IMPROVEMENTS IN ---
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to François Delamare de Boutteville, the younger, of
Fontaine-le-Bourg, in the Department of the Seine Inférieure, in the
Empire of France, Spinner, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
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Sealed, the 16th April 1862, and dated the 29th January 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said François Delamare de
Boutteville at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 29th January 1862.
I, FRANÇOIS DELAMARE DE BOUTTEVILLE, the younger, of Fontaine-le-Bourg,
in the Department of the Seine Inférieure, in the Empire of France, Spinner,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY APPLICABLE TO THE SPINNING OF FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object the prevention of the loss of time consequent
upon stopping the ordinary drawing and doubling machine for the purpose of
changing the can when the machine is driven at great speed. For this
purpose the head of the machine is similar to that in ordinary machines,
except that instead of being fixed as usual it is capable of being turned on a
pivot when one of the cans is full either from right to left, or from left to
right; according to its position, over the empty can which is at the side of the
full can, and turns in the same direction with it. The movement of the head

page_text: is controlled by a stop in such a manner that no time is lost in the taking up
and delivery of the cotton or other fibrous substance. This stop pressed upon
by a spring holds the head sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left, but
it is raised at the required moment, for changing the can by means of a
bent lever, when the head is pushed into the position required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said François Delamare de Boutteville in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 28th July 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANÇOIS
DELAMARE DE BOUTTEVILLE, the younger, of Fontaine-le-Bourg, in the Depart-
ment of the Seine Inférieure, in the Empire of France, Spinner, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said François Delamare de Boutteville, the younger, Her special
license that I, the said François Delamare de Boutteville, the younger, my
exécutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said François
Delamare de Boutteville, the younger, 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 APPLICABLE TO THE SPINNING OF FIBROUS SUB-
STANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said François
Delamare de Boutteville, the younger, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, 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 François Delamare de Boutteville, the
younger, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings

page_text: nereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say):-
My Invention of "Improvements in Machinery applicable to the Spinning
of Fibrous Substances," has for its object the prevention of the loss of time
consequent upon stopping the ordinary drawing and doubling machine, for the
purpose of changing the can when the machine is driven at great speed. For
this purpose the head of the machine is similar to that in ordinary machines,
except that instead of being fixed as usual it is capable of being turned on a
pivot when one of the cans is full, either from right to left, or from left to
right, according to its position over the empty can, which is at the side of the
full can, and turns in the same direction with it. The movement of the head
is controlled by a stop in such a manner that no time is lost in the taking up
and delivery of the cotton or other fibrous substance. This stop pressed upon
by a spring holds the head sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left, but
it is raised at the required moment for changing the can by means of a bent
lever when the head is pushed into the position required.
Having thus stated the nature of the said Invention, I will proceed to
describe more particularly in what manner the same is to be performed by
reference to the accompanying Drawings, in which is represented the machinery
or apparatus above referred to.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section in the line a, b, of Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a plan
or horizontal view of the machinery or apparatus.
A is the driving pulley; B, C, D, E, F, G, are bevil wheels of equal size
transmitting motion from the pulley A to the rowel H, and to a corresponding
one H', not shewn, and also to the cans T and T¹, intended to receive the
cotton in a compressed state as it proceeds from the rowels. I is a hinged
lid or cover with a hole J formed in it, through which the cotton passes into
the machine; K is a cover, also hinged; L is an excentric distributor
receiving motion by means of the pinion M; N, N¹, are handles serving to
liberate the head of the machine, and at the same time to cause it to turn on
the fixed boss O, which is concentric with the vertical axle P; Q is a rectan-
gular column supporting the head; R is a door fastened by buttons, and
which may be removed when desired; S is a plate fixed to the floor of the
workshop or factory for the purpose of receiving a toothed platform or
foundation in which the can T is inserted; S¹ is a similar plate for the can T;
U, U', are notches formed in the piece V and in the column Q; they serve as
stopping points, and are intended to receive the little projection X on the bent

page_text: lever L; Y is a groove serving for a guide in the turning of the head; Z is a
spring for pressing against the end of the bent lever L', in order to cause the
projection X to enter one of the notches just referred to.
It is to be observed that the head of the machine represented in the
Drawing is similar to those of machines in which the heads are fixed; the
cotton enters therein, is compressed, and eventually arranged in the can in
the same manner as in such machines; only when the can is full the head
which is mounted on a pivot is turned on its pivot from right to left, or from
left to right, according to its position over the empty can which is at the side
of the full can, and which turns in the same direction with it. The turning of
the head is always under control, so that no time is lost in the taking up and
delivery of the cotton. As will be seen on reference to the Drawing the head is
held as required by means of a catch pressed by the spring Z. This catch is
removed and the head liberated at the moment of changing the position of the
head by means of the bent lever L' worked by the attendant entirely by the
act of pushing the head into its required position.
The machine above described is also applicable to ordinary drawing
machines in order to avoid loss of time.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I would remark that the mechanism
forming the head of the machine may be varied without departing from the
principle of my Invention; but what I claim as of my Invention is, the
application to 'machines of the kind described of a head, the whole of which is
moveable on its axis, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said François Delamare de Boutteville, the
younger, have hereunto set my hand and seal, the Twenty-fourth day
of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two.
F. DELAMARE, FILS. (L.S.)