NEW-INVENTED MACHINE FOR SEWING AND POINTING LEATHER GLOVES WITH NEATNESS AND STRENGTH, MUCH SUPERIOR TO THAT WHICH IS EFFECTED BY MANUAL LABOUR
Year: 1807

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
WINTER, of Stoke-under-Hamdon, in the County of Somerset, Glove Manu-
facturer; do send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twentieth day of
February, in the forty-seventh year of His reign, did give and grant unto
me, the said James Winter, my executors, administrators, and assigns, during
the term of years therein expressed, His special licence, full power, sole
privilege and authority, that I, the said James Winter, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
"NEW-INVENTED MACHINE FOR SEWING AND POINTING LEATHER GLOVES WITH
NEATNESS AND STRENGTH, MUCH SUPERIOR TO THAT WHICH IS EFFECTED BY MANUAL
LABOUR;" in which Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me,
the said James Winter, under my hand and scal, 'to cause a particular descrip-
tion of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be enrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month next and immediately after the date of the said
in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto
had) may more fully and at large appear:

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Winter, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described as
follows, that is to say :-
The Drawing Fig. 1 represents a pedestal on which the instrument called
the jaws, Fig. 2, are fixed. These jaws, which are made either of wood or
metal, are intended to hold the gloves for sewing, and indexes for the direction
of the needles suited to the different kinds of work required.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an index, and 4, 5, 6, and 7, are plans of
the tops or faces of different indexes as they appear when closed. These
indexes are made with grooves on their tops or faces to give proper direction
to the needles, and contain from eighteen to thirty grooves in an inch, in an
oblique or straight direction, as the work may require. They are from one
eighth to three eighths of an inch in breadth, and from one to four inches
long, more or less, according to the nature of the work, and the expertness of
the person employed. They are varied in shape, cither straight or circular,
corresponding to the part of the glove to be sewn therein, and may be made
of ivory, bone, or brass, or any fit material. The grooves in the index must
be of the depth required for the stitch, the leather being placed even with the
face or top of the index for its proper situation for sewing..
Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the apparatus when ready for use. A, the
index fixed in the jaws; A, B, C, a joint by which the jaws are opened.at
pleasure to receive the material intended to be sewn or ornamented. "Tho
opening is effected by placing the feet on the treadle D, which communicates
by a wire or cord to the pin F fixed on the jaws. G is a spring which closes
the jaws when the pressure of the foot is taken off, and by which the leather
is firmly held to receive the needles as they pass through the grooves on the
face of the index. H, the joint of the jaws fitted into the pedestal, represented
in Fig. 1, and fastened by a pin or pins. The pillar J, about three inches
diameter, is inserted in the block K, and turns thereon a pivot for the conve-
nience of persons working either side of the index. L, a screw (see Fig. 3),
which confines one side of the index, and by which it may be regulated, by
moving it to the right or to the left, that the grooves may be kept always
opposite each other. The height of the machine should be adapted to the
convenience of the person who is to use it generally, about two fect four
inches to two feet six inches, and may be varied in its height by raising
or lowering the jaws Fig. 2, in the pillar Fig. 1, by means of the pin
or pins.
The chief novelty which I claim in this Invention is the application of the
index, and the sowing and ornamenting of gloves, and the easy and convenient

page_text: method of holding them by means of the jaws. It will therefore be seen that
other instruments similar to these jaws may be used in their stead, and the
jaws or such other instruments may be fixed in a variety of ways instead of
the pedestal, but I have described this apparatus as one of the most convenient
'that occurs to me.
groove of the
Fig. 4 and 5 are plans of an index grooved to receive the needles, by
which the different kinds of sewing and ornamental work may be performed
with one, two, three, and four needles, but the general practice of sewing is
with two needles, and the ornamental work with one to four. Fig. 4 is an
index marked and grooved for sewing with two needles, the
leading needle (that is, every other or second groove) might be marked with a
black dot or otherwise, as a guide to learners; the second or intermediate
needle will be directed by the stitch of the first, and fill up the space left.
The silk should be twice the length generally used, and threaded at each
end. The sewing should commence in the middle of the silk, and when
concluded, the two ends should be tied together in the inside. Fig. 5 and 6
are generally used for ornamental work; Fig. 5 is generally used for fancy
work, where two to four needles may be needful. To make a silk cord every
fourth stitch must be taken by the first needle, when the second, third, and
fourth follow and fill up the space left by the first; and this may be varied by
passing the needle or needles through every groove, or every second, third, or
fourth alternately, by which a very great variety of patterns may be obtained
at pleasure. Fig. 6, for one or single and two or double seaming, where the
grooves are omitted, that the silk may cover the leather, and only serve to
regulate the depth and straight direction of the seam. For two or double
scaming, one of the indexes has a small groove in the inside to receive the
first scam while the work of the second is performing. Fig. 7 is generally
used in setting in thumbs. As a guide to learners, it is best to make the
grooves of Fig. 5 in pairs, as in the Drawing. It may be proper to observe
that no removal of the leather is to take place in the index before every
needle is brought up to its proper place behind the leading one; and the most
expeditious method of sewing the thumb and finger tops is in the hand in the
usual way. A very little practice will make the workwoman familiar in taking
on both needles with strength and neatness.
In witness whereof, I, the said Janes Winter, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seven.
JAMES (L.s.) WINTER.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twelfth day of March, in the
forty-seventh year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, the
said James Winter came before our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and
acknowledged the Instrument aforesaid, and all and every thing therein con-
tained and specified, in form above written. And also the Instrument afore- 5
said was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made in the forty-fourth
year of His said Maiesty's reign.
Inrolled the Eighteenth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
seven.

