Year: 1846

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, GEORGE
DAVID MYERS, of Budge Row, in the City of London, Engineer and Printer,
WILLIAM COOPER, of Saint Paul's Church Yard, in the City of London,
Bonnet Manufacturer, and JAMES WANSBROUGH, of Southwark Square, in the
County of Surrey, Hatter, 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 Twenty-first day of
December, in the tenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, 'give and grant unto us, the said George David Myers, William
Cooper, and James Wansbrough, our exors, admors, and assigns, Her especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that we, the said George
David Myers, William Cooper, and James Wansbrough, our exors, adiñors,
and assigns, or such others as we, the said George David Myers, William
Cooper, and James Wansbrough, our 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-

page_text: Tweed, our Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CAPS,
BONNETS, BOOKCOVERS, CURTAINS AND HANGINGS, SHOW CARDS OR BOARDS, LABELS,
THEATRICAL DECORATIONS, AND COFFINS;" in which said Letters Patent is
contained a proviso that we, the said George David Myers, William Cooper,
and James Wansbrough, should cause a particular description of the nature
of our said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by
an instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand and
seal of one of us, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, we, the said
George David Myers, William Cooper, and James Wansbrough, do hereby
declare that the nature of our Invention, and the manner in which the same
is to be performed, are fully described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
Our Invention consists,-
First, of improvements in manufacturing caps and bonnets, by applying
flocked fabrics, and the process of flocking in such manufactures as hereafter
explained.
Secondly, our Invention consists of improvements in the manufacture of
book covers, by applying in such manufactures the process of flocking and
flocked fabrics.
Thirdly, our Invention consists of improvements in the manufacture of
curtains, hangings, and also in theatrical decorations, by applying fabrics coated
with flock on one or both surfaces.
Fourthly, our Invention consists of improvements in the manufacture of
show cards or boards and labels, by applying the process of flocking in making
the surfaces of such articles. And,
Fifthly, our Invention consists of improvements in the manufacture of
coffins, by applying flock to the exterior surfaces thereof or to the fabrics
covering the same.
And in order that our Invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect, we will proceed to describe the means pursued by us.
In the manufacture of caps, in place of using woollen fabrics, as heretofore,
and forming the same into caps in the ordinary manner, we first apply flock to
one surface of a woven fabric of cotton or of linen, and then make up the
flocked fabrics into caps of such shapes and forms as may be desired, and in
like manner to what as heretofore been practised when making caps of woven

page_text: woollen fabrics, and in so doing the flocked surface will be the outer surface of
a cap so made. Or in place of first flocking the fabric used, the caps may bo
first made up, and either stiffened or not, and then flocked, as hereafter
described in respect to paper bonnets.
We would remark, in respect to this part as well as to all other parts of this
Invention, that the process of applying flock to woven and other surfaces is
well known, and separately forms no part of our Invention; and we, in
working, use the ordinary means of applying flock to such surfaces. Our
particular manufacture of bonnets consists in first making bonnets to the
shapes or forms desired, by using cardboard or proper stiff preparation of paper,
in like manner to what has been ordinarily done when paper shapes have been
prepared to be covered with woven fabrics, and over the exterior surfaces of
such paper bonnets we apply flock, in like manner to what is practised in
applying flock to other surfaces, and in this manner may bonnets be produced
resembling woollen bonnets, the seams not being visible.
The second part of our Invention consists of applying the process of
flocking in the making of book covers, and this we do either by first covering
the book with cotton or linen fabric, and then flocking the same over; or, in
place of performing the process of flocking after the book has been bound, we
take cotton or linen fabrics first flocked, and apply the same in covering the
backs and lids of books, in like manner to what has heretofore been practised
when binding books with other covering material.
The third part of our Invention consists of applying the process of flocking
in the manufacture of curtains, hangings, and theatrical decorations. In cach
.of these cases, in place of using woollen cloth, we take cotton or linen fabrics,
and having coated one or both of their surfaces with flock, we make up the
curtains, or the hangings, or the decorations for theatres, in like manner to
what is practised when using woollen or other cloth for like purposes. When
both sides of the curtains, or hangings, or decorations of theatres, are visible,
then we use the fabrics flocked on both sides; otherwise the flocking may be
only on one side; and when flocked on both sides we sometimes use different
colors on the two sides so as to produce an appearance similar to what would
be the case if two fabrics were used, the one as a lining to the other; and the
surfaces may be either all over of the same uniform color, or the flock may be
laid on the surface in different colors, producing ornamental devices, by printing
the cotton or linen fabrics used by printing blocks or otherwise with the
adhesive material, according to such device as may be desired, and then having
flocked such printed or otherwise 'prepared device to apply by printing blocks
or otherwise the adhesive material employed to other parts of the surface till

page_text: the whole is covered, making up a complete surface of flock, but in varied
colors and tints of color, according to taste; and in this manner may curtains
and hangings, and also theatrical decorations, be produced of a very novel and
elegant character, and yet at comparatively small cost.
The fourth part of our Invention consists of applying the process of flock-
ing in the making of show cards or boards and labels; and this part of the
Invention consists of printing, painting, or otherwise producing the ground or
the lettering, or both, with or without ornamental devices on the surface used,
employing adhesive matter suitable for the process of flocking, as is well
understood. The flock is then to be applied, and then the remaining surface is
to be coated with adhesive matter, and the same flocked, by which the ground
will be of one color, and the lettering will be another color. When-more than
two colors are to be employed, then printing blocks or other suitable means
are to be resorted to for applying in succession the adhesive material to the
particular parts of the show card or board or label, the different colors of flock
being applied one after the other, the flock not adhering in the wrong places
by reason of the different parts not having the adhesive matter applied,
excepting where the particular color is to be caused to adhere; and it is
desirable to dry each part of the surface as it is flocked before proceeding to
apply further adhesive matter to other parts of the surface.
The fifth part of our Invention consists of applying the process of flocking
and flocked fabrics in the manufacture of coffins. This part of our Invention
consists of applying flock to the exterior surfaces heretofore usually covered
with woollen cloth, or else we cover such surfaces with cotton, linen, or suitable
fabrics, coated with flock. In either case the ordinary metal furniture will be
applied as heretofore:
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, we would remark that the flock used for the
same may be of wool or of other fibre; and we would have it understood that
what we claim is,..
First, the manufacture of caps and bonnets, by using flocked fabrics and
the process of flocking, in the manner herein described.
Secondly, we claim the manufacture of book covers, by applying the process
of flocking and flocked fabrics, as herein described.
Thirdly, we claim the manufacture of curtains and hangings, and also
theatrical decorations, by employing fabrics of cotton or linen, flocked as herein
described.
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Fourthly, we claim the manufacture of show cards or boards and labels, by
the application of the process of flocking, as herein described. And,

page_text: Fifthly, we claim the application of the process of flocking and flocked
fabrics in the manufacture of coffins, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Cooper, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-ninth day of June, in
the year of our Lord 1847, the aforesaid William Cooper came before our
said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
O 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.