Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Nov., 1897--Accepted, 18th Dec., 1897
I, JOSHUA VALENTINE EVES, of Forth River Mill Belfast in the County of Antrim,
Ireland, Flax Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows.-
This invention relates to the saddles employed in wet spinning frames to hold or
maintain the top pressing and drawing rollers in position and through which the
desired amount of weight or pressure is applied to the rollers.
Hitherto it has been customary to cast these saddles from brass or iron after which
the saddle has to be completed or finished by being tooled or ground involving a
considerable amount of labour and expense.
My invention consists essentially in constructing the saddle of sheet metal
preferably steel or brass bent or shaped by suitable dies into the required form.
The invention is applicable to the well known "Gordon saddle" with arms at the
top or to other forms of saddles such as those which are formed with arms at the
centre, or those which are guided at the top without arms or where the saddle slides
in a central stand or is guided by pins.
In each case I cut or stamp out the saddle in blank from a sheet of steel brass or
other suitable metal the shape of such blank being such as to give a saddle of the
form required.
The blank is placed in a press or stamping machine with dies or punches formed
to give the desired shape of saddle. The arms are formed by rolling up or closing
over that part of the blank in a closing machine. A tongue-forming part of the
blank or separate as found most convenient-is inserted at one or both ends to give
strength or rigidity to the finished saddle if found necessary.
The arms are preferably rolled up from the sheet metal but holes or loops may be
formed by rolling over the metal or by punching, and pins or wires inserted therein
to form arms.
Holes are stamped before or after bending for the weight wires and a slot for the
crew which secures the top pressing roller bush, the bush for the wood pressing roller
s inserted between the sides or flanges forming the sides of the saddle.
Dated this 28th, day of January, 1897.

page_text: Improvemen
I, JOSHUA VALENTINE EVES, of Forth River Mill, Belfast, in the County of Antrim,
Ireland, Flax Spinner, do hereby declare 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 :-
This invention relates to the saddles employed in wet spinning frames to hold or
maintain the top pressing and drawing rollers in position, and through which the
desired amount of weight or pressure is applied to the rollers.
Hitherto it has been customary to cast these saddles from brass or iron, after which
the saddle, has to be completed or finished by being tooled or ground involving a
considerable amount of labour and expense.
.
My invention consists essenitally in constructing the saddle of sheet metal
preferably steel or brass bent or shaped by suitable dies into the required form.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which as examples several types of saddles are illustrated.
Fig 1. Side elevation of "Gordon" saddle.
Fig 2. Longitudinal section of Baine.
Fig 3. Plan from underneath.
Fig 4. Extended blank from which the saddle is formed.
Fig 5. Side elevation of centre arm saddle.
Fig 6. Plan of same from underneath.
Fig 7. Extended blank of same.
Fig 8. Side elevation of another form of saddle which is provided with grooves A¹
instead of arms A for guiding it.
Fig 9. Plan of same from underneath.
Fig 10. Extended blank of same.
Fig 11. Side elevation of another form of saddle which is guided by projecting
bosses.
Fig 12. Plan of same from underneath.
Fig 13. Extended blank of same.
Fig 14. Side elevation of another construction of saddle.
Fig 15. Longitudinal section of same.
Fig 16. Plan of same from underneath.
Fig 17. Extended blank of same.
The invention may also be applied to any other shape or construction of saddle.
I cut or stainp out the saddle in blank from sheet of steel, brass or other
suitable metal, the shape of such blank being such as to give a saddle of the form
required, such as Figs 4, 7, 10, 13 and 17.
The blank is placed in a press or stamping machine with dies or punches formed
to give the desired shape of saddle. The arms A are formed by rolling up or closing
over that part a of the blank in a suitable machine for the purpose.
A tongue--forming part of the blank or separate as found inost convenient-may
he inserted at one or both ends to give strength or rigidity to the finished saddle if
found necessary.
The arms A are preferably rolled up from the sheet metal, but holes or loops may
be formed by rolling over the metal or by punching, and pins or wires inserted
therein to form arms.
Holes B are stamped before or after bending for the weight wires and a slot C for
the screw which secures the top pressing roller bush D. The bush E for the wood
pressing roller is inserted between the sides or flanges forming the sides of the saddle.
Saddles of sheet steel or iron may be galvanized if desired for wet spiuning frames.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is;—
A box shaped saddle for flax spinning frames constructed of sheet steel or other
metal stamped and shaped into the required form by suitably shaped dies or stamps
substantially as described.