Improvements in Preparing Spinning, Doubling, and Twisting Cotton and other Fibre, and in the Machinery therefor.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 7th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 13th Jan., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Preparing Spinning, Doubling, and Twisting
Cotton and other Fibre, and in the Machinery therefor.
We HUGH STEVENSON, Box Manufacturer of 71, Silver Street, Portland Street
JOHN WEBB, Manufacturer, of 112 Grosvenor Street, All Saints, and SAM HALLAM
Engineer of Clitheroe Street, Slade Lane Longsight, all in Manchester in the County
of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN PREPARING SPINNING DOUBLING AND TWISTING COTTON AND OTHER FIBRE AND IN
THE MACHINERY THEREFOR, to be as follows:-
Our present Invention relates to the Invention for which Letters Patent No. 18,440
were granted to us on the 6th November 1885 and also to the Invention for which
we applied for Letters Patent No. 4995 on the 10th April 1886 in both of which a
hollow revolving tube or spindle with a wire or other spinning device placed at the
top of said hollow tube or spindle was employed.
Our present improvements consist chiefly in placing a wire hook or other spinning
device below or at the bottom of the hollow revolving tube or spindle the said spinning
device being connected to the hollow tube.
The central hole through the spinner may or may not be bellmouthed or of trumpet
form at the top.
The roving or yarn are taken down the hollow spinner doubled over the wire
hook or spinning device and thence to the ring and traveller or flyer of the winding
on spindle.
In a modification of our Invention we employ a wire which may be connected so
as to be released readily or be firmly attached to the upper end of the hollow spindle
this wire may be bent in the form of a hook above the spindle with its free end
passing centrally through said spindle and then bent into a small hook below the
spindle.
Doted this 7th day of March 1987
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Preparing Spinning, Doubling, and Twisting
Cotton and other Fibre, and in the Machinery therefor.
We, HUGH STEVENSON Box Manufacturer of 71 Silver Street Portland Street
JOHN WEBB Manufacturer of 112 Grosvenor Street All Saints and SAM HALLAM,
Engineer of Clitheroe Street Slade Lane Longsight all in Manchester in the
County of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :—
Our present Invention relates to the Invention for which Letters Patent No. 13440
were granted to us on the 6th November 1885 and also to the Invention for which
Letters Patent No. 1995 were granted to us on the 10th April 1886 in both of which
a hollow revolving tube or spindle with a wire or other spinning device placed at the
top of said hollow tube or spindle was employed.
Our present improvements consist chiefly in placing a wire hook or other spinning
device below or at the bottom of the hollow revolving tube or spindle the said spinning
device being connected to the hollow tube.
The central hole through the spinner may or may not be bell mouthed or of trumpet
form at the top. The rovings (or yarn) are taken down the hollow spinner doubled
over the wire hook or spinning device and thence to the ring and traveller or flyer
of the winding on spindle.
In a modification of our Invention we employ a wire which may be connected so
as to be released readily or be firmly attached to the upper end of the hollow spindle
this may be bent in the form of a hook above the spindle with its free end passing
centrally through said spindle and then bent into a small hook below the spindle.
And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect we will describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a hollow revolving tube or spindle a constructed
substantially in the manner described in our aforesaid Patents but furnished according
to our present Invention with a wire or hook a' at the bottom of the tube or hollow
spindle a instead of at the top as hitherto.
We prefer to make the hook a' in the form shown in Figure 1 and to connect it to
the tube or hollow spindle a by brazing the two parts together.
The rovings (or yarn) are taken down the hollow spindle a doubled or twisted over
the wire or hook a¹ and thence to the ring and traveller or flyer of the winding on
spindle not shown.
Figure 2 is a similar view to Figure 1 but in this case the central hole through
the tube or hollow spindle a is made bell-mouthed or of trumpet form at the top as
shown.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation and Figure 4 a plan of the modification of our

page_text: present Invention wherein we employ a wire b which may either be connected to the
tube or hollow spindle a so as to be readily detachable although revolving with the
spindle or may be firmly attached to the upper end of the tube or hollow spindle a in
any suitable manner. This wire may be bent into the form of a hook above the
hollow spindle & as shown and the free end of the wire passes centrally through said
spindle and terminates in a hook be below it.
The rovings (or yarn) are taken through the hook b' down the hollow spindle a
and then doubled or twisted over the hook 62 and taken to the ring and traveller or
flyer of the winding on spindle not shown.
said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. In machinery for preparing spinning doubling and twisting cotton and other
fibre the combination with a revolving tube or hollow spindle of a wire look or other
spinning device below or at the bottom of such revolving tube or hollow spindle
substantially as herein described and as illustrated by the annexed Drawing.
2. The improvements in preparing spinning doubling and twisting cotton and
other fibre consisting in the use and application for either of the operations named of
a revolving tube or hollow spindle having a wire hook or other spinning device
below or at the bottom thereof substantially as described with reference to the
Drawings.
3. The revolving tube or hollow spindle a the central hole through which is made
bell-mouthed or of trumpet form at the top in combination with a wire hook or other
spinning device below or at the bottom of said tube or spindle substantially as and for
the purposes herein described and as illustrated by Figure 2.
4. The revolving tube or hollow spindle a in combination with a wire secured
centrally in said tube or spindle and terminating below or at the bottom thereof
in a hook and also furnished if desired with a look at the top of the spindle
substantially as and for the purposes herein described and as illustrated by Figures &
and 4.
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H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for Applicants.