A BETTER AND HORE ECONOMICAL MODE OF SECURING THE BANDS OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE AND TENDER SPRINGS, ALSO A NEW METHOD OF Applying the same
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Philip George Rowell, of 17, Castle Square,
Brighton, Sussex, and Henry Holt, of 14, Red Cross Street, Brighton,
Sussex, for the Invention of "A BETTER AND HORE ECONOMICAL MODE OF
SECURING THE BANDS OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE AND TENDER SPRINGS, ALSO A
NEW METHOD OF Applying the same."
Sealed the 16th October 1863, and dated the 20th April 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Philip George Rowell
and Henry Holt at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 20th April 1868.
We, PHILIP GEORGE ROWELL, of 17, Castle Square, Brighton, Sussex, and
HENRY HOLT, of 14, Red Cross Street, Brighton, Sussex, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "A BETTER AND MORE ECONOMICAL MODE OF
SECURING THE BANDS OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE AND TENDER. SPRINGS, ALSO A NEW
METHOD OF APPLYING THE SAME," to be as follows:-
The bands to be made open at the top to admit the springs, and the said
springs to have leather or other suitable substance placed between the leaves,
and the said leaves to be secured by means of a gibb, cottar, and slotted cottar
plate, to be applied as follows:-After the leaves of the springs have been
placed in the band with the leather or other suitable substance put between the
leaves as aforesaid, the slotted cottar plate to be placed on the top leaf of

page_text: said spring, and secured by means of the gibb and cottar aforesaid being
thrust through the slot made at top of band and fastened with a screw nut on
the outside of the band, the leaves of the spring aforesaid to have a parallel
notch cut in their edges at the spot where they enter said band.
The object of this Invention is to lessen the labour and expense caused by
removing or replacing the bands in present use. We therefore claim for
this Invention the merit of economy by reason of the leaves of the springs
aforesaid being less liable to break when in action from the leather or other
suitable substance being placed between the leaves and the slotted cottar plate
aforesaid, making the pressure more equal than in those in present use. Also
the merit of being able readily to removo the band aforesaid for any purposo
that may be required, and replacing the same.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Philip George Rowell and Henry Holt in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 19th October 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, PHILIP
GEORGE ROWELL, of 17, Castle Square, and HENRY HOLT, of 14, Red Cross
Street, both of Brighton, Sussex, send greeting.
day of
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the
in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the
said Philip George Rowell and Henry Holt, Her special licence that
we, the said Philip George Rowell and Henry Holt, our exccutors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Philip George
Rowell and Henry Holt, 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 terin 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
"THE BETTER AND MORE ECONOMICAL MODE OF SECURING THE BANDS OF LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINE AND TENDER SPRINGS, ALSO A NEW METHOD OF APPLYING THE SAME,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Philip George Rowell
and Henry Holt, 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

page_text: 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 we, the said Philip George Rowell and Henry
Holt, 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 thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in locomotive engine and
tender springs. Heretofore said springs and the leaves composing such
springs have been much damaged from the bands being driven on hot, and
quenched to fix them in their places, and very frequently the leaves break
when in action from the unequal pressure upon them. Now, according to
this Invention they will not be liable to damage, the bands being put on and
fixed cold, and the leaves of said springs will have indian-rubber, leather, or
other suitable substance placed between them, thus equalising their pressure
one on the other, and also, from their being drawn tight, they will not get
displaced when in action. And further, to obviate the difficulty as at present
experienced when it is necessary to remove broken leaves and replace them
with new.
Having now described the objects of said Invention, we proceed to give a
full and accurate description of the same.
The band to be made open at the top to admit the spring, and the spring to
have indian-rubber, leather, or other suitable substance placed between the
leaves thereof, and said leaves to be secured by means of a gibb, cottar, and
slotted cottar plate, to be applied as follows:-After the leaves composing the
springs have been placed in the band aforesaid, with the indian-rubber, leather,
or other suitable substance between them, the slotted cottar plate to be placed
on the top leaf of said spring, and secured by means of the gibb and cottar
being thrust through the slot made at top of band, and fastened and drawn
tight by means of a screw nut on the outside of the band, the leaves of the
spring aforesaid to have a parallel notch cut in their edges at the spot where
they enter said band.
And in order that our Invention may be most fully understood and
readily carried into effect, we will proceed to describe the Drawing hereunto
annexed.
A, the band; B, top leaf of spring (reversed), shewing the notch a in its
edges at the spot where it enters the band; C, slotted cottar plate; D, the
gibb (reversed), shewing a slot b, through which the screw c of cottar passes;
E, the cottar; F, the screw nut, which passes on to the screw c of cottar to

page_text: fix and draw the whole tight; G, the spring, band, &c. complete, shewing the
indian-rubber, leather, or other suitable substance in position between the
leaves.
Having now described the nature of our Invention, and the method of
carrying the same into effect, we wish it to be understood that we do not
confine ourselves to the exact details herein-before described, as the same may
be varied without departing from the principle of our said Invention; but
what we claim is,―
First, the mode of placing the spring into the band, admitting the said
band to be applied cold.
And, second, the merit of being able more readily to remove the band
aforesaid for any purpose that may be required, and replacing the same.
In witness whereof, we, the said Philip George Rowell and Henry
Holt, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Seventeenth day of
October, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three.
PHILIP GEORGE ROWELL. (L.S.)
HENRY HOLT.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by
the above-named Philip George
Rowell and Henry Holt, in the
presence of me,
GEO. CHAPMAN.
(L.B.)