AN IMPROVED METHOD OF TREATING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES IN ORDER TO FORM THREADS
Year: 1859

page_text: In the Matter of a Patent granted to Richard Archibald Brooman,
of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, E.C., Editor of the
Mechanic's Magazine and Patent Agent, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED METHOD OF TREATING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES IN ORDER TO
FORM THREADS," bearing date the 14th day of March, 1859, a com-
munication from Messrs. Tavernier and Vouillon, residing in Paris,
and which said Letters Patent, and all interest therein, have been
duly assigned to, and are now vested in Ferdinand Raphael Tavernier
and Francois Vouillon, both of Paris, aforesaid.
DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATION proposed to be
entered by the said Ferdinand Raphael Tavernier and Francois Vouillon,
as such Assignees as aforesaid pursuant to the Statutes in that case made
and provided.
WHEREAS since filing the Specification to the said Letters Patent it has
een objected that the claims therein contained are too extensive, and are
aconsistent with the Title of the Patent, and also that the Patent is rendered
avalid by reason of roller apparatus similar to what is described in the
pecification, having before been well known and commonly used in, and in
ct forming part of, a carding engine for condensing slivers or rovings
reparatory to their being spun in a spinning machine, and also by reason of
e claim amounting to a claim for a principle and not for an improved method

page_text: We
as stated in the Title of the Invention contained in the Letters Patent.
for these reasons wish to disclaim and alter the said Specification in such
manner as to disclaim all right and title to roller apparatus, such as is described
when considered separate and apart from the application thereof, to the felting
of rovings or slivers as they come from a carding engine; and for the same
reasons we wish to disclaim all right and title to the use of apparatus other
than roller apparatus, such as is described in the Specification for felting
slivers or rovings as they come from a carding engine.
For these purposes we alter the Specification by introducing after the
word "performed," which comes next before the claiming cause at the end of
the Specification, the words following, vizt., it.should be stated that no claim
is made to the roller annaratus above described, when considered separate and
We further alter the said Specification by striking out the word "first,. also.
the word "second," also the word "herein-before," and also the words "or
any equivalent apparatus by which the felting and friction of the slivers or
rovings into threads suitable for weaving is performed."
And we further alter the said Specification by introducing the word by after
the words "as herein-before described," in order that the claiming clause
may be in the words following, viz., "the converting slivers or rovings as they
"come from the carding engine by felting and friction into threads suitable
for weaving without the intervention of any spinning machine as herein-
"before described, by the apparatus described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawings."
And in order that the effect of this Disclaimer and Memorandum of
Alteration may be better understood, we annex a copy of the Specification, as
it will appear when such Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alteration have
been made as aforesaid.
This Invention consists in converting slivers or rovings as they come from
"a carding engine by felting and friction into threads. suitable for weaving
"without the intervention' of any spinning machine."
The method by which the Inventor prefers to carry his Invention into
"effect.is by making use of an apparatus composed of a series of upper and
"lower cylinders, which turn by frictional contact one with the other, and
"have at the same time a 'to-and-fro horizontal motion:"
Figure 1. of the accompanying Drawings is a vertical section of this

page_text: "
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"apparatus, and Figure 2 is a plan of the same. a is a cast-iron or other
"frame, formed with forked supports or brackets to support a series of rollers
"or cylinders a, b, c, the number of which can be varied; d, e, are other
"rollers or cylinders placed above those just mentioned, and are made
somewhat larger. These rollers d, e, are covered with cloth or other
suitable material, as indicated by the red lines, whilst an endless band g
passes round the rollers à', b, c, and round a tension roller h. The lower
"rollers a, b, c, are held by means of a bar k, which carries a projection 1,
"against which an eccentric macts, which is fixed on the driving shaft n.
"A second bar holds or supports the two upper cylinders in a similar manner,
"and is also acted on by an excentric p on the shaft n. The apparatus is
"put in motion by one of the pulleys q fixed on the shaft n, which puts in
"action the eccentrics p, m, that act on the bars k, o, and thus impart to the
"cylinders a to-and-fro motion in contrary directions. As the shaft n rotates
"it transmits through the pinion ra rotary motion to a shafts, and to the
"lower cylinder a' through the pulley t, and change speed pulley u. As the
"cylinder a revolves, the endless band which passes round it and the other
"cylinders b, c, puts them all in motion. The slivers or rovings as they leave
"the carding engine pass between two guide cylinders a, a, and are led from
"thence to the cylinders in the apparatus just described, in which they are
subjected to the operation of rubbing or felting, which gives them the
necessary qualities suitable for weaving without the intervention of any
"spinning machine."
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"And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
"manner the same is to be performed, it should be stated that no claim
"is made to the roller apparatus above described, when considered separate
"and apart from the use thereof, in felting of the slivers or rovings as they
come from a carding engine, and thereby producing threads suitable for
weaving, without the. intervention of any spinning machine, and I declare
"that I claim the converting slivers or rovings as they come from the carding
"engine by felting and friction into threads suitable for weaving without
"the intervention of any spinning machine, as herein-before described by the
"apparatus described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings."
In witness whereof, we, the said Ferdinand Raphael Tavernier and
François Vouillon, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twentieth
day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
FERDINAND RAPHAEL TAVERNIER. (L.S.)
FRANÇOIS VOUILLON.
(L.S.)

