IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND WINDING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Billington Booth, of Preston, in the County
of Lancaster, Spindle Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, DOUBLING,
AND WINDING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS."
Sealed the 24th May 1859, and dated the 26th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Billington Booth
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th November 1858.
I, JOHN BILLINGTON BOOTH, of Preston, in the County of Lancaster,
Spindle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, DOUBLING,
AND WINDING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, firstly, in a method of mounting the spindles of
slubbing or roving frames; for this purpose I adapt a set screw to receive
the lower end of the spindle, by raising or lowering which the adjustment of
the bearing may be effected, and this improvement I also apply to spindles
used in doubling and winding; also instead of the set screw, I apply a loose
piece or pieces of steel or other suitable material, which may be removed at
pleasure, or the said loose pieces may be used in conjunction with the screws.
And in addition to the machines before mentioned I apply these loose.pieces
to spinning machines.

page_text: Secondly, my Invention relates to spindles of roving or slubbing, spinning,
doubling, and winding machinery, and consists in forming that part from
which the running centre springs, of the same diameter as that above it.
Thirdly, my Invention relates to the spindles of doubling and winding
machinery, and consists in mounting them in tubular bearings, provided with
steps, according to a former part of my Invention, or with other footstep
bearings.
Fourthly, my Invention refers to the spindles of spinning, doubling, and
winding machinery, in which a collar or collars and step are employed, and
consists in driving them above the said collar or collars.
Fifthly, my Invention refers to spindles used in doubling and winding, and
consists in making them of one thickness or diameter throughout their length
or with the lower part of another diameter if running within a tube.
Sixthly, my Invention refers to the spindles of doubling and winding
machinery mounted with collars as above, or in tubes, and consists in driving
them above such bearings, and when so driven above the bearings, I apply a
rod above a flange upon the spindle to prevent it from being drawn upward.
Seventhly, my Invention refers to winding machinery, and consists in
mounting the bobbin upon the wharve or other driving apparatus.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said. John Billington Booth in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 26th May 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BILLINGTON BOOTH, of Preston, in the County of Lancaster, Spindle Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of
Her reign, did, for Herself," Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Billington Booth, Her special license that I, the said John
Billington Booth, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said John Billington Booth, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree 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 "Iм-

