IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Lee, of Philadelphia, United States of
America, but at present residing at Huddersfield, in the County
of York, Currier, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Lee at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th November 1875.
I, RICHARD LEE, of Philadelphia, United States of America, but at
present residing at Huddersfield, in the County of York, Currier, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING AND GLAZING LEATHER AND OTHER
MATERIAL," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the embossing and glazing of leather
and other material, and the mechanism employed for effecting the
purpose consists in a disc or face plate, to which is attached one end of

page_text: a vibrating arm or lever; to the other end of this arm an upright lever
or arm is attached, forming a joint or hinge, and vibrating on a fulcrum
at the other end. A roller or rollers is connected to these arms, upon
the surface of which rollers suitable ornamental devices are engraved or
placed thereon for embossing or impressing the shape upon the leather
or material under operation, which is placed on a slab or bath.
The pins
or studs upon which these embossing rollers revolve are made hollow to
contain oil or other lubricant for lubricating the rollers.
Motion is communicated to the disc and to the vibrating arms, which
have a backward and forward movement imparted to them, and also to
the embossing rollers attached thereto, which, on the movement in one
direction, presses down the leather, making the impression of the devices
thereon, but on the movement in the other direction the rollers are
lifted clear above the material, so that the rollers only act on the
material in one direction or stroke of the arms. Spiral or other springs
are fixed under the slab or table upon which the leather is placed so as
to ease the pressure under the embossing roller.
When it is required to glaze the leather these rollers are withdrawn
and a piece of glass substituted, which instead of embossing will rub
the surface of the leather and produce a polish or "face" thereon.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Richard Lee in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 3rd May 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
LEE, of Philadelphia, United States of America, but at present residing
at Huddersfield, in the County of York, Currier, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc- g
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Richard Lee, Her special
licence that I, the said Richard Lee, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Richard Lee, my executors,

page_text: 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
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING AND GLAZING LEATHER AND OTHER
MATERIAL," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Richard Lee, 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 Richard Lec, 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 and accompanying Sheet of Drawing:-
This Invention has for its object the embossing and glazing of leather
and other material, and the mechanism employed for effecting the
purpose consists in a disc or face plate, to which is attached one end of
a vibrating arm or lever; to the other end of this arm an upright lever
or arm is attached, forming a joint or hinge, and vibrating on a fulcrum
at the other end. A roller or rollers is connected to these arms, upon
the surface of which rollers suitable ornamental devices are engraved or
placed thereon for embossing or impressing the shape upon the leather
or other material under operation, which is placed on a slab or table.
The pins or studs on which these embossing rollers revolve are made
hollow to contain oil or other lubricant for lubricating the rollers.
Motion is communicated to the disc and to the vibrating arms, which
have a backward and forward movement imparted to them, and also to
the embossing rollers attached thereto, which, on the movement in one
direction, presses upon the leather, making the impression of the devices
thereon, but on the movement in the other direction the rollers are lifted
clear above the material, so that the rollers only act on the material in one
direction or stroke of the arms. Spiral or other springs are fixed under

page_text: the slab or table upon which the leather is placed so as to ease the
pressure under the embossing rollers.
When it is required to glaze the leather these rollers are withdrawn
and a piece of glass or flint substituted, which instead of embossing
will rub the surface of the leather and produce a polish or "face" &
thercon
In order that this my said Invention may be better understood, I
have annexed a Sheet of Drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation
and Fig. 2 a front clevation of a machine constructed and arranged
according to the Specification of this Invention.
"
A is the slab or table supported on springs B for the purpose of
casing" or "giving" when pressure is put thereon; C is the embossing
roller, upon the surface of which suitable ornamental devices are placed
for the purpose of ornamenting the leather under operation. This
roller runs on a stud or pin fixed to the bracket D connected to the
vibrating arm E working on a fulcrum F and receiving its motion from
the crank arm G on the fly wheel H, rotary motion being imparted
thereto either by strap on pulley I or by manual power from another
fly wheel J. It will be easily understood by any one conversant with
machinery that when motion is communicated to the fly wheel H either
by steam power or manual labour that a too-and-fro or backward-and-
forward movement will be given to the bracket D and roller C, and that
the roller in its forward movement will act on the leather fixed upon the
table, as shewn in the Drawing, but in its backward movement will be
lifted clear of the table (as shewn by dotted lines) and therefore not
act on the leather; K is a piece of glass or flint also attached to the
bracket D by plate and bolts L, which also acts on the face of the
leather in its forward movement and glazes or polishes the leather as
and when required. Fig. 3 shews a detail of the stud or pin on which
the embossing roller revolves, and is made hollow, as shown, for
lubricating the said roller.
Having thus fully described the nature of this my said Invention,
and shewn in what manner the same is to be or may be performed, I
would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise
arrangements as shewn, as the same may be varied without departing

page_text: from the main features of the Invention, but what I do claim and
believe to be new within the realm is, the general arrangement and
construction of mechanism for embossing and glazing leather, sub-
stantially as herein shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Lee, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five
Signed, sealed, and delivered, by the
within-named Richard Lec in the
presence of
FREDERICK CROOK,
HENRY MAW.
RICHARD LEE. (L.S.)