IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MAKING OP ALL KINDS OF SEEDS, BUDS, AND FRUITS FOR ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND FRUITS SPRING CATCHES FOR CLOSING THE STICKS BETWEEN WHICH THE THREADS PASS
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Agostino Gatti, of No. 20, Coppice Row, Clerkenwell,
London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MAKING OP ALL
KINDS OF SEEDS, BUDS, AND FRUITS FOR ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND FRUITS."
Sealed the 10th July 1857, and dated the 4th May 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Agostino Gatti at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
May 1857.
I, AGOSTINO GATTI, of No. 20, Coppice Row, Clerkenwell, London,. do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MAKING OF ALL KINDS OF SEEDS, BUDS, AND FRUITS FOR ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, AND
FRUITS," to be as follows, namely, in accordance with the Drawings accom-
panying this Specification, and to which Drawings the following description
has a reference:-
SPECIFICATION OF SPRING CATCHES FOR CLOSING THE STICKS BETWEEN WHICH
THE THREADS PASS.
Figure
1, two springs, rivetted to a piece of iron on the bottom stick (Fig. 14),
passing through top stick (Fig. 18), through an iron plate, which
springs act so as to bring the two sticks into contact.
2, a single spring, rivetted to a piece of iron, and both of similar shape.

page_text: same kind of spring, nearly the same shape, rivetted to straight piece
of iron.
piece of round iron, flattened at one end, with two flat springs rivetted
at top.
spring of steel or iron wire, with iron plate rivetted at the bottom, and
with screws to secure it to the bottom stick.
spring made of sheet steel, and secured to the bottom stick with
two screws.
two springs, secured to the bottom stick, and passing round a piece of
iron adjusted to the top stick, and through which the bottom end
passes. The sticks are held together by the two bottom springs.
two iron plates, ono of which is screwed to each stick, the top one
having a piece of steel wire bent in the shape of the spring, and being
rivetted to the top plate, passes through two small wheels on the
bottom plate.
piece of twisted iron, secured to the bottom stick and also to two
sliding plates, with an india-rubber ring to act as a spring.
springs of slect steel, of which one is secured at the top and the other
at the bottom, both passing through the sticks and hooked into
each other.
pieces of sheet iron, rivetted together, with small wheels between them,
and two springs, rivetted to an iron plate fixed upon the top stick.
These springs being continued down to the wheels keep the two sticks
closed.
two pieces of iron or steel, bent, as shown in the Drawing, with hinges
at the bottom let into the bottom stick. The spiral spring, which is
fixed between the upright springs, forces the latter against the iron
plato, and thus closes the two sticks.
ton stick

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Agostino Gatti in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th
November 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, AGOSTINO
GATTI, of No. 20, Coppice Row, Clerkenwell, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Agostino Gatti, Her special licence that I, the said Agostino Gatti, my
exccutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as 1, the said Agostino
Gatti, my exccutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the terin therein oxpressed, should and lawfully might make, use, éxercise,

page_text: and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MAKING OF ALL KINDS OF SEEDS, BUDS, AND FRUITS FOR ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND
FRUITS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Agostino Gatti,
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 causo the samo to be filed in the Great Scal
Patent Office within six calendar mouths next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, tho said Agostino Gatti, do hereby declare the
nature of my 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, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
The nature of this my Invention are the making of all kinds of sceds, buds,
and fruit for artificial flowers and fruits.
SPECIFICATION OF MY SPRING CATCHES.
Firstly, my Invention is in so constructing two springs, rivetted to a picco
of iron at the bottom of stick, Figure "14," passing through top stick,
Figure "13," through iron plate "a," which springs act so as to bring the two
sticks into close contact.
Secondly, a single spring rivetted to a piece of iron, and both of similar.
shape.
. Thirdly, in constructing the same spring nearly in the same shape, rivetted
to a straight piece of iron.
Fourthly, in constructing a piece of iron, flattened at one end, with two flat
springs rivetted at top.
Fifthly, a spring of steel or iron wire, with iron plate rivetted at the bottom,
and with scrows to secure it to the bottom stick.
Sixthly, a spring made of sheet steel, and secured to the bottom sticks with
two screws.
Seventhly, by two springs secured to the bottom stick, and passing round a
piece of iron adjusted to the top stick, and through which the bottom end
passes, the sticks being held together by the two bottom springs.
Eighthly, by two iron plates, one of which is screwed to each stick, the top
one having a piece of steel wire bent in the shape of the spring, and being
rivetted to the top plate,. passes through two small wheels on the top plate.

page_text: Ninthly, a piece of twisted iron, secured to the bottom stick, and also by
two sliding plates, with an india-rubber ring to act as a spring.
Tenthly, to spring of sheet steel, of which one is secured at the top and
the other at the bottom, both passing through the stick and hooked into each
other.
Eleventhly, pieces of sheet iron, rivetted together, with small wheels between
them, and two springs rivetted to an iron plate fixed upon the top stick.
These springs being continued down to the wheels keep the two sticks
closed.
Twelfthly, two pieces of iron or steel, bent, as shewn in the Drawing, with
hinges at the bottom let into the bottom stick. The spiral spring, which is
fixed between the upright springs, forces the latter against the iron plate, and
thus closes the two sticks.
Thirteenthly, the top stick, as per Drawing, Number "13."
Fourteenthly, the bottom stick, as per Drawing, Number" 14."
Fifteenthly, a cast-iron plate forming the top of table, as described in the
accompanying Drawing, Number" 15."
THE FOLLOWING IS THE SPECIFICATION OF THE MACHINE TO SPREAD THE
THREADS.
A standard to hold one hundred and forty-four reels or skeins, or a still
greater number if required, and referred to in the annexed Drawing,
marked A.
A small eye of glass or metal to receive the thread, which passes thence
through the size or preparation N under the roller C; it then passes over a
sponge or flannel D, and thence through another eye E, same as at B, to
divide the thread in readiness to go over the stick F, and referred in the
Drawing annexed by the various letters mentioned. The Drawing annexed,
marked G, shews the spaco at which all the threads are cut. The frame
marked ; and thread, and the sticks marked I and J, are removed and and
another frame is placed on the table marked K, the stick marked F is then
put in the place of the stick marked J, placing another stick in the place of
stick marked F (secured with the keys), and in the room also of I, cut the
thread, as before directed. The table, marked K in the Drawing annexed,
shows a portion of cast-iroon grooved plate in elevation at "A." The Drawing
marked L shows the bracket to support the pan marked M containing the
size or preparation N. The Drawing annexed, marked C, shows the roller
hung freely at each end on the edge of the pan M. The sticks I and J are
secured with thumb screws at each end, in the same manner as at F.

page_text: THE FOLLOWING IS THE SPECIFICATION OF THE MACHINE TO COLOUR THE
THREADS.
The Drawing marked O shows the sticks removed from the frame marked
H (after the thread has been cut) ready for coloring; the Drawing marked P
shews the frame to support the stick marked 0; the Drawing marked R
shews the frame sliding into frame marked P; the Drawing marked S
shews a picco of iron loosely attached to the frame R, and moved by hand or
foot, so as to raise the frame marked R into the frame P, and thus bringing
the color marked Q into contact with the threads on the stick marked O.
Twelve or more sticks are placed on a small frame and removed for
drying ready to receive another frame.
In witness whereof, I, the said Agostino Gatti, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.