IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYERS USED IN PREPARING AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Heys, of Great Jackson Street, Hulme, in
the City of Manchester, Pawnbroker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN FLYERS USED IN PREPARING AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS
MATERIALS."
Sealed the 15th February 1856, and dated the 18th August 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Heys at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
August 1855.
I, EDWARD HEYS, of Great Jackson Street, Hulme, in the City of Man-
chester, Pawnbroker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYERS USED IN PREPARING AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER
FIBROUS MATERIALS" to be as follows:-
The nature of my Invention consists in tinning the flyers used in slubbing,
roving, and jack frames and in throstles, whereby a great saving is effected in
the manufacture of such flyers, and corrosion is prevented. The ordinary
process of tinning has hitherto been found the most advantageous, but the
flyers may be coated with other compositions of metals to obtain the same
'results.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Heys in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th February 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
HEYS, of Great Jackson Street, Hulme, in the City of Manchester, Pawnbroker,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Edward Heys, Her special license that I, the said Edward Heys, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward
Heys, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYERS
USED IN PREPARING AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Edward Heys, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument 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 Edward Heys, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
Specification thereof (that is to say):-
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The nature of my Invention consists in tinning the flyers used in pre-
paring and spinning cotton and other fibrous materials, for the purpose
of economising labour in the manufacture of such flyers and preventing
corrosion.
The manner of performing my Invention is as follows:-The flyers, which
may be made of cast iron, wrought iron, or steel, are manufactured at first in
the ordinary manner,. that is to say, they are either cast or forged, and then the
boss is bored and turned as usual, but the legs may be left black. The process
of tinning is then performed in the same manner as in tinning the buckles for

page_text: harness, or other articles made of iron. When the process of tinning is com-
pleted, the flyer is ready for use. By the above-described improvements in
flyers the operation of polishing is dispensed with, as the process of tinning
imparts a smooth surface to those parts of the flyer against which the fibrous
material comes in contact, thereby economising labour and preventing rust or
corrosion.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the manner
of performing the same, I declare that I claim tinning the flyers used in
machines for preparing and spinning cotton and other fibrous materials as
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Heys, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
5 Witness,
H. B. BARLOW,
Manchester.
EDWD HEYS. (LS.)