CERTAIN IM- PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING, CLEANING, DOUBLING, TWISTING, AND SPINNING SILK. COTTON. WOOL, FLAX. HEMP. AND OTHER FILAMENTOUS MATERIALS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Baptiste Maniquet, Manufacturer, of
Paris, in the French Empire, for the Invention of " CERTAIN IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING, CLEANING,
DOUBLING, TWISTING, AND SPINNING SILK. COTTON. WOOL, FLAX.
HEMP. AND OTHER FILAMENTOUS MATERIALS,"
Sealed the 19th August 1853, and dated the 14th April 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean Baptiste
Maniquet at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 14th April 1853.
1, JEAN BAPTISTE MANIQUET, Manufacturer, of Paris, in the French
Empire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING.
CLEANING. DOUBLING, TWISTING, AND SPANIING SILK, COTTON, WOOL, FLAX,
HEMP, AND OTHER FILAMENTOUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:--
This Invention consists of causing the reels from which silk or yarn
is wound on to bobbins to have motion given to them as well as to the
bobbins, in place of giving motion only to the bobbins, the, motion of
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page_text: the bobbins being somewhat more than that of the reels. The spindles
which carry bobbins revolve in cups or vessels containing oil or lubri-
cating fluid. In doubling silk or yarn the same is caused, in passing
off the bobbins, to pass between nipping surfaces revolving with the
spindle and yarns; in passing to the bobbin on to which the same are
to be received when doubled, pass also between nipping surfaces re-
volving with the spindles.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jean Baptiste Maniquet, in the Great Seal
Patent Office, on the 14th October 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I
JEAN BAPTISTE MANIQUET..(Manufacturer,) of Paris, in the French
Empire, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the six-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Jean Baptiste Maniquet, Her special
licence that I, the said Jean Baptiste Maniquet, my executors, ad-
ministrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jean Baptiste
Maniquet, 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
Greal Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man,
an Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
FOR WINDING. CLEANING, DOUBLING, AND SPINNING SILK, COTTON, WOOL
FLAX, HEMP, AND OTHER FILAMENTOUS MATERIALS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Jean Baptiste Manique, 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

page_text: 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 Jean Baptiste Maniquet, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof (that is to say):
The first partof my Invention consists of giving direct motion to the
reel or swift (which is so arranged as to adjust itself to the size of the
skein), as well as to the bobbins, by which means I am enabled to
wind with less breakage than heretofore. Figure 1, shows a side view;
and Figure 2, part of a front view of the reel or swift, and the
apparatus connected therewith. A, is the reel on which is placed the
skein C; it is mounted on a framing B. The reel is composed
of several arms a, on the inner ends of which are formed teeth,
into which a pinion works so as to enlarge or diminish the size of
the reel, to adapt it to the size of the skein. Figure 3, shows
one half of the boss of the reel, in which is clearly seen the grooves
in which the arms slide, and the common pinion by which they
are acted on. The axis D, of the reel has at its extremity a small
pinion E, which works into the pinion F, on the axis G, upon which
axis is also the pulley H, from which a band I, passes to the pulley J,
on the main axis d. It will be seen that by giving motion to the reel
in this manner, the power is given of stopping the reel by raising the
teeth of the pinion E, out of those of the pinion G,without interfering
with the rest of the machinery. The main axis d, also carries another
pulley e, which, by means of the band f, (which passes over the pulleys
9.) gives motion to the pulley h, of the bobbin K. There is also on the
axis d, a pinion m, working into a toothed wheel n, on the axis k¹, on
which is the cam j', which acts on the lever j, turning on the centre l,
which lever j, acts on the guide bar i, so as to distribute the fibre
evenly on the bobbin k.
The second part of my Invention consists of an arrangement for
causing the lower end of spindles twisting or spinning fibres to turn in
vessels or cups containing oil. A spindle arranged in this manner is
shown in section at Figure 4. At the bottom of the cup K, contain-
ing the oil, is a screw 9, the upper end of which forms a pivot, on

