IMPROVEMENTS IN PRE- PARING AND TREATING SEAMING AND ROPING TWINES FOR SAILMAKING OTHER PURPOSES, AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN.
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Good, of lopen, near Ilminster in the
County of Somerset, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRE-
PARING AND TREATING SEAMING AND ROPING TWINES FOR SAILMAKING
OTHER PURPOSES, AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN.'
"
AND
Sealed the 15th June 1875, and dated the 18th December 1874.
"
I, GEORGE GOOD, of Lopen, near Ilminster, in the County of Somerset,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN PREPARING AND TREATING SEAMING AND ROPING TWINES FOR SAILMAKING AND
OTHER PURPOSES, AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in preparing and treating

page_text: Gwines stronger and more suitable for the purposes to which they are
applied.
In carrying out my improvements the twine is first boiled in alkali to
destroy the perishable matter contained in the twine. After being
washed and dried it is put into a vessel containing tanning liquor com-
posed of oak bark, kutch, and palm oil to preserve the fibre. When it
is dried it is passed through a vessel containing the following ingredients
in the quantities and proportions named, or thereabouts:-
D
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Good in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th June 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME I, GEORGE
Good, of Lopen, near Ilminster, in the County of Somerset, send
greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in
the thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said George Good, Her special
license that I, the said George Good, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said George Good, 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
'IMPROVEMENTS IN
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
PREPARING AND TREATING SEAMING AND ROPING TWINES FOR SAILMAKING AND
OTHER PURPOSES, AND IN Apparatus
THEREIN,"
EMPLOYED
upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said George Good, 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
$5

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and proportions named, or thereabouts:-
To every 10 pounds of best pure beeswax,—
1 lb. of dissolved gutta percha.
½ of do.
1
"
india-rubber.
of Venice turpentine.
2 of resin.
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2 of tallow.
18
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of spirits of tar.
2 pints of raw linseed oil free from acid.
½ lb. of palm oil.
These ingredients are heated with hot water and steam and kept
stirred while the twines or threads are passing through it with a
revolving agitator E, as represented in the Drawing hereunto annexed.
The twines or threads are then passed through apparatus composed of
cork and hair rollers a, a, which forces the composition completely
through the twines or threads while the composition is in a hot state.
In order to remove any surplus composition, also to regulate the size of
the twine or thread, two spring nippers B are placed for the twine to
pass through while the composition is hot. It is next wound on to a
reel F to cool, and from thence to a second reel H, and while passing
between these reels it is polished by surfaces G covered with horsehair
or other suitable substances. It is then allowed to remain on the latter
reel H for about 12 hours and then wound off in different sized balls or
reels, ready for use.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner
of performing and carrying the same into practice, what I claim is,—
The improved means, apparatus, and materials herein-before described
for preparing and treating seaming, roping, and other twines or threads,
substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein fully set forth
and represented in the Drawings hereunto annexed.
I also claim the improved manufacture of twines or threads for the

page_text: be applicable.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Good, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
GEORGE GOOD. (L.S.)