IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO THE BOBBINS, TURES SKEWERS AND PICKING STICKS TIED IN Texture MQUINEDy
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joshua Henry Wilson and Lawrence Wilson, both of
Cornholme, Todmorden, in the County of Lancaster, Bobbin Manufacturers,
for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO THE BOBBINS,
TURES SKEWERS AND PICKING STICKS TIED IN Texture MQUINEDy »
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joshua Henry Wilson and
Lawrence Wilson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
25th November 1881.
JOSHUA HENRY WILSON and LAWRENCE WILSON, both of Cornholme, Todmorden,
in the County of Lancaster, Bobbin Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND
APPLICABLE TO THE BOBBINS, TUBES, SKEWERS, AND PICKING-STICKS USED IN
TEXTILE MACHINERY."
Our Invention partly consists of additions to a former Invention, having for its
object to strengthen and otherwise improve bobbins and tubes, for which Invention
Letters Patent, number 1772, of the present year, have been granted to us. Our
present Invention relates in the first place to the tubes which are provided with
driving slots or projections. We apply exterior hoops which are formed with
beveled bottom flanges, and are secured on the tube collar in the ordinary manner.
According to another plan we form a driving foot by casting or forming driving
projections upon a ring which is formed with a ferule which enters the bore of the
bobbin and is secured therein. In a modification of this foot an inner ferule is
connected with an outer hoop by means of the driving projections which are cast
in one piece with the said parts. In another form of foot a flat ring is cast or
shaped into what may be termed a corrugated form, so that when it is secured to
the slotted end of the tube it forms a lining for the driving slots and a facing for
the end of the tube. According to another method we use an inner forule or an
outer hoop made of a pressed or moulded composition or substance which is suitably
hard and tough, such, for example, as vegetable fibre or pulp, or treated fibre or
compositions containing fibre or pulp, or we secure ends of such a nature to the
barrels of the bobbins. In some cases we apply ferules, bushes, or hoops of this
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page_text: nature inside or outside of bobbins or tubes which are required to run upon or to
tightly fit spindles, collars, cups, or parts, as in the cases of long collar spinning
and doubling and ring bobbins. Our Invention relates in the next place to headed
bobbins. To aid in securing the head or flange to the barrel we force a ring into
the head, or preferably into the end of the barrel, so as to tighten and expand the
said end in the hole in the head. These rings may or may not be wedge shaped,
and may or may not be grooved or roughened, such rings may also be used to
strengthen the ends of tubes. In the cases of bobbins having heads hitherto mado
of two layers, we form the heads from three or more layers of wood glued or
cemented together, or of layers of wood having a fibrous composition, or a woven
material, or a material other than wood interposed. We may further secure the
layers by the use of staples or of pins. Our Invention relates in the next place to
creeling skewers. We fix a tip or point on one end or on each end of the shaft of
the skewer. In some cases the tips are made of metal with recesses into which
the ends of the shaft enter, and with shanks which are forced into holes bored in
the ends of the shaft. When the tip is not recessed we may hoop the end or each
end of the shaft with a cap, cup, or ferule to prevent the splitting of the shaft. In
some cases wherein the skewer ends are of wood we encase the end or each end
with a metal cap, cup, or ferule. In the cases of skewers for "long collar frames"
we in some cases secure a hollow boss of thin metal to the lower end of the skewer
by milling or otherwise, the said boss fitting or resting upon the foot tip which is
secured to the shaft of the skewer as aforesaid. A remaining part of our Invention
relates to picking sticks which we form in two or more parts secured together, as
for example, we may form the flat part which is bolted to the loom shaft of beech
and the arm part of ash or hickory. A shank on the one part may be glued and
pinned or secured in a hole bored in the other part. To prevent splitting we may
inill or secure metal hoops on the arms. The end to which the strap is secured
may also be formed of a separate piece secured to the arm, in some cases to lessen
the wear caused by the strap we encase this end with metal or with vulcanite
fibre. In some cases to further strengthen the stick a metal rod or tube may
extend through the arm.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joshua Henry Wilson and Lawrence Wilson in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 25th May 1882.
JOSHUA HENRY WILSON and LAWRENCE WILSON, both of Cornholine, Todmorden,
in the County of Lancaster, Bobbin Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND
APPLICABLE TO THE BOBBINS, TUBES, SKEWERS, AND PICKING STICKS USED IN
TEXTILE MACHINERY."
to us.
