IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OR SPINNING ROPE YARNS, OR OTHER YARNS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Morgan, of Rotherhithe, in the County of
Surrey, Rope Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OR SPINNING ROPE YARNS, OR OTHER YARNS."
Sealed the 19th October 1858, and dated the 28th June 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Morgan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th June 1858.
I, JOHN MORGAN, of Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey, Rope Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OR SPINNING ROPE YARNS OR OTHER
YARNS," to be as follows:-
I propose, in addition to the machinery or apparatus in ordinary use for
effecting the above purposes, to introduce a spring conductor and male and
female roller for compressing the fibres of the sliver, thus giving to the yarns
increased strength; I then carry the consolidated sliver through a tar trough
and over heated cylinders, or vice versa; I then pass it through male and

page_text: -female-rollers-with-a-snugger-attached,-and-thus-produce a tarred rope_yarn
(or other yarn or twine) fit for immediate use.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Morgan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th December 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MORGAN, of Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey, Rope Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of June, 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 John Morgan, Her special licence that I, the said John Morgan, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Morgan, 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 MANUFACTURING OR SPINNING ROPE YARNS OR OTHER YARNS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Morgan, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, 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 Morgan, do hereby declare the
nature of my 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, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings
forming part of this my Specification, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, similar letters depoting similar parts where such parts appear or can
be seen at each of the Figures respectively.
As my Invention will be best understood by an examination of the Drawings,

page_text: supported by a full description thereof, I proceed to give the latter by first
calling attention to Figure 1, which is an elevation, and Figure 2 a plan, of
so much of a hemp spinning machine as is required to illustrate my Invention:
a are the screws which receive the ends of the fallers; bare the. fallers
carrying the gills, which receive the sliver of hemp or other material in the
usual manner; care the drawing rollers, with the usual hangers d and the
weighted levers e. It is not necessary to shew the wheels by which the screws,
fallers, and drawing rollers are geared to work together, these parts being well
understood. f is a spring conductor, through which the sliver g passes, and
which can be made to press as much as is desirable upon the sliver g by
means of the bolt, nut, and spiral spring h; i and are a pair of grooved
or male and female rollers, between which the sliver passes, and by means of
which it is drawn through the spring conductors f. The lower roller ** is
made hollow, so as to allow the introduction of steam into it, and thereby
heat the sliver as it passes between these rollers. j is a trough, made of
copper or other suitable material, for holding tar, having the roller k inside
mounted in suitable bearings, and an upper roller is mounted in a slot at
each end of the trough. These rollers revolve as the sliver passes between
them, and the roller & being partially immersed in the tar, throws up and
deposits the requisite quantity upon the sliver. m is a steam chest for
the purpose of heating the trough containing the tar, and is furnished with
the necessary pipes, stop-cocks, et cetera, for the ingress and egress of the
steam and water; n is another spring conducter or snugger, which still
further consolidates and guides the tarred sliver to another pair of grooved or
male and female rollers o and o*; the lower roller o is also made hollow, and
can also be heated with steam, if desirable. These rollers deliver the sliver
to the open conductor or spout p, which conducts the sliver to the eye or
socket in the top of the spindle q, where it receives the requisite amount
of twist, and is wound upon the bobbin in the usual manner.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is or may be used or carried into effect, I may here
observe that I do not confine or restrict myself to the precise details or
arrangements which I have described or referred to, as variations may be
made therefrom without deviating from the main characteristics of my Inven-
tion; nor do I claim the exclusive use of any of the parts of machinery or
apparatus herein-before described, or shewn in the annexed Drawing, taken
as parts, and not used in combination and for the purposes of my Invention;
but what I do claim is, arranging the front part of spinning machinery for

page_text: rope yarns, so as to draw_tar_and spin a rope yarn or other yarn or twine fit
for immediate use on the same machine and at one operation.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Morgan, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day. of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Witness,
W. E. GEDGE,
4, Dane's Inn, Strand:
JOHN MORGAN. (L.S.)