CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR ROVING, SLUBBING, OR SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Mills, of Manchester, in the County of Lan-
caster, Machinist, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR ROVING, SLUBBING, OR SPINNING COTTON AND
OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS."
Sealed the 1st April 1859, and dated the 5th October 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Mills at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th October
1858.
I, JAMES MILLS, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machinist, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR ROVING, SLUBBING, OR SPINNING COTTON AND
OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention applies to that description of machines, which in the cotton
or other such manufacture are called "roving frames" and "slubbing frames,'
which machines are sometimes called "spinning frames," and consists in a
novel arrangement and construction of the "bush" or support, in which the
spindles revolve. The improvement being effected (as shown in the sectional
diagram annexed) by steadying the spindle a from the outside of the bush 6 by
attaching the "bobbin braid" c to an inner revolving bush d, either by the
screws at the top or otherwise, leaving sufficient space between the outer and
inner bush to prevent any friction of contact.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Mills in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th
April 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
MILLS, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said James Mills, Her special license that I, the said James Mills,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James
Mills, 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR ROVING, SLUBBING, OR SPINNING COTTON AND
OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," upon the condition, amongst others, that I, the said
James Mills, 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 Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Mills, do hereby declare the
nature of my 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 and accompanying Drawings (that is to say) :-
My Invention applies to that description of machinery which in the cotton
or other such manufacture are called "roving frames" and "slubbing frames,"
which machines (which when used for flax) are sometimes called "spinning
frames," and consists in a novel arrangement and construction of the "bush"
or support in which the spindles revolve, the improvement being effected by
steadying the spindle from the outside of the bush by attaching the "bobbin
braid to an inner revolving bush either by screws at the top or otherwise,
leaving sufficient space between the outer and inner bush to prevent any
friction of contact. The Invention will be more clearly understood upon
reference to the Sheet of Drawings attached. Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional
view of that part of a spindle which is supported by the bush, and Fig. 2 is a

page_text: slight modification of the Invention in which the "bobbin" braid and internal
bush are solid or in one piece, bored or cut out to admit the outer bush;
Fig. 3 is a vertical section shewing another slight modification of the Invention,
being the most simple construction wherein the "bobbin braid " is formed
solid, and elongated in the form of a tube, in which instance the spindle is
supported from the inside and not the outside of the bush. In Fig. 1, a, a,
is the spindle which is supported and steadied from the outer bush 6 by
attaching the "bobbin braid" c to an inner revolving bush d, by any suitable
means, that is, the inner "bush" may be forced into the bobbin braid, as
shewn in Fig. 1, or the bobbin braid may be cast with the elongated tube as
shewn in Fig. 3, or bored or recessed for the admission of the outer bush
as in Fig. 2, by which means the necessity of screws or other fastenings is
dispensed with, a small space or division being made between the outer and
inner bush to ensure free revolution without friction. In Figs. 2 and 3 the
"bobbin braid "is shewn solid, and forming part of the inner bush d, by
which means the boring out of the "braid " for the admission of the outer
bush b (as seen in Fig. 1) is dispensed with.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
best methods with which I am acquainted for carrying the same into practical
effect, I wish it to be distinctly understood that I claim supporting and
steadying the spindles of roving, slubbing, or spinning frames by means of the
novel arrangement and construction of "bush" and bobbin braid" or support
herein-before described and set forth and fully illustrated in the Drawings
attached, with reference to Fig. 1, and also the slight modifications of the
arrangements of the same as shewn in Figs. 2 and 3 in the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Mills, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Second day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
JAMES MILLS. (L.S.)