IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING OR TWISTING WOOL, MOHAIR, ALPACA, COTTON, SILK, FLAX, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jabez Bunting Farrar and Joshua Farrar, of
Halifax, in the County of York, Machine Makers, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING OR
TWISTING WOOL, MOHAIR, ALPACA, COTTON, SILK, FLAX, OR OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 7th December 1860, and dated the 12th June 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jabez Bunting Farrar
and Joshua Farrar at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 12th June 1860.
We, JABEZ BUNTING FARRAR and JOSHUA FARRAR, of Halifax, in the
County of York, Machine Makers, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SPINNING AND
DOUBLING OR TWISTING WOOL, MOHAIR, ALPACA, COTTON, SILK, FLAX, OR OTHER
FIBROUS SUBSTANCEB," to be as follows:-
In these our said improvements we dispense with the rotating spindles and
flyers, and also the caps which are now employed in machinery for spinning
and doubling or twisting fibrous substances, and we substitute in lieu thereof
rotating cups or cylinders with guide eyes therein for conducting the fibrous
substances or yarn to the bobbins, which are placed on tubes within the said
cups upon spindles, which do not rotate, but are fixed in lifting bars, and are
raised and lowered thereby to give the usual traverse motion of the yarn in
winding it on the bobbins. The cups or cylinders are made to fit loosely or
free to move on the said spindles, and are caused to rotate thereon by means
of whirls or pullies cast or fixed thereto, and rest upon or are supported
by the ordinary spindle rails. The tubes also fit loosely on the spindles, but
have flanges at the lower ends, which rest upon collars fast on the spindles to
produce the friction or drag, which may be increased or diminished by varying
the widths of the said flanges, or introducing a cloth washer betwixt.

page_text: By means of these improvements we obtain a facility in doffing, an increase
of speed, and a better drag on the bobbins, and consequently can produce a
greater quantity and better quality of yarn.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Jabez Bunting Farrar and Joshua Farrar in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 11th December 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JABEZ
BUNTING FARRAR and JOSHUA FARRAK, of Halifax, in the County of York,
Machine Makers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Jabez Bunting Farrar and Joshua Farrar, Her special license that we,
the said Jabez Bunting Farrar and Joshua Farrar, our executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Jabez Bunting Farrar and
Joshua Farrar, our 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 SPINNING AND DOUBLING OR TWISTING WOOL, MOHAIR, ALPACA,
COTTON, SILK, FLAX, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Jabez Bunting Farrar and Joshua Farrar, by an
instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of
one of us, 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 Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Jabez Bunting Farrar and Joshua Farrar,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say):-
In these our said improvements we dispense with the rotating spindles and
flyers, and also the caps which are now employed in machinery for spinning
and doubling or twisting fibrous substances, and we substitute in licu thereof
rotating cups or cylinders with guide eyes therein for conducting the fibrous

page_text: substances of yarn or twist to the bobbins, which are placed on tubes within
the said cups or cylinders upon spindles, which do not rotate, but are
fixed in the lifting bars, and are raised and lowered thereby to give the usual
traverse motion of the yarn or twist in winding it on the bobbins. The cups
or cylinders are made to fit loosely or free to move on the said spindles, and
are caused to rotate by means of "wharves" or pullies cast or fixed thereto,
and rest upon or are supported by the ordinary spindle rails. The tubes also
fit loosely on the spindles, but have flanges at the lower ends, which rest upon
collars fast on the spindles to produce the required friction or drag, which may
be increased or diminished by varying the widths of the said flanges, or by
introducing a cloth or other washer betwixt.
This Invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings and the letters thereon.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a spinning, doubling, or twisting
frame, illustrating two of our improved cups or apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a
vertical section of one of the same, taken through the line A, B, in Fig. 1.
C is the rotating cup or cylinder with guide eyes c for conducting the yarn or
twist to the bobbins D, which is placed on a tube E resting upon a collar f
on the spindle F, which spindle is fixed in the lifting bar G by a set screw g.
H and are the ordinary spindle rails, and J is a rod or slide bar attached
thereto, upon which a socket K fixed to the lifting bar may slide; on which
socket is a bracket or arm k, connected by the screw L to the ordinary traverse
motion thereby operating the said lifting bar, causing the whole line of spindles
with the bobbins to be raised and lowered, or traversed within the cups or
cylinders; M is a wharve or pulley fixed or cast on each of the cups or
cylinders by which they are turned or caused to rotate, being supported by the
rail H, attached to which is a fixing N, in which are hinged or hung two
levers O and P, the former being formed, so as to clip or grip on the wharve M,
when operated by pressing with the knee of the attendant on the lever P,
whereby the rotation of the cup or cylinder may be stopped.
It will be observed that in these our said improvements the spindles do not
rotate, neither do the bobbins except to accommodate the tension of the yarn or
twist as it is wound thereon by the rotation of the cups or cylinders. And the
drag thereon may be regulated by varying the breadth of the flange of the
tube and the collar of the spindle, or by introducing a washer betwixt them
of cloth or other suitable material. The bobbins may also be placed on the
spindles without the tubes, the flanges of the bobbins resting on the collars
of the spindles, but we prefer to use the tubes by which we obtain a better
drag, and prevent wear of the bobbins.

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By these improvements we obtain more facility in doffing, an increase of
speed, and a better drag on
drag on the bobbins; consequently we can produce
a greater quantity and a better quality of yarn or twist than heretofore..
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, we would have it distinctly understood that
we do not confine ourselves to the precise details of construction, combi-
nation, or arrangement of the parts or apparatus as herein set forth, but what
we claim as of our Invention, and which we believe to be new within the
realm is,
Firstly, the construction, application, and use of rotating cups or cylinders
for spinning and doubling or twisting fibrous substances, substantially as
herein described.
Secondly, the construction, application, and use of spindles which do
not rotate, but which are fixed in the lifting bars, and are raised and
lowered, thereby to produce the usual traverse motion of the yarn or twist, as
herein explained.
Thirdly, the employment of tubes or bushes, for placing betwixt the bobbins
and the spindles for purposes as herein described.
Fourthly, the construction, combination, and general arrangement of the
several parts or apparatus, including the use and application of the levers O
and P, herein referred to in connection with the above for carrying the same
into practice, substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Jabez Bunting Farrar and Joshua
Farrar, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Eighth day
of December, in the year of our Lord Oue thousand eight hundred
and sixty.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Jabez Bunting Farrar
and Joshua Farrar, in the presence of
W. TASKER, Patent Agent,
Halifax
JABEZ B. FARRAR. (L.S.)
JOSHUA FARRAR.
(L.S.)