AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE PLACING OF COP TUBES ON THE SPINDLES OF SPINNING AND DOUBLING MACHINES
Year: 1861

page_text: Patent Machinery, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
FACILITATING THE PLACING OF COP TUBES ON THE SPINDLES OF SPINNING AND
DOUBLING MACHINES."
Sealed the 19th April 1861, and dated the 1st January 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Tomlinson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st
January 1861.
I, EDWARD TOMLINSON, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lan-
caster, Engineer and Manufacturer of Cop Tubes by. Patent Machinery, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS
FOR FACILITATING THE PLACING OF COP TUBES ON THE SPINDLES OF SPINNING AND
DOUBLING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an apparatus for placing cop tubes in such a
position that they can be supplied by hand to the spindles as quickly as the
minder can remove the cops.
The apparatus consists of a number of bars or rails, on which are fixed pegs
or pins for holding the cop tubes, so that they clear each other, by which
means a great number of tubes can be placed in a comparatively short length
of rail. The bars or rails are guided at each end by pins or slides attached to
bosses fixed upon a shaft, which passes through the centre of the apparatus

page_text: and works in suitable bearings, so that it and the rails may have rotary motion
given to them. The bars and tubes are turned in a partly circular box or
case, having at the top an open space, to give access to the tubes. At the
outside of the bosses I employ cams or levers, so that as the shaft is turned
the top bar or rail may be raised up higher than the others, for the convenience
of taking the tubes off. The closed part of the case prevents the tubes from
falling when they are turned downwards.
The apparatus is either hooked to the faller shaft or carried about, and
greatly facilitates the supply of cop tubes to the spindles. It is evident that
if found desirable the apparatus may be modified by placing the rails or pegs
on a plane or flat surface.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Tomlinson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
29th June 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
TOMLINSON, of-the-City-of-Manchester,-in-the-County of Lancaster, Engineer
and Manufacturer of Cop Tubes by Patent Machinery, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of January in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Edward Tomlinson, Her special licence that I, the said Edward
Tomlinson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Edward Tomlinson, 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 "AN IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE PLACING OF COP TUBES ON THE SPINDLES OF
SPINNING AND DOUBLING MACHINES," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Edward Tomlinson, 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 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.

page_text: • NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Tomlinson, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in improved apparatus for placing cop tubes in such
a position that they can be supplied by hand to the spindles as quickly as the
minder can remove the cops.
The apparatus consists of a number of bars or rails, to which are fixed pegs
or pins for holding the cop tubes clear of each other, by which means a great
number of tubes can be placed on a comparatively short length of bar. The
bars or rails are guided at each end by pins or slides attached to bosses fixed
upon a shaft, which passes through the centre of the apparatus and works in
suitable bearings, so that it and the bars may have rotary motion imparted to
them. The bars and tubes are turned in a partly circular box or case, having:
at the top an open space to give access to the tubes, and at the outside of the
bosses there are cams or levers, so that as the shaft is turned the top bar or
rail may be raised up higher than the others for the convenience of taking the
tubes off the pegs.
I modify this arrangement of the apparatus by attaching the before-men-
tioned bars or rails to endless belts or straps working upon rollers, the spindles
of which turn in bearings in two end frames of a box or case having an open
space at the top to give access to the tubes, and formed at the sides and
bottom so as to prevent the tubes from falling off the pegs when the bars are
turned downwards.
Either arrangement of the apparatus may be carried to where it is required
to be used, or it may be hooked to the faller shaft or other suitable part of the
spinning or doubling machine.
The nature of these improvements will be clearly understood by referring to
the figures and letters on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which Fig. 1
is a front elevation with part of the casing removed of my modified arrange-.
ment of apparatus for facilitating the placing of cop tubes on the spindles, of
spinning and doubling machines; Fig. 2 is an end elevation; and Fig. 3, a
transverse section of the same; all the Figures being drawn to about the full
dimensions of the apparatus.
a represents the cop tubes; b, the pegs or pins on which they are placed;
c, the bars to which the pegs are fixed; d, the endless belts to which the bars
are attached; e, the rollers for carrying the belts; f, the spindles of the
rollers; g, a handle or wheel on one of the spindles; h, i, the end frames of

page_text: the case; k, the longitudinal part of the same; and I, the hooks for attaching
the apparatus to any suitable part of the spinning machine.
The case is open at the top as at m, to give access to the tubes, and the
longitudinal part at the front, back, and bottom is formed of a thin sheet of
metal, wood, or other suitable material, and fixed so that the tubes cannot fall
off when they are turned downwards.
The tubes are placed upon the pegs one after the other until the apparatus,
is entirely charged, by which means a large number of tubes will be collected
in such a manner that by simply turning the handle or wheel, the several bars
are brought one after the other to the top and hold the tubes in a vertical
position, so that they can be readily taken off and afterwards put upon the
spindles of the spinning machine, to which they are to be applied as quickly as
the cops can be doffed, and thereby avoid the necessity of any complicated
arrangements of apparatus for placing the tubes on the spindles.
The apparatus shown in the Drawing is of medium and convenient dimen-
sions for the generality of spinning or doubling machines; but it can be varied
in the length of the bars, the number of pegs, and also in the depth or distance
between the rollers, to suit any peculiarity which may be required.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be distinctly
understood that I claim as my Invention, and which to the best of my know-
ledge and belief has not been hitherto used within the realm, the general
arrangement and construction of the apparatus for facilitating the placing of
cop tubes on the spindles of spinning and doubling machines, as herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Tomlinson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Edward Tomlinson,
in the presence of,
E. J. HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
EDWARD TOMLINSON. (L.S.)
Manchester.