IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CASES FOR JEWELLERY, FOR OPTICAL AND PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Quin, of Rodney Street, Pentonville,
in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CASES FOR JEWELLERY, FOR OPTICAL AND
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Quin
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 3rd May 1853.
I, RICHARD QUIN, of 5, Rodney Street, Pentonville, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CASES FOR JEWELLERY, FOR
OPTICAL AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS, MINIATURES, AND OTHER ARTICLES" to he
as follows:
This Invention consists of manufacturing the convex and concave
parts of such cases by moulding paper or other fabric in moulds. For
this purpose counter moulds of metal or other suitable material are pre-

page_text: pared of the forms desired; and in order that the pieces of paper or
other fabric may take and retain the desired convexity and concavity
without puckering, where the material will not stretch sufficiently por-
tions are cut away, so that when the cut parts of the paper or fabric
come together in the moulds, they will assume the forms desired, and
by cement will retain such forms. When sheet metal is used for these
purposes in combination with wood, the edges of the inetal are raised
to the desired form, either.to fit into or outside of the frame or edges
of wood; such parts are then to be covered and finished.as heretofore.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Richard Quin in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 3rd November 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I.
RICHARD QUIN, of 5. Rodney Street, Pentonville, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the sixteenth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Richard Quin, Her special licence that I,
the said Richard Quin, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
sucli others as I, the said Richard Quiu, my executors, administra-
tors, 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 Chan-
nel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CASES FOR JEWELLERY, FOR OPTICAL AND OTHER INSTRU-
MENTS, MINIATURES, AND OTHER ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Richard Quin, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the

page_text: 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 Quin, 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 following statement thereof (that is to say):
This Invention consists of manufacturing the convex and concave
parts of such cases by moulding paper or other fabric in moulds. For
this purpose counter moulds of metal or other suitable material are
prepared of the forms desired; and in order that the pieces of paper
or other fabric may take and retain the desired convexity and concavity
without puckering, where the material will not stretch sufficiently por-
tions are cut away, so that when the cut parts of the paper or fabric
come together in the moulds, they will assume the forms desired, and
by cement will retain such forms. When sheet metal is used for these
purposes in combination with wood, the edges of the metal are raised
to the desired form, either to fit into or outside of the frame or edges
of wood; such parts are then to be covered and finished as heretofore.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed
to describe the means pursued by me.
The object of my Invention is to save labor in the manufacture of
certain parts of cases, the clearer to explain which it will be neces-
sary to describe the manner of making such parts at present in general
use.
.
When any given shape of case is required, the manner of proceed-
ing is as follows:-A piece of wood is procured of the necessary size
and thickness; it is then worked by the tedius process of cutting and
gouging, until the outside presents a convex and the inside a correspond-
ing concave form, that is, until the wood is brought to an even thick-
ness all over; and this has to be repeated for each case of the particular
pattern. My improvement applicable to this part of the manufacture
is as follows: Two moulds, by preference, of sheet iron, are procured

page_text: of the shape required, the one fitting into the other loosely enough to
admit of several thicknesses of paper being placed between them; the
paper is then fitted into the hollow inould, by cutting away such parts as
would cause a pucker or plait, and by notching or slitting other parts of
the e paper, so as to allow it to lic smoothly in the mould; several papers
are thus fitted, and glued, pasted, or put together with any suitable
adhesive matter, until the necessary thickness is obtained. The other
mould is then placed in the hollow mould with the papers between
them, and the whole is then placed in a press for a short time sufficient
to give the paper a set form. The mould is then taken from the press.
and the inner mould is to be removed; the surplus paper is to be cut off
level with the edge of the hollow mould. After this the paper form is
to be taken out and attached to the other parts of the case in the same
manner as the wooden one previously described has heretofore been. In
place of paper, cotton, cloth, leather, or other fabric or substance may
be used in the manner described. It is found to be an improvement
to coat the paper form over inside and out with a mixture of glue and
Jampblack, or varnish, or similar material, to enable it to be finished off
with a perfectly smooth surface.
In making some forms it is found better to lay the paper or material
over the solid mould, instead of laying it in the hollow mould; and
for some forms the moulds are required to be made and put together in
several pieces, in the like manner to those used in making articles in
plaster of Paris. Where the form requires to be solid instead of
hollow, as is the case with the blocks used in the inside fittings of
jewellery cases, all that is necessary is that the hollow parts be filled
up with any suitable substance, such as glue and sawdust, or glue and
paper shavings, or other matters may be employed for filling. When
iron forms are used instead of paper, or the matters above mentioned,
(which is sometimes found to prevent the cases from warping with the
change of weather or other causes.) they are stamped or hammered
out of thin metal into the required form, and to attach them to the
other parts of the case, which are mostly of wood. It is found to be
necessary to turn the edge of the metal, so as to form a rim all round

page_text: the edge, which rim drops either inside or outside the woodwork of the
other parts of the case, thereby giving a firmer hold to the glue or
substance with which it is fastened to the woodwork of the case.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Quin, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Second day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witness, JNo. Cook,
12, Cursitor Street,
Chancery Lane.
RICHARD QUIN. (L.S.)