IMPROVEMENTS IN COP TUBES, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PLACING THE SAME ON THE SPINDLES USED FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Rudolph Wappenstein, of the City of Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Medallion Engraver, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN COP TUBES, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR
PLACING THE SAME ON THE SPINDLES USED FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING FIBROUS
MATERIALS."
Sealed the 12th July 1859, and dated the 11th April 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Rudolph Wappenstein at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the.
11th April 1859.
I, RUDOLPH WAPPENSTEIN, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Medallion Engraver, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COP TUBES, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
FOR PLACING THE SAME ON THE SPINDLES USED FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING FIBROUS
MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
I make the tubes of any suitable metal or alloy cast in moulds and grooved
on the outside to prevent them slipping either in or out of the cop after it is
built, and I place any convenient numbor of the tubes on the spindles at one
and the same operation, by placing them in a clipper formed of two pieces
of wood, metal, or other material so as to clip all the tubes to be lowered on
the spindles.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Rudolph Wappenstein in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th October 1859.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RUDOLPH
WAPPENSTEIN, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Medallion Engraver, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Rudolph Wappenstein, Her special licence that I, the said Rudolph
Wappenstein, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Rudolph Wappenstein, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
COP TUBES, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PLACING THE SAME ON THE
SPINDLES USED FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING FIBROUS MATERIALS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Rudolph Wappenstein, 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 Sca!
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the dato
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Rudolph Wappenstein, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say):-
I make the tubes of white metal or some alloy of metals, and cast or run
them into moulds having grooves or other patterns, so that the tubes shall be
grooved, screwed, or indented on their exteriors, in order to prevent their
slipping in or out of the cop after it is built, and I place any convenient
number of the tubes on the spindles at one and the same operation by placing
them in a clipper formed of two pieces of wood, metal, or other materials, so
as to hold all the tubes, or a division of them, until they are required to be
lowered on the spindles; which clipper and its mode of operation will bo

page_text: clearly understood by referring to the letters and figures on the accompanying
two Sheets of Drawings.
In Sheet 1, Fig. 1 represents a front view of part of a mule and a corre-
sponding portion of the clipper; Fig. 2, an end view of the same; Fig. 3, a
plan of the clipper only; and Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are detached views
of separato parts.
In Sheet 2, Fig. 1 ropresents an end view of the clipper applied to a circular
slide; and Fig. 2, a front view of the same.
The clipper consists of two parts, a and b, hinged together by any required
number of joints or hinges c, and having holes d, into which the cop tubes are
placod. Connected to the front part a of the clipper are any suitable number of
guides or holders e, in which is fitted a bar or bolt f, so that it may slide freely.
Fixed to the bolt aro wedges g at the front, and other wedges h at the back,
and over the bolt and contiguous to the wedges are slots or eyes i in the heads
of the screws k, which aro fixed by the nuts 7 to the part 6 of the clipper. The
said eyes are of such depth from back to front that when the bolt f is pushed
in the direction of the arrow m, each wedgo 9 acts against the front part of
the slot, and forces the two parts of the clipper together, as seen in Figs. 4
and 6; but when the bolt k is reversed in the direction of the arrow n, the
other wedges h act against the back part of the slot and opens the clipper, as
seen in Figs. 5 and 7. The bolt may be furnished with any suitable number
of wedges, and placed on either side of the clipper, the number of slotted
heads being made to correspond with the wedges. The front part a of the
clipper is angular at the top, and furnished with a strip o, of metal or other
material, so as to pass partly over the holes d, when the clipper is closed, and
prevent the tubes p from falling out until required. When the clipper is over
the spindles and the bolt moved so as to open it, the holes are so far enlarged
as to allow the tubes to escape from the clipper and fall upon the spindles.
When desired the aforesaid strip o may be placed at the back of the clipper.
In Figs. 1 and 2 the clipper is represented as fixed to small frames q,
capable of turning on their pins or pivots », so that the clipper can be brought
forward to supply it with tubes, and afterwards turned back, as shewn by the
dotted lines s, to deliver them on to the spindles.
In Fig. 10, I represent the clipper as arranged for shifting it to and from
the spindles by hand, and also when it is placed in a straight or curved slide.
The parts a and b are hinged at the top, and the holes d extend through the
clipper, the tubes resting upon the angular strip, so that when opened, as
before described, the tubes shall be free to fall upon the spindles.

page_text: In Figs. 1 and 2, Sheet 2, I represent the clipper applied to circular slides,
for the purpose of guiding it to and from the spindles; the clipper is shewn
at t connected to the circular slide u by the bolt v, which slide is furnished
with guiding bolts or pins w, working in the circular slot a, attached to the
body y, which is fixed to the framework of the mule. Instead of guiding bolts,
plain slides or antifriction rollers may be used, if desired. The aforesaid slide
and slot or guide in which it works may be formed of any suitable curve.
Having thus fully described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be distinctly
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein set forth,
as such may be varied or modified without departing from the principle
thereof; but I claim as my Invention, and which to the best of my knowledge
and belief has not been hitherto used within the realm,―
Firstly, the casting of cop tubes composed of white metal, or any alloy of
metal in moulds, having grooves or indentations in the interior, so as to groove,
screw, or indent the exteriors of the 'cop tubes, and thereby prevent their
slipping from the cops.
Secondly, the construction and employment of a clipper with a sliding bolt
and wedges, for the purpose of closing and opening the sides of the clipper, so
as to receive and deliver the cop tubes.
And, thirdly, the employment of a circular or other curved slide for guiding
the frame of the clipper, as all such improvements are herein described and
illustrated in the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Rudolph Wappenstein, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
RUDOLPH WAPPENSTEIN. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Rudolph Wappenstein
in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.