IMPROVE- THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF DRESS FASTENINGS, AND IN THE MAKING UP OF DRESS FASTENINGS AND OTHER ARTICLES FOR SALE
Year: 1848

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
ILES, of Birmingham, Machinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the Fourth day of
November, One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, in the twelfth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Charles lles, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, Her especial license,"
full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Charles Iles, my
exors, adiñors, and assigns, and such others as I, the said Charles Iles, my
exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,"
from time to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVE-
THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF DRESS FASTENINGS,
AND IN THE MAKING UP OF DRESS FASTENINGS AND OTHER ARTICLES FOR SALE;" in
which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said Charles
Iles, should cause a particular description of the nature of my said Inven-.
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Charles Iles, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had
to the Drawings. hereunto annexed, and to the figures_and_letters marked
thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention consists, first of attaching buttons and hooks and eyes to
cards or other surfaces by cement, and thus making up such descriptions of
dress fastenings for sale; secondly, my Invention consists of a mode of attach-
ing hooks and eyes to surfaces, and thus making up such descriptions of dress
fastenings for sale; thirdly, my Invention consists of making up pins and
needles on paper, or other suitable material, for sale; and, fourthly, my
Invention consists of a mode of making up ribbons, tapes, and other narrow
woven fabrics for sale.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued by me in
carrying out the various parts of my Invention.
Figure 1 shews the plan, and Figure 2 a side view, of a box or surface
heated by steam. . a is a plate of metal which is placed thereon, it having
two register pins b, b, to receive the perforated plates hereafter explained; and
there are other register pins c for holding the .card or other surface on to
which the buttons are to be cemented in regular order, so as to be in a con-
dition for sale. The card or other surface d being placed in position on the
plate a, the perforated plate e is to be placed in position; the plate e has as
many holes through it as there are to be buttons attached to the card or
surface to which they are to be attached. Into each hole of the plate e is
placed a small piece of gutta-percha, which is the cement I prefer to use; and
in order to cause the pieces of cement to adhere to the card or surface d
below the plate e, the instrument shewn at Figure 3 is used, which consists
of a plate having a handle on the upper side, the upper side having a number
of studs or projections which descend through the holes in the plate e, and
push the pieces of cement against the card or surface d, and the heat commu-.
nicated to the gutta percha causes it to assume a plastic and adhesive state;
the plate e is then to be removed, and the plate f, see Figures 4 and 5, which
represents the same apparatus as is shewn at Figures 1 and 2, having, how-
ever, the plate f.in position in place of the plate e, the difference in the
plate f being that the holes therein are of the diameter of the buttons to be
attached to the card or surface d. The holes in the plate f are now to be

page_text: filled with the buttons, and pressed down upon the gutta percha or cement.
Figures 6 and 7 shew the two plates e and f separately, and the plates e
and f, in Figures 1 and 4, are shewn broken off at one end, in order that the
parts below may be seen and better understood. The parts shewn aro
suitable for attaching perforated shirt buttons, the gutta percha passing
through or partly through the holes in the buttons, but other buttons of a
like size may be introduced instead thereof, having no holes, in which case
they would be held by adhesion only. In like manner to the means above
described for making up buttons on cards or surfaces for sale, I attach hooks
and eyes to cards or surfaces. Figures 8 and 9, shew two plans and edge
views of parts of the apparatus, such as above explained, the plates e and f
being different, in order to accommodate them to the difference of the shapes
of these articles, in other respects the mode of attaching by cement in place
of the means heretofore resorted to will be retained.
I will now describe the second part of my Invention. Figure 10 shews a
plan and edge view of a surface having hooks and eyes attached thereto,
according to this part of my Invention; for this purpose I prefer to use a thin
yet strong cardboard, but do not confine myself thereto, and I cut parts which,
being folded upwards, come between the parts of the hooks and eyes, as shewn
at g, g, the elasticity of the hooks and eyes holding securely to the raised
portions of the surface, as will readily be understood on examining those
Figures of the Drawings.
I will now describe the third part of my Invention, which consists of
improvements in making up pins or needles for sale. Figure 11'shews a
front view, Figure 12 a back view, and Figure 13 an edge view and section
of an instrument made of paper for holding pins or needles, or it might be
stiff woven fabric, or of woven fabric and paper combined, or of other
material, and in place of being circular it might be of an oval or other figure.
h is the front surface, which is embossed so as to produce radial grooves either
to receive the stems of the pins or needles in front or at the back; thus, in
Figures 11, 12, and 13, the stems of the pins or needles are not seen but lie
in the embossed grooves at the back of the front surface h, whilst in a like
instrument, shewn by similar views in Figures 14, 15, and 16, the stems of
the pins or needles come in front and lie in the radial grooves produced by
embossing the front material h, as will be clearly seen by examining the
several Figures of the Drawing above referred to. is the back surface, fixed
by any suitable cement; and I would state that the peculiarity of this part of
the Invention consists of the use of embossed paper or other sufficiently stiff

