CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN 'FLYERS' TO:
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Ivers, of Preston, in the County of Lan-
caster, and Thomas Ogden, of Little Hulton, in the same County,
Spinners, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN 'FLYERS' TO:
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Ivers and Thomas
_Ogden at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 3rd September 1864.
We, JAMES IVERS, of Preston, in the County of Lancaster, and THOMAS
OGDEN, of Little Hulton, in the same County, Spinners, do hereby declare tho
nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN 'FLYERS' TO BE
EMPLOYED IN ROVING, SLUBBING, AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUB-
STANCES," to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to that description of "flyers" wherein tubular legs
are employed to guide the sliver of fibrous material from the top of the
Ayer" to the "presser," which tubular legs increase the cost of the flyers,.
and render them unsteady when rotating at a high velocity.
Our improvements are designed to dispense with the "tubular legs," and
consist in forming the legs of solid metal, and inserting a series of "twirls"
or eyelets down the side of the legs through which the sliver passes, and is
thereby guided to the "presser" instead of down the tube. This improvement
economizes the cost of the flyer, is efficient for the purpose, and renders the
spindle and flyer more steady in its revolution.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Ivers and Thomas Ogden in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 3rd March 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,. we, JAMES
IVERS, of Preston, in the County of Lancaster, and THOMAS OGDEN, of Little
Hulton, in the same County, Spinners, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said James Ivers and Thomas Ogden, Her special license that we,
the said James Ivers and Thomas Ogden, our executors, administrators,, and
assigns, or such others as we; the said James Ivers and Thomas 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN FLYERS TO BE EMPLOYED IN ROVING, SLUBBING, AND SPINNING COTTON
AND FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we,
the said James Ivers and Thomas Ogden, our executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under our, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said James Ivers and Thomas 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 and accompanying Drawings (that is
to say):-
:-
Our Invention relates to that description of "flyers" wherein tubular legs
are employed to guide the sliver of fibrous material from the top of the "flyer"
to the presser, which tubular legs increase the cost of the flyers, and render
them unsteady when rotating at a high velocity.
Our improvements are designed to dispence with the "tubular legs," and
consists in forming the legs of solid metal, and inserting a series of "twirls"
or eyelets down the side of the legs through which the sliver passes, and is

page_text: thereby guided to the "presser" instead of down the tube. This improve-
ment economizes the cost of the flyer, is efficient for the purpose, and renders
the spindle and flyer more steady in its revolution.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail we have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings made about full size,
similar letters of reference being marked upon corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 represents a front view. of one leg of a flyer shewn as an example;
Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, shewing the "twirls" or eyelets down the
sides of the legs; Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively a front and end view, shewing
a further improvement in the employment of solid metal legs as in Figs. 1
and 2, but in the use of tubes outside them to guide the "sliver " to the
"presser" instead of to the "twirls."
In the several Figures a, a, are the solid flyer legs, and b, b, the the "twirls'
or eyelets to guide the sliver to the presser c, c, for which purpose the exterior
tubes d, d, are also employed. The pressers rest on the pins e, e, at the
bottom of each leg, and work in the slot of the presser boss.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
method of carrying the same into practical effect, we wish it to be distinctly
understood that we claim,-
First, the employment and use of flyers having solid legs made of steel,
wrought iron, or malleable iron, either furnished with eyelets or "twirls,"
or with exterior tubes of light metal or material to guide the sliver in contra-
distinction to the use of flyers having the legs themselves made tubular.
And, secondly, the general arrangement, combination, and construction of
the improved flyer for roving and slubbing frames as herein-before described,
set forth, and fully illustrated in the Drawings attached.
In witness whereof, we, the said James Ivers and Thomas Ogden,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Second day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five..