IMPROVEMENTS IN SLUBBING AND RAVING FRAMES FOR COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Eccles, of Wigan, in the County of
Lancaster, Spinner, John Mason, of Rochdale, in the samo
County, Machinist, and Leonard Kaberry, of Rochdale aforesaid,
Manager, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SLUBBING AND
RAVING FRAMES FOR COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 9th June 1854, and dated the 9th December 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Eccles,
John Mason, and Leonard Kaberry at the Office of the Commis-
sioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 9th December 1853.
We, RICHARD ECCLES, JOHN MASON, and LEONARD KABERRY, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SLUBBING AND ROVING FRAMES FOR COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUB-
STANCES" to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates, firstly, to the adaptation of certain apparatus
to slubbing and roving frames, whereby the flyers may be held during
the doffing of the bobbins, and consists in the application of suitable

page_text: holders mounted above the roller beam. As a convenient part to carry
these holders we mount them upon the "setting on rod," and in such
manner that they may be turned back when not in use, but other
supports for them may be adopted.
Secondly, our Invention relates to the wheel work for driving the
bobbins. According to the usual arrangement the "jack wheel"
communicates motion by means of suitable gearing to one of the
longitudinal shafts, which drives the other shaft by a pair of pinions
situate nearer to the end framing. According to our improvement
we place the "jack wheel" in direct communication with the two
connecting pinions on the longitudinal shafts, whereby the whole of
the wheelwork is brought near to the end framing.
Thirdly, our Invention relates to an additional bearing for the
spindles of slubbing and roving frames, and consists in so forming
the fixture attached to the lifter rail, that there is a bearing at its
lower as well as at its upper end, thus forming two bearings in one
piece.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Richard Eccles, John Mason, and Leonard
Kaberry in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th June 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we,
RICHARD ECCLES, of Wigan, in the County of Lancaster, Spinner,
JOHN MASON, of Rochdale, in the same County, Machinist, and
LEONARD KABERRY, of Rochdale aforesaid, Manager, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of December, One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three, in the seventeenth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the
said Richard Eccles, John Mason, and Leonard Kaberry, Her especial
licence that we, the said Richard Eccles, John Mason, and Leonard
Kaberry, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as we, the said Richard Eccles, John Mason, and Leonard Kaberry,

page_text: our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agreo
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
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SLUBBING AND ROVING FRAMES FOR COTTON AND OTHER
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the
said Richard Eccles, John Mason, and Leonard Kaberry, by an
instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand
and seal of one of us, 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 inmediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Mason, do hereby declare
the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement and accompanying Drawings, that is to say:―
Our Invention relates, firstly, to the adaptation of certain apparatus
to slubbing and roving frames, whereby the flyers may be held during
the doffing of the bobbins, and consists in the application of suitable
holders mounted above the roller beam.
Secondly, our Invention relates to the wheelwork for driving the
bobbins.
Thirdly, to an additional bearing for the spindles of slubbing and
roving frames, and consists in so forming the fixtures attached to the
"lifter rail," that there is a bearing at the lower as well as at the upper
end, thus forming two bearings in one piece.
Having thus stated the leading features of our improvements as set
forth in our Provisional Specification, I will proceed by aid of the
accompanying Drawings to shew how the same may be carried into
practical operation. Fig. 1 is a partial section of a roving frame
with our first improvement attached, and Fig. 2 is a detached view
of the holding instrument. The usual stop rod is shewn at a,
capable of sliding to and fro as in ordinary frames, in addition to

page_text: which motion it may also be turned upon its centre when desired.
To this rod a series of forks are fastened by means of screws,
the construction of which will be seen in the detached Fig. 2; they
consist of a projecting part c, on either side of which are two prongs
d, do, and while the bobbins are being doffed they occupy the position
shown in the Drawing. The flyers c, which they are intended to
support, are then placed so as to bring the two upper prongs within
their legs, and the bosses between the two lower prongs d, upon which
the bends of the flyers then rest, as shewn in the Figures. When the
bobbins have been doffed and the flyers restored to the spindles, the
rod a is turned upon its centre so as to bring the holders into the
position shewn by dots in Fig. 1. Upon the stop rod is a cam f
acting against a lever g, which is in connection with a break for
stopping the machines. This cam is formed sufficiently wide to enable
it to remain in contact with the lever when the rod is slidden forward
for the purpose of throwing off the driving strap, and its periphery is
concentric through a sufficient part of its circumference, for continuing
to act against the lever when the holders are turned down into the
position for receiving the flyers, but when they are turned upward the
prominence of the cam will have passed the lever so as to allow
the break to be put on. In order to prevent the holders from turning
downward too far, projecting arms h extend from the rod a, which
arms are on each side of the framing i, and are joined at bottom as
at j, thereby acting as a stop against the framing when in the position
shown.
The second part of our Invention is also shewn in Fig. 1, and
in the partial plan view, Fig. 3. According to the usual arrangement
of wheelwork for driving the bobbins, the "jack wheel" communicates
motion by means of suitable gearing to one of the longitudinal bobbin
shafts, which drives the other shafts by means of a pair of pinions
situate nearer the frame. According to our improvement we place the
"jack wheel" in direct communication with the two pinions 7, mn,
upon the longitudinal shafts n, o, which communication is established
by means of carriers p, 9; these carriers are borne by brackets », »,
mounted upon a fixture which carries the shaft n, and supported

page_text: at their other ends by a link s, the upper boss of which forms the
bearing for the shaft t. In connection with this improvement we have
shewn a disengaging motion operating by means of a fork u, but this
does not constitute a portion of our Invention.
The third part of our improvements is shown at Fig. 4, in which a
is the lifter rail, and b a fixture for carrying the bearings for the
spindles. According to our improvement we extend this fixture so as to
form therein two bearings in one piece as at c, d, to which the spindles
are adapted as usual. We have shewn the fixture b, as bolted to
the lifter rail, but if desired the two bearings may be cast thereon.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, we
desire it to be understood that we claim, as secured to us under the
above in part recited Letters Patent,'-
Firstly, the application of holders for the flyers during doffing, such
holders being mounted on the stop rod or other part above the roller
beam.
Secondly, driving both the longitudinal shafts by means of gearing,
in direct communication with the "jack wheel," that is, in the same
right line therewith.
Thirdly, forming two spindle bearings in one piece, with a fixture
upon the lifting rail or casting them thereon.
In witness whereof, 1, the said John Mason, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Sixth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
JOHN MASON. (LS.)