A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF PREPARING POR SPIN- NING SILK AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1841

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ARCHIBALD
TEMPLETON, of Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster, Silk Spinner, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Ninth day of December, in the fifth year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Archibald
Templeton, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that
I, the said Archibald Templeton, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Archibald Templeton, my exors, admors, or assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during
the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF PREPARING POR SPIN-
NING SILK AND OTHER SUBSTANCES;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a
proviso, that I, the said Archibald Templeton, shall cause a particular description
of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said in part
recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had,
will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I the said
Archibald Templeton, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
i

page_text: ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon
that is to say:-
My. Invention of a new or improved method of preparing for spinning silk
and other fibrous substances, consists in submitting such fibrous materials to
the action of certain machinery hereafter explained, in order to separate and
divide and to lay the fibres longitudinally preparatory to spinning; and in
order that my Invention may be more fully understood, I will proceed to
explain the Drawings hereunto annexed; and I will, in the first instance,
confine my description to the operating on silk waste, and then shortly explain
the use of the same machines for preparing flax and wool, to which the same
may be most advantageously employed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a side view of a machine constructed according to part
of my Invention; Figure 2 shows a plan thereof; Figure 3 shows a back
view of the machine; and Figure 4 shows a section of some of the working
parts. In each of these Figures the same letters indicate similar parts. a, a,
show the framing in the machine, the nature of which is clearly shown in the
Drawing; b is the main or driving shaft or axis, turning in bearings on each
side of the machine, as is shown at c, c. The shaft or axis 6 receives motion
from a steam engine or other power by a strap acting on the pulley d affixed
on the shaft or axis 6; on the axis or shaft 6 is affixed the cog wheel e, which
takes into and drives the cog wheel f, which moves on an axis affixed to the
framing of the machine, but such axis is capable of movement in order to allow
of different sized cog wheels f being applied thereto, in order to vary the speed
of the working parts. The cog wheel f takes into and drives the cog wheel g,
which is affixed on the axes of the cylinder h, such cylinder being clothed with
sheets of strong wire cards; and the cog wheel g takes into and drives the cog
wheel i, affixed on the axis of the cylinder j, such cylinder; being also clothed
with sheets of strong wire cards, and the two cylinders h and j will revolve at
like surface speed; and it will be seen that the axes of the cylinders h and j
turn in bearings carried by the side framings of the machine, such bearings
being capable of sliding, in order to move the cylinders away from the feeding
apparatus when it is desired to move the carded or combed out fibre which
have accumulated around the cylinders, as will be hereafter explained; and
such sliding of the bearings of the axes of the cylinders h and j is performed in
the following manner:-k, k, are two levers, each moving on an axis at k¹,
there being two such levers at each side of the machine, and in each lever is

page_text: formed a curved slot or opening at , into which passes a stud affixed to one
of the bearings of the axes of the cylinders h, j; hence, when the other ends
of the levers are elevated, the bearings will be slided towards the back of the
machine, and thus move the cylinders away from the feeding apparatus, at the
same time separating the fibres which are held by the feeding apparatus and
the cylinders h and j. The levers of the upper and lower bearings are con-
nected together by connecting rods, and the two upper levers k are connected
together by the bar k, as is shown; at the back of the two cylinders h, j, are
applied two curved surfaces 1, 1, having card teeth applied thereto, such curved
surfaces being formed to their respective cylinders h, j, as is shown, and it will
be seen that the curved surfaces 1, 1, are clothed with strong card teeth, similar
to those on the cylinders h, j, the object of such teeth being to receive any
loose fibres from the cylinders, and to cause other fibres flying off from those
cylinders to be laid between the wire card teeth of the cylinders. The surfaces
1, 1, are held in their proper positions by means of the bars l', ', which slide
through bearings 12, affixed to the side framings of the machine; and the upper
and lower bars l' are connected together by the bars 1, 1, which are connected
by the bar, hence the two surfaces l can be moved back from their cylin-
ders by means of the bar l'; on the axis of the cylinder h is affixed the worm
or screw m, which takes into and drives the wheel n on the axis n, which
turns in bearings affixed to the right-hand side framing of the machine; and on
the front end of the axis n¹ is affixed the bevilled pinion o, which takes into and
drives the bevelled toothed wheel p affixed on the axis q, such axis q having
affixed thereon the drum r, which carries one of the endless belts of wire cards,
as hereafter explained; on the axis q is also affixed a cog wheel, which takes
into and drives the cog wheel s, affixed on the axis of the drum t, and thus
these two drums r, t, being of equal diameters, move at the same surface
speed; and on the axis q there is also affixed a cog wheel v, which takes into
and drives the intermediate cog wheel u, which takes into and drives the cog
wheel u, which is affixed on the axis of the roller w, such roller with the
roller x working an endless feeding cloth or apron, as is well understood, and
as is clearly shown in the Drawing. y, y, are two rollers, their axes turning in
uitable bearings carried by the side framings of the machine, as is clearly
hown in the Drawing; z, z, are two endless belts of wire cards, which are
kept extended on the cylinders or drums r, t, and on the rollers y, y, hence,
when movement is communicated to the drums r, t, motion will thereby be
ommunicated to the endless belts of wire cards.
Figure 6 shows a back, front, and edge view of part of a card, full size,
uch as are affixed to the cylinders h,j; and Figure 5 shows a front, a back,

