AN IMPROVED COP TUBE AND COVER FOR ROLLERS USED IN SPINNING, AND IN APPARATUS FOR PUTTING THE TUBES ON THE SPINDLES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Rudolph Wappenstein. of the City of Manchester.
in the County of Lancaster. Medallion Engraver, for the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED COP TUBE AND COVER FOR ROLLERS USED IN SPINNING, AND IN
APPARATUS FOR PUTTING THE TUBES ON THE SPINDLES."
Sealed the 31st January 1862, and dated the 6th August 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Rudolph Wappenstein at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patenis, with his Petition, on the
6th August 1861.
I, RUDOLPH WAPPENSTEIN, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Medallion Engraver, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED COP TUBE AND COVER FOR ROLLERS USED IN
SPINNING, AND IN APPARATUS FOR PUTTING THE TUBES ON THE SPINDLES," to be as
follows:-
I make the cop tube of any suitable woven fabric, cut in lengths and con-
nected together as it is lapped to the proper shape by some adhesive substance
to make it firm, and afterwards coat if with some suitable gum or varnish.
and cover the rollers used in spinning with the same material and in the
same way.
I make a portable frame for putting the tubes on the spindles with holes
or perforations in it to hold the tubes, and to each hole I attach an elastic
cone holder io hold or support each tube, and in order to keep them firmly
in their places, I make a moveable clip to pass through the inside of the frame,
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page_text: with holes or perforations in correspond with the holes in the frame, through
both of which the tubes pass, then if this clip is moved a little it will catch
each tube and hold it firmly whilst the frame is carried about, and to prevent.
the clip from giving way or becoming loose, I have a small lock or fastener
outside the frame to catch or fasten it.
In some cases I can dispense with the elastic cone holder and use the frame
either by hand or attached to frames used for putting a number of inbes on
the spindles at the same time.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Rudolph Wappenstein in the Great Seal Palent Office on
the 6th February 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RUDOLPH
WAPPENSTEIN, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancasier,
Medallion Engraver, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself. Her heirs and successors. give and grant unto me, the
said Rudolph Wappenstein, fler special licence that I. the said Rudolph
Wappenstein, my executors, administrators, and assigns. or such others
as I, the said Rudolph Wappenstein, 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 COP TUBE AND COVER FOR ROLLERS USED IN SPINNING, AND IN
APPARATUS FOR PUTTING THE TUBES ON THE SPINDLES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that 1, the said Rudolph Wappenstein, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in whai 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 1, the said Kudolph Wappenstein, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-

page_text: statement (that is io say) :-
I make the cop tubes of any suitable fabric woven tubular, which is first
cut into lengths. then stretched on conical spindles of the required size, and
afterwards coated with cement, gum, varnish, or other binding and sirengih-
ening material.
I also cover the rollers used in spinning machinery with similar fabric,
woven tubular of the required diameter, and coat it with cement, gum, varnish,
or other similar material.
For putting the tubes on the spindles of a mule or other spinning machine
I employ a frame having in it holes or perforations for holding the tubes.
the said holes being encircled when desired with an elastic material. In order
to keep the tubes firmly in their holes. I place in the interior of the frame a
moveable clipper having holes or perforations corresponding with the holes in
the frame. The inbes are passed through the holes both of the frame and
clipper, and then if the clipper is slightly moved it will catch each tube and
hold it firmly whilst the frame is being carried about. The clipper is shifted
10 and fro for tightening and loosening the tubes by means of an eccentric. cam,
crank, lever; or other mechanical contrivance.
This improved tube frame is made of wood or metal, and may be of any
desired length and adapted for any number of tubes, and used either entirely
by hand or attached to other frames employed for putting on any number of
tubes by mechanical means.
The aforesaid improved method or system of manufacturing cop tubes and
covers of rollers is so simple and self-evident as to require no further descrip-
tion or illustration, and my improved tube frame will be clearly understood by
referring to the figures and letters on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
in which Figs. 1 and 2 are longitudinal and transverse sections; Fig. 3 a
longitudinal elevation, and Fig. 4 a plan of a part of my improved tube
frame for putting cop tubes on the spindles of a mule or other spinning
machine.
The case or exterior of the the frame is formed in any desired manner.
but I prefer it, if made of wood, to consist of five pieces or strips a, b, c, d, e,
in order that the different grains may counteract each other, and thereby
prevent warping. In the interior of the case is placed the clipper so fitted that
it may move to and fro with ease, but not too loosely. Through the top side
a, the clipper f, and strip e, are bored holes g at distances apart corresponding
with the positions of the spindles upon which the tubes are to be placed, and the
bottom side d is perfectly plain and level so as to support the tubes. When

