IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHI NERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING FIBROUS MATERIALS." NERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING FILS
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Charles Fisher, of Padfield, in the County of
Derby, Cotton Spinner, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHI
NERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING FIBROUS MATERIALS."
NERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING FIBROUS MATERIALS."
Sealed the 5th September 1861, and dated the 11th March 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Charles Fisher
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on-the
11th March 1861..
I, JAMES CHARLES FISHER, of Padfield, in the County of Derby, Cotton
Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING FIBROUS
MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
I place a conical or other shaped tube on a fixed spindle, and steady the said
tube by a shoulder near the top of the spindle, making the bottom part to fit
as nearly as possible to allow it to revolve, thus forming a steadying part both
at the top and bottom of the tube, which enables me to obtain a greater speed'
than has hitherto been accomplished, and by the spindle not passing through

page_text: the top of the tube I can drop the lubricating matter into it, which will descend
on to the spindle, and by the rapid revolution of the tube will lubricate the
spindle the necessary depth.
This Invention is applicable to spindles used in slubbing, roving, and other-
wise preparing and spinning fibrous materials, but in some cases it may be
preferable to make the tube of any other form than conical.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Charles Fisher in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 10th September 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
CHARLES FISHER, of Padfield, in the County of Derby, Cotton Spinner, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said James Charles Fisher, Her special licence that I, the said
James Charles Fisher, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said James Charles Fisher, 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 OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AND
SPINNING FIBROUS MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that J,
the said James Charles Fisher, 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 James Charles Fisher, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :-

page_text: This Invention relates to the spindles employed in slubbing, intermediate
roving, spinning, and doubling frames for preparing and spinning cotton and
other fibrous materials. I place the bobbin or cop upon a conical or other
shaped tube, at the top and bottom of which are bushes or bearings working
upon a fixed spindle, by which means the tube is kept steady, and I am enabled
to obtain a greater speed than by the ordinary spindle. Connected to the
upper bush there is a pin for holding the flyer, and through the pin there is a
hole for the purpose of lubrication, and as the fixed spindle does not pass
through the top of the tube, I can pass oil or lubricating matter through the
hole, so that it may descend upon the fixed spindle, and by the rapid revolution
of the tube the parts will be lubricated in a most efficient manner.
This Invention will be clearly understood by referring to the letters of
reference on the accompanying Drawing, representing a vertical section of my
improved spindle. a is the dead or stationary spindle bolted or otherwise
fastened to the bracket 6, which is fixed to the bottom rail of the frame; c is a
tube revolving round the spindle a, and steadied at the top by the bush d, and
at the bottom by the bearing e in the wheel f, the weight of the tube, flyer, and
wheel being supported by the bracket b, which bracket is countersunk at the
top to contain the oil. To the upper bush and tube is connected the pin h,
for holding the flyer, and the fixed spindle is of such length as to leave a space
between its top and the bottom of the pin h, through which pin there is a hole
for the purpose of lubrication. The bushes or bearings d and e, and the pin h,
are made of brass, cast iron, or other suitable metal or material, and the tube
touches the dead spindle only at the bearings in order to reduce friction. The
hole in the pin h allows the passage of oil to lubricate the bush d, from whence
the oil runs down the spindle and lubricates the lower bearing and the boss of
the wheel which works on the bracket, which not only dispenses with the
necessity of oiling at the bottom, but effects a great economy of oil and wear
and tear of the spindle.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be understood
that I claim,-
In machinery for preparing, spinning, or doubling fibrous materials, a tube
revolving round a dead or fixed spindle, with a wheel at the bottom resting
and working on a bracket, the bracket supporting the weight of the tube,
flyer, and wheel.
I also claim a pin at the top of the tube with a hole through it, for the
purpose of fitting the flyer and lubricating the spindle at top and bottom as

page_text: Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Charles Fisher, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
JAMES CHARLES FISHER. (LS.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named James Charles Fisher,
in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,.
Manchester.