page_text: and an edge view of a portion of a wire card, full size, such as is used
for the endless belts z, z; at the same time I would remark, that I do
not confine myself to the particular sized wire shown, as the same may
he varied without departing from my Invention. The silk waste, in its
entangled state, is spread as equally as possible on the endless feeding cloth
on the rollers w, x, by which means the entangled fibres will be conducted
to the endless belts z, z, of card teeth, and will be taken and conducted
thereby towards the carding cylinders h, j, and the fibres will thus be
fed between the cylinders h, j, such cylinders in their revolutions carding out
the fibres as they project beyond the rollers y, y, and will at the same time
cause the fibres to be straightened between the wire teeth in the belts z, such
wire teeth being bent in a direction away from the cylinders h and j, and the
cards on the surfaces of the cylinders h, j, move much faster than the endless
belts z, z; by this arrangement and construction of parts the fibres will be
progressively carded and separated, and drawn out and placed longitudinally
side by side, and received on the cylinders h, j, and this process of carding or
combing out of the fibres of silk is to be continued till the teeth of the cards
on the cylinders h, j, are filled to a considerable extent; the cylinders h, j, are
then to be drawn back, as above mentioned, the whole of the fibres which have
been fed between the surfaces z, z, being all received into the teeth of the
cylinders h, j, before stopping the machine. The cylinders are then to be
stripped in the following manner:-The sheet of fibres on one of the cylinders
is to be cut across or drawn asunder, and the ends raised, so that one end of
the sheet of fibres may be taken between the boards A, A, Figure 7, which are
hinged together with leather hinges, and, having taken the end of a sheet of
fibres between the boards A, A, the workman presses those boards together,
and causes the boards to revolve, thus winding the sheet of fibres around those
boards, as shown at Figure 8, the stripping of the sheet of fibres by means of
the boards A being performed in an opposite direction to that in which the
fibres have been wound on the cylinder horj; and the workman having taken
off the sheet of fibres from one carding cylinder h or j, he is then to remove
the sheet of fibres off the other cylinder in a similar manner by means of
boards A; the parts of the machine are then to be replaced into the positions
shown in the Drawing, and the working recommenced and carried on in the
manner above described; and in doing so the fibres collected on the surfaces
1, 1, are again fed into the machine to be again worked. In place of
using the rollers h, j, two endless belts of wire cards may be used in place
thereof, as is shewn at Figure 9; such endless belts of wire cards receiving
motion and being worked in like manner to the cylinders h, j, they will not

