SPINNING. IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED TWISTING, AND ROVING WOOL. AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Renben Sykes and Philemon Sykes, of Hudders-
field, in the County of York, Machine Makers. for the invention of
IN SPINNING.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED
TWISTING, AND ROVING WOOL. AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 3rd July 1860), and dated the 27th January 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Rueben Sykes and
Philemon Sykes, at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 27th January 1860.
We, REUBEN SYKES and PHILEMON SYKES. of Huddersfield, in the County
of York, Machine Makers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
SPINNING,
for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN
TWISTING, AND ROVING WOOL. AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as
follows:-
The improvements consist, first, in the application of glass rings and steel
flyers, by which we are enabled to regulate the tension of the threads, during
the process of winding and twistitig, with less liability to breakage.
Secondly, the improvements relate to the building up of the cop, by which
to regulate the thickness of the cop to the thickness of the yarn, without
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page_text: the necessity for change wheels. This we effect by means of an inclined
plane or carriage acting upon the levers in connection with the cop rail; the
inclined plane or carriage is adjustable by a screw working in a nut screwed
to the carriage and worked by a catch wheel and catch. At the end of the
screw is placed a shaft, on which is a heart wheel to give the pick. By
this contrivance the pick and the building of the cop are effected together.
Thirdly, the improvements relate to the application of a wing revolver,
to regulate the twist given to the sliver in the action of drawing.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Reuben Sykes and Philemon Sykes in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 25th July 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, REUBEN
SYKES, and PHILEMON SYKES, of Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Machine Makers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of January, 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 us, the said Reuben Sykes and Philemon Sykes, Her special licence
that we, the said Reuben Sykes and Philemon Sykes, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Reuben Sykes
and Philimon Sykes, 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 Chaunel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
.. IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN SPINNING. TWSITING.
AND ROVING WOOL. AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the conditiou
(amongst others) that we, the said Reuben Sykes and Philemon Sykes,
our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our or
their hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us or them, 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 u 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 Reuben Sykes and Philemon Sykes,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say:-
Our Invention consists in the application to continuous spinning, roving,
or twisting machines of, first, a glass ring and ring flyer of steel; second,
a new spooling motion; third, double wing revolvers to regulate or distribute
the twist in drawing.
Before describing these improvements we will premise that the framework,
gearing tube, boxes, tin cylinders, and stands for supporting the rollers are
similar to those described in the Specification of a Patent for "Improvements
in Continuous Spinning and Roving Machines for Spinning and Roving
Wool a Part of which is applicable to Spinning other Fibrous Substances,"
which we obtained in conjunction with Enoch Sykes, on the 29th May 1858,
No. 1209.
We substitute for the ordinary flyer a glass ring, and a ring flyer of steel,
one of each of which we use for each spindle. The form of these and the
manner in which they work is shewn in Figures 1, 2, and 3, of the accom-
panying Drawing. The same letters denote the same parts in all the
Figures.
Figure 1, represents an end elevation of parts of a spinning frame, with the
framework aud gearing removed and the glass ring and ring flyer, operating
in conjunction therewith; Figure 2, represents the glass ring A, and ring
flyer B, in side elevation half full size; Figure 3, represents a plan of the
same; Figure 4, represents a section of the glass ring A, and Figure 5.
represents the steel ring flyer full size. By the use of the ring and ring flyer
above described we are enabled to regulate the tension of the threads during
the process of winding and twisting with less liability to breakage.
action of the glass ring and ring flyer in twisting the yarn is the same as that
of the ring and traveller, which being well known we need not describe here;
but we wish it to be understood, that our improvement in this respect consists
in the application of the glass ring and steel ring flyer, as hereinbefore
described.
The
The second part of our Invention consists in the adaptation of a new
spooling or cop motion by which we can build any reasonable length or thickness
of cop without using change wheels or change pullies. This we effect in the
following manner:-On each side of the machine we place a shaft, on which
are a suitable number of litting pullies connected by chains to the ring rail I