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
WINTER, of Stoke-under-Hamdon, in the County of Somerset, Glove Manu-
facturer; do send greeting.
sole
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twentieth day of
February, in the forty-seventh year of His reign, did give and grant unto
me, the said James Winter, my executors, administrators, and assigns, during
power,
the term of years therein expressed, His special licence, full
privilege and authority, that I, the said James Winter, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
"NEW-INVENTED MACHINE FOR SEWING AND POINTING LEATHER GLOVES WITH
NEATNESS AND STRENGTH, MUCH SUPERIOR TO THAT WHICH IS EFFECTED BY MANUAL
LABOUR;" in which Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me,
the said James Winter, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular descrip-
tion of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be enrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month next and immediately after the date of the said
in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto
had) may more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Winter, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described as
follows, that is to say :-
The Drawing Fig. 1 represents a pedestal on which the instrument called
the jaws, Fig. 2, are fixed. These jaws, which are made either of wood or
metal, are intended to hold the gloves for sewing, and indexes for the direction
of the needles suited to the different kinds of work required.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an index, and 4, 5, 6, and 7, are plans of
the tops or faces of different indexes as they appear when closed. These
indexes are made with grooves on their tops or faces to give proper direction
to the needles, and contain from eighteen to thirty grooves in an inch, in an
oblique or straight direction, as the work may require. They are from one
eighth to three eighths of an inch in breadth, and from one to four inches
long, more or less, according to the nature of the work, and the expertness of
the person employed. They are varied in shape, either straight or circular,
corresponding to the part of the glove to be sewn therein, and may be made
of ivory, bone, or brass, or any fit material. The grooves in the index must
be of the depth required for the stitch, the leather being placed even with the
face or top of the index for its proper situation for sewing.
Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the apparatus when ready for use. A, the
index fixed in the jaws; A, B, C, a joint by which the jaws are opened .at
pleasure to receive the material intended to be sewn or ornamented. The
opening is effected by placing the feet on the treadle D, which communicates
by a wire or cord to the pin F fixed on the jaws. G is a spring which closes
the jaws when the pressure of the foot is taken off, and by which the leather
is firmly held to receive the needles as they pass through the grooves on the
face of the index. H, the joint of the jaws fitted into the pedestal, represented
in Fig. 1, and fastened by a pin or pins. The pillar J, about three inches
diameter, is inserted in the block K, and turns thereon a pivot for the conve-
nience of persons working either side of the index. L, a screw (see Fig. 3),
which confines one side of the index, and by which it may be regulated, by
moving it to the right or to the left, that the grooves may.be kept always
opposite each other. The height of the machine should be adapted to the
convenience of the person who is to use it generally, about two feet four
inches to two feet six inches, and may be varied in its height by raising
or lowering the jaws Fig. 2, in the pillar Fig. 1, by means of the pin
or pins.
The chief novelty which I claim in this Invention is the application of the
index, and the sewing and ornamenting of gloves, and the easy and convenient

page_text: method of holding them by means of the jaws. It will therefore be seen that
other instruments similar to these jaws may be used in their stead, and the
jaws or such other instruments may be fixed in a variety of ways instead of
the pedestal, but I have described this apparatus as one of the most convenient
that occurs to me.
Fig. 4 and 5 are plans of an index grooved to receive the needles, by
which the different kinds of sewing and ornamental work may be performed
with one, two, three, and four needles, but the general practice of sewing is
with two needles, and the ornamental work with one to four. Fig. 4 is an
index marked and grooved for sewing with two needles, the groove of the
leading needle (that is, every other or second groove) might be marked with a
black dot or otherwise, as a guide to learners; the second or intermediate
needle will be directed by the stitch of the first, and fill up the space left.
The silk should be twice the length generally used, and threaded at each
end. The sewing should commence in the middle of the silk, and when
concluded, the two ends should be tied together in the inside. Fig. 5 and 6
are generally used for ornamental work; Fig. 5 is generally used for fancy
work, where two to four needles may be needful. To make a silk cord every
fourth stitch must be taken by the first needle, when the second, third, and
fourth follow and fill up the space left by the first; and this may be varied by
passing the needle or needles through every groove, or every second, third, or
fourth alternately, by which a very great variety of patterns may be obtained
at pleasure. Fig. 6, for one or single and two or double seaming, where the
grooves are omitted, that the silk may cover the leather, and only serve to
regulate the depth and straight direction of the seam. For two or double
seaming, one of the indexes has a small groove in the inside to receive the
first seam while the work of the second is performing.
used in setting in thumbs. As a guide to learners, it is best to make the
grooves of Fig. 5 in pairs, as in the Drawing. It may be proper to observe
that no removal of the leather is to take place in the index before every
needle is brought up to its proper place behind the leading one; and the most
expeditious method of sewing the thumb and finger tops is in the hand in the
usual way. A very little practice will make the workwoman familiar in taking
on both needles with strength and neatness.
Fig. 7 is generally
In witness whereof, I, the said Janes Winter, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seven.
JAMES (L.s.) WINTER.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twelfth day of March, in the
forty-seventh year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, the
said James Winter came before our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and
acknowledged the Instrument aforesaid, and all and every thing therein con-
tained and specified, in form above written. And also the Instrument afore-
said was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made in the forty-fourth
year of His said Majesty's reign.
Inrolled the Eighteenth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
seven.