A NEW ENGINE OR MACHINE FOR BATTING OR BEATING AND CLEANING COTTON
Year: 1801

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, .I, ANTHONY
BOWDEN, of Mellor, in the Parish of Glossop, in the County of Derby, Cotton
Carder and Rover, did, by my petition, humbly represent to His present most
Excellent Majesty King George the Third, that I had, after much trouble, labour,
and expence, found out and invented "A NEW ENGINE OR MACHINE FOR BATTING
OR BEATING AND CLEANING COTTON," which I conceived would be of great public
utility; that I was the first and true Inventor thereof, and that the same had
never been made or used by any other person or persons, to the best of my know-
ledge, information, or belief; I therefore most humbly prayed that in regard
to the great advantages that might probably arise to His said Majesty's King-
doms from the said Invention, and to the great expence, labour, and trouble of
me to render the batting or beating and cleaning of cotton perfect and
complete, His said Majesty would be graciously pleased to grant unto me, my
exors, admors, and assigns, His Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the sole use, benefit,
and advantage of my said Invention, within that part of Great Britain called
England, His Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the
term of fourteen years, according to the Statute in that case made and pro-
vided; His said Majesty, being willing to give encouragement to all arts and
inventions which might be for the public good, was graciously pleased to con:
descend to my request, and therefore, by His Royal Letters Patent, bearing date

page_text: at Westminster, the First day of July, in the forty-first year of His reign, of
His especial grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, did give and grant
unto me, the said Anthony Bowden, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, His
especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
Anthony Bowden, my exors, admors, and assigns, and every of us, by
myself and ourselves, or by mine and our deputy or deputies, servants or agents,
or such others as I, the said Anthony Bowden, my exors, adññiors, or assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend my said Invention, within that part of His
Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England, His
Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such manner as
to me, the said Anthony Bowden, my exors, adñors, and assigs, or any
of us, should in our discretions seem meet; and that I, the said Anthony
Bowden, my exors, adiiors, and assigns, should and lawfully might have and
enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity, and advantage from time to time
coming, growing, accruing, and arising by reason of the said Invention, for and
during the term of years therein mentioned, to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy
the said licence, powers, privileges, and advantages therein-before granted or
mentioned to be granted unto me, the said Anthony Bowden, my exors,
adñiors, and assigns, for and during and unto the full end and term of fourteen
years from the date of the said Presents next and immediately ensuing, and
fully to be complete and ended, according to the Statute in such case made and
provided; in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that if I, the
said Anthony Bowden, should not particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be
inrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar
month next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that
then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever
thereby granted,-should-utterly cease, determine, and become void, anything
therein-before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding,
as in and by the said Letters Patent, relation being thereunto had, may
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Anthony Bowden, in compliance with
the said proviso, do hereby describe and ascertain the nature of my said.
Invention, and declare that the Plan thereof, drawn and contained on the
paper Schedule to these Presents annexed, is composed of the following
particulars, that is to say:-

page_text: No. 1, a perspective view of the whole machine. A, A, A, A, the frame of
the machine; B, the flake made of cords, upon which the cotton is batted,
moving perpetually over the rollers c, C, which are moved by a pinion on the
end of the axle of the cranks D, which drives a large bevel wheel fixed on
the cotton of the upright shaft E, upon the top of which is a bevel pinion
which drives a large bevel wheel upon the end of the axle of the roller C;
F, F, two boards fixed to the cross frames on each side of the flake B to
prevent the cotton from falling off, the which are notched in order that the
batting sticks may strike the cotton upon the flake B; G, a loose rod crossing
the flake close to the cords under the cotton, which by the vibration of the
cords loosens the cotton therefrom before it falls over the roller C.
No. 2, the ground plan of the machine drawn by the scale T. D, an axle
having ten cranks standing upon ten different squares or sides of do, the first
and second of which are opposite, as are all the rest, upon different squares
alternately to the end, with a support in the middle with a brass step for the
axle to move in to keep the same from vibrating.
No. 3, a plan of four of the arms, shewing their different movements, drawn
by the scale U. H, H, H, H, the arms fixed to the bottom cross frame
by an axle working in iron slides, which are moveable, if necessary, at
a, a. I, I, rails worked by two opposite cranks at c, c, and fixed to the lower
ends of the arms by swivle pins at i, i. J, J, iron slides fixed by screws to
the ends of the rails I, I, in order to lengthen or contract them, as may be
found necessary. K, K, rails fixed to the upper parts of the arms at b, b, by
swivlo pins, which work the opposite arms at d, d. L, L, L, L, wood rollers
upon the tops of the arms, moving on axles in iron frames; to which axles are
fixed the sockets e, e, e, e, which hold the batting sticks fastened therein by
hooks and screws. M, M, M, M, leather straps fixed to the rollers L, L, L, L,
and to the upper cross frame at k, h, k, as in No. 1, which straps, when drawn
tight by the arms moving forwards towards the flake B, as in No. 1, strikes
the blows upon the cotton. N, N, two catches or hooks, which are drawn by
the springs 1, 7, that fall into square holes made for the purpose into iron hoops
on the ends of the rollers L, L, to to prevent the sticks from rising after the
blow is struck, before the sticks are clearly drawn out of the, cotton by the
return of the arms. O, O, iron slides fastened by screws to one side of the
ends of the rails K, K, with studs fixed thereto, on which the bottom part of
the catches move, which studs, when placed at a proper distance from the
swivle pins, draws down the catches gradually as the arms move backwards, and
prevents the sticks from rising, which they would naturally do, notwithstanding
the catches, owing to the circular motions of the arms. P, a long spring with

page_text: a small leather strap fastened to the top part of the roller L, on the top of the
arm which throws back the stick on to a bolster put on the upper cross frame,
as at f in No. 1. Qa sneck or catch, fastened on the end of the upper
rail K, which frees the catch g from the roller when the arm returns to the
back cross frame as at L, No. 3. R, R, two sticks which strike upon the cotton
at the same time as do all the rest in their turns, as the cranks move round.
a small screen in the bottom of the sneck or catch Q, which binds on
the top of the slide O, to be altered as may be necessary to keep such slide in
its proper place. X, X, two screws moveable in two nuts fixed in the ends of
the cross frames on each side of the flake B, as in No. 2, by means of which
the cords of the flake may be straightened or slackened as may be necessary.
S, a pulley fixed upon the end of the axle of the cranks at h, in No. 2, by
which the whole of the machine is moved.
W,
In witness whereof, I, the said Anthony Bowden, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Twenty-first day of July, in the forty-first year of
the reign of His said most Excellent Majesty George the Third, by the
Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
King, Defender of the Faith, and in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and one.
Inrolled the Twenty-fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and one.