page_text: require to be further described, as the other parts of the machinery will work
in conjunction with the endless bands or belts of wire cards h, j, in the same
manner as with the cylinders h, j, and it will only be necessary to slightly vary
the side framings of the machine above described in order to use the endless
belts of wire cards h and j in place of the cylinders h and j, and it will not be
necessary in this case to provide means of sliding the axes of the surfaces
h and j. In working the machine, the endless belts of wire cards h, j, will
comb out the fibres as the same are fed up thereto, and will receive the fibres
on to the surfaces in the same manner as the cylinders h, j, until the sheets of
fibres áccumulated amidst the wire teeth are considerable, when they will be
stripped by cutting across or drawing asunder, as before stated, and by means
of the boards A, A, as above described, the workman placing a sheet of metal
between the feeding surfaces z and the surfaces h, j, in order to prevent the
sheets of fibres being touched by the wire cards z when moving the wire cards
h and j to strip them.
I would remark that there are peculiarities of action in the machines above
described. First, in the mode of feeding the entangled fibres of silk waste
between the carding surfaces h and j by means of endless belts or surfaces of
wire cards z, the bending of the wire teeth being towards the front of the
machine on such feeding surfaces z, by which means the act of carding or
drawing the fibres between the bent teeth of the feeding apparatus. Secondly,
the carding cylinders h and j, in addition to their carding out the fibres. by
their card teeth, which are bent in the opposite direction to those of the endless
belts of wire cards, they also receive the fibres around the cylinders h and j,
or around the endless belts h and j, and accumulate the fibres into sheets
thereon, which are removed as above described.
I will now describe the second machine. Figure 10 shows a side view of the
machine; Figure 11 shows a back view; Figure 12 shows a plan; Figure 13
shows a longitudinal section; and Figure 14 shows part of a transverse section.
A, A, is the framing of the machine, the nature of which is clearly shown in
the Drawing; B is the main or driving shaft or axis, which turns in suitable
bearings at each side of the machine. This axis or shaft B receivės motion
from a steam engine or other power by a strap, as is well understood, acting
on a drum C. On the axis B is affixed the cog wheel E, which moves on an
axis affixed to the framing of the machine, and on the wheel F another cog
wheel G is affixed, which takes into an intermediate wheel and dives the
cog wheel H affixed on the axis of the drum or cylinder H, and the cog
wheel H takes into and drives the cog wheel J affixed on the axis of the drum
or cylinder K; hence the two cylinders H, K, move together with an equal

page_text: surface speed, and they give motion to two endless belts of wire cards and j,
which are carried by the cylinders H, K, and by the rollers L; such cylinders.
and rollers I prefer to have covered with leather. And I here remark,
may
that in all cases where I use endless belts of wire cards I prefer the rollers
and cylinder working them to be covered with leather; and these belts of
wire card comb or card out the fibres of silk, and receive the shorter
lengths on to their surfaces, so that there will be a sheet of fibres of silk pro-
gressively obtained on each of the surfaces of the belts h and j, and at the
same time the longer lengths of fibres held by the boards and clamps, hereafter
explained, will be combed out and laid parallel. M, M, are two surfaces of
card teeth, placed at the back of the endless belts of wire cards h, j, to receive
any loose fibres, and also to cause the fibres on the belts of wire cards h, j,
to be laid thereon. On the axis of the cylinder H is affixed a cog wheel N,
which takes into and drives the cog wheel N', moving on an axis affixed to
the side framing of the machine; and on the wheel N¹ is affixed the pinion N,
which takes into and drives the cog wheel N³, which turns in on axis affixed
to the side framing of the machine; and on the wheel N³ is affixed the pinion
N, which takes into and drives the cog wheel N³, which has teeth only partly
around its circumference; the wheel N is affixed on the axis O, which turns in
bearings carried by the two side framings of the machine; on the axis O are
affixed cog wheels P, having teeth only partly around their circumference, in
order to move the racks R in and out, and there is also another cog wheel Q
affixed on the axis O, having teeth only partly around its circumference, for
running the racks R by the wheel N³. R, R, are racks combined together by
the bars S, and the bars S are affixed to the two sliding frames T, V, the sliding
frame T sliding at the right-hand side of the machine on the side framing,
the sliding frame V sliding on the left-hand side framing of the machine, such
sliding frames being guided in their movement by the respective side framings
of the machine; the two sliding frames are combined together by the shafts
W,X, which turn in bearings carried by the sliding frames; on the shafts W, X,
are affixed arms Y, which carry clamping surfaces Z, which surfaces are grooved
in order to their better holding the sheet of fibres placed between them; the
racks R are guided in their movement to and fro by the guiding pullies (1), (1);
the shafts W, X, are geared together by two cog wheels (2), (2), and in order
to obtain motion thereto, the wheel (3) is employed, and turns on an axis (4),
carried by one of the sliding frames; to the wheel (4) are affixed the pinion (5)
and the ratchet wheel (6), such ratchet wheel being held from turning back by
the click or catch (7); the pinion (5) takes into and drives the cog wheel (8),
which turns on an axis affixed on the sliding frame at the right-hand side of

