IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SLUBBING AND SPINNING WOOL OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James loughton, of Gomersal, in the County of
York, Machine Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS FOR SLUBBING AND SPINNING WOOL OR OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 28th December 1860, and dated the 3rd July 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Houghton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd July 1860.
I, JAMES HOUGHTON, of Gomersal, in the County of York, Machine Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SLUBBING AND SPINNING WOOL OR OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
Heretofore the carriage part of the machine, technically known as the
"horse" or "billy," with low or back gearing, has been drawn out by hand or
manual labour, which is not so regular or of uniform speed or motion as
mechanical power, and consequently the yarn or work produced is not so
regular or of even thickness and twist as desirable; to remedy which, I have
arranged and applied, in connection with the driving gear of such machines for
drawing out the carriage, a "scroll motion," similar to what is now employed in
the spinning mule, whereby I obtain the desired regularity or uniformity of
motion, and consequently can produce better yarn than heretofore by this class
of machinery.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Houghton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd January 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
HOUGHTON, of Gomersal, in the County of York, Machine Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Iler heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said James Houghton, Her special license that I, the said James
Houghton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said James Houghton, 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SLUBBING AND SPINNING WOOL OR OTHER
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that 1, the said James
Houghton, 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 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 James Houghton, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say) :-
Heretofore the carriage part of the machine technically known as the
"horse or billy," with low or back gearing, has been drawn out by hand or
manual labour, which is not so regular or of uniform speed or steady motion
as mechanical power, and consequently the yarn or work produced is not so
regular or of even thickness and twist as desirable; to remedy which I have
arranged and applied, in connection with the driving gear of such machines
for drawing out the carriage, a "scroll motion," similar to what is now employed
in the spinning mule, whereby I obtain the desired regularity or uniformity of
speed or steadiness of motion, and consequently can produce better yarn than
heretofore by this class of machinery.

page_text: In order that this my said Invention may be clearly understood, I have
given reference to an accompanying Sheet of Drawings, illustrating three
different modes or methods of applying the said improvements.
Fig. 1 is a portion of the carriage part of a horse or billy (shewn in elevation)
with the scroll motion and connectious applied thereto (shown in plan). A is
a shaft supported on suitable framing or fixings attached to the room floor.
This shaft is in gear with or receives motion from the ordinary back gearing
by either gear wheels or pullies and belt. 13 is a pinion fixed on said shaft
gearing with a wheel C, on the boss of which is fixed a pinion D, gearing with
a wheel E, fixed on a short shaft, on which is also fixed a "scroll" or spiral
pulley F. The wheel and pinion C and D are mounted on a stud plate,
which is capable of oscillating so as that the pinion D may be moved out of
gear or contact with the wheel E when required. A band or cord G passes
around the scroll F, thence over or around the pulley I to the carriage J,
and is fastened to the ratchet or adjusting wheel K, which is on a stud plate
fixed to the said carriage. L is a spring catch which holds the wheels D and
E in gear by means of the rod M, connected to the catches or levers O and P,
which are connected to the casting Q by an adjusting screw R, which, when
actuated by the carriage coming in contact with the knocking-off lever N,
when drawn out to the end, lifts the wheel and pinion C, D, out of gear with
the wheel E, and on the return of the carriage, or when put up, it comes in
contact with the catch P, which again puts the pinion D into gear with tho
wheel E. The scroll F is balanced or reversed on the putting up of the
carriage by a weight S attached to the cord T, which passes over a pulley U,
placed on a stud fixed in an elevated position of the room.
Fig. 2 illustrates another mode or method of applying the said scroll
motion to a horse or billy, the carriage being shewn in elevation and the
bands in plan. A is a shaft supported in bearings fixed to the carriage, on
the end of which shaft is a bevil wheel B, gearing with another bevil wheel B',
on a shaft C, on which is a bevil wheel C', gearing with another bevil wheel C³,
on a shaft D, on which shaft is fixed a spur pinion E, gearing with a spur
wheel F, fixed on the shaft which carries the scroll or spiral pulley G. The
said shaft is supported at one end by a pivot or loop stud and plate H,
fixed to the carriage, and at the other by a movable bearing I, working in
the fixing or bracket J, which bearing is hinged or jointed to the carriage to
enable the spur wheel F to be lowered or moved out of gear with the pinion E
when required, being held up by a catch lever K during tho draught. A band
or cord L passes around the scroll pulley, thenco around the pulley M, and
over the pulley M, with a weight N fixed to the end thereof. When the

page_text: carriage is drawn out the catch K comes in contact with a stop piece O.
which throws the wheel and pinion out of gear, and when the carriage is put
up the catch comes in contact with another stop piece P, which puts the
said wheels into gear again. The band or cord Q passing from the scroll to
and around the adjusting wheel R is for balancing or giving reverse inotion
to the scroll.
Fig. 3 shews a similar arrangement and application of the scroll motion, but
instead of the bevil gear and shafts, motion is communicated by a band or cord
from a pulley fixed on the shaft A to a cone pulley fixed on the pinion shaft B.
which drives the scroll C, whereby a variation in speed may be obtained
without having any gear to exchange.
It will be perceived that by means of these improvements a steady though
variable motion may be given to the carriage during the draught or draw-out
thereof, whereby a better quality and a greater quantity of yarn than heretofore
can be produced; also the manual labour of working this class of machinery, which
has hitherto been very arduous, will be considerably reduced or diminished.
Having thus fully described the nature of the said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is or may be performed, I would have it distinctly
understood that I do not confine or restrict myself to the precise form, con-
struction or arrangement, or manner of applying the said Invention as herein
set forth; but what I claim and which I believe to be new within the realm is,
the application and use of a scroll motion or spiral pulley for drawing out the
carriage in the machine known as the "horse or billy," with low or back
gearing, substantially as herein described and illustrated by the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Houghton, have hereunto set
hand and scal, this First day of January, in the year of our Lord
my
One thousand oight hundred and sixty-one.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named James Iloughton, in the pro-
sence of
JAMES HOUGHTON. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named James Iloughton, in the pro-
sence of
W. TASKER, l'atent Agent,
Halifax.
JAMES HOUGHTON. (L.S.)