IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING COTTON OR WOOL
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Adam Ogden, of Huddersfield, in the County
of York, Machine Maker, and John Ogden, of Hey Chapel,
Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County of Lancaster, Manager of a
Cotton Spinning Mill, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR SPINNING COTTON OR WOOL"
Sealed the 17th May 1853, and dated the 26th November 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Adam Ogden
and John Ogden at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 26th November 1852.
We, ADAM OGDEN, of Huddersfield, in the County of York, Machine
Maker, and JOHN OGDEN, of Hey Chapel, Ashton-under-Lync, in
the County of Lancaster, Manager of a Cotton Spinning Mill, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING COTTON OR WOOL" to be as follows:-
The first part of our Invention consists of a self-acting motion
for the purpose of regulating or varying the position of what is
usually known by the term "Chased Boss," acting in combination
with the screw connected with the radial or other arm used in self-
acting mules for spinning cotton or wool.

page_text: The second part of our arrangement is an arrangement of
machinery, consisting of several levers, a rod, and a spring for the
purpose of putting in and out of gear the catch box used for driving
the drawing rollers in connection with an adjustable stud on the
carriage or faller in self-acting mules, and a toothed wheel in combi-
nation with a worm on the side of such wheel, and a rack fixed on
a sliding bar with a catch, all connected with the gearing, and the
position of the catch box is placed differently to the position in
which it has hitherto been placed in self-acting mules for the pur-
pose aforesaid.
The third part of our Invention consists of the application of a
double catch box, placed on the front roller shaft, for the purpose
of driving the squaring and drawing shafting used in drawing and
squaring the carriage of the mule, whereby we effect a saving in
the number of wheels now used for a similar purpose.
The fourth part of our Invention consists of an adjustable stud
attached to the carriage, or a catch attached to the framing, or both
in connection with the long lever, for the purpose of holding out
the carriage until the yarn is backed off the spindles in self-acting
mules.
The fifth part of our Invention consists in changing the situation
of the fingers which now bear the tension of, and are attached to,
the faller wire at each end, with a variation in the form of the
fingers from that which is now used, and fixing them to the ends
of the carriage, and detached from the faller_rod.
This last or fifth part of our Invention will also apply to mules
which are not self-acting.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters
Patent, filed by the said Adam Ogden and John Ogden in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 24th May 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we,
ADAM OGDEN, of Huddersfield, in the County of York, Machine

page_text: Maker, and JOHN OGDEN, of Hey Chapel, Ashton-under-Lyne, in the
County of Lancaster, Manager of a Cotton Spinning Mill, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two,
in the sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto us, the said Adam Ogden and
John Ogden, Her special license that we, the said Adam Ogden,
and John Ogden, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as we, the said Adam Ogden and John Ogden, our
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. MACHINERY FOR SPINNING COTTON OR
WOOL," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Adam
Ogden and John Ogden, or one of us, by an instrument in writing
under our hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of
us, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of our 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Adam Ogden and John
Ogden, 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

page_text: Figure 1, B, is a section of a portion thereof. Figure II., is an
edge view of part of the double catch box; and Figure III., shews
the internal face of the same. Figure 5, is an edge view of the
smaller catch wheel forming part of the other side of the double
catch box; and Figure IV., shews the internal face of the same.
Figure 7, is an edge view of the larger catch wheel, which with the
smaller composes the remaining portion of the double catch box. It
also shews the driving bevil toothed wheel which moves the whole
box; and Figure VI., shews the internal face of this catch wheel.
Figure VIII., shews the double catch box complete. Figures XI., and
XII., are plans of parts of the head stock; and Figures 1X., and X.,
are elevations of detached portions of Figure XII. Figure XIII., A,
is an clevation of the extreme carriage end; and Figure XIII., B, is
a plan of parts of same; and Figure XIV., is a partial side elevation
of the head stock in the several figures. The same letters and figures
of reference indicate similar parts, and it may be desirable to state
that the framing of the extreme carriage ends, or parts of the same,
is throughout the Drawings designated by the letter E, and the
framing and parts of the framing of a self-acting head stock are in
like manner designated by the letter F.
We will now proceed to describe the first part of our Invention,
which consists of a self-acting motion, for the purpose of regulating
or varying the position of what is usually known by the term
"chased boss," acting in combination with the screw connected with
the radial or other arm used in self-acting mules for spinning
cotton or wool.
This self-acting motion is obtained by the catch wheel a, fixed on
the driving bevil wheel b, of the screw c, of the arm in connection
with the catch and pulley. e, working loose on its return on the boss
of the driving bevil wheel b, by the band f, fastened to and wound
on the catch pulley e; the band f, being acted on by the weight g
attached to the other end of the band. The band h, is also fastened
to, and wound round the catch pulley e, and the other end is attached
to the tube i, which slides on the bar j. The tube i, is moved by
the catch, attached to the under faller bar of the mule shewn in