page_text: the machine; on the cog wheel (8) is affixed the pinion (9), which takes into
and drives the cog wheel (10), which moves on an axis affixed to the same
sliding frame; on the cog wheel (10) is affixed a pinion (11), which takes
into and drives one of the cog wheels (2), by which means a very powerful
purchase can be obtained to the holding surfaces Z; on the axis O is affixed a
projecting tooth (12), which coming against the end of the connecting rod
(13) causes it to be depressed, and with it one end of the lever (13), which
moves on an axis at (14); the other end of the lever (13) being turned downd-
wards, enters a notch in the bar (15), such bar sliding in brackets or guides
carried by the side framings of the machine, and with a tendency to move
towards the left-hand side of the machine by means of the weighted cord (16),
such cord passing over a pulley (17), as is shown, the other end of the bar
(15) carrying a fork (18), between which the driving strap is placed, and the
driving strap will always be working on the fixed drum so long as the lever
(13) retains the bar (15) towards the right-hand side of the machine, but when
the bar (15) is by its weighted cord forced towards the left-hand side of the
machine, the strap will by the fork be placed on the loose drum, and the
machine will stop, and will so remain till the driving strap is again placed on
the fixed drum by the sliding of the bar (15), and its being again held by the
lever (13). (19) is an axis turning in bearings (20), (20), on which axis
is affixed an arm (21), which lies between a forked projection (22) formed
on the bar (15), and there is a handle (23) affixed on the axis (19), by which
the workman can cause the bar (15) to be moved towards the left-hand side
of the machine at any time by causing the arm (24) to come under the lever
(13), and thus raise that lever out of the notch in the bar (15); and reversing
the movement of the handle (23) will move the bar (15) towards the right
hand. (25) is an endless web carried by the rollers (26), (27), the roller (27)
receiving motion by means of a cog wheel affixed on the axis of the lower
roller L, which takes into and drives the cog wheel (28), which turns on an
axis fixed to the side framing, and the cog wheel (28) takes into and drives the
cog wheel (29) affixed to the axis of the roller (27).
The workman takes a portion of a sheet of the carded-out fibres from the
previous machine, those sheets being cut, drawn, or divided into lengths,
according to an average length of the material under process, and places it
between the two boards (30), which are hinged together, and he introduces
the sheet of fibres between the two holding surfaces above described, and then,
by means of the train of wheels, he causes the two holding surfaces to be held
closely towards each other, pinching the sheet of fibres between the grooved
surfaces; as is indicated by the Drawing; the sliding frames being as far

