an
Assignment duly registered in the Register of Proprietors, pursuant to the
35th Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act 1852.
DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATION proposed to be entered
by the said Charles Grey Hill, as such assignee as aforesaid, pursuant to the
Statutes in that case made and provided.
WHEREAS since the filing of the Specification to the said Letters Patent it has
been found that part of the Invention described in the said Specification had been
livulged and had become public before the date of the said Patent:
And whereas it is my desire to confine the claim to the wheel feeder applied to
ressing rollers which receive the pleated fabric from the feeder, and flatten a portion
f the width, thereby forming a band:
I therefore for these reasons desire to disclaim and alter the title of the said
nvention and the said Specification, and I do hereby disclaim and alter the saine
y striking out the words "stitching machines" and the words "&c." from the title
f the said Invention.
Also by striking out from the said Specification the paragraph commencing with
he words "I sometimes use on line 12 of the said Specification as it is printed
y Her Majesty's Printers, and ending with the words "required effect
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page_text: Also by striking out the paragraph commencing with the words "I find it " on
line 15, and ending with the words "circular feeder" on line 16.
Also by striking out the word "also" on line 17.
Also by striking out the paragraph commencing "Sheet 1 of my" on line 22, and
ending with the word "applied" on line 23.
Also by striking out the paragraph "Sheet 2 shows my improvements separate
from machine on line 24.
"
Also by striking out the number "3" on line 25, and inserting in place thereof
the number "1."
Also by striking out the number “4” on line 26, and inserting in place thereof
the number "2.”
Also by striking out the paragraph commencing "a, a, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
are"
on line 27, and ending with "on main shaft d" on line 29.
Also by striking out the numbers " 5, 6," on line 30, and inserting in place thereof
the numbers" 1, 2."
Also by striking out Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 on Sheets 1 and 2 of the Drawings of
the said Specification.
Also by altering the numbering of the Sheets and Figures of the Drawings to
make it agree with the description.
And in order that the effect of such Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alteration
may be better understood I have annexed hereto a copy of the said Specification
(excepting the Drawings) as it will appear when such Disclaimer and Memorandum
of Alteration have been made as aforesaid.
" TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HORATIO
" WEBSTER, of the Town and County of Nottingham, Lace Manufacturer, send
greeting.
"
st
"
"WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters Patent
bearing date the Fifteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy seven, in the forty first year of Her reign, did, for
"Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Horatio
"Webster, Her especial license that I, the said Horatio Webster, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Horatio Webster, 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 "IMPROVED MACHINERY TO PRODUCE THE DIFFERENT
"PLEATS REQUIRED IN FANCY FRILLINGS, TRIMMINGS, RUCHINGS, AND OTHER
ARTICLES, TO BE APPLIED TO ROLLERS," upon the condition (amongst others)
"that I, the said Horatio Webster, 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 Horatio Webster, 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 :-
"
My Invention consists of a wheel or wheels that may be called a feeder or
pleater; this feeder or pleater is fixed upon a shaft driven by suitable gearing
" from the main shaft. This wheel or wheels has upon its circumference teeth or
projections having their position according to the form of pleat required.
器
"I apply my Invention to heated rollers for pleating lace and other material.
Having now described my said Invention, the manner in which the same is or
may be worked, I shall now more particularly describe the same, and for this

page_text: purpose shall refer to the annexed Sheets of Drawings, the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the Figures.
"Sheet 1 shows my improvements as applied to heated rollers.
24
Sheet 2 shows section and end elevation of rollers having my apparatus
applied.
"
a, a, Figures 1, 2, are pleaters or pleating wheels, as applied to heated rollers
"which are driven by suitable gearing."
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Grey Hill, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
CHARLES GREY HILL. (L.S.)
VILARDED REI ции. (L.B.)
To the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions.
I hereby grant my fiat, giving leave to the above named Charles Grey Hill, as
assignee of the said Letters Patent, to file in the Great Seal Patent Office, with
5 the Specification to which the same relates, the above written Disclaimer and
Memorandum of Alteration.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Horatio Webster, of the Town and County of the Town of
Nottingham, Lace Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVED MACHINERY
TO PRODUCE THE DIFFERENT PLEATS REQUIRED IN FANCY FRILLINGS,
TRIMINGS, RUCHINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES TO BE APPLIED TO THE STITCHING
MACHINE ROLLERS, ETC."
Sealed the 5th March 1878, and dated the 15th December 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Horatio Webster at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th December 1877.
"
HORATIO WEBSTER, of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, Lace
Manufacturer. IMPROVED MACHINERY TO PRODUCE THE DIFFERENT PLEATS
REQUIRED IN FANCY FRILLINGS, TRIMINGS, RUCHINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES TO
BE APPLIED TO THE STITCHING MACHINE, ROLLERS &C."
My Invention consists of a wheel or wheels, that may be called a feeder or
pleater, upon the circumference of which are fixed a quantity of spikes or projections
shaped according to the nature of the material to be acted upon, and having their
position regulated according to the form of pleat required. This feeder or pleater
is fixed upon a shaft connected to the main shaft by a worm wheel acting upon a
double spur and bevil wheel, and may have its speed regulated according to the size
of the wheels.
I may also use a reciprocating foeder or pleater, placed in the table of the machine ;
for this purpose I have placed a double feeder, i.c., the one now in ordinary use, and
a second, which, by working at a different speed, produces the required effect.
For pleating some material I find it of advantage to combine the circular and the
reciprocating feeder, or employ a double circular feeder.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Horatio Webster in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th June
1878.
HORATIO WEBSTER, of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, Lace
Manufacturer. IMPROVED MACHINERY TO PRODUCE THE DIFFERENT PLEATS
REQUIRED IN FANCY FRILLINGS, TRIMMINGS, RUCHINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES TO
BE APPLIED TO STITCHING MACHINES, ROLLERS &C."
My Invention consists of a wheel or wheels, that may be called a feeder or
pleater; this feeder or pleater is fixed upon a shaft driven by suitable gearing from
the main shaft. This wheel or wheels has upon its circumference teeth or pro-
jections, having their position according to the form of pleat required.
I sometimes use a reciprocating feeder or pleater, fixed in the table of machine;
for the purpose I have placed a double feeder, i.e., the one now in ordinary use, and
a second, which, by working at a different speed, produces the required effect.
I find it of great advantage in pleating some material to combine the circular and
the reciprocating foeder, or employ a double circular feeder.
I also apply my Invention to heated rollers for pleating lace and other material.
Having now described my said Invention, the manner in which the same is or
may bo worked, I shall now more particularly describe the same, and for this purpose
shall refer to the annexed Sheets of Drawings, the same letters of reference indicating
corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Sheet 1 of my Drawings show front elevation of machine, with improvements
applied.
Sheet 2 shows my improvements separate from machine.
Sheet 3 shows my improvements as applied to heated rollers.
Sheet 4 shows section and end elevation of rollers, having my apparatus applied.
a, a, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, are the wheels with teeth for pleating, which receive
their motion from two bevel wheels b, b, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, which again are driven
by worm c, affixed on main shaft d.
a, a, Figures 5, 6, are pleaters or pleating wheels, as applied to heated rollers,
which are driven by suitable gearing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Horatio Webster, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand
Witness to the signature
of the said Horatio
Webster,
GEO. E. WEBSTER, C.E,
Central Chambers,
Market Street,
Nottingham.
HORATIO WEBSTER. (1.8)