CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CASES FOR HOLDING JEWELS, GOLD, SILVER, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Heath, of 23, Hylton Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Jewel Case Manufacturer, for an Invention of "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CASES FOR HOLDING JEWELS,
GOLD, SILVER, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Heath at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th September 1880.
THOMAS HEATH, of 23, Hylton Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Jewel Case Manufacturer. "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
CASES FOR HOLDING JEWELS, GOLD, SILVER, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
In previous Letters Patent granted to me on the 12th December, 1879, No. 5100,
I described an improved method of constructing jewel cases, &c., from paper,
papier-maché, or other similar material; since then I have found that I can cover,
ornament, & tool (or finish) the said cases at one and the same time. This I effect
by placing a layer of leather, cloth, paper, or other like material with which the
case has to be covered into a die constructed in accordance with the desired shape
of the case; I then apply the paper, papier maché, or other material in pulp to the
leather and the same are stamped or pressed together by any suitable machine of
any known construction; in this way the exact form or design is given to the case,
including the rim, all being done by the one process, and as before mentioned at one
and the same time, instead of the numerous processes jewel cases must go through
before they are finished under the old way of making.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas Heath in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd March
1881.
THOMAS HEATH, 23, Hylton Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Jewel Case Manufacturer. "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
CASES FOR HOLDING JEWELS, GOLD, SILVER, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
In previous Letters Patent granted to me December 12th, 1879, No. 5100, I
described an improved method of constructing cases for the purpose named in the
title, whereby such cases could be stamped, raised, or pressed with their respective
rims, instead as formerly the rims being separately made and fastened to the lid
and bottom of such cases. Since then I have perfected my Invention; and in
addition to the rim, find I can cover, tool, or line, termed "finishing," besides graining,
chequing, scrolling, or any other kind of ornamentation required upon the top and
bottom of case with the exception of gilding, by the one process of stamping or
pressing.
The object of my Invention is to produce cases of equal strength and durability
at much less cost, and this I do by having dies so constructed that they not only
embrace the exact shape or form, but also all lines and ornamentation of whatsoever
description is required upon top or bottom of the cases, and by placing the outside
material, whether leather, cloth, paper, or any suitable material, into the dies under-
neath the bulk forming the body, such as lays of glued paper, papier machó, or
any such plastic material, the exact form is given with all lines and ornamentation
required upon top and bottom of case, including the formation of the rim or rims
by the one process of stamping or pressing by any machine, thereby obviating the
numerous processes hitherto considered necessary.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which the
same is or may be carried out, I desire it to be understood that what I claim as
my Invention is, the method of "covering," "tooling," 'lining," or otherwise
ornamenting jewel and other cases, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, in
combination with the method of manufacturing the said cases, as described in the
Letters Patent hereinbefore referred to, No. 5100 of 1879.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Heath, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this 21st day of March 1881.