IMPROVED MEANS OF JOINING OR FASTENING TOGETHER LACE, BLOND, QUILLING, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Fortune, of Morton, near Bingley, in the
County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVED MEANS OF JOINING OR
FASTENING TOGETHER LACE, BLOND, QUILLING, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS."
Sealed the 2nd November 1863, and dated the 4th May 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Fortune at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
May 1868.
I, JOHN FORTUNE, of Morton, near Bingley, in the County of York, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MEANS OF
JOINING OR FASTENING TOGETHER LACE, BLOND, QUILLING, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS,"
to be as follows:-
Heretofore such materials have been joined, or two or more pieces have
been fastened together, by stitching with thread, either by hand or by sewing.
machine. Now I have found that such materials can be securely joined
together by the application of any gummy, glutinous, or sticky substance or
liquid, and in some cases the application of water alone (which softens the
sticky matters contained in the materials) is found to be sufficient to produce
adhesion thereof. By this means the joining of such materials can be effected-

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Fortune in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
4th November 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
FORTUNE, of Morton, near Bingley, in the County of York, 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 sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Fortune, Her special licence that I, the said John Fortune,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
John Fortune, 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 "IMPROVED MEANS
OF JOINING OR FASTENING TOGETHER LACE, BLOND, QUILLING, OR SIMILAR
MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John
Fortune, 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 John Fortune, 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 (that is to say) :-
Heretofore such materials have been joined, or two or more pieces have
been fastened together, by stitching with thread, either by hand or by sewing
machine. Now I have found that such materials can be securely joined
together by the application of any gummy, glutinous, or sticky substance or
liquid, and in some cases the application of water alone, which softens the
sticky matters contained in the materials, is found to be sufficient to produce
adhesion thereof. By this means the joining of such materials can be effected
with greater facility and less cost.
It will be easily perceived that the manner or mode of applying this Inven-
tion, or of carrying the same into practical effect, will vary according to the

page_text: peculiar circumstances of each case, but the gummy or sticky matters, such
as gum arabic, isinglass, starch, paste, glue, or other liquid, may generally be
laid on the materials to be joined together with a brush or a sponge, or any
other convenient article may be used for this purpose. The parts are then
placed in proper position, one overlapping the other, and a warm iron applied
thereto, which presses the parts together, and dries the gummy substances,
thereby causing the materials to adhere firmly together. And it will also be
evident that trimmings, such as velvet, ribbon, gimp, or similar materials may
be fastened on to lace, blond, quilling, or other similar materials by this
means.
Having thus fully described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is or may be performed or carried into practice,
I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to any particular kind
of gummy, glutinous, or sticky substance, or the manner of application thereof;
but what I claim is the joining or fastening such materials as have heretofore
been sewn with any suitable gummy, glutinous, or sticky substances or liquid
in any convenient manner.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Fortune, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Thirtieth day of October, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named John Fortune, in
the presence of
T. D. HUDSON.
JOHN FORTUNE. (L.S.)