IMPROVE- MENTS IN DRAWING AND SPINNING WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER TEXTILE AND FILAMENTOUS SUBSTANCES, AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN DRAWING AND SPINNING WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER TEXTILE AND
FILAMENTOUS SUBSTANCES, AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."-A com-
munication from abroad by Pierre Henry Goulet and Jules Hubert
Fresnet, both of Reims, France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Archibald Brooman
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th January 1864.
J, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN DRAWING AND SPINNING WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER TEXTILE
AND FILAMENTOUS SUBSTANCES, AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in effecting the drawing of and in imparting the
twist to textile substances directly by the spindle through cylinders or rollers
furnished with pins, points, or with strips of card. The cylinder furnished
with pins, points, or with strips of card, more or less fine or close according
to the substance to be acted upon is supported under the pressure rollers, and
acts as follows: It delivers to the spindle in proportion regulated by the
number of the thread to be obtained, the sliver prepared by the carding or
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page_text: other engine. By means of the pressure rollers it keeps all the filaments
of the sliver engaged in the teeth or pins on a portion of its circumference,
and gives them sufficient resisting power, yet leaves them free to slide in turn
and regularly as they are drawn by the spindle which also mingles or marries
them while imparting the desired twist. The drawing thus obtained at a
single operation at the same time as the twist may be varied at will, and may
be carried to an extent never heretofore attained. A comb fitted on a comb
bar and lever is applied to the pin cylinder to remove from it any ends or
broken threads which might be engaged in its pins, and again a card cylinder
or roller is placed under the pin cylinder and follows the comb to thoroughly
cleanse that cylinder.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letiers Patent,
filed by the said Richard Archibald Brooman in the Great Scal Patent
Office on the 6th July 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I. RICHARD
ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent
Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Richard Archibald Brooman, Her special licence that I, the said Richard
Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, 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 DRAWING AND SPINNING WOOL, COTTON, AND
OTHER TEXTILE AND FILAMENTOUS SUBSTANCES, AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED
THEREIN," (communicated to me from abroad by Pierre Henry Goulet and
Jules Hubert Fresuet, both of Reims, France,) upon the condition (amongst
others) that 1, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors or adminis-
trators, 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

page_text: 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 Richard Archibald Brooman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in effecting the drawing of and in imparting the
twist to textile substances directly by the spindle through cylinders or rollers
furnished with pins, points, or with strips of card. The cylinder furnished
with pins, points, or with strips of card more or less fine or close, according
to the substance to be acted upon is supported under or against pressure
rollers, and acts as follows:-It delivers to the spindle in proportion regulated
by the number of the thread to be obtained, the sliver prepared by the carding
or other engine. By means of the pressure rollers it keeps all the filaments
of the sliver engaged in the teeth or pins on a portion of its circumference,
and gives them sufficient resisting power, yet leaves them free to slide in turn
and regularly as they are drawn by the spindle which also mingles or marries
them while imparting the desired twist. The drawing thus obtained at a
single operation at the same time as the twist may be varied at will, and may
be carried to an extent never heretofore attained. A comb fitted on a comb
bar and lever may be applied to the pin cylinder to remove from it any ends
or broken threads which might be engaged in its pins, and again a card
cylinder or roller may be placed under the pin cylinder and follow the comb
to thoroughly cleanse that cylinder.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings shews this Invention applied to
a mule jenny.
a is the bed or support of the apparatus; b, a bracket or support for the
rollers e and j; c, bars with forked ends for supporting the cylinders d over
the roller e; the bars c are free to slide on the support b, whereby the position
of the cylinders d may be changed according as the length of the filaments
requires that they be more or less engaged in the pins, points, or cards; c¹,
bars for supporting the pressure rollers over the roller : these bars are
fixed on the block m; d, drawing cylinders, they are formed of metal and are
equal in number to the spindles, they are furnished with pins, points, or with
strips of card G more or less fine or close according to the material under
treatment. These cylinders act as follows:-They deliver to the spindles, in
proportion regulated by the number of the thread to be obtained, the sliver q
prepared by the carding engine or other apparatus by means of the roller e;

