IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF LEATHER
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Bayley and Thomas Bayley, the younger, both
of Lenton, in the County of Nottingham, (of the Firm of Messrs. T. J.
& T. Bayley, of Lenton Works, situate at Lenton, in the said County of
O Nottingham, Leather Dressers,) for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF LEATHER."
Sealed the 6th March 1868, and dated the 7th September 1867..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Bayley and Thomas
Bayley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 7th September 1867.
We, JOHN BAYLEY and THOMAS BAYLEY, the younger, both of Lenton, in
the County of Nottingham, (of the Firm of Messrs. T. J. & T. Bayley, of
Lenton Works, situate at Lenton, in the said County of Nottingham, Leather
Dressers,) do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF LEATHER," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to impart to hides or skins before or after
they are converted into leather the agreeable fragrance or perfume possessed
by Russia leather, and to attain this object we proceed as follows:-First, we
obtain shavings or other substance of Russia leather from which we extract
thé fragrance or perfume by boiling or steaming the shavings or other sub-
stance, or by other equivalent means or agents, and we then immerse the hides
or skins in the extract or liquid, or other agent employed in order to impart
to them the said fragrance or perfume; or we place the shavings or other
substance in layers between hides and skins before or after converting them
into leather; the hides or skins are then placed in water or other liquid
or agent, where they remain any required period. We then apply oil or

page_text: equivalent agent to the hides or skins by rubbing them with it, or we employ
chemical agents for more easily and effectually extracting the fragrance or
perfume from the shavings or other substance, or for imparting the fragrance
or perfume to the hides or skins.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Bayley and Thomas Bayley in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 7th March 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
BAYLEY and THOMAS BAYLEY, the younger, both of Lenton, in the County of
Nottingham, (of the Firm of Messieurs T. J. and T. Bayley, of Lenton Works,
situate at Lenton, in the said County of Nottingham, Leather Dressers, send
greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the thirty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors; give and grant unto us,
the said John Bayley and Thomas Bayley, the younger, Her special licence
that we, the said John Bayley and Thomas Bayley, the younger, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said John Bayley and
Thomas Bayley, the younger, our executors; administrators, and, assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and 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 "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF LEATHER," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said John Bayley and Thomas Bayley, the younger, our
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, 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 per-
formed, 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 we, the said John Bayley and Thomas Bayley, the
younger, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described, and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof; that is to say :-
The object of this Invention is to impart to hides or skins whether before

page_text: or after they have been converted into leather the agreeable fragrance or
perfume which is possessed by Russian leather, and to attain this desirable
object we proceed as follows:-First, we obtain shavings or other substance of
Russia leather, from which we extract the fragrance or perfume which they
possess, and this we effect either by boiling or steaming the Russia leather, or
by such other equivalent means or agents as may be most convenient and
effectual for that purpose, and as are ordinarily used for obtaining extracts
from leather; and when we have thus extracted the fragrance or perfume
from the Russia leather employed we then immerse the hides or skins in the
extract or liquid, or other agent employed containing or combined with the
extract in order to impart to the hides or skins the said fragrance or perfume
thus obtained; or we place the Russia leather in convenient layers between
hides or skins, whether before or after the hides or skins are converted into
leather, the hides or skins are then placed in water or other liquid or agent,
where they remain any required period; we then apply oil or its equivalent
agent to the bides or skins by rubbing them with it or otherwise; or we
employ chemical agents for the more easily and effectually extracting the
fragrance or perfume from the Russia leather, or for imparting the fragrance
or perfume to the hides or skins.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner
the same may be performed, we declare that we claim the treatment of hides
and skins in the manner and by the means herein-before described, such
treatment being applied either before or after converting the hides or skins
into leather.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Bayley, for myself and on behalf of
the said Thomas Bayley, the younger, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Second day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
GEO. JON. ROBINSON,
Patent Office,
Nottingham.
JOHN BAYLEY. (L.S.)