Improvements in the Manufacture of Rolls of Surgeons' Tow and other like Material.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 24th Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Rolls of Surgeons' Tow and
other like Material.
1, WILLIAM STUTTARD, Manufacturer, residing at 54 Breeze Lane Walton on the
Hill near Liverpool do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
Hitherto Surgeons Tow and like materials have usually been rolled by hand, a
weighed length of the ribbon or sliver being laid across a table and the end folded a
few times, of the required length of the roll, the remainder of the sliver was wound
round the folds by rolling and pressing on the table.
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In this manner rolls of one lb. in weight were produced, measuring about
17" x 4" 68" cubic, and so flabby, and easily pressed out of shape as to be quite
unfit for keeping in stock by dealers and users.
My invention relates to the manner of rolling, which I perform as follows:-
I take a weighed length of the ribbon or sliver, and putting a spindle through holes
in two cheeks, I wind the sliver evenly, in a spiral manner, on the spindle, and at the
same time apply great pressure to it by any of the usual means. For instance, a
heavy roller may be placed on the top of the spindle, or a light roller with springs or
weights, or any other suitable means may be applied. I then withdraw the spindle,
and by these means produce a neat, compact, uniform, and shapely roll, highly
suitable for packing, storing, and export. The one lb. roll being reduced in bulk to
36" cubic and shewing a saving of 32" cubic, or nearly one half.
12" x 3": =
Dated this 22nd due of Danombor 1098
WILLIAM STUTTARD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Rolls of Surgeons' Tow and
other like Material.
I, WILLIAM STUTTARD of 91, 92, 93 & 94 Market Hall and 94 Sefton Street,
Southport, (late of Walton on the Hill, Liverpool) Manufacturer do hereby declaro
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Hitherto Surgeons' Tow and like materials have usually been rolled by hand. A
weighed length of the ribbon or sliver was laid across a table and the end folded a
few times on itself of the required length of the roll, the remainder of the ribbon or
sliver was then wound round the folds and at the same time pressed on the table.
The result has been a roll which measured about 17" x 4" 6S cubic for 1 lb.
weight, other weights being proportionally large. These rolls were flabby and bulky
and so easily pressed out of shape and broken as to be quite unsuitable for keeping in
stock by dealers and users.
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By my invention I am enabled to produce a neat, compact, uniform and shapely
roll, highly suitable for storing, packing, and export, measuring 12" x 3"-36" cubic
for 1 lb. weight, and showing a saving in space of 32" cubic, or nearly one half, for
each pound.
This excellent result I attain as follows:-I take a weighed length of the ribbon
or sliver and putting a spindle, marked A in the drawings annexed, through holes in
two cheeks, marked B in the drawings, I wind the sliver evenly in a spiral manner to
and fro on the spindle between the two cheeks and at the same time apply great
pressure to it by any of the usual means. For instance, a heavy roller, marked in
the drawings, may be placed on the top of the spindle A, or a light roller may be

page_text: pressed down or pulled down by springs or weights, or any other of the many suitable
means for applying pressure may be used.
The pressure being uniform and the cheeks fixtures all of the rolls are identical in
diameter and length.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what. I
claim is
1st. The manufacture of compressed rolls of Surgeons' Tow and like materials of a
uniform size and shape by the means and in the manner herein described.
Dated this Twenty-first day of September 1889.
WILLIAM STUTTARD.