IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR TURNING, BORING, CUTTING
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Ogden Dixon, of Steeton, near Keighley,
in the County of York, Bobbin Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR TURNING, BORING, CUTTING,
Sealed the 12th June 1855, and dated the 1st February 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Ogden Dixon
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st February 1855.
I, THOMAS OGDEN DIXON, of Steeton, near Keighley, in the County of York,
Bobbin Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR TURNING, BORING, CUTTING,
AND SHAPING WOOD AND SIMILAR MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates chiefly to the manufacture of bobbins, but is appli-
cable to other purposes; and consists, firstly, of a hopper or hoppers, in which
the prepared blocks of wood or other material are placed, to supply a pair or
pairs of rollers for taking hold of and carrying forward to suitably formed
lies, which receive and hold for a time successively one of the blocks of wood
whilst it is being operated upon by a cutter or cutters and a boring bit or drill,
which are mounted on each end of a spindle, having a duplex motion, rotary
and reciprocatory, or sliding, the latter by means of a lever and tappet, the
wood being thus turned and bored at the same time; and on the withdrawal or

page_text: return of the said spindle alternately, a circular saw in rotation is caused to
rise up by means of a tappet, and cut off the part thus turned and bored
or shaped, the operation being alternately performed at or by each end of
the spindle.
Secondly, in the use and application to bobbin turning lathes of a rotatory
spindle, carrying circular or other cutters, capable of being arranged in form
and size to the shape or conformation of bobbin required, the said spindle
having an oscillating motion by means of tappet and lever, whereby bobbins
or similar articles can be turned, cut, or shaped to the pattern or form
required, when a catch or other suitable contrivance is acted upon by the
said tappet, and liberates the bobbin or other article, and stops the lathe, for
re-supply.
SPECIFICATION. in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Ogden Dixon in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 1st August 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, Ì, THOMAS
OGDEN DIXON, of. Steeton, near Keighley, in the County, of York, Bobbin
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Royal
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Thomas Ogden Dixon, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas Ogden
Dixon, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Thomas Ogden Dixon,. my executors; administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR TURNING, BORING, CUTTING, AND SHAPING WOOD AND
SIMILAR MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Thomas Ogden Dixon, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature and particulars 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 immediately after the date of the said Royal Letters Patent!..

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Ogden Dixon, do hereby
declare the nature, of the said, Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :-
My Invention relates chiefly to the manufacture of bobbins, but is appli-
cable to other purposes; and consists, firstly, of a hopper or hoppers, in which
the prepared blocks of wood or other materials are placed to supply a pair or
pairs of rollers, for taking "hold of and carrying forward to suitably.formed
dies, which receive and hold for a time successively one of the blocks of wood
whilst it is being operated upon by a cutter or cutters and a boring bit or drill,
which are mounted on each end of a spindle, having a duplex motion, rotary.
and reciprocatory, or sliding, the latter by means of a lever and tappet, the
wood being thus turned and bored. at the same time; and on the withdrawal
or return of the said spindle alternately, a circular saw in rotation is caused to
rise up by means of a tappet, and cut off the part thus turned and bored or
shaped, the operation being alternately performed at or by each end of the
spindle.
Secondly, in the use and application to bobbin turning lathes of a rotatory
spindle, carrying circular or other cutters, capable of being arranged in form
and size to the shape or configuration of bobbin required, the' said spindle
having an oscillating motion by means of tappet and lever, whereby bobbins
or similar articles can be turned, cut, or shaped to the pattern or form
required,, when a catch or other suitable contrivance is acted upon by the said
tappet, and liberates the bobbin or other article, and stops, the lathe for
re-supply.
But my Invention will be more clearly understood by reference. to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings and the letters of reference thereon.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the first part of my Invention, which I use for
making bushes for, bobbins, and Fig. 2 an end elevation of the same. a repre-
sents hoppers in which the prepared blocks of wood or other matérial are
placed; b, rollers with rough V-formed edges for supplying the blocks to pairs
of similarly formed rollers c, which take hold of and carry the same forward
to pairs of dies d, which receive and hold in position whilst being operated
upon by the cutters and boring bits at each end of the rotary and reciprocating
spindle e, rotary motion. being communicated by a belt from the drum.f. to
the pulley f, and reciprocatory. motion by the lever and tappet g and g¹.
h represents circular saws, spindles, and bearings, capable of being raised or
lowered by the tappets i, acting upon the pullies and rods j, wliich are con-
nected to the saw bearings or frame k, working, between the slides. l, motion

page_text: being given to the saws by a belt from the drums m to the pullies on the saw
spindles h. o represents the main driving pullies; and p, a pulley' to 'give
motion by a belt to the pulley q, for driving the tappet shaft'r, the tappets to
give alternate motion to the rollers for supplying the material by means of
the ratchet wheels and palls s, the rollar 6 receiving encreased motion from c;
by the pullies and belt the weights t.press or force down the blocks of wood
in the hoppers.
Figs. 3 and 4 are full-sized views of the spindle end, shewing the cutter
and boring bit or drill. It will be easily perceived that when the machine is
put in motion the bottom block of wood or other material will be drawn out
of the hopper by the V-form wheel, and taken hold of by the pair of wheels
carried forward until it protrudes through the dies, where it will be held for a
time whilst being turned and bored by the revolving and reciprocating spindle,
when on the withdrawal of the spindle the circular saw rises up and cuts off*
the portion thus turned, bored, cut, or shaped, such operation being performed
at or by each end of the spindle alternately.
Fig. 5 is an end elevation, Fig. 6 a front elevation, and Fig. 7 a plan, of
the second part of my Invention. a represents rotating spindles (as in the
ordinary bobbin lathe) for holding the wood or other material to be turned;
b, a sliding head with a rotating spindle for carrying the circular or other
cutters c; d, a shaft, with the tappet e, for giving slide motion to the head by
acting upon the pulley f; g, the main driving pulley, with a pinion fixed to it
for driving the tappet shaft; h, a lever for liberating the bobbin, by with-
drawing the spindle, and also throwing the clutch i out of gear with the wheel
on the tappet shaft, thereby stopping the motion of the slide head for re-
supply.
Figs. 8 and 9 represent one of the circular cutters, which I vary in form
and size to the shape of bobbin or other article required.
Figs. 10 and 11 shew one of the flat or paring cutters which I use for
smoothing or finishing bobbins or similar articles, by constructing them to the
form required, and fixing them on the slide head in such manner as to pass
either under or over the bobbin, &c., taking only a thin shaving off.
Fig. 12 is a side view of the tappet employed in forcing up the slide head
and cutters, which is withdrawn or drawn back by the tension of the driving
straps. The operation of this part of my Invention will be clear to any one
conversant with the manufacture of bobbins.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of my said Invention,
and in what manner I carry the same into practical effect, I desire it to be
distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details of

page_text: construction, as such may be varied or modified without departing from the
main features thereof; but I claim as of my Invention, the peculiar combina-
tion and arrangement of machinery or apparatus for turning, boring, cutting,
and shaping wood and similar materials, as herein described, and illustrated by
the accompanying Sheet of Drawings or any modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Ogden Dixon, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of July, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five.
THOMAS OGDEN DIXON. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named Thomas Ogden Dixon, in the
presence of
JOSEPH WADE,
Steeton, near Keighley.