CERTAIN IMPROVE. MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Godfrey Anthony Ermen, of Eccles, in the County
of Lancaster, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVE.
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING COTTON
AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 13th March 1866, and dated the 14th October 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Godfrey Anthony Ermen
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 14th October 1865.
1, GODFREY ANTHONY ERMEN, of Eccles, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AND
SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
The first part of my Invention relates to all descriptions of machinery for
preparing and spinning cotton, wherein the cotton or fibrous material
passes between or comes in contact with rollers upon which it may accu-
mulate, and this part of the Invention is designed for the purpose of
cleaning such rollers from the accumulation of fibrous material.
The first part of my improvements consists in the application and use of
cords, strings, wires, rods, tapes, or bands to the exterior surface or peri-
phery of such aforesaid rollers, which cords or bands are employed to
remove the fibres from the rollers whilst they are revolving.
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page_text: The cords, strings, wires, rods, tapes, 'or bands extend and are secured
in a line parallel to the axis of the roller, and are in contact with its surface,
and a slight interrupted vibratory motion is given to the cords by means of
pegs or pins on the shafts of the rollers, to cause them to strike the roller
at intervals, which effects the clearance or removal of the fibrous material
and prevents it adhering or lapping on the rollers.
The cords or tapes may also be used in the form of an endless band and
be caused to traverse the length of the rollers by means of pulleys.
A second part of the Invention relates to the bearings for spindles
employed in machinery for spinning cotton and other fibrous materials, and
consists in the employment and use of a vertical disc arranged in bearings,
and having a semicircular groove formed round its periphery, in and
against which groove the spindle bears and revolves, the said disc occupy-
ing the position and being used in substitution of the ordinary "bolster "
bearing.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Godfrey Anthony Ermen, in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 13th April 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GODFREY
ANTHONY ERMEN, of Eccles, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters.
Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs, and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Godfrey Anthony Ermen, Her special license, that I, the
said Godfrey Anthony Ermen, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Godfrey Anthony Ermen, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should
and assigns, should at any time
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 "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Godfred Anthony Ermen, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing, under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should

page_text: 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 Godfrey Anthony Ermen, do hereby
declare the nature of the 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):-
The first part of my Invention relates to all descriptions of machinery for
preparing and spinning cotton wherein the cotton or fibrous material passes
between or comes in contact with rollers, upon which it may accumulate, and
this part of the Invention is designed for the purpose of cleaning such rollers
from the accumulation of fibrous material.
The first part of my improvements consist in the application and
use of cords; strings, wires, rods, tapes, or bands to the exterior surface
or periphery of such aforesaid rollers, which cords or bands are employed
to remove the fibres from the rollers whilst they are revolving. The cords,
strings, wires, rods, tapes, or bands, extend and are secured in a line
parallel to the axis of the roller, and are in contact with its surface, and
a slight interrupted vibratory motion is given to the cords by means of pegs
or pins on the shafts of the rollers, to cause them to strike the roller at
intervals, which effects the clearance or removal of the fibrous material, and
prevents it adhering or lapping on the rollers. The cords or tapes may
also be used in the form of an endless band, and be caused to traverse the
length of the rollers by means of pulleys.
A second part of the Invention relates to the bearings for spindles
employed in machinery for spinning cotton and other fibrous materials, and
consists in the employment and use of a vertical disc arranged in bearings,
and having a semicircular groove formed round its periphery, in and against
which groove the spindle bears and revolves, the said disc occupying the
position and being used in substitution of the ordinary "bolster bearing."
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail, I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings, made about the full
size, similar letters of reference being marked upon corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 represents the front elevation of a det of drawing rollers, shew-
ing the position and action of the cord employed for collecting the loose
fibre from the surfaces of the rollers. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the
same. Fig. 3 represents an end view shewn in elevation of an ordinary
throstle spindle, shewing the improved revolving support or bearing applied

page_text: thereto. In Figs. 1 and 2, a, a, are the bearings or supports for the rollers
b, b, and c, c; the ends of the strings or cords d, d, are secured to these
bearings, and extend in a line parallel to the axis of the rollers, and are in
contact with their surface. A slight interrupted vibratory motion is given to
these cords by means of the projections or pegs on the roller e, which whilst
revolving strikes such cords at intervals which effects the clearance or
removal of the fibrous material therefrom, and prevents it adhering or
lapping on the rollers. The improved bearing for spindles employed for
spinning is clearly illustrated at Fig. 3, in which is an ordinary throstle
spindle, bearing upon the foot rail g; between this foot rail and the bobbin
rail in the place usually occupied by the "bolster" bearing the vertical
disc or circular plate his secured on a pin mounted in the framing ', the
periphery of which disc is shaped or formed in a semicircular groove which
fits the circumference of the spindle against which it bears. The disc as
the spindle is caused to rise or fall revolves upon its axis by friction, or the
disc may be positively driven by gearing to cause it to revolve, which
materially reduces the frictional bearing.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with
the method of carrying the same into practical effect, 1 wish it to be
distinctly understood that I claim the novel method and means of removing
and preventing the accumulation of fibrous material on revolving surfaces,
and also the novel application and use of a disc moving on a shaft or stud
and having a groove in its periphery as a bearing for spindles, as herein-
before described, set forth, and fully illustrated in the Drawings attached.
In witness whereof I, the said Godfrey Anthony Ermen, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
GODFREY ANTHONY ERMEN. (L.S.)