MENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HOLSTER CASES, CARTOUCH BOXES, AND CER- TAIN OTHER DESCRIPTION OF CASES
Year: 1822

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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I
FRANCIS DEAKIN, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Sword
Manufacturer and Wire Drawer, send greeting.
WHEREAS, I, the said Francis Deakin, have invented an "IMPROVE-
MENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HOLSTER CASES, CARTOUCH BOXES, AND CER-
TAIN OTHER DESCRIPTION OF CASES:" And whereas His Majesty King
George the Fourth, by Letters Patent, bearing date at Westmin-
ster, the Ninth day of November, in the third year of His reign,
after reciting my said Invention and my petition for the said Letters
Patent for it for the term of fourteen years, hath given and granted
unto me, the said Francis Deakin, my exors, adiñors, and assigns,
especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the
said Francis Deakin, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, and every of
them, by myself or themselves, or by my or their deputy or deputies,
servants or agents, or such others as I, the said Francis Deakin, my
exors, adñiors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times hereafter, during the term of years
therein expressed, should and might lawfully use, exercise, and vend my
said Invention, within that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

page_text: and Ireland,called England, the Dominion of Wales, and Town of
Berwick upon Tweed, in such manner as to me, the said Francis
Deakin, my exors, adiiors, and assigns, or any of them, should in my
or their discretion seem meet; and it was by the said Letters Patent
provided, that if I, the said Francis Deakin, should not particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in the
High Court of Chancery within two calendar months next and im-
mediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, then the said
Letters Patent and all liberties and advantages thereby granted, should
utterly. cease, determine, and become void, any thing therein contained
to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding, as in and by the said
Letters Patent, inrolled in the High Court of Chancery, may more
fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the
said Francis Deakin, do hereby declare that the nature of my said
Invention or improvement, and the manner in which the same is to be
performed, are herein-after particularly described, that is to say:
I do, in the first place, make the said holster cases, cartouch boxes,
and ladies' dressing and work cases, and other cases, out of wrought or
rolled iron called tin plate, or copper, or such other metal, or metallic
compound, as may from the particular nature or intended use of the
article be found to be preferable to iron called tin plate; and I do by
soldering, rivetting, pinning, screwing, overlapping, or by other fit and
workmanlike means, unite or join together the parts of the said holster
cases, cartouch boxes, and other cases, in the forms suitable to their
nature or use, whether the same be intended to inclose and preserve
pistols, cartridges, or other matters and things requiring or needful to
be so enclosed and preserved. And, secondly, I do cover or coat and
defend the said holster cases, cartouch boxes, and other cases with calico
or cloth, or tow, or paper, or leather, or skin, or membrance, or wool,
or hair, or felted material, or spun thread, or yarn, or any flexible or
fibrous material capable of giving toughness, strength, and durability
to varnish,, or lacquer, or other adhesive substance which may be laid

page_text: thereon or introduced between the parts and in the interstices of the
said covering, coating, or defence, so to be made or applied. And, further,
I do apply upon the surface and within the interstices of the said
covering, coating, or defence, a sufficient quantity of varnish or lacquer,
or other adhesive substance, such as glue, or paste, or paint, capable of
becoming solid by drying or exposure, with or without the use of heat;
or I do fill the interstices with one kind or description of substance, and
cover the surface with such other kind or description of substance as
may from choice or cheapness or any other motive be preferred. And,
lastly, as to the forms, sizes, and other general qualities of the said
holster cases, cartouch boxes, and other cases, and the several manipu-
lations or practices to be used in fabricating the same, it is not necessary
to give any particular description thereof, because the methods of
working in each several department of the fabrication are respectively
the same as are commonly used for such and the like purposes by
workers in tin plate or black plate.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Deakin, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the First day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.