IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TUBES AND PARTIAL TUBES, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PLACING THEM ON THE SPINDLES OF MACHINES USED IN SPINNING, DOUBLING, WINDING, AND WARPING; ALSO IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MAKING SUCH TUBES AND PARTIAL TUBES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Sidebottom, of Broadbottom, near Mottram,
in the County of Chester, Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TUBES AND PARTIAL
TUBES, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PLACING THEM ON THE SPINDLES
OF MACHINES USED IN SPINNING, DOUBLING, WINDING, AND WARPING; ALSO
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MAKING SUCH TUBES AND PARTIAL TUBES."
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TUBES AND PARTIAL
TUBES, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PLACING THEM ON THE SPINDLES
OF MACHINES USED IN SPINNING, DOUBLING, WINDING, AND WARPING; ALSO
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MAKING SUCH TUBES AND PARTIAL TUBES."
Sealed the 14th June 1859, and dated the 16th April 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Sidebottom at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th April 1859.
I, JOHN SIDEBOTTOM, of Broadbottom, near Mottram, in the County of
Chester, Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TUBES AND
PARTIAL TUBES, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PLACING THEM ON THE
SPINDLES OF MACHINES USED IN SPINNING, DOUBLING, WINDING AND WARPING; ALSO
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MAKING SUCH TUBES AND PARTIAL TUBES," to be..
as follows:-
My Invention of improvements in the construction of tubes and partial tubes
consists in applying thereto projections which facilitate the operation of placing
them on to the spindles.
My improvements in machinery or apparatus for placing these improved
tubes or partial tubes on to the spindles consist of a rail or holder or other

page_text: suitable apparatus extending the whole length or any portion of the length of
the machine containing the spindles. This rail or holder or other suitable
apparatus is moved from and towards the spindles by excentrics, levers, or
other mechanism, by hand or other power, when the tubes or partial tubes,
which are supported in the rail or holder or other apparatus, are pressed against
the spindles, the projections act like levers to expand the tubes or partial tubes
which are thus easily sprung on to the spindles.
My improvements in machinery for making such tubes or partial tubes
consist in stamping thin sheet metal or other material to the proper shape, also
in an improved combination of dies, moulds, and rollers, for bending the
pieces of thin sheet metal or other material into the tubes or partial tubes with
the projections.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Sidebottom in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th October 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
SIDEBOTTOM, of Broadbottom, near Mottram, in the County of Chester, Cotton
Spinner and Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Sidebottom, Her special licence that I, the said John Sidebottom,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Sidebottom, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF TUBES AND PARTIAL TUBES, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR
PLACING THEM ON THE SPINDLES OF MACHINES USED IN SPINNING, DOUBLING, WINDING,
AND WARPING; ALSO IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MAKING SUCH TUBES
OR PARTIAL TUBES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
John Sidebottom, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner

page_text: 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 Sidebottom, 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 fol-
lowing statement, that is to say :-
My Invention of improvements in the construction of tubes and partial tubes
consists in applying to slit tubes or partial tubes projections to facilitate the
operation of placing them on to the spindles of machines with which they are
used. The object of these tubes is to keep the hole in the cop perfectly open
when the cops are removed from the spindles, and until they are placed on the
skewers of the shuttles or winding machines, so that the yarn can be wound off
without, or nearly without waste. I also make tubes of suitable metal or
material, with a slit made in each of them lengthwise, without applying thereto
the projections above described. These tubes may be placed upon the spindles
in the usual way, and by means of their elasticity will readily adapt themselves
to the spindles, though their diameter may be somewhat too small, as
occasionally happens.
My improvements in machinery or apparatus for placing my improved tubes
or partial tubes on to the spindles, consist of a rail or holder or other suitable
apparatus extending the whole length or any portion of the length of the
machine containing the spindles; this rail or holder or other apparatus is moved
from and towards the spindles by excentrics, levers, hinges, pinions, slides, or
other mechanism actuated by hand or other power. The slit tubes or partial
tubes are supported on the rail or holder or other apparatus on suitable pro-
jections, which are made to fit in corresponding perforations or slots in the
back of each tube; the projections may be made of sufficient length to enable
them to pass through the opening or slit in the front of the tube, and thus
hold them securely in a line with the spindles; the projections may also be
made of sufficient thickness as to partly expand the tubes, and thus facilitate
the operation of the tubes being sprung open in putting them on to the
spindles. The tubes are then easily sprung on to the spindles.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued by me, reference
being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and to the figures and
letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 a side view, and Fig. 3 a plan of a cop tube,
constructed according to my improvements. a is the body of the tube, which

