THE EMPLOYMENT AND APPLICATION OF THIN STRIPS OR SHEETS OF WOOD FOR VARIOUS NEW AND USEFUL PURPOSES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Davies, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn,
in the County.of Middlesex, and No. 28, St. Enoch Square; in the City
of Glasgow, Civil Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"THE EMPLOYMENT AND APPLICATION OF THIN STRIPS OR SHEETS OF WOOD FOR
VARIOUS NEW AND USEFUL PURPOSES."A communication from abroad by
Henry Louis Charlemagne Lhuillier, of Paris.
Sealed the 21st March 1865, and dated the 25th September 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Davies at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
September 1864.
I, GEORGE DAVIES, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, in the County
of Middlesex, and No. 28, St. Enoch Square, in the City of Glasgow, Civil
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "THE EMPLOYMENT AND APPLICATION OF THIN STRIPS OR SHEETS OF
WOOD FOR VARIOUS NEW AND USEFUL PURPOSES," (a communication to me
from abroad by Henry Louis Charlemagne Lhuillier, of Paris,) to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to the employment and application of thin strips or
sheets of wood of various widths and of any kind or species of wood, the said
strips or sheets being cut by any suitable arrangement of mechanism.
Firstly, to introduce by glueing, cementing, sewing, or otherwise, one or
more strips of thin wood between the leather of the soles of all kinds of

page_text: boots and shoes in order to resist damp, and also to obtain with economy
the thickness desired, and also to make loose sôles of the same material to be
worn instead of cork soles in any kind of boot or shoe.
Secondly, to introduce (by similar means) one or more strips of thin wood
between leather for the sake of economy in various parts of harness and
saddlery.
Thirdly, to introduce one or more strips of thin wood (by the same means)
between thicknesses of leather, felt, or woven material for the purpose of
making driving belts for communicating power in all kinds of machines, and
also to make chain buckets for use in flour mills and other manufactories.
Fourthly, to introduce one or several thin strips of wood between woven
fabrics or even paper as a substitute for the webbing employed for the bottoms
of beds, and also in the manufacture of sofas, chairs, and scats of all kinds.
Fifthly, to manufacture cylinders for carding engines by covering sheet
metal cylinders with strips or sheets of thin wood to which sawdust is then
glued. The employment of the strips of wood for this purpose is to cause the
sawdust to adhere more firmly to the same than it would upon the metal.
Emery rollers and other rollers for grinding and polishing may also be made
in the same way.
Sixthly, to unite one or more strips of thin wood (by the same means) to
skin, leather, felt, woven fabric, paper, or other suitable material for
making strips or sheets of material to receive teeth or points of metal, or the
hair or bristles of animals to be used in carding, combing, or brushing of
textile and other materials.
Seventhly, to introduce (by similar means) one or more thin strips of thin
wood between any kind of woven fabric or even paper as a substitute for the
strips of iron, steel, or whalebone, which are employed in the manufacture
of crinolines, bustles, stays, and other analogous articles of ladies' dress.
Eighthly, the Inventor proposes to employ the same material to make
cylinders to be used in lieu of the cans of tin or zinc employed in spinning,
and also to make boxes (hitherto made of pasteboard or cardboard) for
millinery, mercery, trinkets, jewellery, and for other commercial purposes to
which they may be applied.
And, inthly, to employ sheets of thin wo.d cemented, or otherwise
connected, for the manufacture-of-the-bodies or foundations of hats, shakos,
and other coverings for the head, whether for civil or military purposes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Davies in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th March 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
DAVIES, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middlesex, and
No. 28, St Enoch Square, in the City of Glasgow, Civil Engineer and Patent
Agent send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said George Davies, Her special licence that I, the said
George Davies, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said George Davies, 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 "THE
EMPLOYMENT AND APPLICATION OF THIN STRIPS OR SHEETS OF WOOD FOR VARIOUS
NEW AND USEFUL PURPOSES," (a communication to me from abroad by Henry
Louis Charlemange Lhuillier, of Paris,) upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said George Davies, 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 George Davies, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement, in writing, that is to say ;-
This Invention relates to the employment and application of thin strips,
ribbons, or sheets of wood of various widths and of any kind or species of
wood, the said strips or sheets being cut by any suitable arrangement of
mechanism.
The following, for example, are some of the various applications of. this
material.
Firstly, to introduce by gluing, cementing, sewing, or otherwise, one or

page_text: more strips of thin wood between the leather of the soles of all kinds of boots
and shoes in order to resist damp, and also to obtain with-economy the thick-
ness desired, and it is also proposed to make loose soles of the same material
to be worn, instead of cork soles in any kind of boot or shoe.
Secondly, to introduce (by similar means) one or more strips of thin wood
between leather for the sake of economy in various parts of harness and
saddlery.
--Thirdly, to introduce one or more strips of thin wood (by the same means)
between thicknesses of leather, felt, or woven material; for- the- purpose
of making driving belts for communicating power in all kinds of machines,
and also to make chain buckets for use in. flour mills and other manu-
factories.
Fourthly, to introduce one or several thin strips of wood between woven
fabrics, or even paper as a substitute for the webbing employed for the
bottom of beds, and also in the manufacture of sofas, chairs, and seats of all
kinds.
Fifthly, to manufacture cylinders for carding engines by covering sheet
metal cylinders with, strips or sheets of thin wood to which sawdust is then
glued. The employment of the strips of wood for this purpose is to cause the
sawdust to
adhere more firmly to the same than it would upon the metal.
Emery rollers and other rollers for grinding and polishing are also made in the
same way...
Sixthly, to unite one or more strips of thin wood (by the same means)
to skin, leather, felt, woven fabric, paper, or other suitable material for
making strips or sheets of material to receive teeth or points of metal or the
hair or bristles of animals, to be used in carding, combing, or brushing of
textile and other materials.
Seventhly, to introduce (by similar means) one or more thin strips of wood
between any kind of woven fabric, or even paper as a substitute for the strips
of iron, steel, or whalebone, which are employed in the manufacture of crino-
lines, bustles, stays, and other analogous articles of ladies' dress.
Eighthly, the Inventor proposes to employ the same material to make
cylinders-to-be-used-in lieu of the cans of tin or zinc employed in spinning:
Having now described the nature and object of the said Invention for
"The Employment and Application of Thin Strips or Sheets of Wood for
various New and Useful Purposes," together with the manner in which the
same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical effect, I would
remark in conclusion that in the Provisional Specification accompanying
my petition for the said Letters Patent, certain other applications of the

page_text: Invention were mentioned, videlicet, the making of boxes for millinery
and other purposes, and also the manufacture of the bodies of hats and
other coverings for the head, but I wish it to be understood that the
Inventor lays no claim to such applications, but what I claim as the Inven-
tion communicated to me by the said Henry Louis Charlemagne Lhuillier, is
the employment or use of thin strips or sheets of wood in the manner and for
the purposes above particularly set forth, or for any substantially similar or
analogous purposes.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Davies, have hereunto set my
hand and scal, this Twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
GEORGE DAVIES. (L.S.)