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material.
I would, however, state that I do not confine myself to the use of
the particular design of embossing shewn, as the same may be varied, and the
instrument may be otherwise made more ornamental. And I also in some
cases employ embossed paper in place of the paper now used for making up
pins or needles for sale. Figure 17 shews a plan of a portion of paper partly
filled with pins or needles; this paper is represented as being embossed with cor-
rugations or grooves, one for each pin, whilst transversely of the paper-the-parts-
jare formed in the embossment for the heads of the pins to come against and for
holding the stems, as shewn. In filling such embossed paper (or it might be
stiffened woven fabric) I prefer to use the machine shewn 'at Figures 18, 19,
and 20; Figure 18 shewing a plan, Figure 19 a longitudinal section, and
Figure 20. an end view. a, a, is the framing of the machine; b, a top plato
or table, to which is affixed the grooved plate c, on which the pins or needles
are to be spread previous to forcing them into the embossed paper, which is
fed into and held between the plates or holding instruments d, e, the holding
surfaces of such plates being formed with grooves or channels to correspond
with the grooves on the table b. f is a sliding plate or forcer, moving freely
between the guides f¹, f¹, and a to-or-fro motion is communicated to the
plate by means of the arms g¹ and handle 92, affixed on the axis g carried
by bearings g³, attached to the under side of the table b, the arms g' entering
into suitable openings in the plate f.. The holding plate d is retained firmly
upon the plate e by means of the spring h acting against the under surface of
the plate b, and pressing down the plate d¹, which is connected to the plate d
by the pins d³, which slide through the plates 6 and e, and the holding plate d is
released from pressure by depressing the lever d³, moving on a fulcrum
attached to the framing a, its other end being connected to the plate d¹ by the
connecting link d*. d³ is a spring, affixed to the plate d and pressing upon
the upper surface of the grooved plate c near to its edge, in order to retain
and guide the points of the pins or needles correctly into the paper fabric or
other material between the holding plates d, e. i, i, are drawing rollers,
carried by the axes 1, 2, which turn in bearings affixed to the framing a of
the machine; and k is a ratchet wheel on the axis, suitably divided for
moving the paper fabric, or other material on which the pins or needles have
been carded, a distance, by each tooth, equal to the space necessary for each
succeeding row of pins or needles; 2, lever handle on the axis 2. The work-
man having first placed the embossed paper, fabric, or other material correctly
between the plates d, e, and between the drawing rollers i, i, proceeds to
spread the pins or needles correctly on the plate c, and by turning the