page_text: may be of plain sheet metal, or perforated. At the lower end of the tube a
are the projections or wings b, the object of which, as above described, is to
assist in springing the tubes on to the spindles.
Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are three other views of another form of my improved cop
tubes; in this instance the projections or wings 6 are gradually tapered or
curved into the body of the tube. In the above Figures I have shewn the
tubes partly open, as when thus made they are easier to spring on to the
spindles. I wish, however, to remark, that their edges may be in close
contact if preferred. Various other modifications of the shape of the pro-
jections might be shewn, but the foregoing are sufficient to illustrate the first
part of my Invention.
The second part of my Invention consists in improvements in the machinery
or apparatus employed for placing tubes or partial tubes on the spindles of
machines used in spinning and doubling. Fig. 7 is an elevation partly in
section of part of a mule carriage to which my improvements are applied;
Fig. 8 is a front view, and. Fig. 9 a plan of the same. In these views, c, c,
are the spindles; d the bolster rail; e the bolster; f the foot step rail; and g
the foot steps; these pieces form part of the mule carriage, which is constructed
as usual. To the bolster rail d is hinged the rail h, extending, the whole
length of the carriage, or it may be divided into lengths corresponding to
about 24 or other number of spindles; this latter plan is found the most
convenient in practice. The rail h is made with slots into which fit easily the
pieces of metal, wood, glass, or other suitable material i; the centres of the
pieces coincide with the axes of the spindles, and each piece i has a hole
through it through which the rod ; passes. The springs k act on the ends of
the rod j, and press it against the rail h, thereby causing all the pieces i to
project the required distance through the rail h and the partial tubes 1. The
rail his furnished with handles m, the object of which will be explained
hereafter. The partial tubes 1, one of which is shown detached in Fig. 10,
are made with a slot of the requisite size to fit easily on the pieces i, the
thickness of which corresponds to the opening of the partial tubes, so that
when these partial tubes are put on the rail h, the pieces i project slightly
through the partial tubes, and hold them securely in a line with the spindles.
The pieces i may be made of sufficient thickness as to partly expand the
tubes, and thus facilitate the operation of the tubes being sprung open in
putting them on to the spindles.
I wish to remark, here, that the same object may be attained by making
the piece i fork-shaped, the prongs of the fork fitting in two slots or holes in
the partial tube, and projecting slightly through the opening in the partial

page_text: tube, or by pins fitting into slots or holes. The mode of operation is as
follows:-The full lines in Fig. 7 represent the rail h in the position it
occupies when the cops are being built on the spindles; as soon as the set of
cops is complete, the attendants raise the cops partly up the spindles, or into
the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 7. The rail h is then brought
up into the position indicated by the dotted lines by the attendant acting on
the handles m, that is to say, until the lower parts of the partial tubes / come
in contact with the spindles c, and as the corners of the partial tubes are
rounded off when the attendant presses the rail h towards the spindles, each
partial tube is sprung open, and the pressure on the rail h must be continued
until it assumes the position shewn in Fig. 11, at which time the tubes are
all on the spindles, and the pieces i come against, and are pushed back by the
spindles, thereby overcoming the pressure of the springs k, and liberating the
tubes. The attendant then allows the rail h to drop into the position indi-
cated by full lines in Fig. 7. The partial tubes having been all put on the
spindles in the manner above described, the next operation is to wind a little
yarn on to them; this is effected, without removing the full cops, by the
attendant lowering the fallers so as to bring the yarn in a line with the lower
part of the tubes, and then causing the spindles to revolve a few turns; when
the yarn is thus pieced up or connected to each tube, the full cops are removed
in the usual manner, and the operation of building a fresh set of cops is com-
menced. During the building of the cops, the attendants place another set
of tubes on the picces i to be in readiness for being placed on the spindles in
the manner above described. The peculiar advantage of my improvements
consists in being able to place any requisite number of tubes on the spindles
simultaneously before the full cops are removed, thereby economising time.
Fig. 12 is a section, Fig. 13 a front view, and Fig. 14 a plan of a
modification of my Invention; in this case the rail h is furnished with pins n
and springs o.. The tubes, one of which is shown full size in Fig. 15, are
each made with a perforation fitting on the pin n, and a recess fitting on the
spring o. The mode of operation is as follows:-When the tubes have been
placed on the rail h so as to be held by the pins n and springs o, the attendant
raises the rail until the tubes touch the spindles, or into the position indicated
by dotted lines in Fig. 12; the requisite pressure is then applied to the rail
to open the tubes until they spring on to the spindles, as shewn in Fig. 16.
The tubes, in springing on to the spindles, liberate themselves from the pins n
and springs o, and the rail h is then at liberty to be lowered into its original
position ready to receive the tubes, which are put on as before described,
while the next set of cops is being built.

