IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINING WIRE FOR TELEGRAPHIC AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Bedson, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manager for Messrs. Richard Johnson and Brother, Wire
Manufacturers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINING WIRE
FOR TELEGRAPHIC AND OTHER PURPOSES."
Sealed the 12th August 1859, and dated the 15th February 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Bedson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th February 1859.
I, GEORGE BEDSON, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manager
for Messrs. Richard Johnson and Brother, Wire Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINING WIRE
FOR TELEGRAPHIC AND OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, firstly, in placing the ends of the wire within a short
tube, which I then strike with a punch or similar tool, or I use any description
of pressure, so as to cause the wire and the tube to be bound together.
Secondly, I effect the union of the parts, as aforesaid, and then "galvanize"
the joint so formed, whereby the parts become soldered together, or ordinary
soldering may be adopted to unite the wires to the tube, with or without the
compression. of the metal, as above mentioned.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Bedson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
15th August 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
BEDSON, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manager for Messieurs
Richard Johnson and Brother, Wire Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said George Bedson, Her special license that I, the
said George Bedson, iny executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said George Bedson, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINING WIRE FOR TELEGRAPHIC AND OTHER
PURPOSES," upon the condition, amongst others, that I, the said George Bedson,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal 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 George Bedson, 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) :-
My Invention consists, firstly, in placing the ends of the wires to be joined
within a short tube, which I then strike with a punch or similar tool, or I use
any description of pressure, so as to cause the wires and the tubes to be bound
together. When this has been accomplished, the whole may, if desired, be
protected by a coating with any substance in use for such purpose. I prefer,
however, to ""
'galvanize" the joints after the usual method, or otherwise to
apply molten mictal whereby the parts become soldered together, or I unite
the wires by placing their ends in the tube and then apply solder without the

page_text: compression above-mentioned. The wires thus joined are applicable for
telegraphic communications, and also to fencing, and other such purposes.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I desired it to be understood, that I claim
as secured to me under the above in part recited Letters Patent,―
Firstly, and for the purposes above set forth, joining wires by placing their
ends in a tube, and subsequently punching or compressing the same.
Secondly, in reference to joints so formed, "galvanizing" them or otherwise
applying molten metal.
Thirdly, placing the end of wires in a tube, and soldering the joint without
previously punching or compressing the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Bedson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.