page_text: PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, DOUBLING,
AND WINDING COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," upon the condition,
amongst others, that I, the said John Billington Booth, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, 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 immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Billington Booth, do hereby
declare the nature of my 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 Drawing (that is to say):-
My Invention consists, firstly, in a method of mounting the spindles used in
slubbing, or roving, doubling, and winding, and is shewn at Fig. 1 of the
accompanying Drawing. The spindle of any usual construction is at a,
running in a footstep b, which according to the ordinary construction is solid
at that part upon which the spindle runs, but according to my Invention it is
tapped for the reception of a screw d, which is retained in its position by a
tightening nut c; upon this screw the spindle runs, and the footstep bearing
may therefore be raised or lowered at pleasure for adjustment. Fig. 1* re-
presents a spindle and set screw in another arrangement of bearings.
Secondly, my Invention relates to slubbing or roving, doubling, winding,
and spinning machines, and is illustrated at Fig. 2, in which a represents the
lower part of a spindle of preparing or spinning machinery; b. is a footstep,
within, which is placed a loose piece c on which the spindle runs, this loose
piece may be of hardened or other metal or other material, and may readily
be renewed or turned the other face upward. Fig. 3 represents the two heads
of my Invention above described in combination, the loose piece c. resting upon
the set screw d, by which it may therefore be raised or lowered. The loose
pieces above described are represented as flat discs, but they may be provided
with countersunk-parts for the spindle to run in, as shewn at Fig. 4, or they
may be of any other suitable shape, and if desired may be provided with a
screw, as at Fig. 5, the footstep being tapped for the reception thereof.
Thirdly,.my Invention relates to spindles of roving or slubbing, spinning,
doubling, and winding machinery, and is shewn at Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;
According to the usual method of making such spindles, the bottom parts.
thereof are formed as at Fig. 6, there being a narrowed portion a from which,
the conical part 6 springs, but according to my Invention I do not produce
that narrowed portion, but cause the conical part b, as at Fig. 7; to spring
b
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page_text: direct from the thicker part c of the spindle. Fig. 7 may be supposed to be.
the end of a slubbing or roving spindle; Fig. 8 is a view of a throstle spindle
made according to my Invention; Fig. 9 a mule spindlė; and Fig. 10, a
doubling spindle.
Fourthly, my Invention relates to spindles of doubling and winding
machinery, and is shewn at Figs. 11 and 12. In the former of these a
winding spindle is represented at a running in a tube b, which is provided at
its lower end with a set screw c, according to another part of my Invention,
but the tube may be furnished with an ordinary footstep, if desired. Upon
the tube is a flange d by which it may be bolted to the rail of the machine,
and it has a cavity e for the supply of oil. The wharve is shewn at f, to be
driven by any ordinary arrangement. Fig. 12 shews a spindle for doubling,
the spindle running in a tube as above described, and the same arrangement
I apply to doubling spindles on the mule principle, as shewn at Fig. 13.
Fifthly, my Invention refers to spindles of spinning, doubling, and winding
machinery, in which a collar or collars and step are employed, this is shewn at
Figs. 14, 15, and 15, the first of which represents a spindle a of a spinning
or doubling machine running in a collar at 6 and footstep at c; and my
Invention consists in driving the said spindles above the collar, the wharve for
which purpose is shewn at d. Fig. 15 represents another method of mounting
the spindle, the collar band footstep c being in one piece, and driven as before
by a wharve d above the collar. Fig. 15ª shews a winding spindle constructed
according to this part of my Invention.
Sixthly, my Invention refers to spindles used in doubling and winding, and
is shewn at Figs. 16 and 17; according to the usual method of making such
spindles they are of two or more diameters, but by my Invention I form them
of one diameter throughout their length, as shewn in the Fig. 16 referred
to; or if they are mounted to run in tubes after the manner shewn at Figs.
11, 12, and 13, then they may be of two diameters, one for that part which
runs in the tube, and the other for that above it, as shewn at Fig. 17.
.
Seventhly, my Invention relates to spindles of doubling and winding
machinery mounted according to the fifth part of my Invention, or in tubes,
and is shewn at Fig. 18 and 19, the former of which represents a winding
spindle mounted in a tube. Upon, the wharve a is formed a flange b, above
which is a rod c extending along the whole range of spindles; when the
bobbins are being doffed this rod prevents the spindle from being drawn
upward. Fig. 19 represents a spindle on the mule principle, with a rod c
situate above the wharve.
Eightly, my Invention refers to winding machinery, and is shewn at Fig, 18

page_text: before referred to; upon the wharve a is a flange d, upon which the bobbin e
rests; this arrangement is also shewn at Fig. 17, but without the bobbin.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be under-
stood that I claim as secured to me under the above in part recited Letters
Patent,-
Firstly, as applied to spindles for slubbing or roving, doubling, and winding
the use of footstep set screws on which the spindles run.
Secondly, as applied to the above-mentioned spindles, and also to those for
spinning, the use of the footstep pieces capable of being detached.
Thirdly, as applied to spindles of roving or slubbing, spinning, doubling,
and winding machinery forming the bottom ends of the spindles, as illustrated
at Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10.
Fourthly, as applied to spindles of doubling and winding machinery,
mounting them in tubular bearings provided with steps, according to another
part of my Invention, or with other footsteps.
Fifthly, as applied to spindles of spinning, doubling, and winding machinery,
in which a collar or collars and step are employed driving them above the said
collar or collars.
Sixthly, as applied to spindles used for doubling and winding, making them
of one diameter (substantially so) throughout their length, or with their lower
part of another diameter when running in a tube.
Seventhly, as applied to the spindles of doubling and winding machinery,
the use of the rod for keeping the spindles down, and illustrated at Figs. 18
and 19.
Eighthly, as regards winding machinery, mounting the bobbin upon the
wharve, or other driving apparatus.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Billington Booth, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
DAATTT
J. B. BOOTH. (L.S.)