IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR BALLING FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Bottomley, of Buttershaw, in the County of York,
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND
APPARATUS FOR BALLING FIBROUS MATERIALS."
Sealed the 8th June 1880 and dated the 19th December 1870
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Bottomley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th December 1879.
JAMES BOTTOMLEY, of Buttershaw, in the County of York, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR BALLING FIBROUS
MATERIALS."
The object of my Invention is to manipulate the sliver of fibrous materials in
the preparation for spinning in such a manner that the twist put into the sliver
whilst balling is reduced to a minimum, and also to build up the ball so that
when taken to the gilling machines it will freely unfold without breaking, and
pass through the gills and fallers without forming slubs or knots of twisted fibre in
the sliver.
I accomplish my object in the following manner :-After the fibrous material
leaves the combing machine I prepare the ball by means of an ordinary coiling
machine; the fibre after passing through the said machine is coiled loosely round a
stationary spindle secured to a flange resting in the bottom of a circular sliver can.
When the can is full, the spindle, flange, and contents of the can are withdrawa
and placed in a press; the coiled sliver is then pressed together in a lateral
direction and secured by means of cords; the pressure of the press is then relieved
and the ball is ready for stowing away. When the ball is placed in the sliver can
of the gilling machine the cords are unloosed, the ball is then free and will uncoil
without breaking the sliver.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Bottomley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th June
1880.
JAMES BOTTOMLEY, of Buttershaw, in the County of York, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR BALLING FIBROUS
MATERIALS,"
The object of my Invention is to manipulate the sliver in the preparation of
fibrous materials for spinning in such a manner that the "twist" put into the sliver
whilst balling is reduced to a minimum, and to build up the ball so that when
taken to the gilling machines it will freely unfold without breaking, and pass
through the gills and fallers without slubs or knots of twisted fibre being formed in
the sliver.
Such being the objects of this my Invention I will now describe the particulars
thereof, aided by the annexed Drawings marked with letters of reference, corre-
sponding letters indicating the same parts in the various Figures.
Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the press I employ for compressing the
coiled sliver and forming the ball; Figure 2 is a side view of the same; Figure 3
represents an elevation of a flange and spindle around which the sliver is coiled;
Figure 4 is a plan of the same; and Figure 5, a ball when compressed and tied up.
After the fibrous material leaves the combing machine I pass the fibre through
an ordinary coiling machine, in which the sliver is coiled loosely round a stationary
spindle A fixed in the centre of flange B. This flange B and spindle A are placed
in an ordinary circular sliver can, and when the can is full of coiled sliver the
spindle A, flange B, and coiled sliver thereon are withdrawn from the can and
placed upon the table C in pressing machine. A flexible cover D is then put on
the spindle covering the top of the coiled sliver, after which table C is raised by
turning handle E which is mounted on shaft F, to which is also secured pinion
wheel G gearing into rack H, which is secured to the underside of table C. By
these means the coiled sliver J is compressed between the table C and projecting
bars K to the requisite degree of solidity, and retained in compression by catch or
paul L acting upon wheel M secured to the before mentioned shaft F.
After the pressure is placed upon the coiled sliver I then secure the same by
means of cords, which I pass through grooves N formed in the bottom flange B;
the cords are brought round the coiled sliver J and tied at the top upon the
before mentioned cover, thus the coiled sliver when relieved by the press is retained
in a compressed form ready for stowing away.
When the compressed ball P is placed in the sliver can of the gilling machine
the cords S are unloosed, the ball is then free and will uncoil without breaking
the sliver. What I claim as my Invention is,--
The formation of the sliver balls by pressure, substantially in the manner
described and illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Bottomley, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourteenth day of June, One thousand eight hundred and
Witness,
JOHN WAUGH,
Engineer & Patent Agent,
Bradford,
Yorks.
JAMES BOTTOMLEY. (L.S.)