AN IMPROVED HAND WARMER OR MUFF
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Pomeroy Dodge, of 79, Upper Thames
Street, in the City of London, India-rubber Manufacturer, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED HAND WARMER OR MUFF."-A com-
munication from abroad by Theodore Ayrault Dodge, of Boston,
Massachusetts, United States of America.
Sealed the 15th April 1873, and dated the 17th October 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Pomeroy Dodge
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 17th October 1872.
I, GEORGE POMEROY DODGE, of 79, Upper Thames Street, in the City of
London, India-rubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED HAND WARMER OR MUFF," a communi-
cation, to be as follows:-
My said Invention relates to a hand warmer made of vulcanized india-

page_text: is made cylindrical or partly cylindrical in shape, and may be placed inside
an ordinary muff, or may be covered with any suitable material and used
as a substitute for a fur muff. I prefer to make the said warmer in the
shape of a cylindrical bag or envelope of suflicient capacity to hold such
a quantity of hot air, hot water, or other fluid as will retain the heat for
a convenient time. The said warmer is provided with a short tube or a
mouth piece for filling and emptying it, the same having a screw plug or
other tight stonner
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Pomeroy Dodge, in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 17th April 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE 1
POMEROY DODGE, of 79, Upper Thames Street, in the City of London,
India-rubber Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-sixth 2
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said George Pomeroy Dodge, Her special licence that
I, the said George Pomeroy Dodge, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said George Pomeroy Dodge, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, 2
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 "AN IMPROVED
HAND WARMER OR MUFF," a communication to me from abroad by a
Theodore Ayrault Dodge, of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of
America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George
Pomeroy Dodge, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in

page_text: Having thus described the said Invention as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same,
I wish it understood that I claim, the improved hand warmer made
as above described and applied inside an ordinary muff, or used as a
substitute therefor as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Pomeroy Dodge, have here-
unto set my hand and and seal, the Seventeenth day of April, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
GEO. P. DODGE. (L.S.)