IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING AND REELING COTTON, SILK, WORSTED, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Leatham Bright, of One Ash, Cotton Spinner,
George Ingham, of Binns Nook, Throstle Overlooker, and Jacob Fielding, of
Mizzy Buildings, Whitworth Road, Mechanic, all of Rochdale, in the County
of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING AND REELING
COTTON, SILK, WORSTED, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
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ealed the 29th June 1877, and dated the 1st January 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Leatham Bright,
George Ingham, and Jacob Fielding at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents on the 1st January 1877.
WILLIAM LEATHAM BRIGHT, of One Asb, Cotton Spinner, GEORGE INGHAM, of
Binns Nook, Throstle Overlooker, and JACOB FIELDING, of Mizzy Buildings,
Whitworth Road, Mechanic, all of Rochdale, in the. County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING AND REELING COTTON, SILK, WORSTED, OR OTHER
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
The object of this Invention is to supersede the use of spindles in machinery for
winding and reeling cotton, silk, worsted, or other fibrous substances, to obtain
increased speed of working with decrease of cost in the manufacture of the frames,
and great saving of oil or other lubricating agent. For this purpose we fit to an
ordinary winding frame or reel longitudinally a horizontal rail of wood or other
suitable material, to which are fixed the single halves of hinges, levers, or springs,
the other halves hanging and working freely in the fixed portions; to the lower.
or free portions of the hinges, levers, or springs are attached taper .pegs for.
carrying the cops or bobbins, which by means of the hinges, levers, or springs can
be moved from the oblique working position to a vertical position, and vice versa,.
as may be necessary, when it is requisite to fix or detach the cops or bobbins for
working purposes.
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When in the oblique working position the points of the bobbins farthest
removed from the wood rail bear or press on hollow recesses in a bar of metal or
other material, the said bearing or pressure being insured by means of weights
hung on the lower and free halves of the hinges, or by means of levers or springs;
thus tending to. bring the bobbins to a horizontal position, and would do so were
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page_text: it not that the bar of metal or other material referred to resists the pressure and
keeps the bobbins in an inclined position.
The yarn from the cops or bobbins passes under the tapered ends or points of
the same through the guide wire and receives a check, thereby preventing the yarn
from snarling upon the bobbin or swift; and the yarn in passing from the cop or
bobbin is cleaned from fluss and neps, thus producing a cleaner yarn.
The cops or bobbins fit loosely on the taper pegs, but do not revolve thereon, the
yarn being pulled therefrom by the action of the winding frame or reel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Leatham Bright, George Ingham, and Jacob Fielding in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 30th June 1877.
WILLIAM LEATHAM BRIGHT, of One Ash, Cotton Spinner; GEORGE INGHAM, of
Binns Nook, Throstle Overlooker, JACOB FIELDING, of Mizzy Buildings, Whitworth
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
Road, Mechanic, all of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster.
WINDING AND REELING COTTON, SILK, WORSTED, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
The object of this Invention is to supersede the use of spindles in machinery for
winding and reeling cotton, silk, worsted, or other fibrous substances, to obtain
increased speed of working with decrease of cost in the manufacture of the frames,
and great saving of oil or other lubricating agent. For this purpose we fit to an
ordinary winding frame or reel longitudinally a horizontal rail of wood or other
suitable material, to which are fixed the single halves of hinges, levers, or springs,
the other halves hanging and working freely in the fixed portions; to the lower
or free portions of the hinges, levers, or springs are attached taper pegs for carrying
the cops or bobbins, which by means of the hinges, levers, or springs can be moved
from the oblique working position to a vertical position, and vice versa, as may be
necessary when it is desired to fix or detach the cops or bobbins for working
purposes.
When in the oblique working position the points of the bobbins farthest removed
from the wood rail bear or press on hollow recesses in a bar of metal or other
material, the said bearing or pressure being insured by means of weights hung on
the lower and free halves of the hinges, or by means of levers or springs, thus
tending to bring the bobbins to a horizontal position, and would do so were it not
that the bar of metal or other material referred to resists the pressure and keeps
the bobbins in an inclined position.
The yarn from the cops or bobbins passes under the tapered ends or points of
the same through the guide wire and receives a check, thereby preventing the yarn
from snarling upon the bobbin or swift; and the yarn in passing from the cop
or bobbin is cleaned from fluss and neps, thus producing a cleaner yarn.
The cops or bobbins fit loosely on the taper pegs but do not revolve thereon, the
yarn being pulled therefrom by the action of the winding frame or reel.
In order that the nature of our said Invention may be better understood we
have annexed hereto a Sheet of Drawings with corresponding figures and letters of
reference.
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of our Invention; Fig. 2, a plan view; and
Fig. 3, a side elevation of the same.
A represents the horizontal rail; B, the hinges; C, the cops or bobbins; D, the
bar of metal on which the points of the bobbins rest, the said bar being fixed to
the wood bearer H; E, the bobbins with yarns thereon; F, the guide wire through
which the yarn passes from the bobbins; G, the weights hung on the lower halves
of the hinges B; K, the bobbins or swifts, with yarn on same; L shows the bobbins
without.yarn.
Having now fully described the nature and object of our said Invention, together

page_text: with the manner in which the same is to be performed or carried into practical
effect, we would remark in conclusion that we claim as our Invention, and desire
to be secured to us by the herein in part recited Letters Patent, the above described
improvements in winding and reeling cotton, silk, worsted, or other fibrous sub-
stances, and the apparatus or means, substantially as above described and illus-
trated in the accompanying Drawings for carrying the same into practical effect,
or any equivalent modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Leatham Bright, on behalf of
myself and the said George Ingham and Jacob Fielding, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
WILLIAM LEATHAM BRIGHT. (L.S.)