CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPA- RATUS FOR SPINNING OR TWISTING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1846

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BAYLEY, of Heaton Norris, near Stockport, in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanic, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the First day of August, in the tenth year of Her reign, and in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, did, for Herself,
Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said John Bayley, Her
especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said John
Bayley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, and such others as I, the
said John Bayley, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during
the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England and Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPA-
RATUS FOR SPINNING OR TWISTING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES;" in
which Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said John Bayley,
shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same, reference being hereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Bayley, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and

page_text: 'the manner in which the same is to be performed, is particularly described
and ascertained in and by the Drawings hereto annexed, and the following
explanation thereof (that is to say) :-
My Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Spinning or Twisting
Cotton and other Fibrous Substances, apply solely to the "spindle and flyer"
employed in the well-known spinning machine called the "throstle." I have
shewn in the margin of these Presents a full-sized elevation of my improved
spindle and flyer, which completely illustrates my Invention.
a, a*, is the spindle; b, 6*, the bobbin; and c, c*, the flyer. It will be seen
that my Invention consists in forming the spindle of different diameters, as
shewn in the Drawing, and decreasing in size and weight as it approaches the
top. It will be observed that the spindle is turned of 'a smaller diameter from
the point marked a* to the top, and also that the bobbin is bored of a smaller
diameter at the part marked 6*. Thus the bobbin will slide upon two bushes
of different diameters, "consequently there will be much less friction whilst
running than in the ordinary mode; as the spindle is lighter towards 'the
top, it will run at high velocities much more steady and true..
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and;,exhibited
distinctly in the Drawing the manner of carrying the same into practical effect,
I desire it to be understood that I claim the peculiar formation, of the spindle
as shewn in the Drawing in the margin of these Presents, in combination with
the bobbin,, as described, and; herein-before, set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Bayley, have: hereunto+ set my hand
and seal, this Thirtieth day of January, One thousand eight hundred
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