IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DIMINISHING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE IN THE USE OF COPS FOR MANUFACTURING PURPOSES
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George James Wainwright and Charles Timothy
Bradbury, of Dukinfield, in the County of Chester, Cotton Spinners, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DIMINISHING THE
AMOUNT OF WASTE IN THE USE OF COPS FOR MANUFACTURING PURPOSES."
Scaled the 5th January 1858, and dated the 18th July 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George James Wainwright
and Charles Timothy Bradbury at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 18th July 1857.
We, GEORGE JAMES WAINWRIGHT and CHARLES TIMOTHY BRADBURY, of
Dukinfield, in the County of Chester, Cotton Spinners, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DIMI-
NISHING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE IN THE USE OF COPS FOR MANUFACTURING PUR-
POSES," to be as follows:-
In placing a tube on the spindle it has hitherto been essentially necessary to
remove the cop before placing the tube on the top of the spindle, and sliding
it down to its proper position before commencing to make another cop, which
plan to a certain extent has answered the purpose of diminishing the amount
of waste, but which, nevertheless, has many disadvantages. Instead of which
we use a partial tube made of any suitable metal or material, which partial
tube or apparatus, being open vertically or lengthwise, can be easily placed
on any part of the spindle without the trouble of taking the cop off, because
it is not necessary to pass it over the top, as it may be put on any part of the

page_text: spindle in shape of a clip, which cannot be done if it is made a perfect tube,
because if so made it must be put on the top of the spindle and slid down it
before the next cop can be made, which occasions much loss of time, and,
consequently, expense.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George James Wainwright and Charles Timothy Bradbury
in the Great Scal Patent Office on the 16th January 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, GEORGE
JAMES WAINWRIGHT and CHARLES TIMOTHY BRADBURY, of Dukinfield, in the
County of Chester, Cotton Spinners, send greeting.
WHEREAS Hor most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twenty-first year of Hor
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Georgo James Wainwright and Charles Timothy Bradbury, Her
special licence that we, the said George James Wainwright and Charles
Timothy Bradbury, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as we, the said George James Wainwright and Charles Timothy Bradbury,
our exccutors, 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 APPRARTUS FOR
DIMINISHING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE IN THE USE OF COPS FOR MANUFACTURING
PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said George
James Wainwright and Charles Timothy Bradbury, by an instrument in
writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand and scal of one of
us, should particularly describo and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 George James Wainwright and
Charles Timothy Bradbury, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement (that is to
say):

page_text: Instead of the small tube hitherto placed on the spindle for building the
cop upon, in the processes of spinning and doubling yarns, we use a partial
tube of any suitable metal or material (that is to say) we make it a little open
vertically or lengthwise, so that it can be easily placed on any part of the
spindle without the trouble and loss of time caused by taking the cop off,
because it is not necessary to pass it over the top of the spindle, but merely
to slip it on in the form of a clip.
We also make our said partial tube with any number or shape of perfora-
tions, ridges, or indentations, which, amongst other advantages, cause the yarn
that is wound on the tube to bind it more firmly, and prevent the partial
tube slipping out or going farther up the cop.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, we desire it to be distinctly understood
that we do not confine ourselves to any particular shape or dimensions of the
space or opening in the partial tube, nor to any precise number or shape of
the perforations, ridges, or indentations; but we claim as our Invention, and
which to the best of our knowledge and belief has not been hitherto used
within the realm, the use of partial tubes, either plain, or with perforations,
ridges, or indentations, for building or spinning cops upon in the processes of
spinning and doubling fibrous materials.
In witness whereof, we, the said George James Wainwright and Charles
Timothy Bradbury, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this
Fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-eight.
G. J. WAINWRIGHT. (L.S.)
C. T. BRADBURY.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named George James Wainwright and Charles
Timothy Bradbury, in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.
(L.S.)