IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TOR APPLYING ADHESIVE SUBSTANCES TO PRESERVE THE FORM OF COPS OF YARN
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Ellis Butterworth, of Calder Cottage, near Rochdale,
in the County of Lancaster, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TOR APPLYING ADHESIVE
SUBSTANCES TO PRESERVE THE FORM OF COPS OF YARN."
Sealed the 10th October 1862, and dated the 11th April-1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ellis Butterworth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
April 1862.
I, ELLIS BUTTERWORTH, of Calder Cottage, near Rochdale, in the County
of Lancaster, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR APPLYING
ADHESIVE SUBSTANCES TO PRESERVE THE FORM OF COPS OP YARN," to be as
follows:-
This Invention is applicable to that class of machines known as mules or
twiners, and consists as follows:-I propose to make the box that carries the
adhesive substance travel in front of the spindles on a rod or rail, and which
box shall be drawn backwards and forwards along the rail by a band or other
means which is driven from some convenient part of the machine. When
the box has traversed as far as required (whether in front or behind the
spindles), I propose to stop it by means of self-acting apparatus, one way of

page_text: doing which is as follows:-As soon as the box has got as far as required, it
strikes (or the bracket that carries the box strikes) against a lever or other
mechanism which will throw the wheels out of gear that move the box. I
also propose to fix a tap or valve, which, when the box is at the end, will
prevent the adhesive substance from running out of the box, but which, when
it is moving, will allow it to come out so as to be applied to the cops. I
also propose to make the box so that more or less of the adhesive substance
can be let out as required; this may be done by having a valve or tap for the
adhesive substance to come through out of the box, which valve or tap may
be opened more or less as required. By these means the adhesive substance
will be more regularly applied to the spindles than heretofore.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Ellis Butterworth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th October 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ELLIS
BUTTERWORTHI, of Calder Cottage, near Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of April, 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 Ellis Butterworth, Her special license that I, the said Ellis
Butterworth, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Ellis Butterworth, 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 FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE SUBSTANCES TO PRE-
SERVE THE FORM OF COPS OF YARN," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Ellis Butterworth, my executors or administrators, by 'an
instrument.in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same is 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Ellis Butterworth, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawing, that is to say:-
The nature of my Invention consists as follows:-This Invention is appli-
cable to that class of machinery known as mules or twiners, and consists, first,
in traversing the box that carries the adhesive substance in front of the
spindles by a band or other means which is driven from some convenient part
of the machine; secondly, in stopping the box when it has got as far as
required by means of self-acting apparatus; thirdly, in constructing the box
so that when required the adhesive substance will not run out of it; fourthly,
in making the paste box so that more or less of the adhesive substance can
be let out, as required.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and carried into
effect, I will proceed to describe the accompanying Drawing.
Fig. 1 is an end elevation, in section, of part of a mule carriage, and
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of part of a mule carriage.
a is the bolster rail; b, the step rail; c, the spindle; d, the tin roller;
e and e, the faller rods, which are supported by the faller stand f; w and w',
the carriage ends; all these are as usually constructed. g is a triangular rod,
which extends the whole length of the carriage (see Fig. 2), where he rod is
shewn with a piece broken out so as to show the wire that stops the apparatus,
and the band that moves the box hare brackets to which the rod 9 is
fastened, and which are screwed to the bolster rail; there is one of these
brackets about every three feet; on the rod g slides a chair i, shewn in section,
which carries a brush k, which is set so that the bristles just touch the
spindles; to this chair is fastened a box l, which carries the paste. At the
bottom of this box is a hole m (see Fig. 1), out of which the paste runs on
to the brush which brushes the paste on to the yarn, on the spindles; there
is a valve n, which moves on the centre n¹; there is a spring which keeps
this valve open, so that the paste may run out of the hole m when the box is
traversing. Along the front of the spindles there is a set screw n², by means
of which the distance that the valve n opens may be regulated so as to let
out more or less of the paste as required. At each end of the carriage are
springs o and o¹, which, when the box comes to the end of the carriage, press
the valve n against the hole m, so as to prevent the paste running out; p is a
fixing, which is screwed to the bolster rail a and step rail b. In this fixing
rotates an upright shaft q, on the top of which is a band pulley q', round
which goes the band 22, which goes round the pulley at the other. end

