IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN BELTS, BANDS, AND DRIVINGSTRAPS
Year: 1840

page_text: WHITEHEAD'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
HEYWOOD WHITEHEAD, of the Royal George Mills, near Saddleworth, in the
County of York, Manufacturer, 'send greeting..
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WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Second day of November, in the fourth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself,. Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
James Heywood Whitehead, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilego
and authority, that I, the said James Heywood Whitehead, my exors,
aliiors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James Heywood Whitehead,
my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time, agree, with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term of years therein
expressed, should "and lawfully might make, use; exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, "my "Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN BELTS, BANDS, AND
DRIVING STRAPS;" in which said Letters. Patent is contained a proviso that I,
the said James Heywood. Whitehead, shall cause a particular description of
the nature of "my said. Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said in
part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto
had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Heywood Whitehead, do hereby declare that the nature of my said

page_text: Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully
described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof (that is
to say):―
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The improvement consists in applying a composition to a woollen belt to
give it firmness and adhesiveness as a substitute for leather for driving
machinery. The composition consists of linseed and resin, in the proportions
of three pounds of the former to two pounds of the latter; but this be
varied a little to suit the different purposes to which it may be applied, as
adding a little resin will make the composition harder and the cloth firmer
when dried. The oil is first boiled; the resin pounded fine, and mixed with
the oil in the boiling state, and should be well stirred till the resin is mixed
with the oil. The belt or strap is to be passed through the mixture, and
between two rollers, with sufficient pressure on them to make the composition
even, and that it will not run out of the cloth when hung up. The cloth must
then be well stretched in length and dried, and is ready for use.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Heywood Whitehead, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
RADCLIFFE, Extra.
JAMES HEYWOOD (L.s.) WHITEHEAD.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-sixth day of April,
in the year of our Lord 1841, the aforesaid James Heywood Whitehead,
came before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged
the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and
specified, in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was
stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the First day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and forty-one.