IMPROVEMENTS IN CURRYING LEATHER.
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Conyers, of Leeds Bridge, Leeds, in the
County of York, Currier and Leather Merchant, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CURRYING LEATHER.'
Sealed the 5th September 1862, and dated the 12th March 1862..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Conyers at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th.
March 1862.
I, WILLIAM CONYERS, of Leeds Bridge, Leeds, in the County of York,
Currier and Leather Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CURRYING LEATHER," to be as follows:-
the
This Invention relates chiefly to rips, calf skins, and shoe hides, and the
improvements consist in oiling them after the process of shaving and before
process of scouring, by which the pores of the skins are closed. and the
tanning matter is prevented from escaping. Also after the process of scouring.
and being hung up to "sam" or dry a little they are "stuffed" on the grain
side instead of the flesh side, whereby the process of "whitening" (as it is
technically termed) is avoided. They are then finished in the usual way.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Conyers in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 11th
September 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
CONYERS, of Leeds Bridge, Leeds, in the County of York, Currier and
Leather Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth-year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Conyers,. Her special license that I, the said William
Conyers, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Conyers, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CURRYING LEATHER," upon the condition, amongst others, that I, the said
William Conyers, 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.
1
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Conyers, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
..formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say)':-
.
• This: Invention relates, chiefly to rips, calfskins, and shoe hides, and the
improvements.consist in oiling them after the process of shaving and., before
the process of scouring, by which the pores, of the skins are closed and the
tanning matter is prevented from escaping. Also after the process of scouring.
and being hung up to "sam" or dry a little they are "stuffed "on the grain
side instead of the flesh side, whereby the process of "whitening" (as it is
technically termed) is avoided; they are then finished in the usual way.
In order that the Invention may be clearly understood I will describe the
system or processes of currying leather according to my Invention.
Firstly, the hides are soaked in water; secondly, they are shaved and oiled

page_text: on the flesh side; thirdly, scoured on the grain side only; fourthly, they are
again oiled on the flesh side and hung up to "sam" or are partly dried;
fifthly, stuffed on the grain side only; they are then finished in the ordinary
manner. By means of this Invention a saving is effected in labour, time, and
grease, also preventing waste of leather by omitting the whitening process and
at the same time obtain a gain in weight.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the manner in
which the same is to be performed or carried into practice, and having herein
described the processes and arrangement thereof as at present adopted by mic,
I would have it understood that I do not confine or restrict myself to such
particular number and arrangement of processes, but what I claim as of my
Invention and which I believe to be new within the realm is,-
Firstly, the application of oil to hides or skins after the process of shaving.
Secondly, the stuffing of hides or skins on the grain side only.
Thirdly, the combination and arrangement of the processes or system of
currying leather, substantially as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Conyers, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of September, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two.
Witness,
W*. TASKER,
Patent Agent,
Halifax.
WILLIAM CONYERS. (L.S.)