IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF Dann wann DAR PRINGING CALICO OR OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Ingham, of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, and Isaac Wood, of Pendleton, near Manchester,
aforesaid, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
Dann wann DAR PRINGING CALICO OR OTHER MATERIALS."
Sealed the 15th April 1864, and dated the 20th October 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Ingham and Isaac
Wood at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 20th October 1863.
We, WILLIAM INGHAM, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster;
5 and ISAAC WOOD, of Pendleton, near Manchester, aforesaid, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COPPER
ROLLERS USED FOR PRINTING CALICO OR OTHER MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
We fix any suitable number of metal hoops in the interior of the roller or
cylinder, the exterior surface of the said hoops being made to fit the interior
surface of the roller or cylinder, and we fix the ordinary mandril to the said
hoops by making a nib on them, similar to that now made on the rollers. By
this plan we reduce the weight of the roller, and in case of rollers of large
dimensions where the hollow.mandril has been bitherto used we dispense with
it entirely, thus effecting a great saving in the working capital required as
5 well as an economization in manual labor.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said Williani Ingham and Isaac Wood, Her special license that we,
the said William Ingham and Isaac Wood, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as we, the said William Ingham and Isaac
Wood, our 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF COPPER ROLLERS USED FOR PRINTING CALICO OR OTHER
MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said William
Ingham and Isaac Wood, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our, or their, or one of our or 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Ingham and Isaac Wood,
do hereby declare the nature of our 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) :-
We insert a metal disc or bush in the interior of each end of the roller,
and bore holes in the centre of the discs to correspond with the taper of
the maundril, so as to secure perfect mechanical truth. We also place at the
outside of each disc a collar having a nib or key which fits the groove of
the maundril, and passes through a slot in the disc, and when the roller is in
its right position the collars are held fast by set screws. By these means we
reduce the weight of the roller, and thus effect a great saving in the working
capital.
These improvements will be clearly understood by referring to the figures
and letters on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a
longitudinal section of one of our improved rollers; Fig. 2, a longitudinal
elevation of the same; and Figs. 3 and 4 are end and side views of one of the
collars and nibs.
a represents the shell or casing of the roller, into the ends of which are
fitted the discs or bushes b, having holes corresponding with and fitting tight

page_text: to the ordinary grooved maundril c. At the outside of each disc we place the
collar d, also shewn in Figs. 3 and 4, the collar having a nib or key e, which
is entered into the groove of the maundril, and also passed through a slot in
the disc, and the collar is held fast in its place by the set screw f. Thus by
these improvements we can manufacture copper rollers of any desired circum-
ference and thickness of copper and apply them to all plain maundrils now in
use; and when heavy rollers are required a great economy in copper and
manual labour is obtained.
In our Provisional Specification we stated that we fixed the ordinary
maundril to the hoops by making a nib on them similar to that now made on
the rollers, but we now find that this plan is objectionable and not new, and
therefore we disclaim its use and employ the collars with the nibs or keys for
driving the rollers.
Having now described the nature and particulars of our said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, we desire it to be under-
stood that we claim the system of driving the bushed rollers by means of
collars, each having a nib or key which fits the groove of the maundril and
passes through a slot in its corresponding disc or bush, as all such improve-
ments are herein described and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Ingham, for and on behalf of
myself and the said Isaac Wood, have hereunto set my hand and seal,
this Nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named William Ingham,
in the presence of
G. SEPTIMUS HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
WILLIAM INGHAM. (L..s.)