page_text: Fig. 17 is a section, and Fig. 18 a front view of another modification of
my Invention. In this arrangement, the supplementary rail p is hinged to
the rail h, and to the rail p are fixed the studs q, on to which the tubes are
placed. In placing these tubes on to the spindles, the attendant first raises
the supplementary rail p in line with the rail h, and then raises both rails
until the lower part of the tubes comes in contact with the spindles. The
attendant, by pressing on the rails, then causes the lower ends of the tubes to
open and spring partly on to the spindles; he then draws back the upper
rail p, as shewn in Fig. 19, in order to draw the studs 7 out of the tubes, and
at the same time continues to press upon the lower rail h, thereby pushing
the tubes completely on to the spindles. The rails h and p are then allowed
to drop into their former positions, as shewn by the full lines in Fig. 17,
ready to receive the tubes for the next set of cops. Fig. 20 is an elevation,
and Fig. 21 a plan of another arrangement of machinery or apparatus for
placing partial tubes on to spindles; in this case the rail h is recessed opposite
to each spindle, and the tubes are held in these recesses by the wire r, which
extends the full length of the rail, and is supported by the levers s fixed to
the shaft t. The wire r is held in contact with the tubes by the spring a
acting against a lever projecting from the shaft t; when the spindles are
ready to receive the tubes, the attendant raises the rail h into the position
shewn by dotted lines, and then presses against it until the lower ends of the
partial tubes are sprung open and come partly on to the spindles. The
attendant then liberates the partial tubes by pressing on the lever t', which
removes the wire r from before them, and he continues to apply pressure to
the rail h until the partial tubes are sprung completely on to the spindles; the
rail h is then allowed to drop, and a fresh set of partial tubes put into the
recesses to be in readiness for the next set of cops.
I wish to remark that, in describing my improvements in machinery or
apparatus for placing tubes or partial tubes on the spindles, I have only
shewn partial tubes without projections or wings; it is, however, evident that
my improved tubes or partial tubes, shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, may
in like manner be placed on to spindles. I would also remark, that the rail
or holder, with the tubes or partial tubes, may be moved from and towards
the spindles by hand or by excentrics, levers, hinges, pinions, slides, or other
mechanism actuated by hand or other power.
The machinery which I employ for the manufacture of the tubes or partial
tubes consists of ordinary stamping apparatus and suitable presses and dies
similar to those already in ordinary use, to which, as they may be easily
adapted to the required purpose, I make no claim; nor do I make any claim

page_text: to the use of my improved apparatus for placing the tubes or partial tubes
directly on machines for winding and warping.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the manner
of performing the same, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself
to the details given, as the same may be varied or modified without departing
from the peculiar character thereof; but what I claim is,-
First, the application of projections or wings to the tubes or partial tubes
used in machines for spinning and doubling.
Secondly, I claim the combination of parts forming machinery or apparatus
shewn and described, whereby any requisite number of tubes or partial tubes
can be simultaneously placed on to spindles, without necessitating the removal
of the cops from the spindles.
And, lastly, I claim the making of tubes or partial tubes with a slot or slots
corresponding in shape to the projections attached to the rail, as shewn in
Fig. 10.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Sidebottom, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
JOHN SIDEBOTTOM. (L.S.)