IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OR TREATMENT OF TWINE OR OTHER THREADS, OR CUTTINGS OF PAPER OR OTHER WASTE, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Pidding, of the Strand, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE PREPARATION OR TREATMENT OF TWINE OR OTHER THREADS, OR
CUTTINGS OF PAPER OR OTHER WASTE, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF USEFUL
AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES."
Sealed the 29th September 1853; and dated the 5th April 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Pidding at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 5th April 1853..
I, WILLIAM PIDDING, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OR TREATMENT OF
TWINE OR OTHER THREADS, OR CUTTINGS OF PAPER OR OTHER WASTE, FOR
THE PRODUCTION OF USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES," to be as
follows:-
I propose to use for knitting, crotchet, and other similar work,
"threads" prepared by extending and compressing, or by extending
only (say a thread of india-rubber) the same, and making therein
equi-distant holes, placing in such holes certain other threads prepared
as herein-after mentioned. I turn the india-rubber thread, and repeat
the process till I have as many equi-distant holes furnished with pre-
pared threads as I desire. I prepare the small or other threads to be
inserted in the holes or perforations aforesaid, by taking thread, twine,

page_text: narrow cuttings of paper or skins; (I cut the paper into narrow endless
slips) these threads I dip into an adhesive solution, and run them
through chambers containing flock or other material suitable for
ornament, such being made to float or fly in the air (in the chamber),
the flock, floss, or other material adheres to the threads, which are
allowed to cool; I sometimes dye these threads. Or, I put spun glass,
or fibre, animal or vegetable, into a bin, first cutting the ends, so as to
present a smooth surface, coating them with varnish, collodium, or
other adhesive solution, then dusting them with barytes or other dust;
I then push the fibres (similar to chaff-cutting), so that they project
and cut off at the lengths I require, and so repeat till all is used.
The whole of the filaments, fibres, or others mentioned in the foregoing
may be electro-plated for the purposes of my Invention, when such
articles are capable of receiving such process. Or, I put threads into
a solution of gold, silver, or other metal in chloric acid, then pass then
through a chamber containing hydrogen, thus producing a brilliant
appearance on the threads.
Of the particular modes of treating threads, &c., mentioned in the
foregoing, and the apparatus employed, full explanation (with illus-
trative diagrams where required) will be given in my Final Speci-
fication.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Pidding, in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 5th October 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
WILLIAM PIDDING, of the Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Gentle-
man, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the sixteenth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said William Pidding, Her special license that I, the
said William Pidding, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said William Pidding, my executors, administra-

page_text: tors, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein ex-
pressed, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARA-
TION OR TREATMENT OF TWINE OR OTHER THREADS, FOR CUTTING OF PAPER OR
OTHER WASTE, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Pidding,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particu-
larly 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 William Pidding, do hereby de-
clare 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 following statement:
I use for knitting, crochet, and other similar works, "threads"
prepared by extending and compressing, or extending only (say a
thread of india-rubber) the same, and making thereon equi-distant
holes, placing in such holes certain other threads prepared as herein-
after mentioned. I turn the india-rubber thread, and repeat the process
till I have as many equi-distant holes furnished with prepared threads
. as I desire. I prepare the small or other threads to be inserted in the
holes or perforations aforesaid, or to be used as hereafter described,
by taking threads, twine, narrow cuttings of paper or skins; (I cut the
paper into narrow endless slips;) these threads I dip into a solution
of gum, gelatin, or other appropriate substance, and run them through
chambers containing flock, floss, or other suitable material, as precipi-
tates, ground and spun glass, or pigments, (I prefer using materials
not soluble in water, and gelatin used in preparing these threads may
be rendered, when desirable, insoluble, or similar to leather, by
"tannin,") suitable for ornament, being made to float or fly in the air
(in the chamber), flock, floss, or other material adheres to the threads,
which are allowed to cool or dry. Or, I manufacture with such
threads, so prepared, certain ornamental articles or fabrics, using them

page_text: as thread, yarn, or other material for weaving, &c., is used; among
others, they will be found particularly applicable to the making of net,
gauze, or other open fabrics. The whole of the filaments, fibres, or
others mentioned in the foregoing description may be electro-plated for
the purposes of my Invention, when such articles are or can be
rendered capable of receiving such process. Or, I put threads into a
solution of gold, silver, or other metal, then pass them through
a chamber containing hydrogen or other gas, thus producing a brilliant
appearance on the said threads; this will also form a ground or
medium for electro-plating.
Having now described the nature of my Invention of "Improvements
"in the preparation or treatment of twine or other threads, or cutting
"of paper or other waste, for the production of useful and ornamental
"articles," and the manner in which the same is carried into effect,
I would say that I lay no claim to the exclusive use of the articles
named herein, but only when they are used in the combinations de-
scribed, and for the purposes of my Invention. But, as of my Inven-
tion, I claim the preparation of thread, twine, narrow cuttings of paper
or skins, prepared by dipping them into a solution of gum, gelatin, or
other substances possessing similar properties, covering them, when
so prepared, with flock or other materials, as herein-before described;
and the use of such threads, twine, and other herein-named articles,
when so prepared, for the production of ornamental articles.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Pidding, have herein-
before affixed my hand and seal, this Fifth day of October,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
fifty-three
WILLIAM PIDDING. (L.S.)
Witness, JAMES PIDDING,
3, Crown Court,
Threadneedle Street.