IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SLUBBING, ROVING, AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUB- STANCES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Popple, of Beverley, in the County of
York, Colour Manufacturer, and Henry Woodhead, of the Town
of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the County of the same Town, Cotton
Spinner, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
SLUBBING, ROVING, AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUB-
STANCES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Popple and
Henry Woodhead at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 13th October 1853.
We, ROBERT POPPLE, of Beverley, in the County of York, Colour
Manufacturer, and HENRY WOODHEAD, of the Town of Kingston-upon-
Hull, in the County of the same Town, Cotton Spinner, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHI-
NERY FOR SLUBBING, ROVING, AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES" to be as follows:-

page_text: The improvements are effected by passing the cotton or other fibrous
substances through two or more distinct sets of rollers in one machine,
as represented in the accompanying Drawing at A, and B. A, repre-
sents a section of a set of three rollers, and B a section of a set of four
rollers. The cotton or other fibrous substance is by this method passed
from a can or holder C, through the rollers B, it then proceeds from
them through a funnel direct to the rollers A, from which it is passed
direct to the bobbin on the spindle D. The machines in, common use
have only one set of rollers, like those represented at A. When cotton
or other fibrous substance is spun in the ordinary manner it is passed
separately through two frames, namely, a slubbing frame and a roving
frame, in which frames the cotton or other fibrous substance is twisted,
or partially twisted, and again elongated, so as to reduce the twisting,
which process in some measure injures or breaks the fibre. By this
Invention a much finer and more even roving is obtained than by the
common process, and without the twisting above mentioned, and yarn
of a more even quality is obtained direct from the drawing 'frame, and
at a considerable saving in labour and machinery..
What we claim to be new in this Invention is, the application of a
second set of rollers, as represented in the Drawing, or more than two
sets, to machines for roving, slubbing, and spinning cotton or other
fibrous substance in such manner that the slubbing, roving, and spin-
ning processes are effected by one machine; but we do not confine
ourselves to the number of such rollers in the set of rollers marked B
in the said Drawing.
.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Popple, of Beverley, in the County of
York, Colour Manufacturer, and Henry Woodhead, of the Town
of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the County of the same Town, Cotton
Spinner, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
SLUBBING, ROVING, AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUB-
STANCES."
Sealed the 7th December 1853, and dated the 13th October 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Popple and
Henry Woodhead at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 13th October 1853.
We, ROBERT POPPLE, of Beverley, in the County of York, Colour
Manufacturer, and HENRY WOODHEAD, of the Town of Kingston-upon-
Hull, in the County of the same Town, Cotton Spinner, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHI-
NERY FOR SLUBBING, ROVING, AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS
We " to be as follows:

page_text: The improvements are effected by passing the cotton or other fibrous
substances through two or more distinct sets ofrollers in one machine,
as represented in the accompanying Drawing at A, and B. A, repre-
sents a section of a set of three rollers, and B a section of a set of four
rollers. The cotton or other fibrous substance is by this method passed
from a can or holder C, through the rollers B, it then proceeds from
them through a funnel direct to the rollers A, from which it is passed
direct to the bobbin on the spindle D. The machines in common use
have only one set of rollers, like those represented at A. When cotton
or other fibrous substance is spun in the ordinary manner it is passed
separately through two frames, namely, a slubbing frame and a roving
frame, in which frames the cotton or other fibrous substance is twisted,
or partially twisted, and again elongated, so as to reduce the twisting,
which process in some measure injures or breaks the fibre. By this
Invention a much finer and more even roving is obtained than by the
common process, and without the twisting above mentioned, and yarn
of
a more even quality is obtained direct from the drawing frame, and
at a considerable saving in labour and machinery.
What we claim to be new in this Invention is, the application of a
second set of rollers, as represented in the Drawing, or more than two
sets, to machines for roving, slubbing, and spinning cotton or other
fibrous substance in such manner that the slubbing, roving, and spin-
ning processes are effected by one machine; but we do not confilio
ourselves to the number of such rollers in the set of rollers marked B
in the said Drawing.