IMPROVED APPLICATIONS TO BE USED FOR REMOVING THE WOOL OR HAIR FROM THE SKINS OF ANIMALS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Cridland, of Bradford, in the County of York,
Woolstapler, for the Invention of "IMPROVED APPLICATIONS TO BE USED
FOR REMOVING THE WOOL OR HAIR FROM THE SKINS OF ANIMALS."
Sealed the 18th February 1868, and dated the 20th August 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Cridland at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th August 1867.
I, HENRY CRIDLAND, of Bradford, in the County of York, Woolstapler, do
bereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED APPLICATIONS
TO BE USED FOR REMOVING THE WOOL OR HAIR FROM THE SKINS OF ANIMALS," to
be as follows:-
My Invention has reference principally to the removal of wool from the
skins of sheep, although equally applicable for the removal of wool or hair
from the skins of other animals.
It is well known that in the case of sheepskins lime is at present generally
used. The action of it is however injurious to the fibre of the wool, and its
presence.in wool so removed, commonly termed "skin wool," is a disadvantage
generally.
To obviate these defects, as well-as-to-render-the-skin-or-pelt more bulky,
is the object of my: Invention. For this purpose I use a solution of potash, or
of soda, separately or in conjunction, of such strength as the thickness. of the

page_text: skin or bide may render requisite. I paint the flesh sides of the skins therewith.
This causes the speedy severance of the wool from the skin, avoids the injurious
action caused by the use of lime as well as its after presence, and leaves the
pelt or skin more bulky in appearance.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Cridland in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th
February 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
CRIDLAND, of Bradford, in the County of York, Woolstapler, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Henry Cridland, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Cridland, my
executors, adininistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Cridland, 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 "IMPROVED APPLICATIONS
TO BE USED FOR REMOVING THE WOOL OR HAIR FROM THE SKINS OF ANIMALS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Cridland, 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..
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Cridland, do hereby declare the
nature of the 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 thereof, that is to say :-
.
My Invention has reference principally. to the removal of wool from. the
skins of sheep, although equally applicable for the removal of wool or hair
from the skins of other animals. ...
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It is well known that in the case of sheepskins. lime is at present generally
used. The action. of it is however injurious to the fibre of the wool, and its

page_text: presence in wool so removed, cominonly termed "skin wool," is a disadvantage
generally.
To obviate these defects as
well as to render the skin or pelt more bulky
is the object of my Invention. For this purpose I use a solution of potash,
pearlash, or of soda, separately or in conjunction, of such strength as the
thickness of the skin or bide may render requisite. I paint the flesh sides
of the skins therewith. This causes the speedy severance of the wool from the
skin, avoids the injurious action caused by the use of lime as well as its after
presence, and leaves the pelt or skin more bulky in appearance. In some
instances however I prefer to apply to some portions only of the skins my
solution referred to, the ordinary lime process being used for the completion of
the removal.
Having now stated the nature of my Invention, and in what manner the
same may be performed, I wish it to be understood that what I claim as my
Invention is, the application separately or conjointly of a solution of potash,
pearlash, or soda to the flesh sides of skins or hides wholly or in part for the
purpose of removing wool or hair from such skins or hides.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Cridland, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
IRA ICKRINGILL,
Old Market,
Bradford.
HENRY CRIDLAND. (L.s.)