IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY ADD A " PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND WINDING FIBRES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Kelley, of Heckmondwike, in the County
of York, Carpet Manufacturer, William Houghton, Machinist, Ben
Senior; Overlooker, and James Batley, Foreman, of Gomersal, in
the same County, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
ADD A "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Kelley, William
Houghton, Ben Senior, and James Batley at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 6th March
1874.
.
We, GEORGE KELLEY, of Heckmondwike, in the County of York,
Carpet Manufacturer, WILLIAM HOUGHTON, Machinist, BEN SENIOR,
Overlooker, and JAMES BATLEY, Foreman, of Gomersal, in the same
County, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND WINDING FIBRES," to be as
follows:-
• The object of this Invention is to dispense with the flyers and other
cquivalents hitherto used for the above purposes, and to substitute in

page_text: lieu thereof bosses or collars mounted and capable of revolving in a rail
placed above the spindles.. These bosses or collars are grooved, and are
driven by bands from an ordinary tin roller or cylinder. Each boss or
collar is provided with a guide eye, through which the fibre passes, and
are of such diameter internally that the bobbin will pass through, and
when full can be removed from the spindle and another bobbin sub-
stituted without having to remove the collar or boss. For the purpose
of stopping rotation thereof, cach collar or boss is provided with a pin
or notch, against which a catch or lever mounted on the rail is
pressed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Kelley, William Houghton, Ben Senior, and
James Batley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th September
..1874.. 1
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, George
KELLEY, of Heckmondwike, in the County of York, Carpet Manu-
facturer, WILLIAM HOUGHTON, Machinist, BEN SENIOR, Overlooker, and
JAMES BATLEY, Foreman, of Gomersal, in the same County, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us; the said George Kelley, William Houghton,
Ben Senior, and James Batley, Her special licence, that we, the said
George Kelley, William Houghton, Ben Senior, and James Batley, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
George Kelley, William Houghton, Ben Senior, and James Batley, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
änd 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 SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND. WINDING. FIBRES,"

page_text: upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said George Kelley,
William Houghton, Ben Senior, and James Batley, 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.,
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said George Kelley, William Houghton,
Ben Senior, and James Batley, 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 state-
ment and accompanying Sheet of Drawings, that is to say :-
The object of this Invention is to dispense with the flyers and other
equivalents hitherto used for the above purposes, and to substitute in
lieu thereof bosses or collars mounted and capable of revolving in a rail
placed above the spindles. These bosses or collars are grooved, and aro
driven by bands from an ordinary tin roller or cylinder. Each boss or
collar is provided with one or more guide eyes, through which the fibre
passes, and are of such diameter internally that the bobbin will pass
through, and when full can be removed from the spindle and another
bobbin substituted without having to remove the collar or boss. For the
purpose of stopping rotation thereof, each collar or boss is provided
with a pin or notch, against which a catch or lever mounted on the rail
is pressed.

page_text: sudden stoppage being avoided by shaping the finger so as to form a
brake.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Batley, for and on behalf
of myself and the said George Kelley, William Houghton, and
Ben Senior, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourth {
day of September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four.
Witness,
J. W. TASKER,
Patent Agent,
Halifax and Bradford.
JAMES BATLEY. (L.S.)