IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CONDENSING WOOL OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Longbottom and Thomas Shaw, of Brighouse,
in the County of York, Machine Makers, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CONDENSING WOOL OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 18th January 1867, and dated the 19th July 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Longbottom and
Thomas Shaw at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 19th July 1866.
We, SAMUEL LONGBOTTOM and THOMAS SHAW, of Brighouse, in the County
of York, Machine Makers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS. IN MACHINERY FOR CONDENSING WOOL OR OTHER FIBROUS.
SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to that class of machinery known as condensers, and
the improvements consist,―
Firstly, in working the rubbers by means of an upright rocking shaft, which
is actuated by a lever fixed thereon, and is connected by a rod to a crank or
stud plate fixed on the under shaft of the condenser carder; on each opposite
side of this upright shaft is also fixed an arm, and to each arm is attached a

page_text: connecting rod. When this apparatus is applied for working double rubbers
one of the top and one of the bottom rubbers are connected by a bar, to which
bar is attached one of the aforesaid connecting rods; the other top and
bottom rubbers being in like manner connected by another bar, to which is
attached the other connecting rod. When applied to work single rubbers,
the said rods are connected direct to the rubbers; by this means we dispense
with straps, bevil gear, and eccentrics heretofore employed for working
rubbers.
Secondly, in connecting the two raddles by one casting or plate fixed on
the lower bobbin drum, by which they are worked or traversed, thereby dis-
pensing with the lever and stud plate now used to give the necessary traverse
motion to the raddles.
Thirdly, in driving the bobbin drums by gear from the rubbing rollers
instead of from the change gear, thus facilitating the change.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Samuel Longbottom and Thomas Shaw in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 19th January 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, SAMUEL
LONGBOTTOM and THOMAS SHAW, of Brighouse, in the County of York, Machine
Makers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, iu the thirtieth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said Samuel
Longbottom and Thomas Shaw, Her special licence that we, the said Samuel
Longbottom and Thomas Shaw, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as we, the said Samuel Longbottom and Thomas Shaw, 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 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 MACHINERY FOR Cox-
DENSING WOOL OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Samuel Longbottom and Thomas Shaw, our executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of
י.

page_text: our or their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, 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
Patént.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Samuel Longbottoin and Thomas Shaw,
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, and accompanying Sheet of Drawings (that is to
say):-
This Invention relates to that class of machinery known as "condensers,"
and the improvements consist,
Firstly, in working the rubbers by means of an upright rocking shaft,
which is actuated by a lever fixed thereon, and is connected by a rod to a
crank or stud plate fixed on the under shaft of the condenser carder. On each
opposite side of this upright shaft is also fixed an arm or double lever, and to
each arm or lever is attached a connecting rod. When this apparatus is
applied for working double rubbers one of the top and one of the bottom rubbers
are connected by a' bar or other rigid fixing, to which bar is attached one of
the aforesaid connecting rods; the other top and bottom rubbers being in like
manner connected by another bar or fixing, to which is attached the other
connecting rod. When applied to work single rubbers the said rods are con-
nected direct to the rubbers; by this means we dispense with straps, bevil
gear, and eccentrics heretofore employed working for rubbers.
Secondly, in connecting the two raddles by one casting or plate having a
slot hole, in which works a crank or pin fixed in the back of a bevil wheel,
which wheel is driven by another bevil wheel fixed on the lower bobbin
drum, by which they are 'worked or traversed, thereby dispensing with the
lever and stud plate now used to give the necessary traverse motion to the
raddles.
Thirdly, in driving the bobbin drums by gear from the rubbing rollers
instead of from the change gear, thus facilitating the change.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figs. 1 and 2 are the two opposite sides of a condenser and carding engine, or
such portion thereof as is necessary to shew the application of our Invention;
and Fig. 3 is the front elevation of said condenser.
A', is the swift; B, the doffer; C, the rubbers, which in this illustration

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double rubbers; D, is the upright shaft, which is supported in
brackets E, fixed to the framing of the machine; F, is a lever fixed on the
upright shaft; and G, is a rod connecting the said lever to a stud plate H
fixed on the end of the under shaft of the carder, which under shaft receives
motion in the usual manner by driving strap or stripper strap from the swift
to the pulley I. On each opposite side of the upright shaft is a projecting
arm J and J¹ forming a double lever, to which rods or links K and K' are
attached for connecting with the rubbers. The upper rubber of the top pair
of rubbers are connected with the upper rubber of the bottom pair of rubbers
by a bar L, and the lower rubber of the top pair and the bottom rubber of
the bottom pair are in like manner connected by a bar M; each of these
bars are connected by rods respectively to the arms, or levers J. and J. It
will be readily seen that when a rocking motion is given to this upright shaft,
or oscillatory motion is given to the arms or lever by the crank or stud plate
H, reciprocatory motion will be communicated to the rubbers, the top rubbers
moving in one direction whilst the bottom rubbers are moving in the other or
opposite direction alternately. N and N¹ are the two raddles, which are
connected by 8 plate O, having a slot hole, in which is a pin fixed in the back.
of a bevil wheel P mounted on a stud fixed in the bracket Q; this bevil
wheel gears with another bevil wheel R fixed on the end of the bobbin drum S.
The bobbin drum S and S' are driven by a gear wheel T fixed on the end of
one of the top rubbing rollers, in gear with another gear wheel U which
drives another. gear wheel V, to which is fixed a pulley W, which by means
of a strap X passing over the pulleys Y, Z, gives motion to the drums. S
and S'.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and shewn the manner
in which the same is or may be performed or put into practical operation, we
would have it understood that we do not confine or restrict ourselves to the
precise details of construction or arrangements herein set forth, as such may
be varied or modified without departing from the main features of our Inven-
tion; but what we claim as of our Invention, and which we believe to be new
within the realm is,
Firstly, working rubbers of condensers by means of rocking or oscillating
arms or levers.
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Secondly, the mode of connecting a top and a bottom rubber by a bar or
other rigid fixing, so that the two rubbers may be worked together by one
rod or link.
Thirdly, the application and use of a crank or stud plate fixed on the under
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page_text: shaft or other shaft worked by or from the stripper strap of the carder, for
giving reciprocatory motion to the rubbers of condensers.
Fourthly, the mode of driving the bobbin drums from one of the rubbing
rollers.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Longbottom, for and on behalf
of myself and the said Thomas Shaw, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Seventeenth day of January, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven.
SAMUEL LONGBOTTOM. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Samuel Longbottom,
in the presence of
ARTHUR B. CROSSLEY,
Clerk to W. Tasker,
Patent Agent,
Halifax.