IMPROVEMENTS IN CERTAIN PARTS OP MACHINES USED IN THE PREPARATION FOR THE SPINNING OF COTTON, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1846

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
DENTON, of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-first day of
November now last past, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said James Denton, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her
especial licence that I, the said James Denton, my exors, admors, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said James Denton, 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, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CERTAIN PARTS OP
MACHINES USED IN THE PREPARATION FOR THE SPINNING OF COTTON, WOOL, AND
OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso,
obliging me, the said James Denton, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, and to cause the
same to be enrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the said Letters Patent, reference being there-
unto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Denton, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention to consist

page_text: to say :-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS,
which are made full size, and in which similar letters denote similar parts
throughout. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 shew one of my combinations of a flyer, a
presser, and a spring, in three different positions; Fig. 1 being a front view,
Fig. 2 a side view, and Fig. 3 a plan of the same instrument. Figs. 4, 5,
and 6 represent another of my combinations of a flyer, presser, and spring;
Fig. 4 being a front view, Fig. 5 a side view, and Fig. 6 a plan of the same
instrument. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 represent another of my combinations of a
flyer, presser, and spring; Fig. 7 being a front view, Fig. 8 a side view, and
Fig. 9.a plan of the same instrument. In Fig. 1, a is the spindle; b, the
flyer; c, the presser; d, the spring, acting against a tappet e (see Fig. 8), which
is fixed to the top end of a shaft g, to the bottom end of which the presser is
attached; and according to the size, form, and position of this tappet, the
presser may be forced against the sliver or roving f with such a
degree of
uniform or varying pressure as may be required. This shaft 9 is supported
by two bearings h, which are soldered to the tube arm of the flyer.
In Figs.
4, 5, and 6, the novelty of my arrangement consists in fixing one end of the
spring in the boss of the presser, and allowing the other end to act in a slot in
the piece, which is soldered to the flyer arm. In Figs. 7, 8, and 9 the top
.end of the shaft g above the upper bearing his bent, so as to come in contact
with the spring d, and thus answers the purpose of the tappet e, in Fig. 3.
The action of a flyer and presser are so well known that I have not thought
it requisite to go into detailed description of their mode of operation; but I
have shewn and described my improved combinations of a flyer, presser, and
spring, so that those persons who are conversant with preparation machines
may clearly understand them.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I hereby claim as my Invention the new
combinations of the flyers, the pressers, and the springs, herein-before described,

page_text: and also shewn in the Drawings hereto; and this my Invention being, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, entirely new, and never before used within
that part of Her said Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
called England, Her Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
I do hereby declare this to be my Specification of the same, and that I do
verily believe this my Specification doth comply in all respects fully and
without reserve or disguise with the proviso in the said herein-before in part
recited Letters Patent contained; wherefore I do hereby claim to maintain
exclusive right and privilege to the said Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Denton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.