IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO BOBBIN NET OR TWIST LACE MACHINES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Archer, of Radford, in the County of
Nottingham, and Frederick Draper, of Ison Green, in the same
County, both of the Firm of Archer Brothers and Draper, of
Thoroton Street, in the Town of Nottingham, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO BOBBIN NET OR TWIST
LACE MACHINES."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Archer and
Frederick Draper at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 22nd June 1875.
We, JAMES ARCHER, of Radford, in the County of Nottingham, and
FREDERICK DRAPER, of Ison Green, in the same County, both of the
Firm of Archer Brothers and Draper, of Thoroton Street, in the Town
of Nottingham, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS APPLICABLE. TO BOBBIN NET OR TWIST LACE
MACHINES," to be as follows:-

page_text: material wrapped or otherwise covered with woollen, cotton, or other
textile fabric or material saturated with oil or other lubricant supplied
to it from a trough, pipe, or other equivalent placed above or at the back
of the covered bar; such covered bar we secure to the back of the face
bar or work bar of each machine in such position that the upper edge 5
of the back points and front points alternately press on the lower edge
of the covered bar, such pressure causing a portion of the oil or other
Lubricating material to adhere to each point which at each taking up of
the points is rubbed on to the whole of the threads employed in the
machine, and supplied from the warp or other beams, spools, and 1
bobbins, thereby saving the time and greater part of the expense
heretofore incurred in preparing the threads before they are entered in
the machine.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
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filed by the said James Archer and Frederick Draper in the ]
Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st December 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, James
ARCHER, of Radford, in the County of Nottingham, and FREDERICK
DRAPER, of Ison Green, in the same County, both of the Firm of
Archer Brothers and Draper, of Thoroton Street, in the Town of 2
Nottingham, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of June, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in
the thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and suc- 2
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said James Archer and Frederick
Draper, Her special licence, that we, the said James Archer and
Frederick Draper, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said James Archer and Frederick Draper, our exe-
outors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, 8
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 APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO BOBBIN NET OR TWIST LACE 8

page_text: MACHINES," upon the condition, amongst others, that we, the said James
Archer and Frederick Draper, our executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under our, 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 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.
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NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said James Archer and Frederick
Draper, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed; to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being
had to the accompanying Drawings forming a part of this Specifi-
cation:
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our improved apparatus attached thereto.
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Figure 2 is a side view of portion of the lubricating bar secured to
the back of the work bar.
Our improved apparatus consists of a bar A of iron, brass, or other
metal or material wrapped or otherwise covered with woollen, cotton, or
other textile fabric or material B saturated with oil or other lubricant
which may be supplied to it by means of a trough or pipe placed above
or at the back of the covered bar or by simply pouring the lubricant
upon the fabric on the bar as often as required; such covered bar we
secure by means of screws O to the back of the face bar or work bar D
of each machine in such position that the upper edge of the back
points and front points E alternately press on the lower edge of the
covered bar, such pressure causing a portion of the oil or other lubri-
cating material to adhere to each point which at each taking up of the
points is rubbed on to the whole of the threads employed in the
machines supplied from the warp or other beams, spools, and bobbins,
thereby saving the time and greater part of the expense heretofore
incurred in preparing the threads before they are entered in the
machine.

page_text: The dotted lines at the back of the work bar in Figure 1 indicate
the highest position the back points occupy previous to their withdrawal
for a fresh take up.
Having thus fully described the nature of the said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, we wish it understood that we claim 5
the use or employment of a lubricating bar, as above described and
illustrated in the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, we, the said James Archer and Frederick
Draper, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twentieth
day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight 1
hundred and seventy-five.
Witness,
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Nottingham.
JAMES ARCHER. (L.S.)
(L.S.)
F. DRAPER.