IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING FRAMES FOR SPINNING WOOL, COTTON, SILK, OR FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hermann Schutt, of Bradford, in the County of York,
Yarn Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING FRAMES
FOR SPINNING WOOL, COTTON, SILK, OR FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL."
-A communication from abroad by William and Theodor Schmidt, of
Altenburg, Saxony.
Sealed the 3rd January 1862, and dated the 6th July 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hermann Schutt at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th July 1861.
I, HERMANN SCHUTT, of Bradford, in the County of York, Yarn Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SPINNING FRAMES FOR SPINNING WOOL, COTTON, SILK, OR FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS
MATERIAL," (communicated to me from abroad by William and Theodor
. Schmidt, of Altenburg, Saxony,) to be as follows:-
The Invention consists of a contrivance to cause the thread of yarn which is
being spun when it chances to run into curls and entangled hard spun lumps
to cease spinning, and to cause the prepared material which was being spun to
wind round the rollers in the shape of what is termed soft waste, suitable to be
again prepared for spinning, instead of hard waste yarn of little value. I place
catches, made by preference of spring steel, under the top board near the "pot
guides" through which each thread passes, so that during the regular spinning

page_text: and filling of the bobbins the thread will never come in contact with the
catches. When a thread breaks it ceases to spin straight and tight, and begins
to fly and sling, and is thereby brought near the catch, which disengages the
loose wool, and does not allow it to go to the spindle, but either the under or
upper roller must necessarily take it up. To secure the efficiency of the appa-
ratus it is important to regulate the requisite proportion of distance between
the "pot guide" and the spindle, to have it neither too wide nor too narrow.
In order that the bobbins and catches in removing the bobbins may not come
in contact, there are screwed on behind the "pot guides" wooden shields,
which the bobbins must of necessity touch as they are thicker than the catches,
these wooden shields being so shaped that they form no impediment on
removing the bobbins. The catches may be shaped in various ways in order
to apply them, according to circumstances, with due effect. In case the rollers
do not take up the loose wool, the material might be drawn by draught of air
towards the next thread above the top board, to prevent this the guards
hitherto in use underneath the top boards are placed above them; this part of
the Invention may, however, be dispensed with at discretion.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Hermann Schutt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th
January 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HERMANN
SCHUTT, of Bradford, in the County of York, Yarn Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Hermann Schutt, Her special licence that I, the said Hermann
Schutt, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Hermann Schutt, 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
SPINNING FRAMES FOR SPINNING WOOL, COTTON, SILK, OR FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS
MATERIAL," (communicated to me from abroad by William and Theodor Schmidt,
of Altenburg; Saxony,) upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said

page_text: Hermann Schutt, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describé
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 I, the said Hermann Schutt, 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 :-
The Invention consists of a contrivance to cause the thread of yarn which is
being spun when it chances to run into curls and entangled hard spun lumps
to cease spinning, and to cause the prepared material which was being spun to
wind round the rollers in the shape of what is terined soft waste, suitable to be
again prepared for spinning, instead of hard waste yarn of little value. I place
catches, made by preference of spring steel, under the top board near the
pot guides, through which each thread passes, so that during the regular
spinning and filling of the bobbins the thread will never come in contact with
the catches. When a thread breaks it ceases to spin straight and tight, and
begins to fly and sling, and is thereby brought into the catch, which secures
the loose wool and does not allow it to go to the spindle, but either the under
or upper roller must necessarily take it up. To secure the efficiency of the
apparatus it is important to regulate the requisite proportion of distance
between the "pot guide" and the spindle, to have it neither too wide nor too
narrow. In order that the bobbins and catches, when removing the bobbins,
may not come in contact, there are screwed on behind the "pot guides'
wooden shields, which the bobbins must of necessity touch, as they are thicker
than the catches, these wooden shields being so shaped that they form no
impediment on removing the bobbins. The catches may be placed and shaped
in various ways, in order to apply them according to circumstances with due
effect.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a plan of the under side of a top
board fitted and made according to my Invention. a, a, are the catches; b, b,
are the pot guides; and c, c, are the shields. In Figure 2, which is a similar
view to Figure 1, brass guards d, d, hitherto in use for separating each thread
from the next, are shewn. In case the rollers do not take up the loose wool,
the material might be drawn by draught of air towards the next thread above
the top board; to prevent this, the guards hitherto in use underneath the top

page_text: boards may be placed above them; this part of the Invention may, however,
bo dispensed with at discretion.
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 as the improve-
ments in spinning frames for spinning wool, cotton, silk, or flax, and other
fibrous material, the employment of a contrivance or contrivances consisting of
thread catches, by which the thread is caused to cease spinning and to wind
round rollers, substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Hermann Schutt, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of January, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two.
H. SCHUTT. (L.S.).
H. SCHUTT. (L.S.)