A NEW METHOD OF FASTENING THE The W. THE ENDS OF INDIA-RUBBER ELASTIC CORD, AND INDIA-RUBBER ELASTIC WEB
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Hackett, of Derby, in the County of Derby,
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A NEW METHOD OF FASTENING THE
The W.."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Hackett at the
Office of the Commissiouers of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
July 1854.
I, JOHN HACKETT, of Derby, in the County of Derby, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW METHOD OF
FASTENING THE ENDS OF INDIA-RUBBER ELASTIC CORD, AND INDIA-RUBBER ELASTIC
WEB" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the employment of a new method of fastening the
ends of a cord, composed of india-rubber thread, covered with silk, cotton, or
other material, or india-rubber wove thread, of two, three, four, five, or six
strands, which web may either be composed of india-rubber thread and
cotton, or india-rubber thread and silk, or india-rubber thread and silk and
cotton mixed.
When a coat loop is made of india-rubber web, 1 pass it through the shank
or shanks of the buttons, and then lay the two ends of the web together, then

page_text: fasten them with a few stitches, and after having laid a bent bit of metal,
which I call a wrapper, in the mouth of the machine, I hold the loop in it on
the stretch, and wrap the metal entirely round the two ends and sides thereof.
If the coat loop is not made with a button or buttons, but of a cylindrical,
octagonal, hexagonal, or of any other form generally used, whether it be made
of wood, glass, bone, ivory, gutta-percha, or of any metallic substance, I stitch
the two ends of the web together as before, taking care that the ends neatly
join; I then put it over the cylindrical or other shaped article, and placing it
in or about the centre of it, I place the bent bit of metal which I intend to
wrap round, in the mouth or groove of the machine; I place the loop in it, and
holding it stretched across the mouth of the machine, fasten it as before. I
wish it to be understood that the elastic loop should be held on the stretch, and
the metal wrapped round both sides of the loop, so as to fasten not only the
ends but the sides thereof together.
Sometimes instead of putting the loop round the cylindrical or other shaped
piece, I form a shank or eye by fastening a piece of flat metal or metal wire
round the cylindrical or other shaped piece about the centre, and put the elastic
web through it, and fasten the web as before.
When I use the elastic cord I act in the same manner as with the web,
except that instead of stitching the ends together, I lay the two ends along-
side each other for about an inch, and holding them on the stretch, fasten
them with the bit of metal or wrapper in the same manner as I do the web.
The manner of fastening the two ends of the clastic cord for making coat
loops is also applicable to fastening the ends of elastic cord on which beads of
glass, pearl, or metal, are strung, so as to form bracelets or necklaces. The
bits of metal I use are made of tagger's tin or tagger's brass, or of any other
thin rolled metal. The machines that I use are made on the same principle
as the machines in general use for tagging stay or boot laces, but the chops or
mouth of the machine is much shorter, being only about a quarter of an inch,
whereas the machines used for tagging laces are generally about an inch in
the mouth. When cord is used the groove of the chops must be narrower, so
as to suit the size of the cord.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Hackett in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 13th
January 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Jonn
HACKETT, of Derby, in the County of Derby, Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Hackett, Her special licence that I, the said John Hackett, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Hackett, 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 "A NEW METHOD OF
FASTENING THE ENDS OF INDIA-RUBBER ELASTIC CORD, AND INDIA-RUBBER ELASTIC
WEB," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Hackett, 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 Hackett, 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 thereof, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in the employment of a new method of fastening the
ends of a cord, composed of india-rubber thread, covered with silk, cotton, or
other material, or india-rubber wove web of two, three, four, five, or six
strands, which web may either be composed of india-rubber thread and
cotton, or india-rubber thread and silk, or india-rubber thread and silk and
cotton mixed.
My method is as follows:-In order to fasten the ends of a loop.for coat
loops made of india-rubber web, I pass it through the shank or shanks of the
button or buttons, and then lay the two ends of the web together; I then
fasten them with a few stitches, and after having laid a bent bit of metal,

page_text: which I call a wrapper, in the mouth of a tag-fastening machine, I hold
the loop on it on the stretch and wrap the metal entirely round the two
ends and sides thereof, in the same way that a tag is wrapped round the end
of a lace.
If the coat loop is not made with a button or buttons, but of a cylindrical,
octagonal, hexagonal, or any other form generally used, whether it be made
of wood, glass, bone, ivory, gutta-percha, or of any metallic substance, I stitch
the two ends of the web together as before, taking care that the ends neatly
join; I then put it over the cylindrical or other shaped article, and placing it
in or about the centre of it, I place the bent bit of metal which 'I intend to
wrap round, in the mouth or groove of the machine, I place the loop in it, and
holding it stretched across the mouth of the machine, fasten it as before.
I wish it to be understood that the elastic loop should be held on the stretch,
and the metal wrapped round both sides of the loop, so as to fasten not only
the ends but the sides thereof together.
Sometimes instead of putting the loop round the cylindrical or other shaped
piece of the coat loop, I form a shank or eye by fastening a piece of flat
metal or metal wire round the cylindrical or other shaped piece about
the centre, and put the elastic web through it, and fasten the web as before.
When I use elastic cord I proceed in the same manner as with the
web, except that instead of stitching the ends together, I lay the two ends
alongside of each other for about an inch, and holding them on the stretch,
fasten them with the piece of metal or wrapper in the same manner as I do
the web.
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The method of fastening the two ends of the elastic cord for making
coat loops is also applicable to fastening the ends of elastic cord on which
beads of glass, pearl, or metal are strung, so as to form bracelets or neck-
laces.
The pieces of metal which I use are made of tagger's tin or tagger's
brass, or of any other thin rolled metal. The machines that I use both for
cutting and bending the metal, and wrapping it round the cord or web, are
constructed on the same principle as the machines in general use for tagging
stay or boot laces, but the mouth of the machine is much shorter, being only
about a quarter of an inch, whereas the machines used for tagging laces are
generally about an inch in the mouth. When cord is used, the groove of the
mouth must be narrower, so as to suit the size of the cord.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is,

page_text: The fastening together of the two ends of an india-rubber cord or web,
by wrapping round them a piece of thin metal, in the manner herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Hackett, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of January, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five.
Witness,
GEO. JON. ROBINSON,
Patent Agent,
Nottingham.
JOHN HACKETT. (L.S.)