AN APPARATUS TO FOLD BINDINGS OF ANY DESCRIPTION
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Dempsey, of Buglawton, near Congleton,
in the County of Chester, for the Invention of "AN APPARATUS TO FOLD
BINDINGS OF ANY DESCRIPTION."
Sealed the 19th June 1860, and dated the 21st December 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Dempsey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
December 1859.
I, WILLIAM DEMPSEY, of Buglawton, near Congleton, in the County of
Chester, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN APPA-.
RATUS TO FOLD BINDINGS OF ANY DESCRIPTION," to be as follows:-
The binding is caused to pass over a hollow or indentation so as partly to
bend or shape it, and from thence to one or more adjustable grooves or
openings so as to complete the folding of the binding, by which means an
equal division is made, and a fold obtained in the centre. The folded binding
is at the same time drawn forward to a carding apparatus which winds or
lays the binding on the cards, which apparatus draws the binding through the
aforesaid grooves and openings, thus folding and carding at one operation; by
this means bindings will be ready prepared for upholsterers, tailors, or others
who use bindings.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Dempsey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
21st June 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
DEMPSEY, of Buglawton, near Congleton, in the County of Chester, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Dempsey, Her special licence that I, the said William
Dempsey, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Dempsey, 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 "AN APPA-
RATUS TO FOLD BINDINGS OF ANY DESCRIPTION," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Dempsey, 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 William Dempsey, 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):-
The binding is caused to pass over a hollow or indentation so as partly to
bend or shapo it, and from thence to one or more adjustable grooves or open-
ings so as to complete the folding of the binding, by which means an equal
division is made and a fold obtained in the centre. The folded binding is
then passed over and under some tension rods or wires to a reel of any suitable
diameter, or to a carding apparatus, on either of which the folded binding is
wound or laid ready for use, the said reel or carding apparatus drawing the
binding over the hollow and between the groove or grooves, thus folding and
winding or carding at one operation, by which means bindings may be ready
prepared for upholsterers, tailors, or others, who require their use.

page_text: These improvements will be clearly understood by referring to the figures
and letters on tho accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side
view of the apparatus for folding bindings; Fig. 2 a plan of the same; and
Figs. 3, 4, and 5, end views of detached parts.
The band to be folded is shewn at a; it is passed to a hollow or indentation b,
in which it can be partly bent by the thumb, or by a presser provided for the
purpose; from thence the band passes between an adjustable groove c, and
afterwards to the tension or straightening rods or wires d, from whence it is
wound upon reels e, or upon the cards of the ordinary carding apparatus. As
the bend is wound or carded on, it is drawn over the hollow b, and also be-
tween the groove or grooves c at the same time, thus folding and winding at
one operation, by which means the bands are prepared ready for use, it being
understood that the hollow grooves and other parts of the apparatus may be
made of any desired size, and placed at any suitable distances apart.
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 claim, the improved apparatus for folding bindings, and preparing them
for uso as herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Dempsey, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named William Dempsey, in the pre-
sence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.
W. DEMPSEY. (L.S.)