IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND REELING COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Cheetham, of Rochdale, in the County of
Lancaster, Machinist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND REELING COTTON, AND OTHER
FIBROUS MATERIALS."
Sealed the 18th August 1857, and dated the 18th February 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Cheetham at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th February 1857.
I, DAVID CHEETHAM, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Machinist,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND REELING COTTON, AND
OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates, firstly, to the construction of cans, such as are used
for the carding engine, drawing frame, and other machines, and consists in
forming them of corrugated metal; the flutings may be vertical or horizontal,
and bound with suitable hoops.
Secondly, to the spindles of spinning machines, and consists in a method of
supporting the same. For this purpose I mount them in tubes adapted to
stationary rails, such tubes being provided at bottom with suitable steps. The
said tubes may be of equal interior diameter throughout, or formed with pro-
jecting parts; 'against which the spindles may run.
Thirdly, I employ the same strap or other driving apparatus for imparting

page_text: motion to two or more reels, whereby I am enabled to use such apparatus of
shorter lengths without loss in working. An arrangement I adopt consists in
placing two reels upon one shaft, with an intervening space, within which the
driving pulley and other usual gear are situate. Also, I form the shafts of
reels with suitable joints for enabling the attendant to turn them upward in
order to remove the yarn.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said David Cheetham in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th August 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DAVID
CHEETHAM, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Machinist, send greeting
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters.
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said David Cheetham, Herespecial licence that I, the said David Cheetham, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said David
Cheetham, my 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND REELING COTTON, AND
OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," upon the condition, amongst others, that I, the said
David Cheetham, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my 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 David Cheetham, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and contained in ard by the fol-
lowing statement and accompanying Drawings, that is to say:-
My Invention relates, firstly, to the construction of cans, such as are used
for the carding engine, drawing frame, or other machines requiring such
apparatus.

page_text: Secondly, to a method of supporting the spindles of spinning machines.
And, thirdly, to the apparatus known as the reel or swift..
According to the first part of my Invention, I construct the cans, used for
holding the slivers, or other form of material, of corrugated or fluted metal,
whereby a greater degree of strength is obtained than if plain metal be used,
as now practised.
Fig. 1 shews the horizontal section of a can so constructed, and Fig. 2 is an
elevation thereof. The metal may be pressed or rolled into the required form
by ordinary apparatus, and in one sheet if desired, so that the only joint will
be that necessary to form the circle, and there may be hoops, as at a, b, as now
used. In the above example the corrugations or flutings are in a vertical
direction, but they may be horizontal, or at any desired angle, so as to form a
series of spirals.
The second part of my Invention is shewn at Fig. 3, which represents a
throstle spindle mounted according to the improvement. The spindle is shewn
at a, a*, and the wharve at b, above which the ordinary copping railand bobbin
are to be adapted. Beneath the wharve is the fixed rail c, furnished with a
series of holes constituting tubes for the reception of the lower part a of the
spindle, which works at bottom upon a screw e. I have in the Drawing shewn
the tube bearing bushed at f, but if desired the spindle may be in direct
contact with the rail, either throughout its depth or at two or more places.
The Drawing shews a method I adopt for oiling the spindle. Upon the rail
is formed a reservoir g for the lubricating material, which passes from thence
through a channel to the interior of the tube. I have in the above descrip-
tion supposed the tube bearing and the rail c to be of one depth,but the former
may be narrower if desired, the tube extending above and below the same; and
I would also remark that the said tube may be made in a separate piece, and
affixed to the rail by ordinary means. The above illustrates my Invention as
applied to throstle spindles, but it may be adapted to those of the mule or other
such machine.
I
The next part of my Invention is shewn at Fig. 4, which represents the
improved reel or swift. The framework is shewn at a, and two reels at b,
mounted upon the same shaft c, so as to revolve together. At the central
intervening part is placed the driving pulley d, and "rapping" wheel e, toge-
ther with the usual gear. The shaft c is mounted at ƒ, f, in ordinary cap
bearings, and turns at g,g, in the usual open bearings if desired. At h,h, the
said shaft is jointed, so as to be capable of turning upward when it is desired
to remove the yarn. I have shewn and described two reels only, but it will
be evident that the arrangements may be repeated for any required scries. By

page_text: the above arrangement it will be perceived that I can, without loss in working,
employ reels of half the usual length, and that the attendant therefore may
more easily turn the shaft upward in order to remove the yarn. This is one
important feature of my Invention, but another part thereof relates to the use
of the joints h, and this may be employed in reels of the ordinary arrangement
for facilitating the turning up for the aforesaid purpose.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be understood
that I claim, as secured to me under the above iu part recited Letters Patent,―
Firstly, constructing cans as aforesaid with corrugated or fluted metal.
Secondly, the application to fixed rails of tubular bearings for spindles of
spinning machines.
Thirdly, the employment of one driving apparatus, situate asabove described,
for two or more reels; also the use of a jointed shaft to reels, for the purpose
above set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said David Cheetham, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Seventeenth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
DAVID CHEETHAM. (L.S.)