Our Invention partly consists of additions to a former Invention having for its
objects to strengthen and otherwise improve bobbins and tubes, for which
Invention Letters Patent numbered 1772, of the present year, have been granted
Our present Invention relates in the first place to the tubes which are
provided with driving slots or projections. We apply exterior hoops which are
formed with beveled bottom flanges, and are secured on the tubo collar in the
ordinary manner. According to another plan an inner ferule is connected with an
outer hoop by means of the driving projections, which are cast in one piece with
the said parts. In another form of foot a flat ring is cast or shaped into what may
be termed a corrugated form, so that when it is secured to the slotted end of tho
tube, it forms a lining for the driving slots and a facing for the end of the tube.
According to another method, we use an inner ferule or an outer hoop made of a
pressed or moulded composition or substance which is suitably hard and tough,
such, for example, as vegetablo fibre or pulp, or treated fibre or compositions
containing fibre or pulp, or we secure ends of such a nature to the barrels of the
bobbins. In some cases we apply ferules, bushes, or hoops, of this nature inside or
outside of bobbins or tubes, which are required to run upon or to tightly fit
spindles, collars, cups, or parts, as in the cases of long collar spinning, and doubling
and ring bobbins. Our Invention relates in the next place to headed bobbins. To
aid in securing the head or Hange to the barrel we force a ring into the head, or
preferably into the end of the barrel, so as to tighten and expand the said end in
the hole in the head. These rings may or may not be wedge-shaped, and may or
may not be grooved or roughened. Such rings may also be used to strengthen the
ends of tubes. In the cases of bobbins having heads hitherto made of two
layers, we form the heads from three or more layers of wood glued or cemented
together, or of layers of wood having a fibrous composition or a woven material, or
a material other than wood interposed. We may further secure the layers by the
use of staples or of pins. Our Invention relates in the next place to creeling
skewers. We fix a tip or point on one end, or on each end of the shaft of the
skewer. In some cases the tips are made of metal with recesses into which the
ends of the shaft enter, and with shanks which are forced into holes bored in the
ends of the shaft. When the tip is not recessed, we may hoop the end or each end
of the shaft with a cap, cup, or ferule, to prevent the splitting of the shaft. A
remaining part of our Invention relates to picking sticks which we form in two or
more parts secured together, as, for example, we may form the flat part which is
bolted to the loom shaft of beach, and the arm part of ash or hickory. A shank
on the one part may be glued and pinned, or secured in a hole bored in the other
part. To prevent splitting, we may mill or secure inetal hoops on the arms.
end to which the strap is secured may also be formed of a separate piece secured to
the arm.
In some case, to lessen the wear caused by the strap, we encase this end
with metal. In some cases, to further strengthen the stick, a metal rod or tube
may extend through the arm.
The
In order that our Invention may be fully understood, we have attached hereunto
sheet of Drawings, made with the exception of Fig. 14 about the full size of the

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examples selected for illustration. In the said Drawings Figs. 1 to 9 are illustra-
tive of the first part of our Invention. Fig. 1 represents a "long collar tube"
which is provided at its lower end with driving slots, and Fig. 2 represents a
longitudinal section of the same. In the said Figs. a is a metal hoop which is
beveled at its lower edge so as to produce a beveled edge a' at the end of the tube,
and is also turned upwards towards the bore of the tube, so as to form an inner
beveled edge a³. The hoop is secured to the tube in the ordinary manner. In
Figs. 3 to 8 one half of each Fig. represents an outside view of one end of a tube,
the other half being in section. Fig. 3 illustrates a modification of the hoop
represented in Figs. 1 and 2, this example being designed for short collar tubes.
In the examples illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5, an inner hoop c is connected with an
outer hoop by means of driving projections, which are radially arranged
instead of being parts of a circle, as in the case of the example illustrated by Fig. 4,
and as in the case of the well known "Crowley" hoop. The said projections aro
cast in one piece with the inner and outer hoops. Fig. 6 represents the lower end
of a tube which is formed with driving slots, and is fitted with a metal ring d
which is partly flat and partly "corrugated" or formned to fit the driving slots, so
that it constitutes a metal facing for the end of the tube, and also for the bottoms
and sides of the driving slots. The said ring may be cast or be stamped or pressed
from sheet metal, or be otherwise formed, and be secured by means of pins, as at e,
or be otherwise secured. Figs. 7 and 8 are examples of tubes which are provided
with feet or ends formed of a suitably hard and tough pressed or moulded com-
position or substance, such for example as vegetable fibre or pulp or treated fibre.
For the purposes of this part of our Invention we may use "celluloid" or
"vulcanite fibre," or composition of a like nature. In Fig. 7 the end of the
indicated nature is formed to extend some distance within the bore of the tube.