page_text: towards the front of the machine as they can go, the end of the sheet of fibres
nearest the carding surfaces h, j, will lie on the endless web, and when the
machine is put in motion the ends of the fibres will be carried up towards the
rollers L, L, and the fibres will be progressively taken by the card teeth, and
will be worked and drawn out by them till the sheet of fibres is drawn into a
straight line from the holding surfaces to the rollers L, L, and the endless web
will then no longer have any effect on the sheet of fibres, and as the machine
continues to work, the holders will progressively approach the rollers L, L, and
the fibres will be combed or carded out by the card teeth, the shorter fibres
accumulating on the surfaces h, j, the longer fibres being still held by the
holding surfaces. The holding surfaces having come up as near as they are
permitted to the rollers L, L, the holding surfaces will be forced back towards
the front of the machine, drawing the sheet of longer fibres from between the
carding teeth; the workman then releases the holding surfaces, and by means
of the boards removes the sheet of fibres, and places the other end of the sheet
of fibres between the holding surfaces, and to such an extent, that the
remainder of the sheet will be carded or combed out, when the machine is
again started, the machine having been stopped at the time of the running
back of the sliding frames; it will therefore be seen, that by this machine two
products of the fibres of silk waste will be obtained; first, the sheet of long fibres
retained by the holders; and, secondly, the shorter fibres, which are accumu-
lated into sheets on the two carding surfaces h, j. Figure 15 shews a back,
a front, and an edge view of part of a wire card, such as is used in making the
endless belts h, j, but the size of the wire may be varied, though, I believe,
that shewn to be the proper one for the purpose. In some cases, in place of
constructing the machine so as to have the accumulated sheets to remain on
the surfaces h, j, I cause them to be removed by cylinders with wire cards
thereon, as is shewn at Figure 16, which represents a longitudinal section,
constructed according to this variation, (31), (31), being the doffing cylinders
on to which the sheets of fibres from the surfaces h, j, are to be accumulated;
in other respects the machine remains the same as above described; and the
sheets of fibres accumulated on the surfaces h, j, or on the surfaces (31), are
to be removed in the same manner as was explained in respect to the surfaces
h, j, of the machinery first described.
I will now describe another machine used by me. Figure 17 shews a side
view of a machine for obtaining slivers of the combed-out or carded silk waste,
obtained from either the machine first described or that last described;
Figure 18 is a plan thereof; and Figure 19 is a back view thereof. This
machine has two endless belts of card teeth z, z, the teeth of which are bent

page_text: towards the point at which the fibres are received into the machine, and the
fibres are carred slowly forward by means of such surfaces 2, 2, and then pass
between the drawing rollers (32), (32), and thence to the bell-mouthed tube
(33), by which the sliver is collected, and passes between the pressing rollers
(34), and then falls into a suitable can; the feeding of this machine may be
by an endless web, as shewn at (35), Figure 20, or else by the means shewn in
Figure 17, the sheet in the first instance being guided between the pegs (36),
and when several slivers are to be passed through this machine they are
respectively to be fed between the guide pins (37). The manner of giving
motion to this machine is as follows:-(38) is the main or driving axis or shaft
of the machine, which receives motion from a steam engine or other power by
means of a strap acting upon the drum (39); on the axis or shaft (38) is
affixed the cog wheel (40), which takes into and drives the cog wheel (41)
affixed on the axis (42), such axle having affixed thereon one of the drawing
rollers (32), the other drawing roller (32) being pressed down thereon, as is
shewn, and as is well understood; on the axis of the drawing roller (32) is
affixed the cog wheel (45), which takes into and drives the cog wheel (46),
moving on an axis affixed to the side framing of the machine, such wheel (46)
taking into and driving the cog wheel (47), which turns upon an axis carried
by the side framing of the machine; the wheel (47) takes into and drives the
pinion (48), affixed upon an axis carried by the side framing of the machine,
and on such axis is affixed an eccentric (48), around which a strap is placed,
which is affixed to the connecting rod (49), which connecting rod is attached by
a pin joint to the sliding bar (50), sliding in brackets affixed to the side framing
of the machine, as is shewn; on the bar (50) is affixed a projection (51), to
which are attached the two connecting rods (52) by means of a pin joint,
such connecting rods at their other ends being attached by pin joints to the
levers (53), which move on an axis at (54), the other end of the levers (53)
having affixed thereto doffing combs (55), such doffing combs being carried
by similar levers (53) at each end, and similar parts for working them,
as described in respect to one end are used at the other end. On the cog
wheel (47) the cog wheel (56) is affixed, which takes into and drives the
cog wheel (57), which moves on an axis affixed to the side framing of the
machine, and on the wheel (57) is affixed the wheel (58), which takes into
5 and drives the wheel (59), affixed on the axis of one of the drums which carry
the endless card surfaces z, z, the other cylinder being driven by the wheel
(59), taking into and driving the cog wheel (60), affixed on the axis; the lower
of the pressing rollers is driven by a band (62) from a pulley (63), affixed on

