IMPROVEMENTS IN GILL BOXES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Ingham, of Hollings Mill, Greetland, near Halifax,
in the County of York, Worsted Spinner, and William Henry Ingham, of
the same Place, Manager, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN GILL
BOXES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Ingham and William
Henry Ingham at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st June
1880.
GEORGE INGHAM, of Hollings Mill, Greetland, near Halifax, in the County of
York, Worsted Spinner, and WILLIAM HENRY INGHAM, of the same Place,
Manager. "IMPROVEMENTS IN GILL BOXES."
This Invention relates to improved apparatus for easing or preventing the shock
to the "fallers "
in their drops, so as to avoid the damage by concussion and
shaking, and to effect such object without the use of springs or inclines, as
heretofore.
According to this our said Invention we employ in gill boxes an additional
shaft, on which is an eccentric or tappet, the latter being arranged on the said
shaft in such position in relation to the fallers as to be about midway the length
of the fallers, and by gear, change wheels, or other like apparatus the tappet is
caused to revolve as often as a faller must descend, and the form of the tappet or
eccentric is such that the faller is received as soon as it leaves the upper worm or
screw upon the beak of the tappet or eccentric, and is by the half revolution of the
latter quietly lowered to its position, there being no direct drop or fall, and all
shock is avoided.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said George Ingham and William Henry Ingham in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 1st December 1880.
GEORGE INGHAM, of Hollings Mill, Greetland, near Halifax, in the County of
York, Worsted Spinner, and WILLIAM HENRY INGHAM, of the same Place,
Manager. "IMPROVEMENTS IN GILL BOXES."
This Invention relates to improved apparatus for easing or preventing the shock
to the "fallers in their drop, so as to avoid the damage by concussion and
shaking," and to effect such object without the use of springs or inclines as
heretofore.
According to this our said Invention we employ in gill boxes an additional shaft,
in which are eccentrics or tappets, the latter being arranged on the said shaft in
such position in relation to the fallers as to be about midway the length of the
fallers, and by gear, change wheels, or other like apparatus the tappets are caused
to revolve as often as a faller must descend, and the form of the tappet or eccentric
is such that the faller is received soon as it leaves the upper worm or screw upon
the beak of the tappet or eccentric, and is, by the half revolution of the latter,
quietly lowered to its position, there being no direct drop or fall, and all shock is
avoided.
Such being the nature and object of this our said Invention, we will now proceed
to describe the same in detail, and have fully illustrated the same by the accom-
panying Drawings, in which Figs. 1 and 2 are elevations of a faller and tappets;
Fig. 3 is a detail hereinafter referred to. At A is a shaft carrying the tappets B
and C; D is a faller. The shaft A runs under the fallers, and is driven by bevel
gear or otherwise. The tappet B is of such form and its rotation is so timed that
its beak receives the faller D, as shewn at Fig. 1, and by its half revolution lowers
the faller to the bottom worms E, as shewn at Figure 2, there being no shock on
the saddle" by the descent. C is another eccentric on the shaft A for the
purpose of lifting the faller D to the position shewn at Fig. 1, the tappet C being
so set or arranged on its shaft A that it begins to lift before the end or ordinary
lifting tappets act upon the faller, so ensuring a gradual start and avoidance of
concussion between the lifting tappets and the faller.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this our said Invention,
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, we would have it understood that we lay no claim
to the use of tappets apart from our Invention, which we declare to be the appli-
cation and use of tappets in manner illustrated by Drawings, and for purposes
herein fully described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Henry Ingham, for and on behalf
of the said George Ingham and myself, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twenty ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eightv.
Witness,
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Patent Agent.
Halifax & Blackburn.
WN. HY. INGHAM. (L.S.)