IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING YARNS."
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Bullough, of Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Mechanic, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING YARNS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Bullough at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his .Petition, on the
2nd January 1856.
I, WILLIAM BULLOUGH, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING YARNS" to be as follows:-
Instead of the combs now in general use, which are driven by wheels and
pinions, I dispense with them altogether, and drive what is technically called
the nine-inch roller by friction pullies or surfaces, with thumb screws to
regulate the necessary pressure, by which plan I make the said roller a
perfect delivery roller, because it delivers the yarn only as it is required;
whereas on the present plan it cannot deliver regularly and truly, because it
can only deliver as the yarn is given to it, which may vary ad infinitum. It
is also evident that by this plan 1 dispense with the wheels and pinions which
drive the combs, and by obtaining the necessary motion by friction I have a
more steady delivery. Or, instead of the said friction pullies or surfaces, I.
can obtain similar advantages by changing the first pinion or driver according

page_text: to the power and speed required. I also fix, either on the same side of the
mill or on the opposite side (but the latter in preference), other friction pullies
driven from the first driver, and connected by straps or other convenient
means, to regulate the delivery and cause the necessary and constant tension
of the yarn.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Bullough in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
1st July 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BULLOUGH, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Royal
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs, and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Bullough, Her special licence that I, the said William Bul-
lough, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
William Bullough, my executors, administrators, 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
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING YARNS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Bullough, by an instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, 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 Royal
Letters Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Bullough, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):-
My Invention consists of dispensing with the cones driven by wheels and
pinions now in general use, and instead of that plan I drive what is technically
called the "nine-inch roller" by friction pullies, or surfaces, with thumb screws

page_text: oregulate the necessary pressure, by which I make the said roller a perfect
lelivery roller, because it delivers the yarn only as it is required; whereas on
he present plan it cannot deliver regularly and truly, because it can only
leliver as the yarn is given to it, which may vary ad infinitum. It is also
evident that by this my improved plan I dispense with the wheels and pinions
which are used to drive the cones, and by obtaining the necessary motion by
friction I have a more steady delivery. Or, instead of the said friction pullies
or surfaces, I can obtain similar advantages by changing the first pinion or
driver according to the power and speed required. I also fix, either on the
same side of the mill or on the opposite side (but the latter in preference),
other friction pullies driven from the first driver, and connected by straps or
other convenient means, to regulate the delivery and cause the necessary and
constant tension of the yarn.
These improvements will be clearly understood by reference to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings, with the figures and letters of reference thereon,
in which the same letters refer to similar parts in the different Figures.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a sizing machine with the friction pullies
attached; Fig. 2 is a plan of the pullies; Fig. 3 a front, and Fig. 4 and end,
view of the friction plate, drawn to an enlarged scale. a represents the first
driver or driving shaft of the machine, on which is fixed the small pulley b,
which gives motion to the friction pulley c by means of tho strap d, the pulley
c giving motion to the nine-inch roller e. The friction is regulated by the
thumb screws f, and determines the speed of the yarn passing through the
machine. On the driving shaft a is another pulley g, which drives, by means
of the strap h, another friction pulley i on the yarn beam k; the pressure of
the thumb screws / regulates the friction, thereby giving the yarn any desired
tension. The nine-inch rollere may be placed upon either of the steam
cylinders, as shewn at n, having a friction pulley driven from the driving shaft
similar to that before described, but employing a longer strap. Other modes
of obtaining friction may be employed, such as exerting pressure either upon
the periphery of the pulley or the strap that drives it. I also modify the
arrangement when desired by placing the nine-inch roller near the driving
shaft, and employing toothed gearing and friction for regulating the speed; or
I obtain the same result by using change wheels. In the Drawing the
ordinary side shaft is not shewn, as its use may be dispensed with or not, as
required. The application of these improvements prevent to a great extent
the breaking of the yarn, for the yarn beam has merely to wind on what the
nine-inch roller delivers off. The operations can be readily adjusted, and aro
free from the sudden jerks or checks common to the sizing machines hereto-

page_text: fore employed. The dispensing with the cone drums simplifies and lessens
the number of the working parts, thereby causing an economy.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of my said Invention,
and the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I desire it to be
distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the exact details herein
set forth, as such may be varied or modified without departing from the
principle thereof; but I claim,-
Firstly, the substitution of friction for driving the nine-inch roller instead
of the cono drums.
And, secondly, the employment of friction for driving the yarn beam in
connection with the plan of driving the nine-inch roller, as aforesaid, and as
herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Bullough, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six.
WILLIAM BULLOUGH. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-named
William Bullough, in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.

