IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COMBS USED IN PUSHER MACHINES FOR THE MAKING OF LACE OR OTHER ARTICLES, AND IN THE MAN ANUFACTURE OF COUNTERS USED WHEN CASTING THE SAME
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Carver, of the Firm of Messieurs Carver and
Mosley, of "The Butcher Street Works," in the Town and County of
the Town of Nottingham, Bobbin and Carriage Manufacturers, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COMBS USED IN
PUSHER MACHINES FOR THE MAKING OF LACE OR OTHER ARTICLES, AND IN
THE MAN
ANUFACTURE OF COUNTERS USED WHEN CASTING THE SAME."
Sealed the 3rd August 1860, and dated the 8th February 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Carver at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th
February 1860.
I, JAMES CARVER, of the Firm of Messieurs Carver and Mosley, of "The
Butcher Street Works," in the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham,
Bobbin and Carriage Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COMBS USED IN
PUSHER MACHINES FOR THE MAKING OF LACE OR OTHER ARTICLES, AND IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF COUNTERS USED WHEN CASTING THE SAME," to be as follows:-
In the ordinary combs hitherto used in pusher machines for making lace or
other articles, the comb is liable to break the threads by reason of the
divisions and rivets of which it is composed, whereas, my Invention consists
in manufacturing the comb solid, instead of in several parts or divisions

page_text: thereby rendering it stronger and firmer, and placing the iron or comb more
strongly in the metal. My Invention also allows more room for the threads
to pass between the combs, as the bearer on the comb is much thinner, and
thus affords more room or space between the thread gates. My improved
construction of comb affords, moreover, more facility than those heretofore
used for the falling through of the dirt when the comb is at work.
My Invention is also applicable to the manufacture of counters used when
casting the combs. In manufacturing
In manufacturing counters, I construct thèm solid instead
of making them in several parts or divisions as heretofore.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Carver in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th August 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
CARVER, of the Firm of Messieurs Carver and Mosley, of "The Butcher
Street Works," in the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, Bobbin
and Carriage Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of February, 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 James Carver, Her special licence that I, the said James Carver,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
James Carver, 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COMBS USED IN PUSHER MACHINES FOR THE
MAKING OF LACE OR OTHER ARTICLES, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COUNTERS.
USED WHEN CASTING THE SAME," upon the condition (amongst others). that I
the said James Carver, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should-parti-
cularly 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Carver, so hereby declare.
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be;
performed, to be; particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say
The ordinary comb heretofore; used in pusher machines for making lace or
other articles is liable to break the threads by reason of the divisions and rivets,
of which it is composed, whereas, my. Invention consists in manufacturing the
comb solid instead of in several parts or divisions, thereby rendering it,
stronger and firmer, and placing the iron or comb more strongly in the metal.
My. Invention also allows more room for the threads to pass between the
combs, as the bearer on the comb is, much thinner, and thus more.room or
space is afforded between the thread gates. My improved construction of
comb affords, moreover, more facility than those heretofore used for the falling
through of the dirt when the comb is at work.
My Invention is also applicable to the manufacture of counters used when
casting the combs. In manufacturing counters, I construct them solid instead
of making them in several parts or divisions, as heretofore.
I now proceed more particularly to explain my said Invention, and the
mode of performing the same with reference to the accompanying Drawings.
Figure 1 is a side view of one of my improved comb blades and counters
in their proper position when placed in a mould to have the metal cast on
them; Figure 2 is a side view of the counter; and Figure 3, a side view of
the comb; Figures 4 and 5 are end views of the counter and comb. A is
the thick part of the counter; B, the thin part of the counter; C is the
blade of the comb, and D the bearer, which is thicker than the blade C, as
shown at Figure 5.
Heretofore comb blades have been made of three pieces of thin metal
rivetted together, the two outer pieces forming the bearer. My improved
blades are made out of one solid piece of iron, each side being ground away
to form the blade, the parts not ground away forming the bearer. A comb
is placed in the mould, then by the side of it is placed a counter, Figure 2.
a blade and counter being placed alternately, the thin portion of the counter
lying between the thick part or bearers D of the blade. When the mould is
filled with blades and counters, a wire is passed through the hole E of the
blades and counters; the mould is then closed, and metal being poured into
it, will surround the portion D of each blade, and part of C lying between
the points of the arrows, thereby firmly holding each blade true and of the

page_text: gauge required by the interposition of the counters; to take out the counters,
the wires are withdrawn.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that my Invention relates to
Improvements in the Manufacture of Combs used in Pusher Machines for
the Making of Lace or other Articles, and in the Manufacture of Counters
used when Casting the same," and that what I claim as my said Invention, is
the manufacturing of the said combs and counters in the manner herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Carver, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
GEO. JON. ROBINSON,
Patent Agent,
Nottingham.
JAMES CARVER.
(L.S.)