CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MACHINE FOR A NEW MODE OF SPINNING COTTON, SILK, FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1832

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
MONTGOMERY, Cotton Spinner, in Johnstone, County of Renfrew, Scotland,
send greeting.
WHEREAS, in consequence of a communication made to me by a certain
Foreigner residing abroad, I am in possession of an Invention of "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MACHINE FOR A NEW MODE OF
SPINNING COTTON, SILK, FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES:" And whereas
His present most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, beating date at
Westminster, the Twenty-sixth day of April, One thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two, in the second year of His reign, did, for Himself, His heirs
and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Robert Montgomery, His
special licence that I, the said Robert Montgomery, my exors, adññiors,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Robert Montgomery, my exors,
adiñors, or assigns, shall at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England and
Wales and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, the said Invention of Certain
Improvements in Machinery for Spinning Cotton, Silk, Flax, and other
Fibrous Substances; in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
obliging me, the said Robert Montgomery, by an instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of the said

page_text: Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, and to cause
the same to be enrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
two months next and immediately after the date of the said recited Letters
Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully
and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Robert Montgomery, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Invention,
communicated to me from abroad, is fully described and ascertained in and
by the following description thereof, reference being had to the Drawings
annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say:-
The Invention consists in a certain addition to the flyers of spinning
machinery, whereby such flyers always retain the same position whilst the
spindles round which the flyers revolve are caused to rise and fall for the
purpose of laying the spun fibre regularly on the bobbins, the spindle not being
permitted to turn, but are fixed to the bottom or traverse rail, by which
the flyers and spindles will be less liable to vibration than those constructed
in the common manner. But in order that the Invention may be fully under-
stood, I will describe the Drawing hereunto annexed, which shews five spindles
constructed according to the Invention. The spindle on which the bobbin is
built does not revolve as before described, it being made fast to the bottom or
traverse rail f, and is moved up and down within the flyer, carrying the bobbin
along with it, in order that the yarn or thread may be laid with regularity on
the bobbin, the bobbin being loose, but resting on the ruff, which is fixed on
the spindle i, and allowed to run on it, which it does by the friction or drag of
the yarn or thread, as shewn in Figure No. 1. The rail into which the spindle
is made fast is constructed to travel up and down, or traverse, exactly in the
same manner as roving or throstle frames, and by a similar kind of apparatus,
and which is well understood. In spinning or roving soft twisted yarns or
threads, these may either be laid on a bobbin, as already described, or may be
wound on a pirn, as shewn by Figure No. 2, and which when full will be in a
proper state or shape, and ready to be placed in shuttle.
Figure No. 3 represents the yarn or thread laid on the bare spindle i;
and in order that the friction should be as much relieved as possible,
Figure No. 4 and 5, shewn in section, are represented with the spindles i
inserted into the main spindle h, neatly fitted, whilst at same time so easy,
that these spindles i are capable of moving freely by the drag or friction of
the yarn or thread in the act or progress of being laid on the pirn or bare
spindle i, or otherwise on the common mule spindle, where it may be built
without its being inserted in a socket, as shewn at i.

page_text: Figure No. 4 is a cross section of Figure No. 2, and Figure No. 5 is a cross
section of Figure No. 3. It is to be understood that the spindles h move or
traverse up and down through the flyers, which in every case remain stationary
as to position, but are caused to turn by means of bands from drums, cylinders,
or any other mechanical power, as is usually practised to obtain the proper or
required speed, and in the way that throstles or roving frames are at present
driven. a, a, the flyers, and also the wharves or pulleys to which they aro
affixed, for it will be seen the two ends of the flyers are affixed to the flange
or rim A, which forms part of the wharve or pulley, and this constitutes the
main feature of the Invention, from giving the power of performing the
operations, as now described, of building the cope upon the common mulė
spindle equally with the inverted spindle, as shewn in Drawing i, as also
the building of bobbin on the fixed spindle, shewn in Figure No. 1. b, b, b, the
stay rail, in which the upper part of the flyers turn and are steadied. c, c,
the guides for the fibre, there being four guides C on each flyer, only two of
which however are used, as shewn in the different Figures. The top guides
which are made by a perforated hole through the tops of the flyers are in
constant use as conductors to any two of the side guides on the legs or limbs
of the flyers. d, d, d, d, mark the threads or yarns passing through those
guides to the bobbins, pirns, or bare spindles, for the purpose of being wound
thereon. e, e, e, e, the bobbins, pirns, or bare spindles, as are shewn in all
the Figures. In all these Figures or sections, it will be understood that the
flyer constantly remains in the same position as to heigth, and only revolves to
the required speed for laying on the yarn or thread on the bobbins, pirns, or
bare spindles, the upward or downward moving power being given and
regulated by the copping rail f, with the spindle fixed on it by a common
traverse motion up and down within the legs or limbs of the flyers, so as to
guide or lay the yarn or thread on the bobbins, pirns, or bare spindles. Any
of the common copping or traverse motions now in use will answer the above.
I have not thought it necessary to shew or describe a complete spinning
machine, as the Invention related only to the manner of constructing and using
the flyers, and the various machines to which the Invention may be applied
being well understood.
Having now described the nature of the Invention as communicated to me
as aforesaid, and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I would have it
understood, that although I have shown parts which are well known and in
use, I lay no claim to the same; but what I claim is, the connecting the
ends of the flyer to the driving wharve or pulley, and thus being enabled
to keep the flyer in the same position whilst the spindle rises and falls,

page_text: and carries the bobbin (or other instrument to receive the spun fibre) up
and down with the flyer, for the purpose of laying the spun fibre regular,
in the manner above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Montgomery, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Eighteenth day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.