page_text: they keep the sliver q engaged in the pins or teeth on their circumference;
they produce by means of the pins or teeth a sufficient division or separation
of the filaments to facilitate the sliding and regular drawing of the material,
whatever may be the difference in length of the filaments; they render
favorable to easy and regular spinning the successive disengagement of the
drawn filaments in proportion as the twisting is imparted by the spindles; and
they give sufficient resisting power for winding. The drawing thus obtained
in a single cylinder at the same time as the twist may as before stated be
varied at will, and may be carried to an extent never heretofore attained.
The roller e is covered with leather H, it receives motion directly from the
motive power, and bears against the cylinders d, to which it imparts rotary
motion is the frame of the machine; g, a sliding support of the inter-
mediate wheel C; h, a sliding support of the intermediate wheel F; i, a support
for the roller and the cop 0; k is a pressure roller over the roller ; lis
a guide for the sliver; m is a block free to slide on the support b, its object
is to allow the position of the roller to be altered when the bar is removed
to raise or lower the cylinders d; p is one of the spindles; q, represents the
slivers, and r, the threads after they leave the cylinders d. A is a pinion with
30 teeth fixed on the roller e, and working through the wheel C, the toothed
wheel B fixed on the roller ; the wheel B has 27 teeth, and the wheel C
33 teeth; D is a pinion with 33 teeth fixed on the roller i, and working
through the wheel F, the wheel E on the roller.n; the wheel E has 110,
and the wheel F 67 teeth.
Figure 2 shews the Invention applied to a throstle frame (metier continu).
a is a frame supporting the apparatus; b is a bracket free to slide on the
frame ; c, bars for supporting the pressing roller; d, drawing cylinders
supported by inclined planes against the roller e, which imparts rotary
motion thereto. The action of the cylinders has already been described with
reference to Figure 1. The roller e is held by the frame a, and is clothed
with leather if the material under treatment requires it; g is a bracket free
to slide on the frame a, and carrying a roller . formed with flat surfaces or
facets. The object of this roller is to produce the drawing in the throstle
frame with the aid of pressure rollers; i, inclined planes supporting pressure
rollers m against the rolier h; the rollers m impart motion to the roller h
¡ is a roller held by the bracket b, and is a pressure roller; 1, 1, are guides
for the sliver q; n is a bracket free to slide on the frame a and carrying a roller
o formed with flat surfaces or facets; by means of the alternate and combined
traction or drawing of the two rollers h, o, I obtain continuity and facility
of winding on the spindle; p is the spindle of the throstle frame; q, represents

page_text: the sliver, and r the thread after it leaves the drawing cylinders; s. inclined
planes supporting pressure rollers t against the roller o; the roller o receives
motion from the rollers ; is a movable ring or flyer of the spindle p; v is
a foot or bracket free to slide on the frame a, and supporting the axis of a
pinion O and pulley P; x is another sliding bracket to support the inter-
mediate wheel N; I is a wheel with 30 teeth on the roller i, and J another
wheel also with 30 teeth on the roller e; K is an intermediate wheel with
63 teeth free to slide on the frame a, and receiving motion by means of other
wheels connecting it with the driving shaft of the machine; L is a wheel
with 30 teeth on the roller h. and M another wheel also with 30 teeth on the
roller o N is an intermediate wheel with 63 teeth mounted on the bracket
: 0 is a pinion on the bracket v, receiving motion from the pulley P,
worked by another pinion on the shaft of the cylinder of the spindles.
This Invention is applicable to all spinning machines, and to throstle
frames (metiers continus).
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim, drawing and
imparting twist to wool, cotton, and other textile and filamentous substances
directly by the spindle through cylinders or rollers furnished with pins. points.
or with strips of card substantially in manner herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of July. One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
R. A. BROOMAN. (L.S.)