IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ENGINE PACKING, INSULATED TELEGRAPH WIRES, AND OTHER SIMILAR MANUFACTURES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Frederick James, of Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ENGINE PACKING,
INSULATED TELEGRAPH WIRES, AND OTHER SIMILAR MANUFACTURES."
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Frederick James at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st March 1880.
IMPROVE-
GEORGE FREDERICK JAMES, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster.
MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE
OF ENGINE PACKING, INSULATED TELEGRAPH WIRES, AND OTHER SIMILAR
MANUFACTURES."
This Invention has for its object both the lapping and braiding or plaiting of any
desired number of threads or strands or scries of laps or braidings round any
desired central core in one and the same machine, aud consists in so arranging the
lapping spindles and the braiding spindles in the same framework, and by preference
to revolve round the same axis, that the core, say, after being lapped, is then taken
through one or more series of braiding spindles, which braid a corresponding
number or coatings of braid upon such lapped material.
This arrangement of mechanism being useful in the manufacture of engine
packing, in insulating telegraph wires, and for other analogous purposes. This
Invention further relates to improvements in the hopper or funnel hitherto
employed in the manufacture of engine packing, in which china clay or other
lubricating powder or liquid is introduced in the course of manufacture, and forms
either a core or coating of the same; also in the manufacture of insulated telegraph
wires and fuses, and other similar manufactures, and consists in applying an outer
casing to such hopper or funnel, through which steam, hot water, or other heating
medium may be circulated, and so keep the contents of the hopper or funnel in a
heated and, if required, also liquid state. And in order to agitate such contents
mechanically instead of by hand, as beretofore, I employ a series of knives or
stirrers mounted upon a toothed or worm wheel to which revolving motion is
imparted, such knives or stirrers dipping into the hopper or funnel, and by
revolving therein so keeping up the regular agitation of the contents.
employ an improved arrangement of apparatus for drawing off the finished work
from the above mentioned machinery, and which consists of a recl or cylinder, to
which revolving motion is imparted by a strap or its equivalent from any part of
the said machinery, and upon which reel or cylinder the work is so wound.
I also

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and of
an Order of the Lord Chancellor, filed by the said George Frederick James in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th October 1880.
GEORGE FREDERICK JAMES, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE
_OF ENGINE PACKING, INSULATED TELEGRAPH WIRES, AND OTHER SIMILAR
MANUFACTURES."
This Invention has for its object both the lapping and braiding-or-plaiting. of
any desired number of threads or strands or series of laps or braidings round any
desired central core in one and the same machine, and consists in so arranging the
lapping spindles and the braiding spindles in the same framework, and by preference
to revolve round the same axis, that the core, say, after being lapped, is then taken
through one or more series of braiding spindles, which braid a corresponding
number or coatings of braid upon such lapped material, this arrangement of
mechanism being useful in the manufacture of engine packing, in insulating tele-
graph wires, and for other analogous purposes. This Invention further relates to
improvements in the hopper or funnel hitherto employed in the manufacture of
engine packing, in which china clay or other lubricating powder or liquid is intro-
duced in the course of manufacture, and forms cither a core or coating of the same;
also in the manufacture of insulated telegraph wires and fuses, and other similar
manufactures, and consists in applying an outer casing to such hopper or funnel,
through which steam, hot water, or other heating medium may be circulated, and
so keep the contents of the hopper or funnel in a heated and, if required, liquid
state. And in order to agitate such contents mechanically instead of by hand, as
heretofore, employ a series of knives or stirrers mounted upon a toothed or worm
wheel to which revolving motion is imparted, such knives or stirrers dipping into
the hopper or funnel, and by revolving therein so keeping up the regular agitation
of the contents. I also employ an improved arrangement of apparatus for drawing
off the finished work from the above mentioned machinery, and which consists of a
reel or cylinder, to which revolving motion is imparted by a strap or its equivalent
from any part of the said machinery, and upon which reel or cylinder the work is
so wound. On the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 represents a front view (partially
in section) of a sufficient portion of a combined lapping and braiding machine to
illustrate one part of my Invention, and Fig. 2 represents on a smaller scale a side
view of a similar machine having the other part of my improvements applied
thereto. In Fig. 1, A is a lapping spindle consisting of a bobbin B and flyer C, both
arranged to revolve round the central hollow spindle D by a band passing round
the wharve E. Through this hollow spindle the central core F surrounded by a
series of yarns G pass, and in doing so are lapped together by the material carried
upon the bobbin, which is drawn off by the action of the flyer in the ordinary
manner. This lapped material then passes down through the hollow spindle R,
which is by preference concentric with the first mentioned hollow spindle D, and in
doing so is subjected in the same machine to the braiding action of one or moro
braiding spindles S, which braid a corresponding number of coatings of braiding
material upon such lapped material, and, if required, additional yarns or threads of
fibrous or other material T may be introduced between the lapping and braiding
operation, such yarns or threads passing through the guide piece U, and being so
guided into position. It will be readily apparent that two or more lapping spindles
may be employed, by preference one over the other, and either revolving in the
same or alternate direction, in which case a corresponding number of different
lappings could be applied to the same central core, and also that two or more series
of braiding spindles may be similarly applied. H represents my improved hopper
or funnel provided, as illustrated, with an outer casing I, through which steam, hot

page_text: water, or other heating medium may be circulated, and thus keep the contents of
the hopper or funnel in a heated and, if required, also liquid state. J, J, aro the
knives or stirrers mounted upon a toothed or worm wheel K, to which revolving
motion is imparted by the worm L, and thus I stir and keep up the regular
agitation of the contents of the funnel or hopper H. The finished work V, seo
Fig. 2, is in accordance with this Invention received upon the creel or cylinder M,
to which revolving motion is imparted by a strap M or its equivalent for any
suitable part of the machine, such finished work meanwhile having passed in the
direction of the arrows round the pulleys N and O, and over the cylinders P and Q.
Although I have only described a single series of lapping and braiding spindles in
one machine, it will be readily understood that several of such combined series
could be mounted in the same framo in accordanco with my Invention.
Having thus particularly described the nature of this my 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 do not confine myself
to the precise details, relative proportions, or dimensions herein before described and
illustrated on tho accompanying Drawings, as the same may be considerably varied
without departing from the Invention, but what I claim is,—
1st. Combining lapping and braiding spindles in one and the same machine,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbeforo described and illustrated on the
accompanying Drawings.
2nd. The improved arrangement and construction of the hopper or funnel and
mechanism for stirring and agitating the contents of the same, substantially as
and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying
Drawings. 3rd. The improved drawing off mechanism, substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Frederick James, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this 6th day of October, in the year of our Lord
1880.
G. F. JAMES. (L.S.)