page_text: section at l, by means of curved finger m, for the purpose of regu-
lating or varying the position of what is usually known by the
term "chased boss," and which is here marked n, acting in combi-
nation with the screw c, connected with the radial arm d. The
object and effect of the varied positions of the "chased boss," are
well known in self-acting mules for spinning cotton and wool, and
will not require to be described here.
It is well understood that the simultaneous action of the gearing
for driving the drawing rollers, and of that for drawing out the
carriage, is productive of snarls and yarns spun on self-acting mules,
especially in fine, tender, and hard twisted yarns.
And the second part of our Invention consists in an arrangement
of machinery consisting of several levers or rods, and a spring for
the
purpose of putting in and out of gear the catch box for driving
the drawing rollers in connection with an adjustable stud on the
carriage or faller in self-acting mules, and toothed wheel in combina-
tion with a worm on the side of such wheel, and a rack fixed on a
sliding bar with a catch, all connected with the gearing; and the
position of the catch box is placed differently to the position in
which it has hitherto been placed in self-acting mules for the pur-
pose aforesaid.
The lever (1) is attached to the rod (2), the other end of
rod (2) is attached to the lever (3), the forked end of which is
attached to the catch box (4) on the shaft (5), which catch
box drives the front drawing roller shaft (6), by means of the
bevil wheels (7) and (8). The catch box (4) is ungeared by
the faller rod shewn in section at (9), acting on the lever (1),
in connection with the rod (2) and lever (3), and is held out of
gear by the sunk end (10) of the lever (11), acting against the
lever (3). On the lever (11) is fixed the catch wheel (12), with
worm (13), raised on its surface or side, which worm gears into
the teeth of the rack bar (14), fixed on the same lever. That end
of the lever (11) upon which the catch wheel (12), worn (13),
and rack bar (14), are fixed, is lifted by a stud on the finger (17),

page_text: placed on the faller at (9), coming in contact with the rack bar
(14) at O. The catch wheel (12) is capable of revolving round its
axle, which is fixed to the lever (11), and rises with the same.
The centre round which the lever (11), and body of the catch
wheel move in a vertical direction (at p), and the centre q,
fixed on the frame F, on which the catch (15) moves, being sepa-
rate, the catch (15), having hold of a tooth of the catch wheel, will
resist the motion of the catch wheel in its ascent with the lever
(11), and will thus cause it to revolve on its axis; which altered
position it retains in its descent, and thus the catch wheel is caused
to revolve slowly, and in so doing the worm will revolve also; and
it being in gear with the teeth of the rack bar (14), that bar will
be caused to move horizontally. By the lifting of the lever (11)
as before described, the other end (10) is lowered, and so dis-
engaged from the lever (3), which will consequently be set at
liberty, and the catch box (4) will become geared by means of the
spring (18). On the rack bar (14) is fixed the lifting finger (19),
for lifting the end of the catch (15) from the catch wheel (12);
when the rack-bar (14) is sufficiently moved horizontally in the
direction of the arrow (see Figure XII.) at the commencement of
every set of cops, the rack bar (14) will require to be returned back
again by turning the catch wheel (12) by hand.
By the varying of the position of the rack bar (14), above ex-
plained, the gearing of the catch box (4), and the starting of the
drawing rollers, take place after the starting of the carriage, and
thereby the formation of snarls is prevented.
The third part of our Invention consists of the application of a
double catch box placed on the front drawing roller shaft for the
purpose of driving the squaring and drawing shafting used in
drawing and squaring the carriage of the mule, whereby we effect
a saving in the number of wheels now used for a similar purpose.
We first key the small notch wheel Figures IV., & V., firmly on
the drawing roller shaft, and then place the larger notch wheel
Figure VI., and Figure V., behind it so as to revolve loose on the

