IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING. AND DOUBLING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Johu Tatham and David Cheetham, of
Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR
PREPARING, SPINNING. AND DOUBLING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 17th May 1853, and dated the 25th November 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Tatham and
David Cheetham at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 25th November 1852.
We, JOHN TATHAM and DAVID CHEETHAM, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND DOUBLING COTTON AND OTHER
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES" to be as follows:-
Our improvements relate-
Firstly, to a method of coiling or depositing webs or slivers of
fibrous substances. The material, after leaving the carding engine,
drawing frame, or other preparing machine, is conducted to a can or
other receptacle, which has two motions communicated to it, the one
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page_text: being at right angles, or nearly so, to the other; as the web or sliver,
therefore, is received, it is deposited in folds regulated according to
the relative motions imparted to the can; instead of this arrange-
ment, the can or other receptacle may be stationary, and the web
or sliver have the rectangular traversings imparted thereto.
Secondly, our improvements consist in a method of obtaining the
"drag" in spinning or doubling machines. This we effect by using
bobbins, the bottoms of which are of a concave or convex form, and
adapting the washers or other surfaces upon which they run, so as
to fit or be an approximation to such concave or convex forms.
Also under this part of our Invention a novelty consists in causing
the part for effecting the drag to constitute a guide for keeping the
bobbin in its central position; thus, for instance, we cause the drag
surface to project into the bobbin, or the bobbin to project into it,
under which arrangement concave or convex surfaces may be used,
the improved drag and the steadying of the bobbin being thus
obtained by the same means.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Tatham and David Cheetham in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th May 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we,
JOHN TATHAM and DAVID CHEETHAM, of Rochdale, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Makers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of November, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in
the sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her beirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said John Tatham and David
Cheetham, Her especial license that we, the said John Tatham and
David Cheetham, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said John Tatham and David Cheetham, our exe-
cutors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with

page_text: 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 the Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING,
SPINNING, AND DOUBLING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that we, the said John Tatham
and David Cheetham, by an instrument in writing under our hands
and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us, should parti-
cularly 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 Tatham, do hereby declare
the nature of our 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 improvements relate, firstly, to a method of coiling or depo-
siting webs or slivers of fibrous substances. The material, after
leaving the carding engine, drawing frame, or other preparing
machine, is conducted to a can or other receptacle, which has two
motions communicated to it, the one being at right angles to the
other or nearly so; as the web or sliver, therefore, is received, it is
deposited in folds, regulated according to the relative motions im-
parted to the can, &c., or, instead of this precise arrangement, the can
or other receptacle may be stationary, and the web or sliver have
the traversings imparted thereto. Secondly, our improvements con-
sist in a method of obtaining the "drag" in spinning and doubling
machines. This we effect by using bobbins, the bottoms of which are
of a concave or convex form, and adapting the surfaces upon which
they run, so as to fit or be an approximation to such forms. Also
ander this part of our Invention, a novelty consists in causing the
part for effecting the drag to constitute a guide for keeping the

page_text: bobbin in its central position; and, in order that our Invention may
be fully understood, we will refer to a Drawing accompanying this
our Specification.
Fig. 1, is a sectional view in elevation of our improved coiling
apparatus applicable to a carding engine or drawing frame ;
Fig. 2, is another section taken at right angles to Fig. 1; and
Fig. 3, is a top view. The can into which the material is to be
coiled is shewn at a, placed within a socket b, formed upon a
table c, mounted so as to be capable of sliding upon guides d; one
side of the socket b, is provided with a hinge, so that it may be
turned down in order to remove and replace the can when necessary.
Within the table c, is formed a groove e, having V shaped edges,
and within which is placed the upper part of a socket; this socket
extends around a shaft g, which has two threads cut upon it in op-
posite directions, and into these threads a pin h, carried by the
socket, projects. Upon the shaft g. is a pinion i, taking into
another, mounted upon a vertical shaft, which carries a pinion at
its upper end, driven by another, k, mounted upon the axis . By
the revolution, therefore, of the axis l, imparted through the wheel
, rotatory motion will be communicated to the crossed threads
upon the shaft g, which, by acting upon the pin h, will cause the
can a to move to and fro, as commonly practised in many machines
for effecting traversing operations, and thus one of the motions
required for the purpose of our Invention is obtained. The
guides d, upon which the table c is placed, are mounted upon
a second table, m, which is capable of moving upon v, guides n, at-
tached to the stationary framework; this table is provided with a
slot o, within which is situate a pin p, projecting from the surface
of a toothed wheel q, driven from the shaft j, by means of a pinion
, and intermediate s; as therefore the wheel q is caused to revolve,
the pin p, acting against the edges of its slot, will cause the table m
to move to and fro upon the guides n, carrying with it by means of
the guides d, the upper table c, and consequently the can a; if, how-
ever, the socket f, were fixed to the table c, this motion could not
take place, for the screw shaft g, which it encircles, would prevent such

page_text: travelling, and it is in order to provide for this that the socket is
mounted loosely on the slot e, so as to allow the table c, to slide upon
it, and permit it to maintain its position in reference to the screw g.
Thus it will be perceived that the can is moved to and fro in both
directions simultaneously, by which means the material will be de-
posited in folds according to the several rates imparted.
e,
We have
in the foregoing description described the can as having the rectan-
gular motions imparted thereto. The same effect, however, may be
produced by keeping the can stationary, and causing the material to
be traversed with the two motions necessary for effecting the coils.
Our first and second improvements in apparatus for spinning and
doubling are shewn at Figs. 4, 5, and 6; the last-mentioned Fig.
exhibits our second improvement therein only. The spindle, a
(Fig. 4), passes through a tube b, which is attached to the copping
rail and projects into the interior of the bobbin d; the flange f
by which this tube is secured to the rail, is (in Fig. 4.) constructed
with a concave recess, into which the lower flange of the bobbin is
placed, it being constructed of a convex form for that purpose; the
upper part of the bobbin turns upon the spindle as usual, and the
lower part is kept in a central position by means of the conical sur-
faces. In Fig. 5, the reverse arrangement is adopted, for in this in-
stance the flange,of the tube b,has a convex surface, and that of the
bobbin is hollowed out so as to lie thereon. The bobbins may run
in direct contact with the flange of the tube; but, in order to gain
a greater amount of drag, conical washers of felt or other suitable
material may be adapted if desired. By the use of these conical
surfaces we obtain a steadier drag, and are enabled to enabled to
keep the bobbin in a central position without causing it to run in con-
tact with the fixed tube. Our second improvement in spinning and
doubling is shewn under another form in Fig. 6. In this instance,
the flange, of the tube b, is provided with a recess, the sides of
which are vertical,and against which the rim of the bobbin flange
runs, a bearing being thereby provided for keeping it in a central
position independent of the fixed tube: the upper bearing for the
bobbin is, as before, upon the spindle a. The recess of the flange f,

page_text: in which the bobbin is placed, may be provided with a surface of felt
or other material for increasing the drag, or the bobbin may run
upon the bare metal if desired.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and the manner of carrying the same into effect, we
desire it to be understood that we claim as secured to us,
Firstly, the employment of a can or other receptacle having
two motions imparted thereto, the one at right angles, or nearly so,
to the other, for the purpose above set forth; or effecting the same
object by causing the material to be in like manner traversed.
Secondly, obtaining the drag in spinning and doubling machines
through the medium of surfaces of a convex or concave form.
Thirdly, the application of suitable parts to the copping rail for
guiding the bobbin in a central position and free from the tube
which supports the spindle.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Tatham have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of May, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
JOHN TATHAM. (L.s.)