AN IMPROVED MACHINE OR APparatus for CLIPPING SPRIGGED OR SPOTTED NETS. LACES, OR OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Burton, of Deligne Street, Radford, in
the County of Nottingham, Lace Manufacturer, and John Mellers,
of Heanor, in the County of Derby, Machinist, for the Inven-
tion of "AN IMPROVED MACHINE OR APparatus for CLIPPING SPRIGGED OR
SPOTTED NETS. LACES, OR OTHER FABRICS. "
Sealed the 17th November 1871, and dated the 29th August 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Burton and
John Mellers at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 29th August 1871.
We, JOHN BURTON, of Deligne Street, Radford, in the County of
Nottingham, Lace Manufacturer, and JOHN MELLERS, of Heanor, in
the County of Derby, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR CLIPPING
SPRIGGED OR SPOTTED NETS, LACES, OR OTHER FABRICS," to be as follows :-
Our improved apparatus consists of a handle in which is inserted a flat
bar, formed wider at the end farthest from the handle; such wider part
is rounded on the under side, and has its top side grooved or recessed in
a line with the handle; the recess is for the purpose of receiving the
broadest end of a tapered guide blade. From the bottom of the recess a

page_text: screw pin or stud stands up, on which is placed the guide blade, which
has a hole formed through it for that purpose; the broad end of the blade.
exactly fits. the recess, and when placed in position is held fast on the
flat bar by a stop piece being placed on the screw pin, and held down by
a nut screwed upon it between the screw pin and the handle; the widest
part of the flat bar forms a narrow ridge the whole of its width on the top
side. Close to this ridge and near each edge of the flat bar are two short
vertical axles.on the top side, each of which enter a hole in a cutting
blade; the cutting edges of the blades are placed to face each other and
lie upon the flat top side of the guide blade, the back ends of the cutters.
rest upon the narrow ridge above mentioned, and are held firmly down
upon the ridge and guide blade by a clamp bit, which has a hole in its.
centre through which the screw pin in the flat bar is passed, the clamp ·
being held secure by a coiled spring and second nut; the stop piece
above named lies between the cutters, and keeps them a set width apart
to correspond to the widths of clips to be made. The stop piece and the
two nuts and clamp bit and coiled spring are taken off to change the
guide blade for a narrower or a wider blade, according to the work to
be done, and when restored to their position the cutters are kept close to
the sides of the stop piece by a horse-shoe shaped spring which lies near
the stem of the flat bar first named, each end of the spring being.
received in a notch near the back end of the cutters. A part of the
edges of the guide blade are sharp so as to form double scissors or shears
when met by the edges of the side cutters.
T
SPECIFICATION in pursuanco of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 25
filed by the said John Burton and John Mellers in the Great
Seal Patent Office on tho 15th February 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
BURTON, of Deligne Street, Radford, in the County of Nottingham,
Lace Manufacturer, and JOHN MELLERS, of Heanor, in the County of 30
Derby, Machinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, 3

page_text: give and grant unto us, the said John Burton, and John Mellers, Her
special licence, that we, the said John Burton, and John Mellers, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
John Burton, and John Mellers, our 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 mako, 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 MACHINE OR APPARATUS
FOR CLIPPING SPRIGGED OR SPOTTED NETS, LACES, OR OTHER FABRICS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said John Burton and John
Mellers, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under our, 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 bo
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 we, the said John Burton and John Mellers,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thércon, that
is to say:
Our improved apparatus, shewn in plan at Fig. 1., in side view at
Fig. 2, and separate parts of the same at Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6, consists
of a handle in which is inserted a flat bar A, which is curved so that the
fingers of the operator clears the fabric to be clipped; this bar is formed
wider at the end farthest from the handle, such wider part is rounded
slightly on the under side, and has its top side grooved or recessed in a
line with the handle, as seen at Fig. 3; this recess is for the purpose of
receiving the broadest end of a tapered guide blade B. These guide blades
are made of various widths according to the length of clip required; ono
such guide blade is shewn separately at Fig. 4. From the bottom of
the recess on the bar A a screw pin stands up, this pin is passed through
› a hole or slot of a guide blade, the broad end of which exactly fits the
recess, and when placed in position is held fast on the flat bar by a stop
piece C being placed on the screw pin, and held down by a nut C¹
screwed upon it; this stop picco is made of a width to suit the guide

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blade in use, two sizes only being shewn at Fig. 6., between the screw
pin and the, handle, the bar A forms a narrow ridge the whole of its.
width on the top side. Close to this ridge, and near each edge of the bar
A are two short vertical axles on the top side, each of which enter a
hole in a cutting blade D, the cutting edges of the blades are placed 5
to face each other and lie upon the top side of the guide blade; the
back ends of the cutters rest upon the narrow ridge above mentioned,
and aro, held firmly down upon the ridge and guide blade by a clamp
bit E, which has a hole in its centre, through which the screw pin
in the flat bar is passed, the clamp being held secure by a coiled spring 1
and second nut C³; the stop piece C lies between the cutters, and keeps
them a set width apart to correspond to the widths of clips to be.
made. This stop piece, the two nuts, clamp bit, and spring are taken.
off when the guide blade is changed, and when restored to their position..
the cutters are kept close to the sides of the stop piece by a horse-shoe 1
shaped spring F, which lies upon the stern of the flat bar A, each end.
of the spring being received in a notch near the back end of the cutters.
Each guido blade B has a part of both edges sharp, so as to form double
scissors or shears when met by the edges of the cutter blades D, which
arò made self-acting by means of the spring F, so that in cutting the 2
clips from lace or other fabrics the narrow end of the guide blade.
being inserted between the clip and the fabric, the instrument has only.
to be pressed forward to ensure the even and close cutting of connecting
clips or threads between the spots or spriggs of the fabric to be clipped.
Having now describe the nature of our Invention, we declare that 2
what we claim is, the general arrangement of the machine or apparatus,
or any mere modification thereof, for clipping sprigged or spotted nets
and other fabrics, as set forth and shewn in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, tho said John Burton and John Mellers,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Third day of February, 3
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-