page_text: which the spindle o, turns, the end of the spindle o, is formed into a
tube 7, which is pierced with holes, f', through which the oil passes.
On the screw centre 7, is attached a spiral rib R, which, when the
spindle revolves, causes the oil to circulate, and insures a sufficient
supply to the rubbing surfaces. The pulley or wheel, is so formed
as to cover the oil cup,soas to exclude dustand broken fibre. Figure 5,
shows a modification of Figure 4, where, in place of having a tube on
the end of the spindle, the spindle is pierced at the lower extremity, so
as to lead the oil to the centre, and a spiral groove or projection is
formed on the spindle, to supply the oil to the rubbing surfaces.
Figure 6, shows another manner of supplying the oil to the rubbing
surfaces.
The third part of my Invention consists of placing on the spindles
employed for twisting and doubling fibres, revolving nipping surfaces,
which, by holding the fibre between them, regulate the length of fibre
drawn from the twisting spindles, and also the speed of winding on to
the bobbin after doubling. The Figures 7,and 8, show respectively a
side and front elevation of part of a machine for twisting and doubling
silk and other fibres. Figure 9, shows on a larger scale a doubling
spindle F, fed by two twisting spindles G, (see Figure 8.) These three
spindles have each the same mechanism, except that the spindles G,G,
turn from the right to the left to twist the fibre, whilst the spindle F,
turns from the left to the right to double the fibres together. It will
be understood that the number of twisting spindles to each doubling
spindle will vary according to the class of cord to be produced. x, is a
spindle, on the lower end of which is a worm t, into which works the
tooth wheels, on the axis y, to which motion is given by a band on the
pulleys a¹, a³ On the axis ý, is a toothed wheelb¹, which gives motion
to the wheel 63, on the axis 64, by means of the intermediate wheel b².
The toothed wheel ³, works into a worm t, on the hollow axis x¹.
On the upper end of the spindle x, is placed the bobbin ",and is there
retained by the springs, (see Figure 10.) On the spindle x, is fixed a
boss H, on the under surface of which are a series of pins u, which
enter holes in a similar boss I, which works loosely on the axis. On
the hollow axis a¹, is a cross piece 2, which carries the standard z², in
which is centered the lever v², which carries the small roller v, (see

page_text: Figure 11,) which roller v, is pressed against the under side of the
boss I, by the spring y², (see also Figure 12,) thus causing the thread
to be nipped between the surfaces H, I. The working of this arrange-
ment will be more clearly understood by following the thread as it
comes to the spindle. After leaving the spindles G, the fibres pass
over the pullies d', then over the small pullies c³, c³, on the frame c',
then between the nipping surfaces H, I, to the bobbin r. It will be seen
that whatever be the surface speed of the bobbin r, it can only wind
on as much as is given by the nipping surfaces, which will depend on
the relative speeds of x, and x. There is a catch v³, on the frame a²,
so arranged as to remove (when necessary to repair a breakage in the
thread) the roller v, from the boss I, and thus allows it to fall out of
contact with the boss H.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise details herein described; but what I claim
is, firstly, the peculiar arrangement of apparatus described under the
first head of my Invention, and the giving motion to the reel or swift,
as well as to the bobbins; secondly, the arrangement of apparatus
described under the second head of my Invention, for the causing the
lower end of spindles employed in winding, doubling, twisting, or
spinning fibres to turn in vessels or cups containing oil; thirdly, the
placing on the spindles employed for twisting and doubling fibres
revolving nipping surfaces, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jean Baptiste Maniquet, have
hereunto set iny hand and seal, this Twentieth-day of August,
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
J. B. MANIQUET. (L.s.)
Witness, Ch. ARMENGAUD,
Eng" Civil,
Rue des Filles du Calvaire, 6, à Paris.