CERTAIN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR TAKING OUT P NAILS AND KNOTS FROM WORSTED SLIVER. SLUBBING, AND ROVING
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Eastwood, of Mill House, Midgley, in the
West Riding of the County of York, Worsted Spinner and Manufacturer,
for the Invention of "CERTAIN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR TAKING OUT
P
NAILS AND KNOTS FROM WORSTED SLIVER. SLUBBING, AND ROVING."
Sealed the 29th April 1855, and dated the 3rd November 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Eastwood. at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
November 1855.
I, JAMES EASTWOOD, of Mill House, Midgley, in the West Riding of
the County of York, Worsted Spinner & Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR
TAKING OUT THE SLUBS, NOILS, AND KNOTS FROM WORSTED SLIVER, SLUBBING, AND
ROVING," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, firstly, of a pair of revolving rollers or cylinders,
partly. covered with cards, pins, or points, or any other suitable substance
having a rough surface.
Secondly, of a series of fixed studs (with tubes capable of rotating thereon
to diminish friction) arranged or disposed in a zig-zag line, for the purpose of
the worsted sliver, slubbing, & roving being drawn or caused to pass in and
out, through, or between the said studs in such a manner that the rollers with

page_text: the cards, pins, or other substance may operate or act upon the said sliver,
slubbing, and roving as it passes, taking out the slubs, noils, and knots without
injury to the sliver, slubbing, and roving. The aforesaid rollers with the
cards, &c. and the studs (with tubes) may either be placed in vertical, hori-
zontal, or any other position with regard to their axes, which may be found
most suitable for the purpose. And instead of the cards, pins, or other sub-
stance being fixed on the rollers, an endless belt of apron with cards or other
suitable substance fixed thereon may be employed passing over two rollers, so
as to present a greater extent of card or other surface to the sliver, &c. I also
employ feed rollers to take off or prevent too great a strain on the sliver, &c.
whilst being drawn between the aforesaid studs.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance, of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Eastwood' in, the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd May 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS' SHALL COME; I, JAMES
EASTWOOD, of Mill House, Midgley, in the West. Riding of the County of
York, Worsted Spinner and Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Royal
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said James Eastwood, Her special licence that I, the said James
Eastwood, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or 'such other's as I, the
said James Eastwood, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR TAKING OUT THE SLUBS, NOILS, FOR KNOTS FROM
WORSTED SLIVER, SLUBBING, AND ROVING," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said James Eastwood, 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 Royal Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW: YE,, that I; the said James. Eastwood, do hereby, declare
the nature of 'the 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 (that is, to say):
J
My Invention consists, firstly, in the use of a pair of revolving, rollerstor
cylinders, partly covered with cards, pins, or points,. or any other suitable
substance having a rough surface.
Secondly, of a series of fixed studs (with tubes or pullies capable of rotating
thereon to diminish+ friction) arranged or disposed in a zig-zag: line, for the
purpose of the worsted sliver, slubbing, and roving being, drawn; or caused to
pass in and out, through, or between the said studs in such a manner that the
rollers with the cards, pins, or other substance may operate or act upon the
said sliver, slubbing, or roving, as it passes, taking out the slubs, noils, and
knots without injury to the sliver, slubbing, or roving. The aforesaid rollers
with cards; &c. and the studs (with tubes or pullies) may either be placed in
vertical, horizontal, or any other position with their axes, which may, be
found most suitable for the purpose. And instead of the cards, pins, or
other substance being fixed on the rollers, an endless belt or apron with
eards or other suitable substance fixed thereon may be employed, passing over
two rollers so as to present a greater extent of card or other surface to the
sliver, slubbing, or roving. I also employ feed rollers to take off or prevent
too great a strain on the sliver, slubbing, or roving whilst being drawn between
the aforesaid studs.
The accompanying Drawing (which is a cross section) will clearly explain
the nature of my said apparatus; where a, a, are two shafts, carrying rollers or
cylinders, with cards fixed on their surfaces at suitable distances along the
length of the said shafts; b, b, b, b, are fixed studs, having tubes or pullies
thereon to diminish friction; c, c, are a pair of feed rollers; d, d, shew the
back rollers of the "drawing frame;" and f, a sliver, slubbing, or roving.
In carrying into practical effect this my said Invention, I apply or fix the
said apparatus to "drawing frames" in such position that the sliver, slubbing,
or roving, whilst travelling from the bobbins to the "drawing rollers," shall
pass through and be operated upon by my apparatus.
It will be seen, that as the sliver passes the studs, the card rollers revolving
rapidly in contact therewith, but not entering into the sliver, take hold of,
comb, off, and carry with them, any projections, prominent part, or substance,
known as "slubs," "noils," or "knots," that may be on the surface of such
sliver, until the cards become filled (or nearly so), when the cards are cleansed
or "doffed." Heretofore the slubs, &c. had to be taken out or from such sliver

page_text: by children or young persons picking them off by hand, which process 'was
necessarily tedious, expensive, and uncertain of being properly done, but by
means of my apparatus it can be accomplished with facility and certainty.
Having thus fully described and ascertained the nature and particulars
"of this my Invention, and the manner of carrying the same into practical
effect, I desire it to be distinctly understood that I do not claim the several
parts of this apparatus separately; but what I claim, and which I believe to
be new within this realm, is, the application and use of apparatus for taking
out the slubs, noils, and knots from worsted sliver, slubbing, or roving, as
herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, or
'any modification thereof.
In witness whereof. I. the said James Eastwood, have hereunto set my
JAMES EASTWOOD. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-named
James Eastwood, in the presence of
W TASKER, Halifax.