IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF UPHOLSTERERS' FRINGES AND OTHER TRIMMINGS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Dixon, of Canonbury, in the Parish
of Saint Mary, Islington, in the County of Middlesex, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF UPHOLSTERERS'
FRINGES AND OTHER TRIMMINGS."
Sealed the 10th November 1868, and dated the 13th May 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Dixon at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 18th May 1868.
I, GEORGE DIXON, of Canonbury, in the Parish of Saint Mary,
Islington, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF UPHOL-
STERERS' FRINGES AND OTHER TRIMMINGS," to be as follows:-

page_text: design for the ornamentation of fringe, tassels, c
upholstery, dress, and other trimmings, with geometrical
exactness. I first produce a cord or strand in the
usual way, by twisting a number of ends of cotton,
worsted, silk, flax, mohair, or other similar flexible
materials, according to the size or quality of the fringe
or trimming required. I then spin spaces on the said
cord or strand with silk, cotton, worsted, mohair, or
other similar material to the design and colours required,
and then produce the bullion in the usual way by
weaving either by the hand or power loom. In order
that the design may be perfect when manufactured into
a fringe or trimming, I first draw the design upon paper
ruled in spaces according to the thickness of the bullion
required. I then redraw the same design upon another
piece of ruled paper, lengthening the spaces of each
colour thereof about one-fifth to allow for contraction
in twisting the cord or strand into the bullion ac-
cording to the depth of the bullion or the elasticity of
the material. When the design is properly lengthened
and coloured I cut the paper that represents one bullion
in half, and number the top and bottom of cach half,
as per example, take a design containing twenty bullions,
and make tho figure complete. I cut the first bullion
in half and number each half T (top 1), B' (bottom 1).
The next bullion I do likewise, numbering each half T,
B', and so one, then affix them to a piece of tape thus,-
I then fix the tape in a straight line with the cord or
strand that has to be spun, which shows the proper
spaces or distances to be spun and the colours for each.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Dixon in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 13th November 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
DIXON, of Canonbury, in the Parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the
County of Middlesex,, send greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing, date the Thirteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself,. Her heirs. and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said George Dixon,. Her special licence
that I, the said George Dixon, my exécutors, .administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said George Dixon, 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, excrcise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Island, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, ar Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OP. UPHOLSTERERS' FRINGES AND OTHER TRIMMINGS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Dixon, 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
Scal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent..
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Dixon, 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 :-
By my Invention I can produce designs for the ornamentation of
fringe, tassels, curtain holders, upholstery, and. other trimmings with-
geometrical exactness, which I propose to term the "imperial fringe.
or trimming. To effect this obiect I first produce a cord or strand in.

page_text: the usual way by twisting a number of ends of cotton
flax, mohair, or other similar flexible materials according
to the size or quality of the fringe, or trimming required.
I then spin with silk, cotton, worsted, mohair, and other
suitable material, or dye or otherwise produce in or on
given spaces on those materials forming a cord or strand
the designs and colours required, and afterwards produce
the bullion fringe and trimmings in the usual way by
the hand or power loom. In order that the design may
be perfect when manufactured into a fringe or trimming
I first draw the design upon paper ruled in spaces
according to the thickness of the bullion required. I
then redraw the same design upon another piece of ruled
paper, lengthening the spaces of each colour thereof
about one-fourth to allow for contraction in twisting
the cord or strand into the bullion, according to the
depth of the bullion or the elasticity of the material.
When the design is properly lengthened and coloured
I divide the paper that represents one bullion into two
halves, and number the top and bottom of each half, as
for example, take a design containing twenty bullions,
and make the figure complete. I cut the first bullion
in half, and number each half T¹ (top 1), B¹ (bottom 1).
With the next bullion I do likewise, numbering cach
half T, B, and so on, then affix them to a piece of
tape, thus,―
I then fix the tape in a straight line with the cord or
strand that has to be spun, dyed, or coloured, which
shows the paper, spaces, or distances to be spun, dyed,
or coloured, and the colours for each.
Having now particularly described and ascertained
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed or put in practice, I hereby
declare that I claim the Invention of the said "Improve-
ments in the Manufacture of Upholsterers' Fringes and
other Trimmings," which are made up of a number of
strands, pieces, or bullions whereby I can produce in an

page_text: designs for the ornamentation of such fringes and trimmings as tho
same is herein-before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Dixon, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
GEORGE DIXON. (L.S.)
Witness,
ALEX. P. WRIGHT,
Secretary to the
0 Inventors' Patent Right Association, Limited,
Patentees' Agents,
21, Cockspur Street,
Charing Cross.