page_text: the axis of the drawing roller, as is shewn. By this arrangement of machinery
it will be seen that the fibres of silk are progressively carried in between the
card surfaces, z, and the drawing rollers revolve at a much greater surface
speed than the card, surfaces z, z, and in consequence of the direction of the
bending of the card teeth, the fibres will be drawn out and laid even side by
side. I would remark, that the side section, Figure 20, and the side view,
Figure 17, are the same in their construction, excepting as to the means of
feeding in the fibre; and it may be stated, that in place of receiving the slivers
into cans, as shewn, the slivers may be conducted to spindles, and have twist
put on to form rovings, as is well understood, but which forms no part of my
Invention..
In preparing silk waste, it is common in many cases to cut the combed-
out fibres into short lengths, and then to discharge the gum, and after-
wards to card such fibres and spin them, in like manner to cotton spinning;
when, therefore, it is desired to cut the fibres into short lengths I use a
machine, which I will now describe. Figure 21 shews a plan of a machine for
this purpose, and Figure 22 a side section thereof. a, a, shew the framing of
the machine, the nature of which is clearly shewn; b is the main or driving
shaft, which receives motion by an endless band (worked by a steam engine or
other power) acting on the drum c affixed on the axis b. On the axis bis.
affixed the cog wheel d, which takes into and drives the cog wheel e, which is
affixed on the axis of one of the rollers of the feed cloth f, as is shewn. On
the other end of the axis 6 is affixed the cog wheel g, which takes into and
drives the cog wheel h, affixed on the axis i; such axis has a series of pullies j
affixed thereon for giving motion to a series of endless straps k, which press
on the upper surfaces of a series of narrow drums 1, 1, affixed on the axis b,
such straps then passing under the roller m and over the roller n, then every
alternate strap is passed under one of the pulleys o, p, the axes of which are.
carried by weighted levers in order to keep the straps up to their work; the
straps then pass over the guide pulleys 7. There are a series of rotatory
knives,, affixed on the axis s, which receives motion by means of the drum t,
which is affixed on the axis s, such rotatory knives working between the
endless straps. are brushes for removing any fibres which might otherwise
attach themselves to the endless carrying straps or to the narrow drums. The
fibres are placed on the feeding cloth f in a transverse direction, as is shewn,
and the feed cloth will feed the fibres between the drums and the carrying
straps, and the fibres will be securely held between the drums and the carrying
straps, and in this condition will be brought up to the quick revolving knives,

page_text: and will be cut into lengths, and will then be carried on by the straps and the
drums and dropped into the receiver u, as is shewn. By this means a large
quantity of waste silk may be cut up in a short time, and the same may then
be discharged of the gum, and then carded and spun, or the same may be
carded and spun in the gum.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would remark, that although I have been
particular in showing and describing the various details of the machinery by
which I perform my Invention, yet I do not confine myself to the precise
detail so long as the peculiar characters of action, or some of them constituting
my Invention, be retained. And, in conclusion, I would observe, that the
machines above described may be used in performing like processes in pre-
paring wool and hemp for spinning. Thus, the first machine would be very.
suitable for separating and combing out wool which is matted or entangled,
and such first machine would also be very suitable for combing out flax if in
a ravelled state; the machinery, secondly described, would also be applicable
for straightening out and separating different lengths of fibres of flax, also of
wool; and the machinery, thirdly described, as applicable in obtaining slivers of
flax and wool. And I would wish it to be understood that what I claim is,―
First, the mode of applying surfaces of card teeth z, z, for feeding in silk waste
or wool or flax to be carded out by card surfaces h and j. And I also claim
the mode by which such card surfaces h and j by their card teeth accumulate
sheets of fibres thereon in the progress of working, as described in respect to
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9.
Secondly, I claim the mode of using two card surfaces, h and j, for carding
out and receiving sheets of fibres thereon, as described in respect to Figures
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
Thirdly, I claim the mode of making slivers of silk waste or of wool or of
flax, by applying the feeding card surfaces z, z, in combination with drawing
rollers, as described in respect to Figures 17, 18, 19, and 20.
And, fourthly, I claim the mode of cutting silk waste into lengths by means
of a series of rotatory cutters, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Archibald Templeton, have hereunto set
my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
ARCHIBALD (L.S.) TEMPLETON.
ARCHIBALD (L.S.) TEMPLETON.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Thirtieth day of May; in the year
of our Lord 1842, the aforesaid Archibald Templeton came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
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