AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF MACHINES FOR MAKING COPs
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Combe, of Belfast, in the Kingdom of Ireland,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF MACHINES FOR
MAKING COPs."
Sealed the 29th November 1864, and dated the 30th June 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Combe at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th
June 1864.
I, JAMES COMBE, of Belfast, in the Kingdom of Ireland, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF MACHINES
FOR MAKING COPs," to be as follows:-
This improved arrangement makes the same machine capable of winding
either from the bobbin or hank, or it may be used to simplify the machine
when it is only intended to wind cops from either hank or bobbin alone, and
consists in modifications of the arrangement of the parts for which Letters
Patent were granted to the present Inventor on the 17th February 1862
(No. 425).
In the former arrangement the spindle was pressed upwards into the cup,
and the formation of the cop depressed the spindle as the cop increased in
length. In the improved machine the action in this respect is reversed; the
weight and friction of the spindle in passing through the driving socket forming
part of the effective pressure required to build the cop, the spindle rising as
the cop is formed. The spindle is raised to piece an end or depressed to doff

page_text: the cop by means of a lever or handle resting or suspended on a collar at the
foot of the spindle; this lever also allows of the pressure on the cop being
adjusted by placing weights on it. To this lever or handle is attached a
catch or trigger to keep it up whilst piecing an end, or a chain passing over
a pulley with a treadle attached to be acted on by the foot may be used for
the same purpose to allow the worker to use both hands. The cop is kept
on the spindle by means of a spring and catch or other contrivance, which
allows the spindle to come out when doffing. When winding from the hank,
the yarn is placed upon a reel or swift below the spindles, and is passed under
and over guide rods and over the vibrating lever, the action of which is fully
described in the Patent above referred to. The creel for bobbins is placed in
front, and admits of the action of the vibrating lever on the bobbins, as
described in the former Patent.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Combe in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
30th December 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
COMBE, of Belfast, in the Kingdom of Ireland, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said James Combe, Her special license that I, the said James
Combe, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said James Combe, 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 "AN
IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF MACHINES FOR MAKING COPS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said James Combe, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Combe, 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, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
This improved arrangement makes the same machine capable of winding
cops" either from the hank or bobbin, or it may be used to simplify the
machine when it is only intended to wind cops from either hank or bobbin
alone. The Invention consists in modifications in the arrangements of the
parts for which Letters Patent were granted to me, bearing date. February
Seventeenth, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two (No. 425).
In the former arrangement the spindle is pressed upwards unto the cup,
and the formation of the cop depresses the spindle as the cop increases in
length, but in the present machine the action in this respect is reversed, as
will be seen from the accompanying Drawing, which is a half section of the
improved machine for winding cops from either hank or bobbin.
The spindle a is driven by means of what is known as Combe's Patent
spring clutch 6. The cup c, in which the cop d is formed, is kept as close as
possible to the driving socket b, through which the spindle a is free to pass up
and down. On the spindle a is suspended by means of a small collar a¹ a
foot step bracket e, on which is a pin e¹ that carries the cranked lever f. To
piece an end the spindle a is stopped and lifted by means of the handle or
lever until the cop d is free from the cup c, so that the worker can get at
the end; it can be retained in its highest position by means of a catch or
trigger f, which catches upon the guide rod g, or a chain attached to this
lever f passing over a pulley with a treadle attached may be used for the
purpose of giving full liberty to both hands of the worker when piecing an
end. To doff the cop d, the spring catch a at the top of the spindle a is
relieved, which allows the cop d to come off freely, the spindle a being
depressed by means of the lever f. The weight of this lever f and spindle a,
together with the friction of the spindle a in passing through the socket b,
tend to form a firm and compact cop. If this is not sufficient for coarse work,
the pressure on the cop can be easily increased by putting weights f³ on the
lever f.
When winding from the hank, the yarn is placed upon a reel or swift h
below the spindles a, and is passed under and over the guide rods 9 and g¹,
and over the vibrating lever i, the action of which is fully described in the
Specification of the Patent already referred to. The creel for the bobbins k

page_text: is placed in front of the spindles a, and admits of the action of the vibrating
levers on the bobbins k, as described in my former Patent..
Having now set forth the nature of my Invention of "An Improved
Arrangement of Machines for Making Cops," and explained the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that, under the above
in part recited Letters Patent I claim, the arrangement of machinery as herein
described for winding cops from hanks and bobbins.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Combe, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Twenty-eighth day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
JAMES COMBE. (L.S.)