CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR ROVING, SPINNING, AND DOUBLING COTTON, SILK, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1841

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
GORE, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machine 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 Westminster, the Thirtieth day of March, One thousand eight hundred
and forty-one, in the fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Thomas Gore, Her especial licence,
full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Thomas Gore, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, and such others as I, the said Thomas,
Gore, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no other, 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 and Wales and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR ROVING,
SPINNING, AND DOUBLING COTTON, SILK, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS;" in
which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said Thomas
Gore, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be enrolled in
Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery, with 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: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Thomas Gore, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is particularly
described and ascertained in and by the Drawings hereto annexed, and the
following explanation thereof (that is to say):-
My Improvements in Machinery_or. Apparatus for Roving, Spinning, and
Doubling Cotton, Silk, Wool, and other Fibrous Materials, apply particularly
to that part of such machinery" commonly called the spindle and flyer," used in
roving and other preparation machines, and also in that description of doubling
or spinning machinery called the throstle. These improvements consist in the
peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of the various parts con-
stituting the spindle and flyer, and from which great advantages are derived,
namely, much greater steadiness-of-all-the-revolving parts of the spindle
apparatus, such as its tube, wharve, and flyer, and the removal from the
machinery or obviating the necessity of any stationary loop, guide, or eye, for
guiding the threads between the front drawing roller and the spindle. Also,
that the greater reduction of the weight of the spindle apparatus, from the
peculiar construction and arrangement thereof, enables it to be driven at a
much greater speed than the ordinary spindle and flyer, and with a much less
expenditure of moving power to drive it. In order that my improvements
may be perfectly understood; I have attached to these Presents a Sheet of
Drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved spin-
dle and flyer, and Figure 2 a partial sectional view of the same. These Figures
represent a throstle, spindle, and flyer, for spinning or doubling, that for
roving being precisely similar in principle and arrangement, but only varied in
size and proportion suitable to its required performance. a, a, is a tube, with
a wharve b at the top. c, c, is a flyer attached fast to the tube a, underneath
the wharve b, the whole revolving around the spindle d, d. It will be seen
that the tube a, a, with its wharve and flyer attached, is made to fit the smaller
end of the spindle d, so as to revolve freely around it when driven by the band
e, e. ff, is the spindle or stud rail of the throstle frame, in which the spindle
or stud d, d, is fixed or secured by means of the set screw 9, or otherwise.
The lifting or copping rail i, i, traverses the bobbin k, k, up and down the
spindle as usual as the 'spinning proceeds, the upper part of the bobbin always
remaining on the tube a, a, and the lower part upon the spindle or stud d, 'd.
The yarn thread or roving 1, 1, is delivered as usual from the front roller m, m,
and conveyed through a small opening in the top of the wharve 6, through a
hole in the tube'a, to the eye of the flyer c, and proceeds to the bobbin. The
wharve, tube, and flyer being all connected together, are made to revolve

page_text: rapidly by the band e, e, and consequently give the required twist to the yarn
thread or roving.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be understood that. I claim
the novel and peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts
constituting the spindle and flyer, to be used in machines for roving, spinning,
and doubling cotton, silk, wool, and other fibrous substances, as exhibited in
the Drawing attached, and herein particularly set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Gore, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.