THE MANUFACTURE OF CAP FRONTS, AND APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF RUCHES, RIBBON TRIMMINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF MILLINERY."
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Hammond, of Nos. 90 and 91, Herbert
Street, Hoxton, in the Parish of Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex,
for the Invention of "THE MANUFACTURE OF CAP FRONTS, AND APPLICABLE TO
THE MANUFACTURE OF RUCHES, RIBBON TRIMMINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
MILLINERY."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Hammond at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th...
January 1858.
I, EDWARD HAMMOND, of Nos. 90 and 91, Herbert Street, Hoxton, in the
Parish of Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "THE MANUFACTURE OF CAP FRONTS, AND
APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF RUCHES, RIBBON TRIMMINGS, AND OTHER
ARTICLES OF MILLINERY," to be as follows:-
In the accompanying Drawings A and A' represent two slabs of metal"
resting upon the ends B and B¹; between these two slabs is a groove C, C,
having at the depth of ths of an inch a bottom composed of a slip of zinc
attached to the slab A, and working freely in a groove in the opposite slab A'.
The slab A is attached to the ends B and B₁, but the slab A¹ is moveable in
the slide M (Fig. 3rd), by means of the carns upon the rod D, D, and the
handle E. F, F, is a knife working in grooves in the uprights H, H, and
suspended from the cross piece J, J, by means of the elastic bands G, G.

page_text: The method of working is this:-The banding for a cap front composed of
bobbin nett is folded in the usual way, and its edges being slightly moistened
with gum it is enclosed within two slips of zinc and placed open in the groove
C, C, a length of double blond joining, previously goffered, is then placed
over the groove C, C, and between the guages I, I'; the knife F, F, is then
brought down by the hand, carrying with it the blond to the depth of an
eighth of an inch into the groove C, C; the handle E is then raised, closing the
groove C, C, and lightly compressing and uniting the banding and the inserted
blond; the knife is, then, withdrawn, the groove C, C, opened, and the finished
article removed and allowed to dry.
SPECIFICATION, filed in pursuance of, the conditions of the Letters Patent,
and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said Edward Hammond
in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th August 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
HAMMOND, of Nos. 90 and 91, Herbert St., Hoxton, Parish of Shoreditch,
& County of Middlesex, send greeting...
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
him, the said Edward Hammond, Her special licence. that he, the said
Edward Hammond, his executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as he, the said Edward Hammond, his 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 In-
vention for "THE MANUFACTURE OF CAP FRONTS, AND APPLICABLE TO THE MANU-
FACTURE OF RUCHES AND RIBBON TRIMMINGS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that he, the said Edward Hammond, his executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under his, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 Edward Hammond, do hereby declare

page_text: 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 :-
In the Drawings which accompany these Specifications, A and A' represent
two slabs of metal, resting upon the ends B & B¹. Between these two slabs
is the groove C, C, having at the depth of five-eighths of an in. a bottom
composed of a slip of metal, attached to the slab A, and working freely in a
groove in the opposite slab A¹. The slab A is attached to the ends B, B₁₁ but
the slab A is moveable in the slide M, (Fig. 3rd) by means of the handle E,
and the cams K, K, upon the rod D, D; F, F, is a knife working in grooves
in the in the uprights H, H, and suspended from the cross piece J, J, by
means of india-rubber bands G, G.
The method of working the machine is this:-The band for a cap front
composed of stiff bobbin nett is prepared in the usual way, its edges being
slightly moistened with water, or with a weak solution of gum, it is placed
open within the groove C, C, and between two slips of zinc (Fig. 5th). A
length of double blond joining, previously goffered, is then placed over the.
groove C, C, and between the guages I, I. The knife F, F, is then pressed
down by the hand, carrying with it the blond to the depth of one-eighth of an
inch into the groove C, C. The handle E is then raised, and by its means the
groove C, C, is closed; thus tightly compressing and uniting the band and the
inserted blond. The knife is now allowed to be withdrawn by its elastic.
suspenders; the groove C, C, is opened by depressing the handle E, and the
finished article is removed into a tray to dry (Fig. 4th).
In witness whereof, the said Edward Hammond has hereunto set his
hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of August, in the year of. our Lord:
Eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.
EDWARD HAMMOND. (L.S.)