IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING GAS BURNERS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Carter, of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Gas Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING GAS BURNERS."
Sealed the 4th October 1860, and dated the 7th April 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said. Henry Carter, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
April 1860.
I, HENRY CARTER, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Gas Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Iμ-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING GAS BURNERS," to be as
follows:-
I employ a wheel box capable of moving to and fro in suitable guides, so
that the spindles which hold the rods can be shifted from the first drill to a
second, for the purpose of forking previous to the burners being cut off, thus
performing the operations of turning, drilling, and forking in one machine.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Henry Carter, Her special licence that I, the said Henry
Carter, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Henry Carter, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 MAKING GAS BURNERS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Henry Carter, my executors or adminis-
trators, 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 Henry Carter, 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 (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates to that description of machinery or apparatus for
making gas burners, in which there is a wheel box having bearings for hollow
spindles, which hold the rods of metal from which the burners are made,
which box has hitherto been made stationary.
My improvements consist in having a double set of drills, and causing the
wheel box to move to and fro in suitable guides, so that the spindles and rods
may be shifted from the first drill to a second one, for the purpose of forking
previous to the burners being cut off, thus performing the operations of
turning, drilling, and forking in one machine, by which a great economy of
time and labor is effected. The wheel box is moved by means of a treddle on
cach side of the machine, one being used to bring the metal rods to the forking
tools, and the other to return them to their previous position.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be distinctly understood
that I do not claim the use of a machine with a single set of drills, the same
having been used by other parties for a long time; but I claim as my Inven-

page_text: tion, and which to the best of my knowledge and belief has not been hitherto
used within the realm, the employment of a double set of drills and a moveable
wheel box for shifting the hollow spindles and metal rods of which the
burners are made, so that the operations of turning, drilling, and forking, may
be effected by one machine.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Carter, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named Henry Carter, in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.
HENRY CARTER. (L.S.)