IMPROVE- MENTS IN SPINNING FRAMES
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SPINNING FRAMES."-A communication from abroad by Frederic
Hetzel, of Bâle, Switzerland.
Sealed the 1st May 1868, and dated the 5th November 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Archibald
Brooman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 5th November 1862.
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 SPINNING FRAMES," (communicated to me from abroad
by Frederic Hetzel, of Båle, Switzerland,) to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in imparting to every separate spindle, or to every
two spindles coupled in continuous spinning frames, up-and-down motions,
whereby for any purpose required every such spindle or pair of coupled
spindles may be stopped or taken out of work, and again returned into work
without interfering with or stopping the motion of the rest or of any other
portion of the spindles in the frame.
The arrangements adopted, by preference, to carry this Invention into

page_text: effect, are as follows:-The lower end of each spindle works in a socket, which
is free to slide in a bracket fixed to the framework. The foot of the socket
extends below the bracket, carrying (when two spindles are coupled) a stay
to which a double-headed spring is attached, by pressing on which the rise or
fall of the socket is produced.
For a single spindle, the spring is fixed on the body of the socket. One or
other of the heads of the spring, according to the position of the spring, takes
into the fixed bracket, and by its pressure maintains the socket in the
desired position. The upper part of the socket is cupped to reduce the
friction of the spindle rotating therein. By pressing on the spring, the bobbin
upon which the thread is wound by the flyers on the spindle is made to
descend as well as the socket which slides in the bracket; the spindle follows
by its own weight far enough to allow of the bobbin being removed and
replaced. When this is the position, the upper head of the spring engages
into a collar on the bracket, and maintains the whole apparatus in position.
By the arrangements before described, any damage occurring to any single
spindle, or to any coupled spindles, or to the thread, may be repaired without
stopping the working of the frame, or of one side of it, as heretofore. The
head of the spindle is brought very close to the thread guide rollers, so that
very short staple may with facility be spun. The spindles are set again in
motion by simply pulling the spring back, whereby they are raised to their
former position.
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 5th May 1863.
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 Fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, 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, adminis-

page_text: trators, 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," (communicated to
me from abroad by Frederic Hetzel, of Bâle, Switzerland, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors
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 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 imparting to every separate spindle, or to every
two spindles -coupled in continuous spinning frames, up-and-down motions,
whereby for any purpose required every such spindle or pair of coupled
spindles may be stopped or taken out of work, and again returned into work
without interfering with or stopping the motion of the rest, or of any other
portion of the spindles in the frame.
The arrangements adopted, by preference, to carry this Invention into
effect are represented in the accompanying Drawings, Figure 1 of which is a
side view, shewing the spindle in position for spinning; Figure 2 shows the
lower part of the spindle when stopped or taken out of work; Figure 3 is a
front view, showing a pair of coupled spindles in position for spinning, and
another pair of coupled spindles stopped or taken out of work; Figure 4 is a
plan.
. The lower end of each spindle a works in a socket 6, which is free to slide
in a bracket c fixed to a framework d. The foot of the socket b extends
below the bracket c, carrying (when two spindles are coupled) a stay f, which
connects the sockets to a rod e, which slides in a channel h formed in the
framework d. The rod e terminates at bottom in a handle A. To produce
the up-and-down motions, the channel h carries near its upper part a groove
formed by two ribs or projections i, .; the rod e has a projection g formed

page_text: thereon, which, when the spindles are in position for spinning, takes into the
groove, and rests upon the lower rib or projection i¹, as shewn in Figures 1
other
and 3. When, in consequence of the breaking of a thread, or from any
cause, it is desired to stop or take a spindle or a pair of coupled spindles out
of work, the rod e is caused to make quarter of a revolution by means of
the handle A; the projection 9 then enters a vertical groove in the
channel h, descends therein, and draws into its downward movement the
sockets 6 and the spindles a. The downward movement is stopped as soon
as the projection 9 comes against and rests upon the shoulder o at the lower
part of the channel h. When the spindle or pair of coupled spindles has been
lowered, as just described, any damage which may have occurred thereto or
to the thread may be repaired. To return the spindle or pair of coupled
spindles into work, the rod e is raised, and when it has reached the necessary
height, it is caused to make a quarter of a revolution, when the projection g
will again take into the groove formed by the ribs or projections i, i¹. The
stay f, which forms the lower part of the rod e, is shewn connected to a
socket at each side, so that the up-and-down motions of one rod e impart
up-and-down motions to two spindles, but if desired, a separate rod may be
connected to each spindle. The upper part of the socket 6 is cupped to reduce
the friction of the spindle rotating therein; k is the flyer, which is secured to
the spindle a in any ordinary manner. The head of the spindle a is brought
very close to the thread guide rollers m, n, so that very short staple may with
facility be spun.
Although I prefer the arrangements for raising and lowering the spindles,
herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, in
some cases I attach a double-headed spring to the stay f, by pressing on
which spring the rise or fall of the socket 6 and of the spindle is produced;.
for a single spindle the spring is fixed on the body of the socket. One or
other of the heads of the spring, according to the position of the spring, takes
into the bracket-c, and by its pressure maintains the socket 6 in the desired
position. By pressing on the spring, the socket 6 and spindle a descend by
their own weight far enough to allow any breakage or damage to be repaired,
and when in this position the upper. head of the spring engages into a collar
on the bracket'c, and maintains the whole apparatus in position.
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," imparting. to every sperate spindle, or to every
two spindles coupled in continuous spinning frames, up-and-down motions,

page_text: whereby every such spindle or pair of coupled spindles may be stopped or taken
out of work, and again returned into work without interfering with or stopping
the motion of the rest or of any other portion of the spindles in the frame,
substantially in manner herein-before described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of May, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three.