IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN SPINNING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Bottomley, of Laister Dyke, near Bradford, in
the County of York, General Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN SPINNING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES,"
Sealed the 20th November 1860, and dated the 22nd May 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Bottomley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd
May 1860.
I, JOHN BOTTOMLEY, of Laister Dyke, near Bradford, in the County of
York, General Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN SPINNING WOOL AND OTHER
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
I form the upper part of the flyer or cap with a twisted channel or twirl
adapted to draw the yarn straight from the delivery rollers, and such twisted
channels or twirls may be employed to conduct fibres to the delivery rollers.
When using a cap it is adapted to slide on and be carried by flyer arms, and
the flyer arms have motion given them independently of the motion to the
bobbin, and the respective motions between the cap or flyer and bobbin are
variable to put on uniformity of tension and twist, and so as to be regulated
to the twist desired for the fibre under operation. On the sides of the cap are
channels or chambers within which the yarn is conducted so as to be protected
from the disturbing action of the atmosphere, and such channels or chambers
are applicable when flyers are used without caps.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Bottomley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd November 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BOTTOMLEY, of Laister Dyke, near Bradford, in the County of York, General
Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant. unto me, the said John Bottomley, Her special licence that I, the
said John Bottomley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said John Bottomley, 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 King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man,
an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN SPIN
NING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said John Bottomley, 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 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 John Bottomley, 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 thereof, that is to say:-
The improvements relate to an adaptation or combination of means by which
to obtain better spinnings in spinning machinery. For this purpose I form
the upper part of the flyer or cap with a twisted channel or twirl adapted to
draw the yarn straight from the delivery rollers.
When using a cap in com-
bination with a flyer, it is adapted to slide on and be carried by such flyer
arms, and the flyer arms or cap have motion given them independently of the
motion to the bobbin, and the respective motions between the cap or flyer and
bobbin are variable, to put on uniformity of tension and twist, and so as to be
regulated to the twist desired for the fibre under operation. On the sides of

page_text: the cap are channels or chambers within which the yarn is conducted, so as to
be protected from the disturbing action of the atmosphere, and such channels
or chambers are applicable when flyers are used without caps.
But that the nature of my improvements may be better understood, I will
proceed to describe the Drawing annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING,
which represents a spindle with my improvements applied to it. a is the
spindle, supported in the ordinary manner by bearings in the framing of the
spinning machinery, with the addition of an extra collar c¹ in the lifting rail, to
steady the motion of the spindles at high velocities; b,b,representing sections
of such framing, whilst c shows a section of the lifting or traversing rail. It
will be seen that I have shown a cap d, unsupported by or unconnected with
flyer arms as the simplest adaptation of my Invention, and it is supported by
the spindle a to rotatewith it as motion is imparted thereto bya band or strap
from a cylinder or other means acting on the pulley a¹, affixed to or formed on
the spindle a, whilst motion is separately given to the bobbin e by a cord or
band acting on the pulley or wharye f carrying the bobbin. To facilitate the
connection of the cap d with the spindle a, whilst it is, at the same time
readily removeable therefrom, I form the upper portion of the cap as a socket
to fit on to the upper end of the spindle, with a stud or projection adapted to
slide into a groove cut, bypreference, inclined, in the upper part of the spindle;
d' is the twisted channel or twirl on the upper part of the cap.
The yarn as
it comes from the delivery, rollers g, g, passes into the opening d2 in the
upper part of the twirl d',thence, by the inclined passage formed in the twirl d¹,
to one or other of the channels or chambers d³ on the outside of the cap, and
thence through an eye d to the bobbin by which the twist will be put on to
the yarn,principally between the upper part of the twirl d' and the rollers g,g.
The distance between the delivering rollers and the twirl may be varied as
desired. In order that the speed of the bobbins in relation to that of the
spindles maybe variable in relation to difference in the diameters of the yarn,
in winding on to such bobbins, there is affixed upon the axis of the cylinder,
or other means giving motion to the spindles, a cylinder slightly conical, and
upon the axis of the cylinder, or other means for giving motion to the bobbins,
another cylinder, also slightly conical, but in an opposite direction, so that the
sliding of a strap or band upon these conical cylinders will effect the desired
change in relative speeds, and the shifting of the strap along these conical
cylinders, first in one and then in the opposite direction, is obtained by means
of a forked lever operated to the extent desired by a link from the motion

page_text: effecting the rising and falling of the lifting bar, but the means of obtaining
this variable speed may be varied. To facilitate the stoppage of the motion of
the bobbin for piecing, I form each bobbin with a notch or recess to receive a
spring peg in the socket f, and this peg, at the time of piecing, is withdrawn
to relieve the bobbin, and, when the piecing is effected, this pin is allowed
again to pass into the notch or recess in the bobbin ; to hold it to the socket f
a spring f, of the character of an ordinary watch spring, may be employed to
act on the peg, one end of the spring being attached to the peg, the other to
the wharve; but, if preferred, a drag washer may be employed. Twisted
channels or twirls, such as d, may also be employed to conduct fibres to
delivering rollers.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention,and the means which I
adopt in carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood that I do
not claim the separate mechanical parts,nor do I confine myself to the precise
details shown and described, so long as the peculiar character of my improve-
ments be retained; but what I do claim is, the adaptation and combination of
means or apparatus employed in spinning wool and other fibrous substances,
substantially as explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Bottomley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
MICHAEL MORTIMER,
Wibsey, n' Bradford,
Yorkshire.
JOHN BOTTOMLEY. (L.S.)