page_text: En the Matter of Letters Patent granted to WILLIAM BULLOUGH, of
Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING YARNS,"
bearing date the 2nd day of January 1856, No. 9, which Letters
Patent and all interest therein have been duly assigned to, and are
now vested in Joseph Harrison, of Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Esquire, and William Harrison, John Harrison, and
Henry Harrison, all of Blackburn aforesaid, Machinists.
DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATION proposed to be
entered by the said Joseph Harrison, William Harrison, John Harrison,
and Henry Harrison, as such Assignees as aforesaid, pursuant to the
Statutes in that case made and provided.
WHEREAS by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Second day of
anuary, in the 19th year of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria,
Her said Majesty did grant unto the said William Bullough, his executors,
dministrators, and assigns, the sole use, benefit, and advantage of his Inven-
ion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OF APPARATUS FOR SIZING YARNS:" And
hereas the said Letters Patent were assigned to your Petitioners or or about
he 17th day of October 1862, and by Indenture duly recorded in the Office
f Her Majesty's Commissioners of Patents for Inventions on the 24th day of
Price 8d.1

page_text: October 1802, to havo, hold,exercise,and enjoy the same unto and by your Peti-
tionors, their executors, administrators,and assigns, withinthe United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, for the
termoffourteenyears: And-whereas the said William-Bullough-left-at-the Office
of-Her Majesty's Commissioners of Patents-for-Invention,-a-statement-in-writing
ealled-the-Provisional Specification, signed by or on behalf of the said-William
Bullough, describing-the-nature-of-the-said Invention: And whereas since the
date of the said Letters Patent, and of the filing of the Provisional-and-Complete
Specification, your Petitioners have discovered that partof thesaid Inventionas
described in the Provisional and Complete Specifications, is of no use, benefit,
or advantage to the public, and-that-certain-elerical-errors-have-occurred-in-the
printing. Wherefore your Petitioners are desirous in pursuance of the Statute
in such case made and provided, to enter a Disclaimer and Memorandum of
Alteration of certain portions of the said Provisional and Complete Specification.
That the said Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alteration which your
J'etitioners are so desirous to enter as aforesaid, is not such Disclaimer and
Alteration as will extend the exclusive right granted by the said Letters Patent,
and-that-your--Petitioners-are-desirous-of-entering-nt--the--Office-of-the-Com-
Bald
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missioners of l'atents-for-Inventions, such-Disclaimer-and-Memorandum-of-Altera-
tion,-as-herein-before--mentioned, (that is to say): your Petitioners-are desirens-of
altering the word "combs," which-securs-at-page-1-In-line--of the--Provisional
Specification--and substituting the word "cones"-your--Petitioners--are--also
desirous of omitting or disclaiming the words "which-are-driven-by-wheels-and
pinions, and the-words-dispense-with-them-altogether," which-occur in-lines
and-&-and-the-words, "by this plan I dispense with the wheels and pinions-which
drive-the-combe,-and-by " which-ocenr-in-lines 11-and 15,-and-the words "or
instead-of-the-said friction pullies or surfaces I can obtain similar-advantages-by
changing-the-first-pinion-or-driver, according-to-the-power-and-space-required," see
page 1 of the Provisional Specification, lines 16 and 17, and page 2, line your
and do hereby omit and disclaim
Petitioners are also desirous of omitting or disclaiming, the words "driven by
printed copies of the said Specification printed by the Printers to Her Majesty, and published at the Great Seal Patent Office,
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wheels and pinions," which occur at page 2 of the Complete-Specification,
lines 34 and 35, and the words "this my improved plan I dispense with the
wheels and pinions which are used to drive the cones, and by," see lines 5
and 6 of page 3, and the words "or instead of the said friction-pullies or
surfaces I can obtain similar advantages by changing the first pinion or driver,
according to the power and speed required," see page 3, lines 7, 8, and 9, and
the words "or I obtain the same result by using change wheels, see page 3,

