CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS APPLIED TO THE TAPE-LEG OR SIZING MACHINE, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE YARN
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Anderton, of Accrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
APPLIED TO THE TAPE-LEG OR SIZING MACHINE, AND IN THE APPARATUS
EMPLOYED THEREIN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE YARN."
Sealed the 10th October 1862, and dated the 21st June 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Anderton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
June 1862.
I, JOHN ANDERTON, of Accrington, in the County of Lancaster, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS APPLIED TO THE TAPE-LEG OR SIZING MACHINE, AND IN THE
APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE YARN," to be
as follows:-
Between the reed or wraith and the yarn beam I place a box for containing
water or other liquid; in which box a circular brush revolves in contact with
the yarn by the passage of the yarn itself or by any other means. This
arrangement is for the purpose of giving moisture to the yarn, and thereby
render it more suitable for weaving than is obtained by the present machines.
I also modify this arrangement by employing rollers instead of the brush ;
or I employ pipes with jets for giving as much moisture as required to the
yarn either with water or steam.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Anderton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th December 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
ANDERTON, of Accrington, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Anderton, Her special licence that I, the said John Anderton,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Anderton, 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS APPLIED
TO THE TAPE-LEG OR SIZING MACHINE, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE YARN," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said John Anderton, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, 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 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 Anderton, 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
(that is to say):-
Between the reed or wraith and the yarn beam I place a box or trough for
containing water or other liquid, and having bearings for carrying a circular
brush, so that it can revolve in contact with the yarn by the passage of the
yarn itself, or by any other means. This arrangement is for the purpose of
giving moisture to the yarn, and thereby render it more suitable for weaving
than is obtained by the ordinary machines.
This Invention will be clearly understood by referring to the letters on the
accompanying Drawing, in which the figure is a longitudinal section of part

page_text: of an ordinary tape-leg or sizing machine having a trough for containing
liquid, and a circular brush for giving moisture to the yarn.
a represents part of the framework; b, the yarns; and c, the yarn beam.
The box or trough for containing the liquid is shewn at d; it is held or
fixed to the frame sides, and carries the circular brush e, which revolves in
contact with the yarns, and supplies moisture to them, there being a rod or
barf for keeping down the yarns. The brush is made to revolve by the
passage of the yarn itself, or by pulleys or gearing. I also modify this
arrangement by employing one or more rollers instead of the brush, or I
employ pipes with jets for giving as much moisture as required to the yarn
either with water or steam.
Having now described my Invention, I desire it to be understood that I
claim in tape-legs or sizing machines, the employment of a box or trough
containing water or other liquid, and brushes, rollers, or jets for supplying
moisture to the yarn in its passage to the yarn beam, as herein described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Anderton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named John Anderton, in the
presence of
E. J. HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
JOHN ANDERTON. (L.S.)