IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING MACHINERY
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING MACHINERY."-A communication
from abroad by Constant Peugeot, of Rue St. Sebastien, Paris, in the
Empire of France.
Sealed the 9th August 1867, and dated the 15th March 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th March 1867.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING MACHINERY," to be as
follows:-
The object of this Invention is to obtain a more secure, perfect, and stronger
attachment of flyers to the spindles of spinning machinery. To this end a
conical socket or cap is formed in the central portion of the top of the flyer,
into which the threaded end of the spindle is screwed. This threaded end of
the spindle, which is of the full diameter at its extreme end, is reduced and
made conical to fit the inner surface of the conical socket of the flyer. By this
means a more perfect axial bearing surface is obtained, and one much less
subject to wear than the ordinary collar, without in any way reducing the
strength of the parts.

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the. 13th September 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Edward Newton, Her special licence that I, the said
William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Edward Newton, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING MACHINERY," being a communication to me from
abroad by Constant Peugeot, of Rue Saint Sebastien, Paris, in the Empire
of France, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Edward Newton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manuer the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):
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The object of this Invention is to obtain a more secure perfect, and stronger
attachment of flyers to the spindles of spinning machinery than heretofore.
To this end a conical socket or cup is formed in the central portion of the top
of the flyer, into which the threaded end of the spindle is screwed. This
threaded end of the spindle, which is of the full diameter at its extreme end, is
reduced and made conical to fit the inner surface of the conical socket' of the
flyer. By this means a more perfect axial bearing surface is obtained, and

page_text: one much less subject to wear than the ordinary collar, without in any way
reducing the strength of the parts.
The accompanying Drawing represents (drawn full size) a flyer constructed
according to this Invention, Fig. 1 being an external elevation, and Fig. 2 a
vertical section of the same.
The extremity 6 of the spindle B above the screwed part r is conical and
fits into the conical cap a of the flyer A, so that when the flyer is screwed on
tight, the hollow cone forming the cap or socket a rests entirely upon the
extremity of the spindle and therefore it cannot shift into a bad position, and
thus equilibrium being always perfectly maintained the spindle and flyer will
act much better than heretofore, and the extremity of the spindle being
tempered or casehardened it will be protected from injury by wear.
Having now described the nature of this Invention and having explained the
manner of carrying the same into effect, as communicated to me by my foreign
correspondent, I desire it to be understood that under the above in part recited
Letters Patent I claim, the method above shewn and described of mounting
Byers upon the spindles of spinning machinery.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Thirteenth day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)