The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-03
Machine Contrfvcd by u Yorkshire
Mechanic which Runs Itself.


4 London correspondent of the New York
Times tells the following:
1t had been reported to me that Mr..
! Binn>. practical Inventor and designer,
had come rs near 20 the attainment OF per-
pcUial motion rs had yet been reached. lie
had constructed machinery which could be
: set at work 1t the beginning Of the week
ana would go ahead until the end without
being touched, 50 long as the steam-engine
continued TO work: that the operation of
manufacturing preceded continuously
without tending; tha: the owner locked up
] his mill at night and went TO bed. while
tic machines maintained their busy rcrc-
| lution>, turning out miles OF silk cords,
! frinccs, trimmings. and ether things; that
| whereas he used 10 employ scores OF hands,
! nc now only needed Il stoker. book-kccp-
! or, unC Il few cleaners and packers 10 put
up The prcdI:cc Of his automatic mill. " But
suppoS;nS there is brcakage OF the
yarn?" ! asked. 1.-THE machine ranScs,
mends the break. and goes on aeain,' was
th2 answer. This is a mill to see, thought,
and few hours ago | found hsclf
1T quiet. unprctcn,iou> IuIc house
! ut oakenshaw, near the Low Moor
railway dcro., asking for Mr. BinEs.
! 1t surprises YOU every now and then
in the mnnulacturin" districts Of the north
c1 England to step out Of 4 black. dirty
road and mulky atmosphere INTO a leaTv
and floral lmc!osurc, or vcrdant oasis. Such
| was the humble garden OF Mr.. BinnS, wllh
| It's green gIa>s, lis budding rhododcndrcnS.
| oldfasi.;ored pan>ios, daisies, and ..lad'S
love- The master Of the house wclro.ach
! me. but regretted that cou;G not see the
nil that evening. However, the next Gay
! | inspected ii. | found in tie prrcipa!
apartment iiftrea machines At work. quite
unattended. They were making six and
| wooiicn cords oi all kinds. and in many
coiorS, combinations ~ silk ;.nd woollcns,
and III many varieties Of design. Large bob
bins, charged with material and feeding
themselves from endless rolls, rcvolvcd
round each other upon \ large rotating disk
CT slower movement. 1t was almost like III
a>trcncmicai model Of Il sun. with 4 plane
tary system in motion. Between them
travelled yarn in course OF working, and
this was clothed in many hutS and designs
by revolving silk. The old method OF man
ufacturc was to make the cord in lengths
longwi>e. Binn>'s principle is rotary aud
endless. almost literally without beginning
and witaout end. :. Except for cleaning"
said The inventor, Standing by ore OF the
machines rs he spoke, "tEiS would
90 on forever until it was Worn
out; but let Us put 1t ut week.
It will 20 on from Monday morning
until Saturday night without touching; it
is s4lfieedin-. self-taking-up, sclf-actlng.''
lie broke thread. The machine !ncnded
tic broakage and went on again. "The
machines ran at he rate OF 1000 rcrolrl-
tiols Il minutc." he said. 'That can be
increased and they require no hcalG, reed.
or harness 10 The warp-threads. The cords
are developed aud used up III new silk i'm
ming Goods, which are woven in comhiL;t-
tioa with tic cord; and Gt this work 4
girl. at 81 II week. can in that time pro
ducc this class OF goods oi $500 III vaIu"
in the endless window cord, SJi0; chain
or SSH line. Si.35G: and this same 2i!|. Il:
81 4 week. in the silk. cotton, and wco'-
yarn goods, can earn $4,000; for, with the
newest machine, Just mentioned, she Is
Simply cleaner aud collector II is d!ll!-
cult 10 describe tie machine 80 Is 10 realize
i 10 thc minds eye Cf the reader: but with
the astronomical smile in your memory,
let me add that. Inst, there Is Il square
bench cn that g fat revolving disk IS large
as Il big CammonOcrt cheese, and above that
from six toa dozen revolving bobbin$. The
action OF the machine appears to ne so
| smple that one wonders at Binn>'s tcmerity
+; in showing it and letting it be described,
even as briefly Is it is in this letter. The
princiDle winch lies 1t the bottom OF all the
operations. and which is no doubt duly
secured by patent, is that OF the endless
| spind,e-band, which was being made on
| what | NAV describe as Il horizontal ma
cline. The imperceptiblc joining is con-
trivtd bv means Of q small steel hook. Tue
bands are all produced at one exact length :
there is no Joint or knot to interfere with
the turning OF the spindlcs.