CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARNS OR THREADS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Coare Brocklehurst, of Macclesfield, in the
County of Chester, Silk Manufacturer, Joseph Creighton, Charles
Makinson, and John Creighton, all of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Machinists, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARNS OR THREADS."
Sealed the 18th November 1863, and dated the Sth June 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Coare Brockle-
hurst, Joseph Creighton, Charles Makinson, and John Creighton, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
8th June 1863.
We, WILLIAM COARE BROCKLEHURST, of Macclesfield, in the County of
Chester, Silk Manufacturer, JOSEPH CREIGHTON, CHARLES MAKINSON, and
JOHN CREIGHTON, all of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machinists,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARNS OR THREADS," to be
as follows:-
Our Invention relates to that description of machinery for winding yarn or
thread called "pin cop winding frames," wherein yarn is wound from the
bobbin "race" or hank on to a wooden "pin" or spool which is placed on
the shuttle skewer for weaving. Our improvements are designed to dispense
with such wooden spool, and to wind or form the "cops" on the bare spindle,
which has been hitherto impracticable from a want of apparatus to "shape"
the cou

page_text: Our improvements consist in a novel arrangement, combination, and ap-
plication of mechanism to effect the "winding on" and shaping of the " cop,"
wherein a cam in connection with the thread guide or lever is employed to
"shape" the bottom of the cop, and a plate having two different degrees of
slope or angle is employed, also connected with the thread or guide, to form the
cylindrical part or body and the conical part or top of the cop. A finger is
also employed to bear upon the yarn to prevent it becoming slack between the
bobbin hank or "race" and the thread guide, and a drag or pressure is also
exerted upon the bobbin to regulate its revolution by means of a bell-crank
lever and spring acting upon the exterior surface of the yarn.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Coare Brocklehurst, Joseph Creighton, Charles
Makinson, and John Creighton, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th December 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
COARE BROCKLEHURST, of Macclesfield, in the County of Chester, Silk Manu-
facturer, JOSEPH CREIGHTON, CHARLES MAKINSON, and JOHN CREIGHTON, all of
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machinists, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said William Coare Brocklehurst, Joseph Creighton, Charles Makinson,
& John Creighton, Her special license that we, the said William Coare
Brocklehurst, Joseph Creighton, Charles Makinson, & John Creighton, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said William
Coare Brocklehurst, Joseph Creighton, Charles Makinson, and JohnCreighton,
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 Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARNS OR THREADS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said William Coare Brocklehurst, Joseph Creighton,
Charles Makinson, & John Creighton, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our or their, or one of their hands and

page_text: 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 John Creighton, 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 and accompanying Drawings (that is to say) :-
Our Invention relates to that description of machinery for winding yarn or
thread called "pin cop winding frames," wherein yarn is wound from the
bobbin "race" or hank on to a wooden "pin" or spool which is placed on
the shuttle skewer for weaving. Our improvements are designed to dispense
with such wooden spool, and to wind or form the "cops" on the bare spindle,
which has hitherto been impracticable from a want of apparatus to "shape"
to "cop."
"
Our improvements consist in a novel arrangement, combination, and appli-
cation of mechanism to effect the "winding on " and shaping of the " cop,
wherein a cam in connection with the thread guide or lever is employed to
shape the "uose or top of the cop, and a plate having two different degrees
of slope or angle is employed, also connected with the thread guide, to form
the cylindrical or body and the conical bottom of the cop. A finger is also
employed to bear upon the yarn to prevent it becoming slack between the
bobbin hauk or race and the thread guide, and a drag or pressure is also
exerted прой the bobbin to regulate its revolution by means of a bell-crank
lever and spring acting upon the exterior surface of the yarn.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail, we have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings, made upon a scale of
about three inches to the foot, similar letters of reference being marked upon
corresponding parts of the apparatus.
Fig. 1 represents an end view of the machine, showing clearly the mechanism
connecting the cam and plate with the thread guide. Fig. 2 is a front view
of a portion of the frame, shewn detached and partly in section to illustrate
more clearly the gearing and mechanism for shaping the cop. Fig. 3 is a
detached view, shewing the method of keeping a pressure on the bobbin to
prevent the thread becoming slack, and Fig. 4 is a diagram representing a
side view of the cam and plate, here shewn about full size. In Fig. 1 a, a, is
the framing of the machine; b is the driving shaft, which imparts a rotatory
motion through the toothed gearing c, c, to the cam d, which by lifting the

page_text: bowl e in combination with the plate f, causes the irregular rise and fall of
the plate, which is attached to the sliding piece g, and upon the upper surface
of which bears the vertical bar h, giving a racking motion to the disc i, which
is transferred by means of the strap or cord k to the disc l, which causes the
thread guide m to rise and fall, and to guide the thread on to the spindle
whilst the bar is sliding on the upper angle of the plate from 1 to 2, and the
bowl is acting on the curved lower surface of the plate 1 to 2, the thread is
wound on the lower conical end of the cop which is thereby formed. Upon
the cam d is a stud working in a slot on the bar n, which causes the bar once
in each revolution of the cam to draw the pin o against the cord p, and so
causes the pawl to take up a tooth of the ratchet wheel, which turns the
screws, and gradually brings the different incline of the platef into operation
to form the cylindrical portion and top or "nose" of the cop, the nose being
formed when the bowl e is acting on the upward curve from 3 to 4, the pawl
being lifted against each revolution of the elastic band t.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
method of carrying the same into practical. we wish it to be distinctly un-
derstood that we claim,-
First, the novel combination and adaption of a cam and plate for the
purpose of regulating the winding of the thread on the spindles to form cops
on the spindle in pin winding frames.
And, secondly, in the arrangement and combination of mechanism employed
in connection therewith, as herein-before described, set forth, and fully illus-
trated in the Drawings attached..
In witness whereof, I, the said John Creighton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness to the signature of John
Creighton,
JOHN L. DAVIES,
Patent Office,
4, St. Ann's Square,
Manchester.
JOHN CREIGHTON. (L.S.)