IMPROVEMENTS IN QUILLS, SPOOLS. OR BOBBINS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN QUILLS, SPOOLS. OR BOBBINS."-A communication to him from abroad
by Stanislas Vigoureux. of Reims. France.
Sealed the 10th August 1860, and dated the 24th February 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Archibald Broomau
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 24th February 1860.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN QUILLS, SPOOLS, OR BOBBINS," (commnicated to me from
abroad by Stanislas Vigoureux, of Reims, France,) to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in forming the quills, spools, or bobbins upon which
threads are wound preparatory to being placed in shuttles of a taper shape in
the direction of their length and with polygonal or other angular sides, the,
edges of which are rounded off, and with or without a projecting cap or
button on the narrowest end. The Invention also consists in the employ-
ment of a projecting cap or button on the upper end or at the top of quills
or spools to be placed in shuttles.
The threads are wound on the quills in the spinuing machine in the ordinary
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page_text: manner; they are then removed from the spindles, and placed in the shuttles.
The form of the quills causes the threads to be delivered with a regular tension,
withbut twist, and with less friction than is usually the case; less wasteensues,
the loom may be worked quickly, and a very fine thread may be used. The
quills or spools may be made of tin or other metal, or of any other suitable
material. When they are made of glass, wood, hardened rubber, or the like, I
fix them upon the spindles in the spinning frame by means of a spring or
springs entering slots formed for their reception. Wooden plugs are generally
used on the spindles to support and hold the quills while the thread is
being wound on them. The base of the quills rests upon the plugs.
The polygonal or other angular sides may be formed during the man-
facture, or the quills may be made conical, and may have ribs applied
longitudinally to constitute the rounded angles.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Archibald Brooman in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 24th August 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent
Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of February,in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reigu,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Richard Archibald Brooman, Her special licence that I, the said Richard
Archibald Brooman,my executors,administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, 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 QUILLS, SPOOLS, OR BOBBINS," (Communicated to me from
abroad by Stanislas Vigoureux, of Reims, France,) upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my execu-
tors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, 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

page_text: 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 Richard Archibald Brooman, 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:
This Invention consists in forming the quills, spools, or bobbins проп which
threads are wound preparatory to being placed in shuttles of a taper shape
in the direction of their length and with polygonal or other angular sides,
the edges of which are rounded off, and with or without a projecting cap or
button on the narrowest end. The Invention also consists in the employ.
ment of a projecting cap or button on the upper end or at the top of quills
or spools to be placed in shuttles.
Tho threads are wound on the quills in the spinning machine in the ordinary
mauner; they are then removed from the spindles, and placed in the shuttles.
The form of the quills causes the threads to be delivered with a regular tension,
without twist, and with less friction than is usually the case; less waste ensues,
the loom may be worked quickly, and a very fine thread may be used. The
quills or spools may be made of tin or other metal, or of any other suitable
material.
When they are made of glass, wood, hardened rubber, or the like,
1 fix them upon the spindles in the spinning frame by means of a spring or
springs entering slots formed for their reception. Wooden plugs are generally
used on the spindles to support and hold the quills while the thread is being
wound on them. The base of the quills rests upon the plugs.
The polygonal or other angularsides may be formed during the manufacture,
or the quills may be made conical, and may have ribs applied longitudinally
to constitute the rounded angles.
The accompanying Drawings show different views of a quill or spool with
or without a cap or button, as well as some of the modifications it is susceptible
of receiving to produce analogous results.
Figure 1 is an exterior view of a quill having a cap or button at top, either
mounted on a spindle of a loom or on a shuttle; Figure 2 is a longitudinal
section of the same. The tube or quill a is made of tin or other metal or
material; it is, as is shown in the transverse section, Figure 3, and plan,
Figure 4, of an approximately square form with the corners rounded, and this
form is preserved froin bottom to top of the pyramidal shape of the quill. The
upper part terminates in a button or cap b, in which a central hole is formed

page_text: for the admission of the spindle or arrow c. This quill formed in the manner
described is mounted on the spindle or arrow c, in connection with a wooden
supportd, which externally has the same shape, and is bored through the centre
to adapt it to the diameter of the spindle or harrow. This support extends only
a certain distance, for the quill is in contact with the spindle by the central
opening in the capt, as shown at Figures 3 and 4, which is quite sufficient to
support the quill. By this arrangement, the thread which unrolls froin the
shuttle does not experience the least twist; it slides with the greatest facility,
and disengages itself longitudinally without friction and without any risk of
breaking. The rounded-off longitudinal angles of the quill a not only facilitate
the sliding of the thread, but the cap bby its protuberance prevents the thread
from coming in contact with anything to prevent its unrolling. When
the cap or button is dispensed with, I arrange the quill or spool as shown
in the elevation and plan, Figures 5 and 6. The quill a in this case is made
of wood, or it can be formed of any other material; it transverso configuration
has the same angular longitudinal form. A central hole extends from one
extremity of the conical quill to the other, in order to receive the spindle or
arrow c. Figure 5 bis shows the quill rounded at its upper part or point. It is
painted of a dark color, so as to form a contrast with the thread, which renders
the winding easier for the spinner, and fatigues the eyes less. This quill being
unprovided with a cap or button, the direct unwinding without spiral of tho
thread is effected by the thread sliding round the longitudinal angles. In this
case the angular quill is sufficient to produce the desired effect without the
employment of a button. I can also make use of the button without giving an
angular form to the quill. Thus Figures 7 and 8 show a spindle a surrounded
by an ordinary paper tube g, Figure 9, around which the thread is wound ou
the spinning machine. The placing of a button or cap b or b¹ on the arrow a
will be sufficient to detach the thread from the can, and prevent any friction.
The angular form or longitudinal edges of the quill can be produced as shown
in the external view, Figure 10, and plan, Figure 4, by connecting to the
tube or wooden quill a, longitudinal metal rods e, and fitting a cap or button to
the upper part of the quill. When the quills are made of wood, glass, hardened
caoutchouc, gutta percha, or other plastic material, the quill is kept on the
spindle by meaus of a metal or india-rubber spring h, which is placed in a slot
formed in the under part of the quill, as shown in Figures 10 and 11; for the
length of this slot I widen out the central opening of the quill in such manner
that the spindle pushes against the spring in the lateral space, which, by its
continual pressure, maintains the quill on the spindle.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what

page_text: manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as the improve-
ments in quills, spools, or bobbins,--
First, the construction of quills, spools, or bobbins of an angular, polygonal,
or other form, hollowed out or ribbed in the direction of their length, the said
quills, spools, or bobbins being formed at their upper part with a rounded top,
as herein-before described aud illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Second, the fitting of caps or buttons of any form whatever to the top of
quills, spools, or bobbins, the said caps or buttons being either formed in a
piece with the quills, spools, or bobbins, or attached thereto in the manner
and for the purposes herein-bofore described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawings.
Third, the application of a spring to the lower part of the quills, spools,
or bobbius, for causing them to adhere to the spindles, as herein-before
described.
Fourth, the application of a button, cap, or projection, whether fixed or
movable and of any shape, to the top of quills, spools, or bobbins, whether
the said quills, spools, or bobbins are of an angular or of any other shape, in
order to guide the thread in its passage from the shuttle, as herein-before
described.
Fifth, the coloring or painting of quills, spools, or bobbins of a dark color,
in order that they shall afford a contrast to the thread wound on them, as
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of August,
One thousand eight hundred and, sixty.
R. A. BROOMAN. (L.B.)