IMPROVEMENTS IN BALLING MOTIONS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Crabtree, of Bradford, in the County of
York, Manager, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BALLING
MOTIONS."
Sealed 'the 23rd October 1868, and dated the 28th April 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Crabtree at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
April 1863.
I, SAMUEL CRABTREE, of Bradford, in the County of York, Manager, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BALLING
MOTIONS," to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in forming balls of slivers of wool or other fibrous
materials, or warps, in such a manner that when in course of the successive
operations these balls are placed to be worked upon by the machines following
each other in the process of working wool or other fibrous materials, or warps,
the-sliver-or-warp is so detached or drawn out from the inside of the said ball
that the twist which the said sliver or warp has had hitherto is either entirely

page_text: or partly removed, and thus a considerable advantage gained in the working
of slivers of wool or other fibrous materials, or warps. I effect this by drawing
off the sliver or warp from the inside of the ball through the circumference of
the same, instead of the ends as hitherto, and for this purpose, amongst other
means, I place in the middle of the barrel or bobbin upon which the balls are
usually formed, in a radial direction, a short tube or barrel, through which the
sliver or warp at the beginning of each ball is drawn and fastened at the outer
end, having formed a corresponding groove in the balling roller or rollers or
drum for this tube or short barrel to work or revolve in. I then form the
ball by the usual means, but the short tube preserving an opening through
the circumference of the same, I am thus enabled to draw off the sliver or
warp from the inside through the circumference, by which means the object is
gained, and the twist in the sliver or warp caused by forming the same into
balls either entirely or partly removed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said. Samuel Crabtree in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th October 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
CRABTREE, of Bradford, in the County of York, Manager, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
the the said Samuel Crabtree, Her special licence that I, the said Samuel
Crabtree, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others ns, I, the
said Samuel Crabtree, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agréé 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 "In-
PROVEMENTS IN BALLING. MOTIONS," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Samuel Crabtree, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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

page_text: in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
"
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Crabtree, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-i
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following?
statement, reference. being: had to the Drawings, hereunto annexed, and to:
the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say:) :-
My improvements consist in forming balls of:slivers of wool or other fibrous,
materials, or warps, in such a manner that when in course of the successivo,
operations these balls are placed to be worked upon by the machines following.
each other in the processes of working wool or other fibrous materials, or
warps, the sliver or warp is so drawn out from the inside of the said ball that:
the twist which the said sliver or warp has had hitherto is removed, and thus
a considerable advantage gained in the working of slivers of wool or other
fibrous materials, or warps. I effect this by drawing off the sliver or warp
from the inside of the ball through the circumference-of-the same, instead out
of the ends as hitherto, and for this purpose I place in the middle of the barrel
or bobbin upon which the balls are usually formed, in a radial direction, a fast
or moveable barrel, tube, or spindle, through the openings of which the sliver
or warp, at the beginning of each ball is drawn and fastened at the outer end,
having formed a corresponding groove in the balling roller or rollers or drum
for this: tube or spindle to revolve in. I then form the ball by the usual
means, the tube or spindle preserving. au opening through the same; I amr
thus enabled to draw off the sliver or wharp, when required to be further worked
upon, from the inside through the circumference, by which means the sliver is
made to come out from the ball perfectly straight and open;
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DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS...
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These improvements are represented in the accompanying Drawings, in
which Figuro represents an end elevation and part section, and Figure 2.a
front elevation, of an apparatus called a balling head. with horizontal balling
roller; Figure 3; a front elevation of a balling head with vertical balling, roller
with my improvements applied; Figures 4 and 5, represent the tube or spindle,
which forms the principal part of my Invention; and Figures 7, 8; and 9, a
different arrangement of the tube in connection with the barrel, the same
being, moveable, and in consequence may be used much shorter than when
fixed; Figure 6 represents-a-section-and-elevation of a ball formed according.

page_text: CA, A, is the frame or part of frameing bearing the balling head; B, B, are
the sides forming the balling head; C is a slot, in which a stud D works, by
which means an horizontal or respectively vertical motion is imparted to the
balling head. The drum or roller E, which receives its rotary motion from
the shaft F and the gearing G, has in its circumference the groove H, to
allow the spindle or tube I, placed radially in the barrel or bobbin K, to pass
when revolving with the said barrel, which receives its motion from the
drum E, and rises in the guides L as the ball increases in size; M is a funnel
or guide through which the sliver or warp passes before being wound on to
the barrel K. The sliver or warp being drawn through the funnel M, and
passed around the barrel K, is pressed into the tube or drawn through the
openings of the spindle I, and the machine is set in motion, an opening being
preserved in the ball by means of the tube or spindle I, which when the ball
bas attained the required size is taken out, bringing with it the inner end of
the sliver or warp forming the ball, through the circumference of the same.
In Figure 3, the barrel K receives motion through the gearing K₁, K₁,
and the shaft K,, having at its outer extremity the driving pullies K,, K,.
N is an excentrio giving motion to the guide M. In Figures 7, 8, and 9, the
tube I is represented as moveable, and for this purpose fitted with the
springs O, O, which when compressed at the loose end are made to enter
the barrel K through the opening in the middle, the said barrel K in this
instance being constructed hollow, with two solid ends, properly perforated to
admit the pushers P, P. Figure 7 shows the position of the tube and pushers
at the beginning of the ball, the springs O, O, having a tendency to expand
and press out the pushers P, P. After the end of the sliver or warp has been
properly fixed in the tube as above described, and the machine is set in
motion, the ball when encreasing in size (as in Figure 8) causes the
pushers P, P, to act against the inclines Q, Q, and gradually rising, the barrel
forces them into the same, and thereby the tube I out of the same, this being
regulated by the length of the springs O, O.
Having now described this Invention of "Improvements in Balling Motions,
and having explained the manner in which the same is carried into effect, I
would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise mecha-
nical details as shewn, as these may be varied without departing from the
peculiar nature of my said Invention; but what I do claim is,→
Firstly, forming balls of slivers of fibrous materials or warps, in such a
manner that they may be drawn off from the inside "through the circum-
ference."

page_text: And, secondly, drawing off the said balls" through the circumference," and
thereby taking out the twist of slivers of fibrous materials or warps, sub-
stantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Crabtree, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness,
THOMAS A. WATSON,
Solicitor,
Bradford.
SAMUEL CRABTREE. (L.S.)