page_text: handle g² forces the pins under the edge of the spring d³, and into or through
the transverse embossed portions j, and along the channels or grooves of the
paper or other material held between the plates d, e; he then withdraws the
forcer f, and whilst depressing the lever d' with the left hand, turns the lever
handle the distance of, one division of the ratchet wheel k, and causes the
rollers i, i, to draw the row. of pins or needles from between the plates d, e,
and places the next row of grooves ready to be held by the plated when the
lever d³ is released by the workman, who then proceeds to spread the pins or
needles as before.
I will now describe the fourth part of my Invention. Figure 21 shews an
edge and side view of a roll of tape or other narrow weaving; Figure 22
shews another roll of like narrow fabric, but the same is wound oblong in
place of circularly; Figure 23 shews a side and edge view of a ribbon or
other narrow weaving wound on a centre roller. The object of this part of
my Invention is so to get up this description of articles that part may be
unwound and cut off, leaving the other securely wound and held as the whole
had previously been, by which much trouble will be saved in fastening the
ends by pins or otherwise each time after cutting off parts. And this
part of my Invention consists of applying cement in such manner as to
retain the neighbouring edges together for a very short length of the
fabric. k is a narrow strip of tape, cemented across each of the several rolls
of narrow weavings; this need only be applied at one side, and I prefer to
use a solution of gutta percha as the cement, but I do not confine myself
thereto as other cement may be used; and it is not absolutely necessary to
use the strip of fabric k, as the simple act of applying a line of cement across
the wound fabric will be sufficient. By this arrangement the fabric will be
securely held together, and yet part may be unwound without injury to
the edges by reason of the small quantity of the parts cemented together.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that I do
not confine myself to the details here given so long as the peculiar character
of any part of my Invention, as herein described, be retained; but what
I claim is,―
First, the mode of making up buttons and hooks and eyes by cementing
them on cards or surfaces for sale.
Secondly, I claim the mode of making up hooks and eyes for sale by
causing them to be attached by raised projections.
Thirdly, I claim the modes of making up pins and needles for sale by

page_text: employing embossed paper or fabrics or other material and apparatus,. as
herein explained.
And, fourthly, I claim the mode of making up narrow woven fabrics for
sale, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Iles, have hereunto set my 5
hand and seal, this Fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

page_text: In the Matter of a Patent granted to Charles Iles, of Birmingham,
Machinist, for his Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF CERTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF DRESS FASTENINGS, AND IN THE MAKING UP
OF DRESS FASTENINGS AND OTHER ARTICLES FOR SALE," bearing date at
Westminster, the Fourth day of November, One thousand eight
hundred and forty-eight..
DISCLAIMER proposed to be entered by the said Charles Iles with
the Clerk of the Patents of England, pursuant to an Act passed in the
fifth and sixth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William
the Fourth, intituled "An Act to amend the Law touching Letters
Patent for Inventions."
I, the said CHARLES ILES, do declare that since I obtained the said Letters
Patent I have discovered that the improvements which were intended to have
been described under. that part of the title which is contained in the following
words, "In the Manufacture of certain Descriptions of Dress Fastenings, and"
have not turned out to be useful, for which reason I am desirous to and do
hereby disclaim all that part of the title which is contained in the following
words, "In the Manufacture of certain Descriptions of Dress Fastenings,
and."
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Iles, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
To the Clerk of the Patents of England.
This is to certify, that the above-named Charles Iles, of Birmingham,
Machinist, has applied to me for leave to enter with you the above-written
Disclaimer of part of the title of a certain Invention, for which Letters Patent
were granted to him under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Fourth day of November 1848, and having considered of
the said application, and no objection having been made to the same, I hereby

page_text: grant leave to the said Charles Iles to file his said Disclaimer, pursuant to
the Statute passed in the fifth & sixth years of the reign of His late
Majesty King William-the Fourth, entituled "An Act to amend the Law
touching Letters Patent for Inventions.".
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fourth day of May, in the
year of our Lord 1849, the aforesaid Charles Iles came before our said Lady
the Queen in Her Chancery and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid,
and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above written.
And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the
Statute made for. that purpose.
Enrolled the Fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and forty-nine.