CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND DOUBLING COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Newhouse, of Farnworth, near Bolton-le-
Moors, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, for the Invention of
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND
DOUBLING COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS."
Sealed the 28th August 1860, and dated the 21st March 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Newhouse, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the'
21st March 1860.
I, JAMES NEWHOUSE, of Farnworth, near Bolton-le-Moors, in the County
of Lancaster, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for.
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND DOUBLING.
COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to prevent the slubbings, rovings, or yarns
which are supplied to roving frames, jack frames, spinning, doubling, and
twining machines from becoming entangled when the ends break, or when
the last portion of such slubbings, rovings, or yarns are unwound from the.
spools, bobbins, or cops.
In order to accomplish this, the slubbings, rovings, or yarns when drawn off
the spools, bobbins, or cops are carried over a rod or rail provided with
recesses or hooks, or through holes in a plate, which rod, rail, or plate is

page_text: placed in such a position that when an end breaks it is held up and prevented
from becoming entangled with the slubbings, rovings, or yarns under or near
to it. The bobbins are also prevented from unwinding themselves by the
vibration of the creel. By this means the uneven rovings, yarns, or threads
now frequently produced by such entanglements or unwinding are avoided.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Newhouse in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th
September 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
NEWHOUSE, of Farnworth, near Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster,
Manager, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Jaines Newhouse, Her special licence that I, the said James
Newhouse, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said James Newhouse, 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 IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND DOUBLING COTTON, AND
OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
James Newhouse, 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 James Newhouse, 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 fol-
lowing statement (that is to say):-
The object of this Invention is to prevent the slubbings, rovings, or yarns
which are supplied to roving frames, jack frames, spinning, doubling, and

page_text: twining machines from becoming entangled when the ends break, or when the
last portion of such slubbings, rovings, or yarns are unwound from the spools,
bobbins, or cops.
In order to accomplish this, the slubbings, rovings, or yarns when drawn off
the spools, bobbins, or cops are carried over a rod or rail provided with recesses
or books, or through holes in a plate, which rod, rail, or plate is placed in
such a position that when an end breaks it is held up and prevented from
becoming entangled with the slubbings, rovings, or yarns under or near to it.
The bobbins are also prevented from unwinding themselves by the vibration
of the creel. By this means the uneven rovings, yarns, or threads now fre-
quently produced by such entanglements or unwinding are avoided.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings, reference being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a section through part of a roving frame to which my improve-
ments are applied. a are the drawing rollers; b, the guide bar; c, the rails of
the creel supporting the bobbins or spools d; e is the setting on rod, and f,f,
the usual guide bars. These parts and all the others not particularly referred
to hereafter, are made in the usual manner; g is a rod or rail supported by
adjustable brackets h fixed to the pillars of the creel, or by any other suitable
fixtures;
the rod or rail g is furnished with hooks i, as shewn in Figure 2, or
with recesses, as shewn in Figure 3, and through each book or recess the
slubbings from the two upper rows of spools are guided, that is to say, two
ends or slubbings pass through each hook or recess, and then pass together
through the hole in the guide bar b, which delivers them to the drawing
rollers a. By this means when an end breaks, or when the last portion of the
slubbing has been unwound from a bobbin, the loose end is held up by its
adhesion to the accompanying slubbing, and consequently it is prevented from
becoming entangled with the slubbings under or near it; the bobbins or spools
are also prevented from unwinding themselves by the vibration of the creel.
Figure 4 is a section through part of a mule to which my improvements are
applied. a are the drawing rollers; b, the guide bar; c, the rails of the creel;
d, the bobbins or spools; f, the usual guide bar, and g, g, two rods or rails,
with the hooks i. The rovings from the upper rows of bobbins or spools pass
through the hooks i, and thence to the drawing rollers, as before described.
My Invention is equally applicable to doubling frames and twiners when creels
are employed.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the manner
of performing the same, I wish it to be understood that do not limit myself to

page_text: the details given, as the same may be considerably varied; but what I do
claim is the applicat on of rods or rails furnished with hooks, or recesses, to
roving frames, jack frames, mules, doublers, and twiners for the purposes
'described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Newhouse, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of September in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
JAMES NEWHOUSE. (L.S.)