page_text: the holes in the clipper are central with the holes in the case and the iubes
entered therein the tubes are loose, but if the clipper is moved a little, either one
way or the other. the tubes are held fast and with the frame can be moved
about as required without the tubes falling out of the holes. In some cases
it may desirable in coat or line the holes either in the case or clipper with some
elastic material, in order to remedy any slight difference of lengih between
the centres of the holes, and thereby enable the tubes to be clipped with
certainty. The to-and-fro movement may be given to the clipper by a cam
crank, lever, or other mechanical means, but it is necessary that when the
clipper is moved one way the holes in the clipper and case shall be
perfectly central with each other, and when moved the other way the holes in
the clipper must be slightly on one side of the holes in the case.
In the accompanying Figures I represent a mode giving movement in the
clipper by means of a crank. To the top and bottom strips a, d, of the case
are fixed metal plates or washers h, i, having longitudinal slots of a determined
length, similar slots being formed in the case, and in the clipper there is a
circular hole bushed with metal when required. Through the slots in the case
and hole in the clipper is passed the pin or bolt . having a lead at the top.
and at the bottom the nai 1. between which and the plate i there is a handle m
working loose upon the said pink, and carrying the crank pin which works
in an angular slot o, shewn by doited lines in Fig. 4, in the bottom plate i. The
pin is well fitted to the hole in the clipper, and when the handle m is in its
oniward position the crank pin n rests against one end of the angular stot o and
the pink against one end of the longitudinal slots in the plates h, i, in which
position the holes in the case are perfectly central with the holes in the clipper.
but when the handle is moved from its outward position to one parallel with
the frame, the crank pin is traversed to the other end of the angular slot
and moves the handle m. pin k. and clipper longitudinally to a distance
corresponding with the angle and length of the angular slot, so that the
holes of the clipper are shifted from their former central position with the
case, and thereby clip and hold the tubes. As the handle is returned to
its outward position it is drawn back longitudinally by the reverse action of
the crank pin in the angular slot, and by shifting the clipper causes the holes
in it and the case to he again central with each other, so that the tubes are
released and fall upon the spindles if placed over them. This arrangement
of tube frame may be modified by making the clipper in two parts lapping over
each other for a short distance at the middle. When the two parts are close
iogether their holes are central with the holes in the case, but when apart
their holes are on one side of the case, and thereby clip the tubes, or the holes

page_text: in the case and clipper may be central when the two parts are separated from
each other, and on one side when the two parts of the clipper are brought
together. The pin which passes through the case and clipper is well fitted to
circular holes in the case, and has upon it iwo eccentrics, cams, or levers working
in rectangular holes in the parts of the clipper. The said eccentrics, cams.
or levers are placed in opposite directions, so that when turned to one position
the two parts of the clipper are brought together, and when turned to the
reverse position they are apart. It is also evident that the clipper may be
shifted as required by a screw at one end.
In the Drawings I have represented only a short length or section of my
improved be frame, but I desire it to be understood that it is to be made
of any length suitable for putting cop tubes on spindles, either in sections
or on half of a mule, and made of wood, metal plate. or any suitable
material.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention.
and the manner in which the same is to be performed. 1 desire it to be
understood that claim as my Invention, the manufacture of cop tubes and
covers for rollers used in spinning, of any suitable fabric woven tubular, which
after being cut into lengths and stretched is coated with cement, gum, varnish.
or other similar material.
And also the improved apparatus for puiting cop tubes on the spindles of a
mule or other spinning machine, as such improvements are herein described
and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof. I. the said Rudolph Wappenstein, have hereunio
set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of February, in the year of
Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
RUDOLPH WAPPENSTEIN. (S.)
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Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named Rudolph Wappenstein, in the
presence of
E. J. HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.