page_text: To the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions.
I hereby grant my fiat, giving leave to the above-mentioned Ferdinand
Raphael Tavernier and Francois Vouillon to file in the Great Seal Patent
Office, with the Specification to which the same relates, the above-written
Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alteration.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, E.C., Editor of the Mechanics' Magazine,
and Patent Agent, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF,
TREATING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES, IN ORDER TO FORM THREADS."-A com-
munication. from Messieurs Tavernier and Vouillon, residing in Paris.
Sealed the 8th September 1859, and dated the 14th. March.1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Archibald
Brooman at the Office of the Commissioners. of Patents, with. his
Petition, on the 14th March 1859.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, E.C., Editor of the Mechanics' Magazine, and Patent Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of. the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
TREATING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES, IN ORDER TO FORM THREADS," (communicated
to me by Messieurs Tavernier and Vouillon, residing in Paris,) to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in converting slivers or rovings as they come from a
carding engine, by felting and friction, into threads suitable for weaving,
without the intervention of any spinning machine.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Archibald Brooman in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 14th September 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, E.C.,
Editor of the Mechanics' Magazine, and Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Richard Archibald Brooman, Her special licence that I, the said Richard
Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors, adminis-
_trators, 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 In-
vention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF TREATING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES,
IN ORDER TO FORM THREADS," (a communication from Messrs. Tavernier and
Vouillon, residing in Paris,) upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Richard Archibald Brooman, 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 Inven-
tion, 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 Richard Archibald Brooman, 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, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in converting slivers or rovings as they come from.
a carding engine, by felting and friction, into threads suitable for weaving,
without the intervention of any spinning machine.
The method by which the Inventor prefers to carry his Invention into effect
is, by making use of an apparatus composed of a series of upper and lower
cylinders, which turn by frictional contact one with the other, and have at the
same time a tc-and-fro horizontal motion.

page_text: Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a vertical section of this
apparatus, and Figure 2 is a plan of the same. a is a cast-iron or other
frame, formed with forked supports or brackets to support a series of rollers
or cylinders a', b, c, the number of which can be varied; d, e, are other rollers
or cylinders placed above those just mentioned, and are made somewhat
larger. These rollers d, e, are covered with cloth or other suitable material,
as indicated by the red lines, whilst an endless band 9 passes round the rollers
a', b, c, and round a tension roller h. The lower rollers a', b, c, are held by
means of a bar k, which carries a projection 1, against which an eccentric m
acts, which is fixed on the driving shaft n. A second bar o holds or supports
the two upper cylinders in a similar manner, and is also acted on by an
eccentric p on the shaft n. The apparatus is put in motion by one of the
pulleys fixed on the shaft n, which puts in action the eccentrics p, m, that
act on the bars k, o, and thus impart to the cylinders a to-and-fro motion in
contrary directions. As the shaft n rotates, it transmits through the pinion ?
a rotary motion to a shaft s, and to the lower cylinder a' through the pulley t
and change speed pulley u. As the cylinder a revolves, the endless band
which passes round it and the other cylinders b, c, puts them all in motion.
The slivers or rovings as they leave the carding engine pass between two
guide cylinders x, x, and are led from thence to the cylinders in the apparatus
just described, in which they are subjected to the operation of rubbing or
felting, which gives them the necessary qualities suitable for weaving, without
the intervention of any spinning machine.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,―
First, the converting slivers or rovings as they come from the carding
engine, by felting and friction, into threads suitable for weaving, without the
intervention of any spinning machine, as herein-before described.
Second, the apparatus herein-before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings, or any equivalent apparatus by which the felting
and friction of the slivers or rovings into threads .suitable for weaving is
performed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of September, One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.