IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING WASTE-OR-FLY FROM SPINNING MACHINERY, WHETHER FOR COTTON OR ANY OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL." PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Todd, of Heywood, in the County of
Lancaster, Spinner and Manufacturer, and Jacob Todd, of the same
Place, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING WASTE-OR-FLY FROM SPINNING MACHINERY,
WHETHER FOR COTTON OR ANY OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Todd' and Jacob
Todd at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Pétition,
on the 18th September 1862.
We, WILLIAM TODD, of Heywood, in the County of Lancaster, Spinner and
Manufacturer, and JACOB TODD, of the same Place, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING WASTE OR FLY FROM SPINNING MACHINERY, WHETHER
FOR COTTON OR ANY OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL," to be as follows:-
This Invention for collecting waste cotton or fly from the surface! of such
spinning machinery. where it is accustomed to accumulate consists in the
novel combination and arrangement of a series of rollers caused to revolve by
their traversing over such said places or surfaces, so that in their progress they
shall collect all waste or fly, and retain the same upon their surfaces until
striped. Take for example the application of our "collector" as applied to
the ordinary "mule" for spinning, which consists in the following novel
arrangement, that is to say:-The traversing carriage upon which the cop

page_text: spindles of the mule are sustained and worked, is supplied on its upper surface
with a slight frame of tin or other suitable material, such frame forming the
holder or slide upon which the fly or waste collecting rollers are placed, the
said frame or slide when the mule is in action being caused to move or slide
along the surfaces upon which it is placed by means of an endless chain or
band to which it.is attached and driven from the drum of the carriage by
friction pullies or by any other suitable mechanical contrivance, causes the
said collecting rollers to revolve, thereby folding and collecting all waste or fly
with which they come in contact upon their surfaces.
In order that the peculiar action of our improved waste "collector" may
be more clearly understood we have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawing,
with similar letters of reference marked upon all the parts alike.
same.
Fig. 1 is an end view of an ordinary mule carriage, shewing the position of
our improved waste collector upon its upper surface, and Fig. 2 is a plan of
A and B are portions of.the mule upon which waste or fly accumulate,
and from which our improved mechanism collects it. a is a light frame for
holding or retaining the rollers or collectors b, b, and 6, the action or move-
ment of such frame during the time the mule carriage is running out, causes
the collectors b, b, to revolve by their contact with the waste upon the surface
of the carriage, thereby collecting such waste upon them, and retaining the
same until striped, fresh rollers being readily supplied when the others are
ready for doffing. The roller 6' is connected to the frame a by means of the
levers e, e, and is for the purpose of collecting the fly from the roller beam B,
its action being easily understood upon reference to the Drawing. During the
action of the rollers b, b, the frame or holder a is assuming a fresh position,
that is, whilst the mule carriage is being drawn out, the frame a is caused to
slide or move just the width or length of the roller 6', the rollers b, b, during
such movement collect their portion of the waste from the surface over which
they move, but immediately upon the carriage being drawn up, the roller 6' is
brought into contact with the inclined surface of the roller beam at the
point c, and gradually as the carriage is finally drawn up the roller 6' is pro-
pelled up the inclined surface to the point c' (as shewn in red), collecting in
its progress all waste or fly it is brought into contact with from the roller
beam, so that by the combined and repeated action of the rollers b, b, and b¹,
the mule is kept clear from waste or fly, such waste or fly being superior when
doffed from our improved collecting rollers to that which is collected by the
old process of scavenging.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Todd and Jacob Todd in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 18th. March 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
TODD, of Heywood, in the County of Lancaster, Spinner and Manufacturer;
and JACOB TODD, of the same Place, Engineer, send greeting.
---WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent bearing date the Eighteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the
said William Todd and Jacob Todd, Her special license that we;
the said William Todd and Jacob Todd, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as we, the said William Todd and Jacob
Todd, our 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 OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING WASTE OR FLY FROM SPINNING
MACHINERY, WHETHER FOR COTTON OR ANY OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said William Todd and Jacob Todd,
our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our,
or their, or one of their bands 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 we, the said William Todd and Jacob Todd, 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):
"
This Invention for collecting waste cotton or fly from the surface of such
spinning machinery where it is accustomed to accumulate, consists in the
novel combination and arrangement of a series of rollers caused to revolve by
their traversing over such said places or surfaces, so that in their progress they'
shall collect all waste or fly, and retain the same upon their surfaces until
stripped. Take for example the application of the improved waste." collector"