page_text: (see Figures 1 and 31) in the usual manner. The position of these shafts is
shewn at K, Figure 7, which represents an end view of the machine with purt
of the spooling motion removed. Figure 11 is a front elevation of the other
end (the driving end) shewing sixteen of the spindles; Figure 9 is a side view
and Figure 10 is a front view of the spooling motion. At the ends of the
shafts K, K, Figure 7 are placed pinions working in the racks L, L. At the
ends of the rack rods and at the opposite ends to the racks are placed friction
pullies M, M, against which works a traversing inclined table N, a plan of
which is seen at Figure 8. This table is supported by four pullies 0, 0, 0, 0,
working on two rails P, P, an elevation of which is shewn at Figure 9, and
which rails are securely fastened to the end frame of the machine, their
opposite extremities being supported by the framework Q. On the under side
of the table N is fastened a nut R which receives the screw S, one end of
which is supported by the frame Q, before referred to.
This screw passés
through the centre of the ratchet wheel T, in which is cut a key bed to receive
a key which is fastened on the screw, and which is so fitted as to allow the
screw nut and table to slide backwards and forwards freely. As the table slides
backwards and forwards it presses against the friction pullies M., M, and
moves the racks and shafts L, L, and K, K, which give an upward and
downward motion to the ring rail I, giving to the cop what is called the
pick. To effect this motion we put a pulley U on the end of the bottom
drawing roller E. This pulley by means of a belt communicates motion to a
pulley and pinion V, which pinion gears into the teeth of the wheel W fastened
upon the shaft X. At the end of this shaft is placed a bevel wheel y which
gears into the teeth of another bevel wheel 1 fixed on the upright shaft Z.
On the said upright shaft and opposite the end of the screw S is placed a
heart wheel a, opposite which and in contact with it the screw S terminates in
a swivel joint b, which is kept in contact with it by a weight c attached by
chains ruuning over pulleys d, d, to the table N, so that as the shaft Z rotates
the heart wheel a pushes the screw S and table N backwards and forwards as
before described. The screw S is for the purpose of building the cop, which
is effected in the following manner:-On the shaft X is placed a moveable
eccentric e, fastened to which is the connecting rod f. This connecting rod
works the lever g and catch h. The said catch works in the teeth of the
ratchet wheel T, and consequently moves the said ratchet wheel at every
revolution of the eccentric. The ratchet wheel by means of the key and key
bed before described, moves the screw S and with it the table N, which again
moves the racks L, L, and ring rail I by degrees to the required height at

page_text: which the cop is intended to be built. When the cop is built the catch his to
be lifted up, and the table N is to be brought home to the point from which it
started by means of the toothed wheels i and and handle k. We would here
observe that in order to dispense with the change pullies and change pinions
for building the cop, the connection from the eccentric on the shaft X to the
lever g, is so contrived that by varying the points of connection of the rod f
with the lever g, we can take any desired number of teeth in the ratchet
wheel Taccording to the thickness of the yarn and size of the cop intended to
be built.
The third part of our Invention comprises the double wing revolvers to
regulate or distribute the twist in the action of drawing, and which are placed
one above the other, as seen in Figures 1 and 7 of the accompanying Drawing
and marked C, C, one of the revolvers is shewn separately on a larger size at
Figure 6, and between them the thread passes in the action of drawing, as
seen in Figure 1. The upper one on each side of the machine being adjustable
by means of thumbscrews 7, see Figure 7, we can give the necessary quantity
of twist to that part of the sliver which is behind the revolvers and where the
drawing is effected, as the sliver is continually being given out by the giving
out rollers D, D. The steps or bearings that carry the upper wing revolvers
are attached to the thumbscrews 7, so that by turning the said thumbscrews
one way or the other, the upper revolver is raised or lowered at pleasure, and
the twist allowed to pass in a greater or less degree according to the quantity
of twist required for the proper and equal drawing of the sliver, which is in
the process of spinning and roving. The wing revolvers may be made of
wood, tin, zinc, or other suitable material, but we prefer them of tin. They
are driven by belts from the pullies m, m, passing over the ends of the tin
cylinders which drive the tubes, as shewn in Figure 7 of the Drawing.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that we do
not limit ourselves to the precise details herein-before described and illustrated
in the accompanying Drawing, as the same may be variously modified without
departing from the nature of our said Invention; but we claim,―
Firstly, the application of glass rings and steel flyers in machines for
spinning, twisting, and roving wool and other fibrous substances as explained.
Secondly, we claim the adaptation or combination of meaus described for
the purpose of building up or regulating the thickness of the cop in
apparatus for spinning and twisting wool and other fibrous substances as
explained.

page_text: And, thirdly, we claim the application of double wing revolvers C,C. to act
upon the yarn as explained.
In witness whereof, we, the said Reuben Sykes and Philemon Sykes,
have here unto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-third day of July,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Signed, sealed, and delivered (being first
duly stamped) by the said Reuben
Sykes and Philemon Sykes in the
presence of
T. H. BATTYE, Solicitor,
Huddersfield.
PHILEMON SYKES. (L.S.)