IMPROVEMENTS IN CAP OR TUBE FRAMES EMPLOYED IN SPINNING AND TWISTING FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Mason, of Bradford, in the County of York,
Spinner and Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CAP OR TUBE FRAMES EMPLOYED IN SPINNING AND TWISTING FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 7th April 1865, and dated the 15th October 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry. Mason at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th
October 1864.
I, HENRY MASON, of Bradford, in the County of York, Spinner and
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CAP OR TUBE FRAMES EMPLOYED IN SPINNING AND TWISTING
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
In cap or tube frames as ordinarily arranged there is provided what is
called a pin rail, having a series of pins, ordinarily formed of wood, upon which
the caps or bells are placed during removal or change of bobbins, but owing
to the frequency of these removals or changes, and the speed with which they
are in practice effected, the pins are often injured and broken so as to require
renewal, and often, too, the attendant in making a change misses the pin,
and the caps or bells in falling get broken or injured.
The object of my improvements is to remedy these inconveniences by
applying in place of the series of pins a trough or receiver, or a series of

page_text: them, formed by recesses or projections into or between which the caps or
bells may be dropped and retained separately in a horizontal or inclined
direction during the changes desired without the liability of their rolling away,
and from which they may be readily and separately taken up again for
replacement, as desired:-
The form of trough I prefer has a series of transverse grooves or com-
partments adapted to receive one end or the opposite ends of each cap or bell.
A longitudinal groove or series of recesses is useful to admit of the fingers
freely passing under and embracing.the separate caps or bells. This method
of forming the troughs or receivers may be varied.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of. the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Mason in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 13th
April 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
MASON, of Bradford, in the County of York, Spinner and Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Henry Mason, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Mason,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Henry Mason, 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 CAP
OR TUBE FRAMES EMPLOYED IN SPINNING AND TWISTING FIBROUS SUBSTANCES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Mason, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under ny, or
their, or one of their bands 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Mason, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say :-
In cap or tube frames as ordinarily arranged there is provided what is
called a pin rail, having a series of pins, ordinarily formed of wood, upon which
the caps or bells are placed during removal or change of bobbins, but owing.
to the frequency of these removals or, changes, and the speed with which they
are in practice effected, the pins are often injured and broken so as to require
renewal, and often, too, the attendant in making a change misses the pin, and
the caps or bells in falling get broken or injured.
The object of my improvements is to remedy these inconveniences by
applying in place of the series of pins a trough or receiver, or a series of
them, formed by recesses or projections into or between which the caps or
bells may be dropped and retained separately in a horizontal. or. inclined
direction during the changes desired, without the liability of their rolling
away, and from which they may be readily and separately taken up again for
replacement, as desired..
The form of trough I prefer has a series of transverse grooves or com-
partments adapted to receive each cap or bell. A longitudinal groove or
series of recesses is useful to admit of the fingers freely passing under and
embracing the separate caps or bells.
But that the Iuvention may be fully understood, I will, by the aid of the
accompanying Drawings, proceed to describe means pursued by me.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shews a face view, Figure 2 a section, and Figure 3 a plan of a
portion of a frame with parts arranged according to my Invention; Figure 4
shews a section of a portion of the receiving board separately. In each of
these views the same letters indicate corresponding parts.
a, a, represent parts of the ordinary framing; b, b, spindles with "caps" or
"bells" c, c, thereon, all which are of the ordinary kind, and form no part of
my improvements; but in place of the ordinary pin rail, according to my
Invention I employ a trough or receiver d, the form of which may be varied,
and the attendant, when he takes off any of the caps or bells to remove
bobbins or apply fresh ones during "doffing," simply drops such bells or caps
on to the trough or receiver so that they may be retained in the recesses d¹, d¹,
thereof, and by which the caps or bells may be retained separately during the
desired changes; .d² is another groove running longitudinally, by which the

page_text: fingers of the attendant may more readily pass under and embrace a cap or
bell when desiring to replace it. The form of these troughs or receivers may
be very greatly varied.
Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 shew a modification in which the retaining
means are obtained by a series of projections' d³ combined with the grooves d'
in the rail d', and the caps or bells may during removal rest, as indicated by
one of the caps or bells being shewn thereon in red lines. I sometimes apply
gutta percha, leather, or other suitable elastic substances as a cover or
lining to the surface of the parts of the receiver mostly acted upon in
receiving the caps.or bells in order more effectually to guard against damage
to such caps or bells.
.
By my improvements the danger now constantly experienced of dropping
the caps or bells through missing a peg and allowing them to fall on the
floor, often paved with stone, by which they become broken or chipped, is
avoided, and as a consequence the lower edge of the cap or bell which acts on
the yarn is preserved from injury, and a great saving in the spinning results.
A trough or receiver arranged according to my improvements is also much
more durable than the pegs heretofore used. The attendant is also enabled
to piece up the ends of yarn more conveniently, by being enabled more quickly
to place the cap or bell out of his way during such operation.
Having thus described my improvements and means which I adopt in
carrying the same into effect, I would have. it understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise details shewn and described, as these may be
varied without departing from the peculiar character of my Invention; but
what I do claim is the use in cap or tube frames, employed in spinning and
twisting fibrous substances, of troughs or receivers having recesses or projections
adapted to receive and retain the caps or bells during removal, substantially.as
explained.: ..
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Mason, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
HENRY MASON. (L.S.)