page_text: as applied to the ordinary "mule" for spinning, such improved waste collector
consisting in the following novel arrangement of mechanism, that is to say :-
The traversing carriage upon which the cop spindles of the mule are sustained
and worked is supplied on its upper surface with a slight frame of tin or other
suitable material, such frame forming the holder or slide upon which the fly
or waste collecting rollers are placed, the said frame or, slide when the mule is
in action being caused to move or slide along the surfaces upon which it is
placed by means of an endless chain or band to which it is attached and driven
from the drum of the carriage by friction pulleys (or any other suitable
mechanical contrivance) causes the said collecting rollers to revolve, thereby
folding & collecting upon their surfaces all waste or fly with which they may
come in contact.
In order that the peculiar action of our improved waste "collector" may be
more clearly understood, we have hereunto .attached a Sheet of Drawings made
upon a scale of about two inches to the foot, having similar.letters of reference
marked upon corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is the end view of an ordinary mule carriage, shewing the position
of our improved wasté "collector" upon its upper surface; Fig. 2 is a plan
view of the same also illustrating the arrangement of driving apparatus in
connection with the collector. A and B are portions of the mule upon which
waste or fly accumulates, and from which our improved mechanism collects it;
a is a light frame for holding or retaining the rollers or "collectors" b, b,
and 6, the action or longitudinal sliding movement of such frame; being
obtained by means of the rack c, sliding in the bearings d, such bearings being
fixed to the mule carriage during the time such carriage is being drawn out.
The rack c is carried along with it, such rack being caused to slide in the
bearings d alternately as the mule carriage is run in and out, by means of the
said rack being brought into contact with fixed studs placed upon the framing.
of the mule. The pinion e is so arranged as to drive the endless band fin
one direction, only the said driving taking place during the time the mule
carriage is being drawn out. The waste collector is connected to the endless
driving band by means of the slotted spring lever 9 attached to the frame a of
the traversing collector, and is so arranged that as the collector completes its
run from end to end of the mule carriage longitudinally it comes in contact
with the stop k, thus allowing the knot to slip from the clip of the spring
lever g as the movement of the endless band continues. Passing round the
pulley i, the said knot comes into contact with the spring lever g upon
its
opposite side, thereby reversing the traverse of the collector as it alternately
completes its run between end and end of carriage. This peculiar traversing

page_text: motion causes the collectors b, b, to revolve by their contact with the waste
upon the surfaces of the carriage, thereby collecting such waste upon them, and
retaining the same until stripped, fresh rollers being readily supplied when
those in use are full and ready for doffing. The roller 6¹ is connected to the
frame a by means of the levers m, m, and is for the purpose of collecting the
fly from the roller beam B, its action being as follows:-During the action of
the rollers b, b, the frame or holder a is assuming a fresh position, that is
whilst the mule carriage is being drawn out the frame a is caused to slide or
move (by means of the afore-mentioned endless band) just the width or length.
of the roller b', the rollers b, b, during such movement collect their portion of
the waste from the surfaces over which they move, but immediately upon
the carriage being drawn up the roller b' is brought into contact with the
inclined surface of the roller beam at the point x, and gradually as the
carriage is finally drawn up the roller b¹ is propelled up the inclined surface to
the point a (as shewn in dots), collecting in its progress all waste or fly it is
brought into contact with from the roller beam, so that by the combined and
repeated action of the rollers b, b, and 61, the mule is kept clear from waste or
fly, such waste or fly being superior when doffed from our improved collector
to that which is collected by the old process of scavenging.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
method of carrying the same into practical effect, we wish it to be distinctly
understood that we claim collecting the waste or fly of fibrous materials from
portions of spinning machinery where it may accumulate by means of revolving
rollers provided with an intermittent longitudinal traversing movement by
means of rack and pinion or other mechanical equivalent, as herein-before
described, set forth, and fully illustrated in the Drawings attached.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Todd and Jacob Todd, have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this Sixteenth day of March, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Wч. TODD.
(L.B.)
JACOB TODD. (L.S.),