In Fig. 8 the tube is secured in an annular groove formed in the end of f',
anethod of securing being more suitable for thin light tubes. Tho said ends may
be made of various shapes as considered to be most suitable. In the example
illustrated by Fig. 9, we fix bushes g, g, made of the aforesaid pressed or moulded
compositions within the barrel of the bobbin. This part of our Invention is
particularly applicable in cases wherein the bobbins are required to run upon
spindles or bolsters. Fig. 12 illustrates the application of such a bush to the upper
end of a ring spinning tube, at the part which has to tightly fit the spindle. Such
bushes may be applied as linings to other forms of bobbins or tubes. In the
selection of the material we prefer to choose a material or composition which will.
not necessitate the use of oil or lubricant. At present we consider the material
sold as
"vulcanite fibre" to be the most suitable. Figs. 10 and 11 illustrate the
second part our Invention. In Fig. 10 h, h, are metal rings which are wedgo
shaped in section, and are forced into the ends of the barrel i of a bobbin, in order
to expand the said ends, and thereby to tighten them in the holes in the heads k, k.
The employment of such rings to strengthen or prevent the splitting of the ends of
tubes is illustrated by Fig. 2, wherein h is a metal ring which is forced into the
substance of the tube. The said rings are not wedge shaped in all cases. Fig. 11
represents in section a part of a warping bobbin. In this example the head or
flange of the bobbin is composed of two thicknesses of wood, between which is
interposed a layer l' of canvas or of woven material, or of a tough strong material
other than wood, the three layers being glued or commented together. We may
further secure the layers by means of pins or staples. In some cases we use three
or more layers of wood in the formation of each head or flanch. Fig. 13 illustrates
the part of our Invention which relates to crecling skewers. In this example m is
the wooden shaft of the skewer, and n, o, are the tips which are made of malleable
cast iron or other suitable metal. Each tip is formed with a recess into which tho
end of the shaft enters, and with a shank which is forced into a hole bored in the
shaft. In some cases we hoop the ends of the shaft to prevent the splitting of the
same. Fig. 14 is illustrative of the remaing part of our Invention. In this Fig.
which represents a picking stick drawn less than the full size, p is the part which

page_text: is secured to the loom shaft; r is the arm part, and s is the end to which the strap
is attached; these three parts being made in separate pieces secured together. We
make the part p of beech or of a suitable close grained wood, and the part of ash
or hickory. In the example, a shank turned on the arm is tightly forced into a
hole bored in the part p, and is further secured by the aid of glue, and may also be
pinned, the joint being strengthened by means of a metal hoop t. The end s is
secured in a similar manner to the outer end of the arm, but in some cases the said
end is formed in one piece with the arm, the stick being in such a case formed of
two pieces. In some cases we encase the neck at s which extends between the
collars with a tubular metel sheath, in order to lessen the wear caused by the strap,
and in some cases we bore the arm and the end, and insert a metal rod or tube to
strengthen the stick.
Having now fully set forth and indicated the nature of our said Invention, and
the manner in which we carry the same into practical effect, we would have it to
be understood that we claim,--
First. The metal hoops attached to the driving ends of the indicated description
of tubes used in spinning such hoops, being of the forins set forth and indicated
herein before, and in and by Figs. 1 to 6 of the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. The tube ends made of the compositions or materials, substantially ns
set forth and indicated with reference to Figs. 7 and 8 of the Drawings.
Thirdly. Bushing bobbins and tubes with the compositions or materials mentioned
and indicated when referring to Figs. 9 and 12 of the Drawings.
Fourthly. The method of forming the heads or flanges of bobbins in order to
obtain increased strength, substantially as described with reference to Fig. 11 of
the Drawings.
Fifthly. Providing creeling skewers with metal tips, substantially as described
and shewn.
Sixthly. The creeling skewers, substantially as described and as illustrated by
Fig. 13 of the Drawings.
Seventhly. Forming picking sticks of two or more pieces secured together,
substantially as set forth and indicated with reference to Fig. 14 of the Drawings.
And, Lastly, sheathing or covering the outer ends of picking sticks with metal.
In witness whereof, I, the said Lawrence Wilson, for myself and on behalf of
the said Joshua Henry Wilson, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
Twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two.
Signed, sealed, and delivered
in the presence of
EDWARD K. DUTTON,
41, John Dalton St.,
Manchester,
(Agent for the Patentecs.)
LAWRENCE WILSON. (L.S.)