CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SLUBBING, AND ROVING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Settle, of Bolton-le-Moors, in the County
of Lancaster, Spindle Maker, and Peter Cooper, of the same place, Flyer
Maker, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SLUBBING, AND ROVING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS
MATERIALS."
Sealed the 17th August 1854, and dated the 23rd February 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Settle and Peter
Cooper at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 23rd February 1854.
We, THOMAS SETTLE, of Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster,
Spindle Maker, and PETER COOPER, of the same place, Flyer Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MA-
CHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SLUBBING, AND ROVING COTTON AND OTHER
FIBROUS MATERIALS" to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to an improvement in the "flyer" employed for
winding the "sliver" of cotton, wool, &c., on to the bobbins in that description
of preparing, slubbing, and roving machinery known to spinners as "presser
frames." The improvement consists in the application of the principle of the
'pendulum motion" to the flyers employed in such "frames," whereby the
pressure of the small lever or "presser" which conducts the "sliver" on to

page_text: the bobbin is obtained, instead of employing springs, or the application of the
principle of centrifugal force, or other analogous mechanical pressure, as hitherto
employed for this purpose. By the application of this Invention the bobbins
of rovings will not only be made hard and firm, but will have an uniform
amount of pressure throughout, or during the entire formation of the bobbin,
and in consequence of the perfect balance of the flyer thus obtained the
ordinary vibration of the spindle will be much reduced, indeed, as far as per-
ceptible, entirely prevented. The "pendulum motion" is applied as follows:-
At or near the top of one or both of the legs of the "flyer" is fixed the point
of suspension, from which depends a small rod provided with a weight at the
lower end; this rod acts upon the tail or shorter end of the "presser" by being
loosely connected with it, and thus the weight acting as a pendulum causes the
small rod to depart from the perpendicular line either inwards or outwards,
and thus to apply the required force to keep the "presser" lever always
against the side of the bobbin with a perfectly balanced or equal amount of
pressure throughout the formation of the bobbins of slivers or rovings.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Settle and Peter Cooper in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 23rd August 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, THOMAS
SETTLE, of Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster, Spindle Maker, and
PETER COOPER, of the same place, Flyer Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the seventeenth year of
Iler reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said Thomas Settle and Peter Cooper, Her especial license, that we,
the said Thomas Settle and Peter Cooper, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as we, the said Thomas Settle and Peter Cooper, 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
FOR PREPARING, SLUBBING, AND ROVING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Thomas Settle and

page_text: Peter Cooper, or one of us, by an instrument in writing under our hands
and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us, 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 Thomas Settle, 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 Drawings (that is to say):
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Our Invention relates to an improvement in that part of the machinery
or apparatus known as "presser frames," and used in preparing, slubbing,
and roving machinery. The improvement consists in the application of the
principle of the pendulum motion to the flyers employed in such frames,
whereby the pressure of the small lever or "presser" which conducts the
"sliver" on to the bobbin is obtained, instead of employing springs, centrifugal
force, or other analogous mechanical pressure, as hitherto employed for this
purpose. By the application of this Invention, the bobbins of rovings will not
only be made hard and firm, but will have an uniform amount of pressure
throughout or during the entire formation of the bobbin, and in consequence
of the perfect equilibrium of the flyer thus obtained, the ordinary vibration of
the spindle will be much reduced, indeed, as far as perceptible, entirely pre-
vented. The "pendulum motion" is applied as follows:-At or near the top of
one or both of the legs of the "flyer" is fixed the point of suspension, from
which depends a small rod, provided with a weight at the lower end; this rod
acts upon the tail or shorter end of the "presser" by being loosely connected
with it, and thus the weight, acting as a pendulum, causes the small rod to
depart from the perpendicular line either inwards or outwards, and thus to
apply the required force to keep the "presser" lever always against the side
of the bobbin with an equal amount of pressure throughout the formation of
the bobbin of slivers or rovings. But in order that our Invention may be
more perfectly understood and explained in detail, I have hereunto attached a
Sheet of Drawing, about full size, having the same letters of reference on
similar parts of the machinery.
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of our improved presser flyer; Fig. 2
exhibits a side elevation of the same. In Fig. 1, a represents a small pin
passed through and secured to the slotted brass block b; on the leg of the
"flyer" the small pin a forms the point of suspension for the "pendulum"
c, of which d is the weight; e is the tail piece of the presser or spur
rod

page_text: which presses the roving on to the bobbin, and receives also the lower end of
the "pendulum" rod c, working in it freely; the motion of the " "pendulum "
swinging in the tail piece guides and regulates the presser, and causes the
sliver to be delivered throughout the winding on or building of the bobbin
at an uniform pressure, such motion of the pendulum being confined to a very
limited space, and the pendulum motion accommodating itself to an arc, the
centre of which would be the centre of the leg (on which it is suspended) of
the flyer.
Having now particularly described the nature of our Invention, we wish it
to be distinctly understood that we claim the application of the principal of
the pendulum motion to the particular or special purpose above set forth
and described, and the adaptation, employment, or use of the same in the
novel and peculiar manner exhibited in the Drawing attached to these
Presents.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Settle, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, the Twenty-second day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witnessed by
JOHN DAVIES,
Office for Patents,
Manchester.
THOMAS SETTLE, (L.S.)
his mark.