page_text: shaft, but so as to be in gear with the bevil wheel (7), its collar
being of such length as to reach to the frame F, which confines it
on one side, whilst the small notch wheel Figures IV., and V., con-
fines it on the other. It is thus deprived of all power of longitu-
dinal motion along the drawing roller shaft and its notches, and
those of the small notch wheel Figures IV., and V., are kept flush
up in the same plane.
These two last mentioned wheels, therefore, never move along the
shaft, and always preserve their relative positions and several places
in the machine. We now place the other half of the double catch
box, represented at Figures II., and III., on the same front drawing
roller shaft, and which are formed of one piece, and presents two
circles of notches corresponding respectively with those presented
by Figures V., and VII.
This half of the double catch box is capable of longitudinal
motion on the drawing roller shaft when acted on by the engaging
and disengaging fork, but never to such an extent as to throw it
out of gear with the pinion (5), and the train of wheels attached
thereto. We will now suppose the two sides of the double catch box
to be in gear. The power is transmitted from the bevil wheel. (7), to
the bevil wheel (8), and thence to the notches of Figures VI., and VII.,
thence to the corresponding notches in the outer circle of notches
on Figures II., and III.; but here it diverges into two separate
directions, one portion of it proceeds by the notches on the inner
circle of Figures II., and III., to the small notch wheel Figures IV.
and V., and thence to the drawing roller shaft, which it drives:
The other direction pursued by the power is through the spur gear
(4), (5), (6), (7), and (8), to the drawing and squaring shaft, which
is thus driven also.
When Figures II., and III., is shown out of gear with Figures V.,
and VII., then it becomes loose again on the drawing roller shaft ;
but the return of the carriage acting through the train of wheels
(8), (7), (6), (5), and (4), drives it loose on its shaft, but in a con,
trary direction to that it pursued previously. By these means we

page_text: effect a saving in the number of wheels and the single catch boxes
for driving the before mentioned shafts. It should here be stated
that the employment of the double catch box above explained is
incompatible with the working of our second improvement in the
same machine; the two arrangements not being suitable to work in
conjunction, the gearing of the double catch box producing simul-
taneous starting of the front drawing roller and drawing and squar-
ing shafts.
yarn
The fourth part of our Invention consists of an adjustable stud
attached to the carriage, or a catch attached to the head stock
framing, or both in connection with the long lever for the purpose
of holding out the carriage until the yarn is backed off the spindle
in self-acting mules. (20), is an adjustable stud fixed on the car-
riage. On the arrival of this stud (20), below and beyond the stud
(21) of the long lever ("), the lever (7) descends, and the stud (21)
drops just inside the stud (20), and holds out the carriage until the
is backed off the spindles; and on the second descent of the stud
(21), it drops below the stud (20), and sets the carriage at liberty;
at the same instant the yarn is backed off and allows the carriage to
return, the stud (20) on the carriage passing over the stud (21).
Or an adjustable stud (22), fixed to the carriage, may be used,
which stud on its arrival just beyond stud (23), having passed
below the stud (23) on the side of the catch (24), allows fixed on
the frame F, the stud (23) dropping with the long lever ", by means
of the connecting rod (25), the stud (23) dropping just within the
.stud (22), and holding out the carriage until the yarn is backed off
the spindles; and on the second dropping of the long lever ("), the
stud (23) drops below the stud (22), and sets the carriage at
liberty; at the same instant the yarn is backed off, and allows the
carriage to return, the stud (22) passing over the stud (23) on its
return.
The fifth part of our Invention consists in changing the situation
of the fingers, which now bear the tension of the faller wire, and are
attached to the faller rod at each end, with a variation in the form

page_text: of the fingers from that which is now used, and fixing them to the
ends of the carriage; and detached from the faller rod (26) is a
finger fixed on the extreme carriage end, as shown in broken lines,
with the small pulley (27) and frame (28). The tightening pin to
which the wire is attached, passing easily through the extreme
finger (29) on the faller bar, is attached to the small frame (28),
which by means of its pulley (27) traverses on the curved finger
(26), the curve of which corresponds with that described by the
faller wire (30.) The frame (28) and the pulley (27) are made
to traverse by means of the finger (29) on the faller bar, the
tightening pin of the faller wire passing through the finger (29)
into the frame (28). The curve finger (26) therefore bears that por-
tion of the force of tension of the faller wire at present borne by
the extreme fingers on the faller bar, and consequently the friction
of the faller is much reduced. This part of our Invention is appli-
cable to other than self-acting mules.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, we would have it understood
that we make no claim to any of the separate parts or instruments
herein described, nor do we confine ourselves to the precise details
shewn and explained; but what we claim is, first, the combination
of parts herein described for obtaining the self-acting motion for
the purpose of regulating or varying the position of the "chased
boss," acting with the radial or other arms of self-acting mules.
Secondly, we claim the combination or arrangement of levers
and apparatus herein described for putting the catch box in and
out of gear.
Thirdly, we claim the construction and application of the double
catch box in the manner herein described for the purpose of driving
the squaring and drawing shafting used in drawing out and squar-
ing carriages of mules.
Fourthly, we claim the combining of an adjustable stud with the
carriage, and causing to act with the long lever and apparatus as
above described.

page_text: And fifthly, we claim the peculiar construction of fingers and
apparatus in combination with the faller herein described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Adam Ogden and John Ogden,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-first
day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-three.