page_text: of the carriage; the ends of this band are attached to the chair i; on this shaft
are also the wheels q³ and q', which are driven by the small wheel fast to the
band pulley 9, which rotates on the stud (this pulley q is driven from the
tin roller d by means of a band). The stud is fast to the lever s, which
radiates on the stud s', which is fast to the fixing p; the other end of this
lever goes into a slot on the lever t, which radiates on the stud t'. To the
top of this lever is attached a wire t2, which extends the whole length of the
carriage, and is attached at the other end to the stop u (see Figs. 2) and 3).
The pulley q revolves when the tin roller revolves, and when the end of the
levers is in the centre of the slot of the lever t, the small wheel of the
pulley is not in gear with either of the bevils q³ or q' on the upright shaft
so that the paste box is stationary, and when it is stationary it should be at
one end of the rod, so that the brush will not touch any of the spindles. The
mode of operation is as follows:-Suppose the paste box is at the end of the
carriage where the carrier pulley q° is, and three or four stretches of yarn are
wound on the spindles, immediately the carriage begins to come away from
the roller beam, the man that tends the mule moves the lever t, so that the
end of the lever s is at the top of the slot in the lever t, as shewn in Fig. 2,
which puts the small wheel on the band pulley into geer with the bevil q³
on the
upright shaft, causing the shaft to revolve, when the band pulley in the top
of the shaft pulls the band q, which pulls the box along the rod g. Imme-
diately the box is pulled away from the spring o¹ the valve n opens, when the
paste runs out on the brush, which applies it to the yarn on the spindle, and
when the box has got to the other end of the carriage, a projection on the
chair pushes the lever t, so that the end of the lever s goes to the middle of
the slot in the lever t, when the small bevil wheel will have dropped out of
gear with the wheel 2, which will cause the upright to stop revolving, and
the spring o (see Fig. 2) will press the valve n to the hole m, so as to prevent
the paste running out of the box; the yarn on the spindles will then have
been pasted. If the box is required to go back again, when the carriage is
setting off from the beam again, the lever t is moved so that the end of the
lever s is at the bottom of the slot in the lever t, which will cause the wire t
to pull the stop u into the position shewn in blue lines in Fig. 3, and it will
put the small wheel on the pulley q5 into gear with the bevil wheel on the
upright, which will cause the pulley, by means of the band, to pull the paste
box to the other end of the carriage, when the chair i will push the stop w
from the position shewn in blue to the position shewn in black (see Fig. 3),
when the stop u, by means of the wire t will pull the lever t, so that the end
of the lever s will be in the centre of the slot in the lever t, when the small

page_text: wheel will be lifted out of geer with the bevil q', which will cause the upright
to stop revolving again, and the spring o¹ will press the valve n against the
hole m, so as to prevent the paste running out of the box.
.
Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show another plan of box; the mechanism for traversing
it along the rod g is the same as shewn in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Fig. 4 is an end
elevation, in section, of part of a mule carriage; Fig. 5 is the front elevation
of part of a mule carriage; and Fig. 6 is the side of the paste box next to
the spindles. a is the bolster rail; c, the spindles; w, w, the carriage ends;
e and e', the faller rods, all of which are as usual; g is a rod on which the box
traverses; are the brackets that support the rod; i is a chair which slides
on the rod g; on this chair sits the box l, which has brackets m bolted to
each end through holes in which is a pin n, which goes through the chair, so
that this pin acts as a binge to connect the box and chair together. The
box is made with a long slot in front, as shewn at o, in Fig. 6, and into this
slot is pushed a brush, the bristles of which fill the slot; the paste is poured
through the hole into the box, when it falls on the top of the brush, and
when the box is in the position shewn in black lines in Fig. 4, the pasto
percolates through the bristles of the brush, which applies it to the yarn on
the spindles; if the paste comes out too fast, there is a slide 12 (see Fig. 6),
which can be pushed lower so as to press the bristles closer together, when
the paste will not come through so fast, or if the paste does not come fast
enough, the slide can be raised so as to allow more to come out. When the
box comes to the end of the carriage, there are inclines o and o¹ (see Fig. 5),
which lift up the front of the box into the position shewn in blue lines in
Fig. 4, which will prevent the paste running out of the box, but when the
box is traversing across it is in the position shown in black in Fig. 4. The
band that pulls the box backwards and forwards, is tied to the chair, as shewn
in Fig. 6.
Figs. 7 and 8 shew a strained wire instead of a triangular rod to support
the box. a is a bolster rail; c, the spindle, and w, w, the carriage ends;
these are as usual. 9 is a wire which is drawn tight by means of the screws
g and g; this wire is taken hold of and supports one side of a chair i; the
other side of which is supported by the bolster rail, as shewn in Fig. 7.
There is a pin n which goes through the chair in which the box 7 swivels ;
there are also inclines at each end to turn the front of the box up to prevent
the paste coming out, as shewn in Figs. 4 and 5. The band for drawing the
box backwards and forwards is tied to the chair, the same as shewn in Fig. 6;
there are brackets h which support the wire between the carriage ends, and
which will allow the chair i to pass over them, as shewn in Fig. 7, or instead

page_text: of the brackets h, there may be tumbler brackets, see Figs. 9 and 10. g is
the wire, and h the bracket which supports it; this bracket is mounted on the
stud h; when the chair in traversing across comes against this tumbler
bracket it pushes it aside into the position shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 9,
when it passes over, after which the weight h² brings the bracket into an
upright position again, so as to support the wire.
Having thus particularly described the nature of my Invention, and how it
may be carried into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the details herein set forth, as many variations may be made; but I
claim as of my Invention of improvements in machinery for applying adhesive
substances to preserve the form of cops of yarn,
First, traversing the box that carries the adhesive substance in front of
the spindles by a band or other means which is driven from some convenient
part of the machine to which the apparatus is applied.
Secondly, stopping the box when it has got as far as required by means of
self-acting apparatus.
Thirdly, constructing the box so that when required the adhesive substance
will not run out of it.
Fourthly, making the paste box so that more or less of the adhesive sub-
stance can be let out as required.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ellis Butterworth, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
ELLIS BUTTERWORTH. (L.S.)