IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN MACHINES FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Newhouse, of Farnworth, near Bolton-le-Moors,
in the County of Lancaster, Manager, for the Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS
IN OR APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN MACHINES FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON
AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS."
Sealed the 29th January 1861, and dated the 23rd August 1860. .
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Newhouse at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd
Angust 1860.
I, JAMES NEWHOUSE, of Farnworth, near Bolton-le-Moors, in the County
of Lancaster, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN. MACHINES FOR SPINNING AND
DOUBLING COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention is chiefly applicable to the machines for spinning, called
throstles, and to doubling frames, and it consists. in the application to such or
similar machines, of a wheel or other suitable apparatus fixed to the tin drum
shaft, or connected to it in any convenient manner, whereby the motion of this
drum can be reversed by hand or suitable mechanism, when it is desirable to
slacken the driving bands on the wharves which are fixed to the spindles, in
order that the said spindles may be at liberty to be turned round for the purpose
of taking off and putting on the flyer when doffing the full bobbins, or for any
other purpose...

page_text: My Invention is chiefly applicable to those spinning and doubling machines
in which conical wharves are employed; and another part of my Invention
consists in applying a flange to the smaller end of such conical wharves, as well
as to the larger end thereof, as now in use; this flange on the smaller end of
the wharves retains the band when it is slackened for doffing, or for any other
purpose.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Newhouse in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th February 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
NEWHOUSE, of Farnworth, near Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster,
Manager, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said James Newhouse, Her special licence, that I, the said James
Newhouse, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said James Newhouse, 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 "IMPROVE-
"MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN MACHINES FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING
COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said James Newhouse, my executors, or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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 inime-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Newhouse, do hereby declare
the nature of my 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):
My Invention, is chiefly applicable to the machines for spinning. called

page_text: throstles, and to doubling frames, and it consists in the application to such or
similar machines of a wheel or other suitable apparatus, fixed to the tin drum
shaft, or connected to it in any convenient manner, whereby the motion of
this drum can be reversed by hand or suitable mechanism. when it is desirable
to slacken the driving bands on the wharves which are fixed to the spindles,
in order that the said 'spindles may be at liberty to be turned 'round' by hand
for, the purpose of taking off and putting on the flyer when doffing the full
bobbins or for any other purpose.
These improvements are applicable to those spinning and doubling machines
in which conical wharves are employed; and another part of my: Invention
consists in applying a flange to the smaller end of such conical wharves as
well as to the larger end thereof, as now in use, this flange on the smaller end
of the wharves retains the band when it is slackened for doffing, or for any
other purpose.
In order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed.to, describe the accompanying Drawing, reference
being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. It is a sectional elevation of the principal parts of a throstle, to which
my improvements are applied; Fig. 2, is a side view of part of the same:
a, is the driving shaft. provided in the usual manner with a fast and loose
pulley, and b, is the tin drum for driving the spindles c, c, revolving in the foot
step rails d, d, and copping rails e, e, these and all the other parts of the
machine which are not shewn, or not particularly referred to hereafter are
made in the ordinary manner; to the driving shaft a is fixed the hand wheel f,
the object of which is to facilitate the operation of reversing the direction of
motion of the spindles c, c, when, it is requisite to slacken the driving bands;
the slackening of the driving bands is necessary when the spindles have
to be turned round by hand, for the purpose of taking off the flyer for doffing
the full bobbin, and replacing the flyer when an empty bobbin has been put
on the spindle, and it is accomplished, simultaneously on all the spindles
in the following manner:-When the frame is at work the shaft a revolves
in the direction of the full arrow in Fig. 1, and the driving bands are on the
cylindrical portions of the wharves, as shewn by the full lines in Fig. 1, but in
order to slacken them, the bands must be brought into the positions indicated
by the dotted lines in the same Figure, and this is effected as soon as the '
driving strap has been moved from the fast pulley to the loose pulley by the
attendant taking hold of, the hand wheelf, and reversing the direction of motion of
the shaft a, and drum b, this reverse motion communicates a reverse motion to
the spindles, and as soon as the leading side of the band is slackened the band

page_text: "slips on 'to the conical part of the wharve, as shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 1,
**and sets the spindle at liberty. In order to prevent the bands slipping off
the wharves on to the spindles, I now propose to apply 'the flange g, to the
smaller end of the cone forming part of the wharve, as shewn in Fig. 3. In
addition to taking all the bands simultaneously off the wharves, as described,
it is evident that by again placing the driving strap on the fast pulley the bands
will of their own accord resume the positions indicated by the full lines.
I wish to remark that although I have stated that the mode of reversing
*the motion of the spindles is by the attendant acting on the hand wheel f, I
* do not intend to limit myself thereto, as other suitable apparatus fixed to 1
the tin drum shaft, or connected to it in any convenient manner may be
adopted.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the manner
of performing the same, I declare that I claim,-
First, the slackening. the bands for driving the spindles of spinning and I
"doubling machines by reversing the direction of motion of the spindles and
replacing the bands on the driving párt of the wharves, as described..
And, secondly, the application of a flange to the smaller end of the cone of
conical wharves as described.
In witness whereof, I the said James Newhouse, have hereunto set my 2
hand and seal, the Fifteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
JAMES NEWHOUSE. (..)