A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE FOR RUBBING, WASHING, AND SIZING ROPES, CORDS, OR TWINES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Saddleton Marsters, of the Firm of John Marsters
and Sons, of Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, for the Invention of "A
NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE FOR RUBBING, WASHING, AND SIZING ROPES,
CORDS, OR TWINES."
Sealed the 12th June 1868, and dated the 17th December 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Saddleton Marsters at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th December 1867.
I, SADDLETON MARSTERS, of the Firm of John Marsters and Sons, of Lynn,
in the County of Norfolk, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE FOR RUBBING, WASHING, AND SIZING ROPES,
CORDS, OR TWINES," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to construct a machine for effecting what has
been bitherto done by hand labor, that is to say, to rub, wash, and size with
warm or cold size either in a wet or dry state, ropes, cords, or twines. The
rope, cord, or twine after being spun and thrown or laid together in the usual
way is put on a reel and is led from the reel over a check roller, grooved and
with a break upon it, then successively over two drums revolving quickly in

page_text: contrary directions; these drums are provided with scrapers having notches
of V-shape to take a corresponding number of lengths of rope or twine; as
the rope or twine passes over these drums in the notches the boon or woodly
part and other substances are removed by the scrapers, the lengths of rope
then pass through hollow spindles, attached to the end of each of which is a
fork which carries a small roller loose on a spindle. The hollow spindles are
made to revolve and after the lengths of rope or twine have passed through
them they pass round the small rollers which cause the rope or twine to be
continually turning round as it passes over the drums whereby the whole surface
of the rope or twine is presented to the scrapers on the drums as it passes over.
After leaving the small roller the rope or twine passes under or over a grooved
friction roller which pulls it over the drums and through the hollow spindles
causing the small rollers to revolve. The rope or twine if required to be
washed is then led or passed through water and over a washing roller and
thence to a size cistern which is kept full of warm or cold size. The rope or
twine is then led to a reel to be dried and finished in the usual way.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Saddleton Marsters in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
17th June 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SADDLETON
MARSTERS, of the Firm of John Marsters and Sons, of Lynn, in the County
of Norfolk, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
. One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Saddleton Marsters, Her special licence that I, the said Saddleton
Marsters, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Saddleton Marsters, 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 "A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE FOR RUBBING, WASHING, AND SIZING
ROPES, CORDS, OR TWINES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Saddleton Marsters, my executors or administrator", by an instrument

page_text: in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to bé
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Saddleton Marsters, do hereby declare
the nature of my 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 annexel,
that is to say:-
The object of my Invention is to construct a machine for effecting what has
been hitherto done by hand labor, that is to say, to rub, wash and size with
warm or cold size (or to rub and wash only) either in a wet or dry state,
ropes, cords, or twines.
My machine will be clearly understood by the annexed Drawings and the
following description
Figure 1. is a side elevation, and Figure 2 a plan of the machine;
Figures 3 and 4 are transverse sections through the lines a, a, and b, b,
respectively.
;
The rope, cord, or twine (marked in the Drawings by the letter A) after
leing spun and thrown or laid together in the usual way is put on a reel and
is led from the reel over a check roller B, grooved and with a break on it
at G; then successively over two (or there may be more than two) drums C
and D, revolving quickly in contrary directions; these drums are provided
with scrapers S having semicircular notches cut in them to take a correspond-
ing number of lengths of rope or twinė; as the rope or twine passes over the
drums C, D, in the notches the shieve, boon, or dirt is removed by the
scrapers rubbing against them; the lengths of rope then pass through hollow
spindles E (one of which is shewn separately on a larger scale in Figure 5)
attached to the end of each of which is a fork which carries a small roller I
loose on a spindle. The hollow spindles are made to revolve by the shaft H,
and after the lengths of rope or twine have passed through them the lengths
pass round the small rollers R, which cause the rope or twine to be continually
turning round as it passes over the drums C, D, whereby the whole surface of
the rope or twine is presented to the scrapers S on the drums as it passes
over. After leaving the small roller R the rope or twine passes over a
grooved friction roller F driven from a pulley O on the spindle of the drum C
by means of reducing pulleys J, J, J, J, and pinions K, K; the friction
roller F thus pulls the rope or twine over the drums C an! D, and through

page_text: the hollow spindles E, causing the small rollers R to revolve. T, T, T, are
three guides for the rope or twine which keep it in the notches of the drums
C and D, and also enable the attendant to lift the whole of the lengths of
rope or twine clear of the drums C and D if required, so that the rope or
twine passes over without injuring any knots or splices there may be therein.
The guides also allow of the required pressure being put on the rope or twine
as it passes over the drums C and D. The rope or twine may be washed
sufficiently as it passes over, the drums by means of water continually running
on it; but instead of washing it in this manner it may after leaving the
roller F be led or passed through water and over a washing roller; if it is
required to be sized it is then led to a size cistern which is kept full of warm
or cold size. The rope or twine is then led to a reel to be dried and finished
in the usual way.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim constructing. and
arranging machinery for rubbing, washing, and sizing ropes, cords, or twines
substantially as herein-before described with reference to the annexed
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Saddleton Marsters, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight.
SADDLETON MARSTERS. (L.8.)