IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN PRESSING COTTON, WOOL, AND GOODS OF VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS
Year: 1840

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BRINDLEY, of Northwood Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Paper Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-fifth day of February, in the third year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Brindley; Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and autho-
rity, that I, the said William Brindley, my exors, adñññors, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said William Brindley, my exors, admors, or assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED
IN PRESSING COTTON, WOOL, AND GOODS OF VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said William Brindley, shall
cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in
and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large
appear.

page_text: Another part of my Invention is pressing and lashing two or more bales of
wool, instead of, as heretofore, only pressing one at a time.
In the Drawing at Figure 2 I have shewn a press for pressing two bales at
one time; but it will be evident that any number may be pressed if so re-
quires.
Another of my improvements in apparatus for pressing wool, &c. consists
in applying to them a sliding frame n, the action of which will be afterwards
described, whereby I am enabled to use two cases to contain the wool or
matter to be pressed, in place of one which is now used. The object of the
improvement is, that whilst the wool or other matter in one case is being
pressed, the workman can fill or prepare the other case to be pressed. (When
the first is sufficiently pressed, the workman by moving the sliding frame will
bring the second case under the press, and whilst that is being pressed, he
can be removing the wool or other matter contained in the first, and by this
means much time will be saved. The arrangement of this sliding frame is
shewn in the Drawing, at Figures 1 and 2. It slides upon the bottom plate of
the press, and is guided by pieces of angle iron, as shewn in the Drawing; or
it may slide in grooves, or by any suitable means. The mode of shifting this
frame in and out of the press is by the use of a small rack and pinion, turned
by a winch handle, and there are stops at the ends of the supports of the sliding
frame, which will prevent the cases being slid too far. g is the bottom plate
of the press, upon which the sliding frame rests. whilst the wool or other
matter is being pressed; h, h, are the pieces of angle iron fixed to the bottom
plate of the press, which serve as guides for the frame; i is the pinion, which
takes into the rack j, fixed to the under side of the sliding frame; k is the
winch handle to put the same in motion; l, l, are the supports for the frame
which contains the case which is being filled or emptied, whilst the other is
under pressure; m, m, are the stops from preventing the frame sliding
too far.
I would remark of that part of the Invention which relates to the pressing
of two or more bales of wool or other matter at one time, that although I have
shewn them in the Drawing as being divided into partitions placed within one
case, I do not confine myself to that arrangement, as they may be used as
separate small boxes or cases without being enclosed in an outer case,
5 although I prefer the mode shown.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that what I claim as the
first part of my Invention is, the combining the processes of pressing and
lashing wool, cotton, and such like substances, into bales, as herein described.

page_text: And, secondly, I claim the pressing two or more bales of wool at one time,.
as herein described.
And, lastly, I claim the application to presses of a sliding frame for the..
purposes herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Brindley, have hereunto set 5
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty.