IMPROVE- WRONG TO ADDADAMING BAD CHINA
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Duguid, the younger, of Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
WRONG TO ADDADAMING BAD CHINA Dorne Town"
Sealed the 19th January 1869, and dated the 30th July 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Duguid at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th July 1868.
I, JOHN DUGUID, the younger, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FINISHING OR DRESSING FLOUR," to be as
follows, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to improvements in apparatus employed in
finishing or dressing flour, it being understood that the words
finishing" or "dressing" are synomymous, and herein used for the
reason that in some districts the process employed in the manufacture
of flour for separating it from the bran and coarser portions of ground
grain is known as "finishing" and in others as "dressing."

page_text: The improvement consists in covering the drum of the machine in
which the flour is finished or dressed with wire gauze instead of with
silk as hitherto, whereby economy of first cost and durability of the
-dressing material or fabric are obtained.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Duguid in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 21st January 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
DUGUID, the younger, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the 32nd
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Duguid, the younger, Her special
license that I, the said John Duguid, the younger, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Duguid,
the younger, my executors, administrators, or 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 Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FINISHING OR DRESSING FLOUR,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Duguid,
the younger, 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 John Duguid, the younger, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, that is to say :--

page_text: My said Invention relates to an improvement in apparatus employed
for finishing or dressing flour, it being understood that the words
"finishing" or "dressing" are synonymous, and herein used for the reason
that in some districts the process employed in the manufacture of flour
for separating it from the bran and coarser portions of ground grain is
known as "finishing" and in others as "dressing."
The improvement consists in covering the drum of the machine in
which the flour is finished or dressed with wire gauze instead of with
silk as hitherto, whereby economy of first cost and durability of the
dressing material or fabric are obtained. The wire gauze may be attached
to the drum in the same manner as the silk is at present; or it may be
stitched, nailed, or affixed thereto in any other convenient manner, and is
used in exactly the same way as the silk, at the same time obviating the
necessity of internal machinery for the forcing or brushing through of
the flour.
And in order that my said Invention may be more completely
understood, I wish further to explain that the wire gauze may be attached
to the bars of the dressing drum by clamps, screws, or otherwise.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in or under which the same is or may be used or practically
carried into effect, I wish to observe in conclusion that I do not claim to
have invented any of the apparatus herein-before described, but what I
do consider as novel and original, and therefore hold as the Invention
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the
covering of the drums of machines used for dressing or finishing flour
with wire gauze in place of covering them with silk as hitherto.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Duguid, the younger, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of January,
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
JOHN DUGUID, JUN³. (L.S.)