IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT IRON KETTLES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Henry Adames, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT IRON KETTLES."
Scaled the 9th October 1874, and dated the 16th April 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Henry Adames
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 16th April 1874.
I, CHARLES HENRY ADAMES, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT IRON KETTLES,"
to be as follows, that is to say:
This Invention consists in making the spouts of wrought iron kettles
in two parts, stamping them in dies in halves, and then uniting the
halves longitudinally by brazing them together; and also in the mode of

page_text: attaching the spout to the breast of a wrought iron kettle by brazing it
on instead of lapping the edges of the one part on to the other and
trusting to the tinning process to make the joint water-tight.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Henry Adames in the Great Scal Patent
Office on the 14th October 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
HENRY ADAMES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Charles Henry Adames, Her special
license that I, the said Charles Henry Adames, my executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Henry Adames,
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 WROUGHT IRON KETTLES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles Henry Adames, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 Charles Henry Adames, 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:
This Invention consists in making the spouts of wrought iron kettles

page_text: in two parts, stamping thein in dies in halves, and then uniting the
halves longitudinally by brazing them together; and also in the mode of
attaching the spout to the breast of a wrought iron kettle by brazing it
on instead of lapping the edges of the one part on to the other and
trusting to the tinning process to make the joint water-tight.
Having thus described the object and nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be carried into effect, I claim the
"
* Improvements in the Manufacture of Wrought Iron Kettles,” substan-
tially in manner as herein more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Henry Adames, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
CHARLES HENRY ADAMES. (L.S.)