IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCING SLUBBINGS OF AND IN SPINNING WOOL
Year: 1837

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSHUA
CUTTELL, of Holmfirth, near Huddersfield, in the County of York, Woollen
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS His late most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain bearing date
at Westminster, the Twenty-sixth day of January, in the seventh year of
His reign, did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Joshua Cuttell, His especial license, full power, sole privilege
and authority, that I, the said Joseph Cuttell, my exors, admors, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Joshua Cuttell, my exors, admors, or assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCING SLUBBINGS
OF AND IN SPINNING WOOL," communicated to me by a certain Foreigner
residing abroad; in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I,
the said Joshua Cuttell, shall cause a particular description of the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will
more fully and at large appear.

page_text: roller a, a, taking off half the sheet or sliver of wool, and divide it into narrow
breadths of one inch wide. b, b, are small rollers covered with fine plush or
velvet, which revolving removes the wool from the rollers a, a, the rollers b, b,
turning in suitable bearings, as shewn by the Figures in the Drawings; and
they receive motion by the cog wheels c, c, taking into and driving the same,
the wheels c, c, being driven by cog wheels affixed on the axes of the rollers
a, a; and it is by means of the rollers b, b, that the tapes or narrow slivers
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from the rollers a, a, are ensured being removed from the rollers a, a.
narrow slivers then pass through the hollow spindles d, d, which have necks,
and turn in suitable bearings in the spindle frame, as is clearly shewn in the
Drawings; and the hollow spindles being shewn full size in the Drawing,
their construction and mode of working will readily be traced. They receive
rotatory motion from an endless band, which, bearing and dragging on the
surfaces, cause them to revolve; and, in order to ensure the endless strap
giving sufficient friction, there are a series of pressing pulleys to cause the band:
to take a tortuous course, and offer more rubbing surface to the hollow spindles.
e, e, are fluted rollers, driven by wheels and pinions from the wheels c, c, as-
is clearly shewn; and.f, f, are rollers, which rest on the rollers c, e. The
revolving of the rollers e, e, which are drawing rollers, cause the slubbings
to be drawn forward so soon as they leave the hollow spindles, where they
have become in some degree rounded and condensed; but it should be stated
that up to this point, with the exception of the application of the rollers b, for
ensuring the delivery of the narrow slivers from the rollers a, a, the whole of
the parts have been very similarly combined in other machines for obtaining
continuous slubbings. The slubbings are next carried between the rollers g, g,
and h, h, the rollers g. 9, having a continuous rotatory motion communicated
thereto, as is clearly shewn in the Drawings; the rollers h, h, having necks
or pivots which work in bearings, which bearings have necks or pivots by
which a to and fro movement is given to such rollers h, h, and they receive
Orotatory motion from their bearing on the rollers g, g. The rollers g, g, I
prefer to be rubbed over with black lead, and the rollers h, h, to be covered
with fine, woollen cloth. The to and fro motion is communicated to the
rollers h, h, in the following manner. m is a lever moving on a fulcrum at n,
which is carried by the framing of the machine. 0, 0, are necks or pivots
5 affixed to the bearings of the axes of the rollers h, h, and two of the necks
o, o, have studs projecting therefrom, which enter slots cut in the ends of
the lever m; hence, when the lever m receives movement, the rollers h, h, move
to and fro in the way of their length. p is an arm fixed to the lever m, which
being connected by the rod q to the crank pin r the lever m receives a rocking

page_text: motion; but it will be evident that other means may be resorted to for
obtaining such movement lengthwise of the rollers h, in addition to their
rotatory motion; I do not, therefore, confine myself to that described. The
slubbings being thus condensed and rounded they are wound on to two rollers
i, i, by means of friction rollers j, j, which receive a continuous rotatory
motion, as is clearly shown in the various Figures of the Drawing; and the
slubbings laid evenly on to the rollers i, i, by means of the traversing guides
k, k, which have a traversing movement to and fro, to lay the slubbings in equal
rings around the rollers i, i; and when such rollers i, i, are filled, they are
removed to a suitable spinning machine or machines, having a like number
of spindles to the number of slubbings to be spun.
Figure 7 represents so much of a spinning mule, and Figure 8 a plan
thereof, as will enable me to explain so much of the Invention as relates to
the unwinding of the slubbings in order to their being spun. i, the roller of
slubbings; and 1, l, are friction rollers, which, receiving a continuous rotatory
motion, unwind the slubbings, as is clearly shown in the Drawing. 1 have
not thought it necessary to enter into a description of a spinning mule, neither
have I shewn a complete one in the Drawings, but only sufficient for showing
and explaining the improvement thereto. The mule, being well understood
by persons engaged in such works, need not be further explained; the difference
being, that in place of having a series of cops of slubbings they are wound on
to a roller and unwound by a friction roller.
Having thus described the nature of the Invention, I would remark that I
do not claim any of the parts separately nor combined, other than is
hereafter particularly pointed out. But what I claim is,-
First, the application of the rollers b, b, for ensuring the delivery of the
narrow slivers from the rollers a; and I also claim the application of the
rollers g, g, h, h, by the rotatory and to and fro motion of which the slubbings
are condensed, as above described. And,
Secondly, I claim the mode of spinning of slubbings which are wound on
the rollers i, i, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joshua Cuttell, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of July, in the first year of the
reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the grace of God of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of
the Faith, and in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and thirty-seven.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-sixth day of July, in
the year of our Lord 1837, the aforesaid Joshua Cuttell came before our
said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.