IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND IRON WIRE, ALSO OF SHEETS AND STRIPS OF STEEL
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Fildes Cocker, of Sheffield, in the County
of York, Steel File and Wire Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND IRON WIRE, ALSO OF SHEETS
AND STRIPS OF STEEL."
Sealed the 19th April 1859, and dated the 12th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Fildes Cocker
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, ou
the 12th November 1858.
I, THOMAS FILDES COCKER, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Steel Filò
and Wire Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND IRON WIRE, ALSO OF
SHEETS AND STRIPS OF STEEL," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to steel and iron wire, whether round, oval, square, or
of other form in the cross section, also to sheets and strips of steel, and consists
in immersing such wire or sheets or strips when in a heated state as taken
from the annealing pot or oven, in hot water, hot lime and water, or in oil or
other liquid in a heated state. By this means oxydation is in a great
measure prevented, and the said articles are brought to a state which admits of
their being more easily and effectually cleaned; they are also in a better state
for being drawn or rolled.

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Fildes Cocker in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 9th May 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
FILDES COCKER, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Steel File and Wire
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Thomas Fildes Cocker, Her special license that I, the said Thomas
Fildes Cocker, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Thomas Fildes Cocker, 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 "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND IRON WIRE, ALSO OF SHEETS
AND STRIPS OF STEEL," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Thomas Fildes Cocker, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Fildes Cocker, do hereby
declare the nature of my 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) :-
My Invention of "Improvements in the Manufacture of Steel and Iron Wire,
also of Sheets and Strips of Steel," relates to steel and iron wire, whether round,
oval, square, or of other form in the cross section, also to sheets and strips of
steel, and consists in immersing such wire or sheets or strips when in a
heated state as taken from the annealing pot or oven, in hot water, hot lime
and water, or in oil or other liquid in a heated state. By this means
.oxydation is in a great measure prevented, and the said articles are brought
to a state which admits of their being more easily and effectually cleaned;
they are also in a better state for being rolled or drawn.
Such being the nature of my Invention, the same may be performed or

page_text: carried into effect by the use of any of the ordinary vessels or baths employed
for the purpose of containing hot water or other liquid in a heated state, but
which it is not necessary for me to describe, because my Invention does not
relate thereto; also the water or other liquid may be heated by any of the
well known means usually employed, my Invention not relating thereto, but
to the use of the water or other liquid in a heated state for the purpose of
immersing the said wire or sheets or strips. And although I have found hot
water to be the best adapted for the purpose, yet I do not confine myself
thereto.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that what I claim as
of my Invention is, the immersion of steel and iron wire, also sheets and strips
of steel, in hot water or other heated liquid when such articles are in a heated
state as taken from the annealing pots, ovens, or furnaces.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Fildes Cocker, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Seventh day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
0
SAMUEL COCKER,
Sheffield,
Merchant.
THOS. FILDES COCKER. (L.S.)