IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING MACHINE ROLLERS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of Kensington, Middlesex; for
an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING MACHINE ROLLERS." A com-
munication from abroad by Jean Baptiste William, of Ober Soultz, in the
Empire of Germany.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Herbert John Haddan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th July 1881.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SPINNING MACHINE ROLLERS." A communication from abroad by Jean Baptiste
William, of Ober Soultz, in the Empire of Germany.
The improvements relate to tubular textures to be applied as covering to the
rollers used in spinning mills for cotton, wool, or any other textile fibres.
The Invention consists in the use of a seamless covering for spinning rollers of a
tubular web made of cotton, thread, or any other textile matter as a substitute for
the leather and india-rubber coverings used generally until now.
Tubular seamless textures have already been applied to different uses, such as
neckties, hose for pumps, etc., but the one especially intended for spinning rollers is
made of light texture, twilled, or plain and smooth.
The rollers are made either of iron or wood. For cotton spinning they are made
of iron covered with a first coating of felt cloth, and then provided with a second
covering of the seamless tubular texture which adapts itself perfectly on the felt
cloth and is not subject to wear out so soon as leather and india-rubber coverings.
For wool spinning the roller is made of wood, and has also a first covering of felt
cloth over which the seamless tubular texture is drawn.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Herbert John Haddan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th January 1882.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex.
SPINNING MACHINE ROLLERS." A communication from abroad by Jean Baptiste
William, of Ober Soultz, in the Empire of Germany.
The improvements relate to tubular textures to be applied as covering to the
rollers used in spinning mills for cotton, wool, or any other textile fibres.
The Invention consists in covering spinning rollers with a scamless tubular web
made of cotton, thread, or any other textile material as a substitute for the leather
and india-rubber coverings generally used.
Tubular seamless textures have already been applied to different uses, such as
neckties, hose for pumps, etc., but the one especially intended for spinning. rollers is
made of light texture, twilled, or plain and smooth, and after the rollers have been
thus covered they are coated with chemicals in order to make them perfectly
smooth.
The rollers are made either of iron or wood. For cotton spinning they are made
of iron covered with a first coating of felt cloth, and then provided with a second
covering of the seamless tubular texture which adapts itself perfectly to the felt
cloth and is not subject to wear out so soon as leather and india-rubber coverings.
For wool spinning the roller is made of wood, and has also a first covering of felt
cloth over which the seamless tubular texture is drawn.
The accompanying Drawings, Figure 1-3, show some examples of rollers covered
with the tubular and seamless web A. Instead of the under coverings of cloth, as
hitherto used, a special fabric may be placed on the body of the roller. The said
fabric is woven with three warps, the upper and the lower warp being made of
wool, from 4 to 5 threads for every millimetre, while the middle warp is made of
india-rubber threads, one thread for every millimetre. The three warps are joined
together by means of a stop thread of cotton for each millimetre. The weft is also
of cotton.
Instead of wool, cotton or half wool and half cotton or any other textile material
may be used for the manufacture of the said fabric, the width.of the latter corre-
sponding to the length of the roller. The texture may be plain, or crossed or satined,
but always with the india-rubber warp threads in the middle.
This under covering may be substituted with advantage for the cloth hitherto
used on the rollers of spinning machines. While cloth becomes hard by losing its
elasticity and consequently wears soon out, the new fabric keeps its elasticity for a
long time and is consequently much more durable; it can be easily combined with
the tubular texture mentioned above and serving as upper covering.
CLAIMS.
1. The application of a seamless tubular web of cotton or other textile material
on the rollers of spinning machines as a substitute for the leather and india-rubber
coverings hitherto used.
2. The application of the special fabric above described instead of cloth for the
guide or press rollers of spinning machines, the whole substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Herbert John Haddan, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventh day of January, A.D. 1882.