IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COVERING WIRE OR OTHER MATERIAL WITH COTTON, SILK, OR OTHER THREAD OR YARN
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Arnold, of Halifax, in the County of
York, Wire Manufacturer, and Charles Barraclough, of the same
Place, Mechanic, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR COVERING WIRE OR OTHER MATERIAL WITH COTTON, SILK, OR OTHER
THREAD OR YARN."
ealed the 7th May 1872, and dated the 8th November 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Arnold and
Charles Barraclough at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 8th November 1871.
We, ALFRED ARNOLD, of Halifax, in the County of York, Wire Manu-
facturer, and OHARLES BARRACLOUGH, of the same Place, Mechanic, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR COVERING WIRE OR OTHER MATERIAL WITH COTTON, SILK, OB
OTHER THREAD OR YARN," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the employment of one or a series of
vertical rotary and hollow spindles, each supported in a footstep,
having a hollow pike or part projecting upwards into or within the said
spindle; the footsteps are sunk to form a receptacle for oil or other
lubricant, and perforations made through the side of the spindle foot

page_text: to allow the escape of the lubricant, and so prevent its rising and flowing
over the top of the projecting footstep pike. This spindle is also
supported intermediately in a steadying rail, and carries on its top end
a flyer of suitable construction. Wire to be covered with thread is
caused to pass up the interior of the spindle continuously, and a bobbin
of the thread is placed on the spindle under the flyer, and above the
steadying rail; when rotary motion is given to the flyer it' winds the
thread around the wire and in order to smooth the surface of the material
when covered we pass it through a flame.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alfred Arnold and Charles Barraclough in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th May 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, wc, ALFRED
ARNOLD, of Halifax, in the County of York, Wire Manufacturer, and
CHARLES BARRACLOUGH, of the same Place, Mechanic, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in
the thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
esuccessors, give and grant unto us, the said Alfred Arnold and Charles
Barraclough, Her special licence that we, the said Alfred Arnold and
Charles Barraclough, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as we, the said Alfred Arnold and Charles Barraclough,
our exccutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agrec
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 COVERING WIRE OR OTHER MATERIAL WITH
COTTON, SILK, OR OTHER THREAD OR YARN," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Alfred Arnold and Charles Barraclough, 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 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Alfred Arnold and Charles
Barraclough, 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 consists in the employment of one or a series of
vertical rotary and hollow spindles, each supported in a footstep, having
a hollow pike or part projecting upwards into or within the said spindle;
the footsteps are sunk to form a receptacle for oil or other lubricant
and perforations made through the side of the spindle foot to allow the
escape of the lubricant, and so prevent its rising and flowing over the
top of the projecting footstep pike. This spindle is also supported
intermediately in a steadying rail, and carries on its top end a flyer of
suitable construction. Wire to be covered with thread is caused to pass
up the interior of the spindle continuously, and a bobbin of the thread is
placed on the spindle under the flyer and above the steadying rail.
When rotary motion is given to the flyer it winds the thread around the
wire, and in order to smooth the surface of the material when covered
we pass it through a flame.
Such being the nature and object of this our said Invention we will
now proceed to describe the same, and in order that the Invention may
be clearly understood we have hereunto annexed a Sheet of Drawings
illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with figures and letters of
reference, the same letter referring to the same part in the various views
or Figures.
Fig. 1 is a front view of machinery or apparatus constructed in accord-
ance with our improvements, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.
A is a rotary hollow spindle (a series of which may be employed), its
foot supported by and working within the footstep B, see Fig. 3, which
is a full-sized vertical section of same; a hollow pike or part C is fixed
in the footstep projecting upwards into or within the said spindle.
The footstep B is recessed to form a receptacle D for the surplus oil or
other lubricant, and perforations E are made through the side of the
spindle to allow the escape of the lubricant, and so prevent its rising
and flowing over the top of the projecting pike C. The said spindle A
is supported intermediately by a steadying rail F, and carries a flyer G
and a bobbin H, the latter loose on the said spindle and bearing upon
the steadying rail.
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page_text: I is the wire to be covered with cotton, silk, or other thread, and
which is caused to pass through the interior of the spindle continuously
from a winsel or block J to the block J, being guided in its passage by
the pulleys K and K'. Rotary motion is imparted to the spindle and
flyer by the pulleys and cord L, L, which winds the thread around the t
wire, and the wire so covered may if desirable pass through a gas flame
N for the purpose of smoothing and better finishing the same. Motion
is given to the block J' by worm and wheel P, Q, which draws the wire
through the hollow spindle, and winds the same upon itself in the usual
manner of wire drawing; the main driving shaft R by means of belts 1
8 giving motion to the several parts of the said machine.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and shewn by
Drawings and description thereof in what manner the same is to be
performed or carried into practical operation, we would have it under-
stood that we do not confine or restrict ourselves to the precise details of 1
construction or arrangement of the machinery or apparatus as herein
described and shewn, but we claim,―
Firstly. The construction and employment of hollow rotary spindles
in manner and for purposes substantially as shewn and described.
Secondly. The combination and general arrangement of the parts of 2
the machinery or apparatus as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Barraclough, for and on
behalf of myself and the said Alfred Arnold, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
CHARLES BARRACLOUGH. (L.S.)
Witness,
W". TASKER,
Patent Agent,
Halifax & Bradford.