page_text: And in order that the effect of the Disclaimer and Memorandum of
Alteration may be better understood; we annex a copy of the Provisional and
the following is a copy of the Specification as it
Complete--Specifications, as--they, will appear when the said Disclaimer and
Memorandum of Alteration have been made as aforesaid.
5 NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Bullough,-in-the--County of
Lanencter, Meehanie, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Im-
provements-in-Machinery-or-Apparatus for Siving Varne,"-to-be as follows
Instend-of-the-eones-now-in-general-use, I-drive-what-is-technically-called the
nine--inch-roller by friction-pullies-or-surfaces-with-thumb-serews-to-regulate the
necessary-pressure, by which plan I-make-the-said roller-a-perfect-delivery-Fuller;
because-it-delivers-the-yarn-only as it is required, whereas on the present plan-it
cannot-deliver-regularly and truly, because it can only deliver-as-the yarn-is given
to it, which may vary ad infinitum. It is also evident, that by obtaining the
necessary motion by-friction, I have-a-more-steady-delivery. I also fix, either-on
the-same-side-of-the-mill-or on the opposite-side-(but the latter in-preference) other
friction-pullies-driven from the first-driver, and-connected by straps or other con-
venient-means-to-regulate-the-delivery-and-cause the necessary and constant tension
of-the-yarm
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BULLOUGH; of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic, send
greeting.
i
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Royal
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of January, in the year of our.
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, tho
said William Bullough, Her special licence that I, the said William Bullough,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
William Bullough, my executors, administrators, 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
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING YARNS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Bullough, by an instrument in writing.
under my hand and seal,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 Royal Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW. YE, that I, the said William Bullough, 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 tho fol-
lowing statement (that is to say):
My invention consists of dispensing with the cones now in general use, and
instead of that plan 1 drive what is technically called the "nino-inch roller,"
by friction pullies or surfaces with thumbscrews to regulate the necessary
pressure, by which I make the said roller a perfect delivery roller, because it
delivers the yarn only as it is required; whereas on the present plan it cannot
deliver regularly and truly, because it can only deliver as the yarn is given to
it, which may vary ad infinitum. It is also evident, that by obtaining the
necessary motion by friction, I have a more steady delivery. I also fix, either
on the same side of the mill or on the opposite side(but the latter in preference)
other friction pullies, driven from the first driver, and connected by straps or
other convenient means to regulate the delivery and cause the necessary and
constant tension of the yarn.
These improvements will be clearly understood by reference to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings with the figures and letters of reference
thereon, in which the same letters refer to similar parts in the different
Figures.
C
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a sizing machine with the friction pullies
attached; Fig. 2 is a plan of the pullies; Fig. 3 a front, and Fig. 4 an end
view of the friction plate drawn.to an enlarged scale. a represents the first
driver or driving shaft of the machine, on which is fixed the small pulley b,
which gives motion to the friction pulley c by means of the strap d, the
pulley c giving motion to the nine-inch roller e. The friction is regulated
by the thumbscrews f, and determines the speed of the yarn passing through
the machine. On the driving shaft a is another pulley g, which drives by
means of the strap h another friction pulley i on the yarn beam ; the
pressure of the thumbscrews/regulates the friction, thereby giving the yarn
any desired tension. The nine-inch roller e may be placed upon either of the
steam cylinders, as shewn atn,having a friction pulley driven from the driving
shaft, similar to that before described, but employing a longer strap. Other
modes of obtaining friction may be employed, such as exerting pressure, either
upon the periphery of the pulley or the strap that drives it. I also modify the
arrangement when desired, by placing the nine-inch roller near the driving
shaft, and employing toothed gearing and friction for regulating the speed.
In the Drawing, the ordinary side shaft is not shewn, as its use may be dis-
pensed with or not, as required. The application of these improvements prevent

page_text: to a great extent the breaking of the yarn, for the yarn beam has merely to
wind on what the nine inch roller delivers off. The operations can be readily
adjusted, and are free from the sudden jerks or checks common to the sizing
machines heretofore employed.
The dispensing with the cone drums simplifies and lessens the number of
the working parts, thereby causing an economy.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of my said Invention,
and the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I desire it to be
distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the exact details herein
set forth, as such may be varied or modified without departing from the
principle thereof; but I claim,-
Firstly, the substitution of friction for driving the nine-inch roller instead
of the cone drums.
And, secondly, the employment of friction for driving the yarn beam in
connection with the plan of driving the nine-inch roller, as aforesaid, and as
herein described and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings."
In witness whereof, we, the said Joseph Harrison, William Harrison,
John Harrison, and Henry Harrison, have hereunto set our hands
and seals, this Seventeenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.