IMPROVEMENTS IN MULES AND OTHER MACHINERY FOR SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES, WHEREBY THE COP WILL BE BUILT MUCH FIRMER, AND PREVENT SNARLES IN THE YARN
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edmund Mellor, of Rochdale, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MULES AND
OTHER MACHINERY FOR SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES,
WHEREBY THE COP WILL BE BUILT MUCH FIRMER, AND PREVENT SNARLES IN
THE YARN."
Sealed the 14th May 1859; and dated the, 17th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edmund Mellor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
November 1858.
I, EDMUND MELLOR, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS.IN
MULES AND OTHER MACHINERY FOR SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUB-
STANCES, WHEREBY THE COP WILL BE BUILT MUCH FIRMER, AND PREVENT SNARLES
IN THE YARN," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a mechanical motion, whereby the slide in
spinning machinery (upon which the extra weight rests when the fallers are
going down) is depressed or removed immediately the fallers have locked, or
are down in the place for winding on, so as to allow the whole weight to, be
brought to bear upon the lifters. before the carriage begins to move inwards,
and keeping the ends tight instead of coming on (when the carriage has gone
in to some extent) by sliding down the incline with slack ends. The same
motion may be produced in other ways, one of which is, by a loose lever having
a long slot cut therein, in which is a stud fixed to a lever fast upon the lifter
shaft, and is permitted to move freely, being supported by an incline, which
is depressed by another lever beneath, and allows the weight to act upon the
lifter shaft. By these means the cop can be built much firmer and harder,
and the snarls from slack ends prevented.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edmund Mellor in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
17th May 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM. THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDMUND
MELLOR, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Edmund Mellor, Her special licence that I, the said Edmund Mellor,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edmund
Mellor, 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 MULES AND OTHER
MACHINERY FOR SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES, WHEREBY THE
COP WILL BE BUILT MUCH FIRMER, AND PREVENT SNARLS IN THE YARN," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Edmund Mellor, 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 Edmund Mellor, do hereby declare
the nature of the 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 thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention consists of a mechanical motion, whereby the slide in
spinning machinery (upon which the extra weight rests when the fallers are
going down) is depressed or removed immediately the fallers have locked or
are down in the place for winding on, so as to allow the whole weight to be
brought to bear upon the lifters before the carriage begins to move inwards,
and keeping the ends tight instead of coming on (when the carriage has gone
in to some extent), by sliding down the incline with slack ends. The same
motion may be produced in other ways, one of which is by a loose lever
having a long slot cut therein, in which is a stud fixed to a lever fast upon the
lifter shaft, and is permitted to move freely, being supported by an incline;

page_text: which is depressed by another lever beneath, and allows the weight to act
upon the lifter shaft. By these means the ends are stretched before the
spindle begins to wind; the cop can be built much firmer and harder, and
the snarls from slack ends prevented to a very considerable extent.
In order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, and refer to the accompanying Sheet of illustrative
Drawings, and to the numeral figures and letters of reference marked thereon
respectively as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carriage (used in spinning wool, cotton,
and other fibrous substances,) with a self-acting mule attached thereto;
Figure 2 is a side elevation of another arrangement for a self-acting mule;
Figure 8 side view of an action for imparting motion to the spindle for
tightening the threads; and Figure 4, side view of an action for tightening
the jack chains. Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts.
At Figure 1 will be seen a mechanical motion to depress or remove the
slide A (upon which the extra weight-rests when the fallers are going down)
immediately the fallers have locked or are down in the place for winding on,
so as to allow the whole weight to be brought to bear upon the lifters f, f,
before the carriage begins to move inwards, and keeping the ends tight instead
of coming on when the carriage has gone in to some extent by sliding down
the incline A with slack ends. This motion may be produced in a variety of
ways, as shewn at Figure 2, where B is a loose lever having a long slot cut
therein, and in which slot moves freely a stud fixed to another lever C, said
lever being firmly secured to the lifter shaft. The loose lever B is supported
by an incline D, which is lowered by the lever E or curved piece e, Figure 2*,
and allows the weight F to act upon the lifter shaft immediately the faller is
down. By this means and those before described, the ends are stretched
before the spindle begins to wind, the cop can be built much firmer and
harder, and snarls from slack ends prevented to a very considerable extent.
The arrangement shown at Figure 8 is for imparting motion to the spindle
when necessary, so as to wind the threads tighter before the carriage moves
inward after the fallers are down, and may be produced from the mangle
wheel (or in any other manner) to the catch box G, which acting upon the
pulley H causes the spindle to revolve slightly.
The motion, Figure 4, is for the purpose of tightening the jack chains,
causing the catches to impinge upon the rack wheel in catch box I, for

page_text: winding (and may be. produced in many ways), so as to prevent the jerk
which is produced upon the threads when the box begins to act when the jack
chain is not tight.
Having now fully described the nature and object of my said Invention of
"Improvements in Mules and other Machinery for Spinning Cotton and
other Fibrous Substances, whereby the Ends are Stretched, and the Cop will
be Built much Firmer, and Prevent Snarls in the Yarn," together with the best
means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into practical effect, I
would remark in conclusion, that I do not confine or restrict myself to the
precise details herein described and exhibited in the hereunto annexed
illustrative Sheet of Drawings, as many modifications may be made therein
without in any way departing from the principle of my Invention; but what
I claim as my Invention intended to be secured to me by the herein in part
recited Letters Patent is,-
Firstly, the motion and effect exhibited at Figures 1 and 2, and herein
described for the purpose of stretching the ends, and building the cop firmer
and harder, and for preventing snarls in the yarn from slack ends.
Secondly, imparting motion to the spindle, as shewn at Figure 3, for the
purpose of winding the threads tighter, when necessary, before the carriage
moves inwards after the fallers are down.
Thirdly, the motion shewn at Figure 4 for the purpose of tightening the
jack chains.
And, lastly, the combination of parts exhibited in the accompanying
illustrative Sheet of Drawings, and herein described, for the purposes herein
set forth.
In witness whereof; I, the said Edmund Mellor, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
JOHN LEACH,
No. 2, St. Mary's Gate,
Rochdale.
EDMUND MELLOR. (L.S.)