AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF REELS, BOBBINS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Tatton, of 44, Stockwell Street, Leek, in
the County of Stafford, Silk Dyer, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF REELS, BOBBINS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
Sealed the 25th January 1870, and dated the 26th November 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Tatton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th November 1869.
I, SAMUEL TATTON, of 44, Stockwell Street, Leek, in the County of
Stafford, Silk Dyer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF REELS, BOBBINS, AND
ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
Hitherto in the manufacture of reels, bobbins, and other similar
articles it has been the practice to turn small pieces of wood down to the
required shape and form in a lathe. The wood from its liability to
break or get out of shape by warping or otherwise renders them difficult
to make at a cheap rate or to put a finish upon them for the market.
My Invention consists in manufacturing reels, bobbins, and other
similar articles of paper or other suitable material of a pulpy nature

page_text: which can be shaped in moulds or dies of a form corresponding to the
form desired of the finished article; they may be composed of pieces
moulded separately and cemented or glued together, or they may be
made in one piece if found desirablo; when so made they may be of any
colour or variety of colours, and may be impressed with any plain or
ornamental design or imprint, and thus prepared for the market in a
finished state without the use of labels or other accessories.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Tatton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 26th May 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
TATTON, of 44, Stockwell Street, Leek, in the County of Stafford, Silk
Dyer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Tatton, Her special licence
that I, the said Samuel Tatton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel Tatton, 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 "AN IMPROVED
MANUFACTURE OF REELS, BOBBINS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Samuel Tatton, 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 Samuel Tatton, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to

page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
Hitherto in the manufacture of reels, bobbins, and other similar
articles it has been the practice to turn small pieces of wood down to
the required shape and form in a lathe. The wood from its liability to
break or get out of shape by warping or otherwise renders them difficult
to make at a cheap rate or to put a finish upon them for the market.
My Invention consists in manufacturing reels, bobbins, and other
similar articles of paper or other suitable material of a pulpy nature
which can be shaped in moulds or dies of a form corresponding to the
form desired of the finished article; they may be composed of pieces
moulded separately and cemented or glued together, or they may be
made in one piece if found desirable; when so made they may be of any
colour or variety of colours, and may be impressed with any plain or
ornamental design or imprint, and thus prepared for the market in a
finished state without the use of labels or other accessories.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim
as my Invention,―
Firstly. The manufacture of reels, bobbins, and other similar articles
from paper or other materials of a pulpy nature which can be moulded
or pressed into shape in the manner and for the purposes herein-before
described.
Secondly. The moulding or otherwise forming the parts of reels,
bobbins, and other like articles separately and then securing the parts
together by glue or cement, as herein-before described.
And, thirdly. I claim colouring and impressing such articles with a
plain or ornamental design or device for the purposes herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Tatton, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.