A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MACHINES CALLED THROSTLES AND DOUBLING FRAMES, FOR SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND TWISTING YARNS MADE FROM COTTON, SILK, LINEN, WOOLLEN, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1832

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
AXON, of Heaton Norris, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Manufacturer
send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at.
Westminster, the First day of May, in the second year of His reign did, for
Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Charles
Axon, His especial licence that I, the said Charles Axon, my exors, admors,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Axon, 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 expresed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
MACHINES CALLED THROSTLES AND DOUBLING FRAMES, FOR SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND
TWISTING YARNS MADE FROM COTTON, SILK, LINEN, WOOLLEN, AND OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso obliging me,
the said Charles Axon, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, and to cause the same to be enrolled
in His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within two calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in
and by the same, reference being thereunto. had, will more fully and at large.
appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Charles Axon, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention to consist in
causing the spindle and flyer of the throstle and, doubling frame to move up
and down for the purpose of lapping or distributing the yarn on the bobbin,
instead of raising and lowering the bobbin for that purpose, as heretofore
practised; and in further compliance with the said proviso, I, the said Charles
Axon, do hereby describe the manner in which my said Invention is to be
performed, by the following description thereof, reference being had to the
Drawing on the margin of these Presents, and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a side view, and Figure 2 a front view of the spindle,
with the wolve, whirl or pulley, the bobbin and the flyer. A is the spindle,
which may be of similar length and strength to the common spindle, or may be
varied according to the work for which it is required. It is connected with the
tin roller in the usual way by a pulley and string, or list. The top and bottom
parts of the spindle a, a, a, a, must be made or turned so as to allow
the spindle to slide up and down through the bobbin B, and also through
the top spindle rail b, and the bottom spindle rail c, in which spindle rails
there are two bushes d, d, for the spindle to run in, and the bushes are
secured in the spindle rails by set screws or other fastenings. The spindle
rail on which the bobbin rests is covered with cloth or leather in the usual
manner. In order to retard the speed of the bobbin, the spindle A is moved up
and down by the lifting rail E, which is connected with the sliding rod f, f,
and secured to it by a screw or other fastening, and the rod ff, slides parallel
with the spindle through the spindle rails b and c. In the lifting rail E is a
brass or other step g, on which the foot of the spindle rests. The step can be
moved up and down so as to regulate the motion of the flyer h, h, upon the
bobbin B. This step is secured by a screw or other fastening. The sliding
rod f, f, is connected with the lifting shaft i by the plate j. k is a rod attached
to the sliding rod f, f, by a screw or other fastening, and passing through the
stay, which is attached to the roller beam F by screw or other fastening,
supports and carries the thread wire board D, and causes it to rise and fall with
the spindle.
The advantages to be derived from this improvement are,―
First, the spindle will last longer on account of its regularly sliding up and
down in the bushes according to the length of the bobbin, instead of always
wearing in the same place, as on the old plan.

page_text: Secondly, the bobbin being placed upon the top spindle rail and remaining
always near to the bush has less tendency to cause the spindle to vibrate;
whereas on the old principle the bobbin was lifted up the spindles two or three
inches from the bush in the top spindle rail, and consequently when the bobbin
was full the spindle shook and vibrated very much; and,
Thirdly, the speed of the spindle can be greatly accelerated when necessary.
Now, whereas I claim as my Invention the following improvement, that is to
say, causing the spindle and flyer of the throstle or doubling frame to move up
and down for the purpose of lapping or distributing the yarn on the bobbin by
placing the lifting rail under the foot of the spindle, and causing the bobbin to
rest upon the rail commonly called the top spindle rail, which contains the bush
or collar through which the spindle runs, and always to keep a position near to
though not in actual contact with the said bush or collar; and such my Invention
being, to the best of my knowledge and belief, entiely new and never before
used within that part of His said Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland called England, His said Dominion of Wales, or Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, I do hereby declare this to be my Specification of the
same, and that I do verily believe this my said Specification doth comply in all
respects, fully and without reserve or disguise, with the proviso in the said
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent contained; wherefore I do hereby
claim to maintain exclusive right and privilege to my said Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Axon, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, the Twenty-eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-eighth day of June,
in the year of our Lord 1832, the aforesaid Charles Axon came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Twenty-eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord One