IMPROVEMENTS IN CoP TUBES, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO MANUFACTURE THE SAME
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Tomlinson, of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CoP TUBES, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO MANUFACTURE THE
SAME."
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Sealed the 15th October 1858, and dated the 28th April 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Tomlinson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th April 1858.
I, EDWARD TOMLINSON, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN COP TUBES, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO MANU-
FACTURE THE SAME," to be as follows:-
I propose to make them of a conical form thicker at one end than the other,
and in the manufacture thereof I use paper, woven fabrics, shavings of wood,
leather, or similar materials; and to manufacture the same, I cut from the
sheet a peculiarly formed shape, having a long acute taper towards one end,
and an obtuse taper towards the other, and of a length corresponding to the
dimensions of the cop tube required, or the shape may taper from one end to
the other.

page_text: I employ a spindle or maundril of the required dimensions, and give it a
rotatory motion by means of pulleys or wheels in any suitable manner, the said
spindle forming the hole of the cop tube, which is pressed and pasted together
by any suitable material by means of an endless band passing over rollers, one
of which is in contact with a drum or cylinder turning in a box or trough
containing the pasting material, the endless band being placed so as to press
against the shape as it is winding on the spindle, thereby forming, pressing,
and pasting at one operation. When the cop tube has obtained the required
size, it is thrown off the spindle in consequence of the upper roller rising and
giving motion to a lever and cam, causing a plate or frame at the back of the
cop tube to move forwards, thereby throwing the cop tube off when finished,
the above operation being performed with great rapidity and exactness.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Tomlinson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th October 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
TOMLINSON, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Edward Tomlinson, Her special licence that I, the said Edward Tom-
linson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Edward Tomlinson, 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
COP TUBES, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO MANUFACTURE THE SAME,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Edward Tomlinson, 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 Letters Patent.
"

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Tomlinson, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say) :-
1-
My Invention consists in employing certain shapes of material, so that cop
tubes of any desired taper may be made from sheets of paper or woven fabrics,
and also from shavings of wood, leather, or similar materials. I cut from the
sheet or shaving a piece of a peculiar form, having a long acute taper towards
one end, and an obtuse taper towards the other, each of a length corresponding
with the dimensions of the cop tube required.
In order to manufacture the cop tubes, I construct a machine or apparatus
consisting of a spindle or maundril of any required dimensions, corresponding
with the spindle on which the cop is to be built, and give it a rotatory motion
by means of pulleys or wheels in any suitable manner. Upon the said spindle
or maundril the desired shape of material is coiled, pressed, and pasted by
means of an endless band passing over rollers, one of which is in contact with
a drum or cylinder turning in a box or trough containing the paste or other
suitable substance. When the material is entirely coiled on the spindle or
maundril, and the cop tube formed, it is instantaneously thrown off the spindle
and another tube commenced, the operations being performed with great
rapidity and exactness.
These improvements will be clearly understood by reference to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings, with the figures and letters thereon.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved machine or apparatus for
manufacturing cop tubes; Fig. 2, a transverse elevation of the same; Fig. 3,
a transverse view of the principal working parts; Fig. 4, a plan, with the
endless band and upper roller removed; and Figs. 5 and 6 represent my
improved shapes of material.
In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the framework of the machine is shewn at a, and
the driving shaft at b, on which are fixed the worm c and bevil wheel d. The
worm c gears into a worm wheel e, giving motion to the shaft f, toothed
wheel. g, and drum h, turning in the paste trough or cistern i. The wheel g
gears into the toothed wheel k, on the shaft of which is fixed the drum or
roller . The bevil wheel d gears into another bevil wheel m, the shaft of
which passes through the bearing n, and carries at the other end the mitre
wheel o, geared into the mitre wheel p on the shaft q, formed at the end r of
the size and shape required for the spindle or maundril of the cop tube. On
the rod s I fix an arm t carrying a stud u, on which works a roller v, around
which and the roller is placed the endless band w, pressing at its lower part

page_text: against the drum h, so that its surface may be covered with the paste or other
fixing substance, and also against the maundril and material for forming the
cop tube. The endless band is furnished with a keeper x, and maintained at
its proper working tension by the rod and roller y, connected to a spring
holder z. Below the maundril is a guide a', which can be shifted according to
the width of the shape and length of cop tube, so that when the machine is
put in motion, and the end of the material, as shewn at Fig. 5, placed between
the upper roller and the maundril, the said material is coiled around the latter,
in consequence of its turning in connection with the pressure of the endless
band, which being furnished with paste or other fixing substance, fastens each
coil of the material together, thus coiling, pressing, and pasting at one
operation, and forming a cop tube of great strength and neatness. When
the tube is completed, the tightening roller y is released, and the upper
roller thrown back, carrying with it the endless band, as shewn by the dotted
lines, which operation is performed by means of a treddle acting on the lever b¹
fixed to one end of the rod or shaft s, on which rod I place another lever c', so
that when desired it may come in contact with a pin d', and shift the shaft e
and lever f¹, which acts at the top upon a pin g', connected to the slide h',
working in guides in the framework. Upon the driving shaft I fix a cam k',
which comes in contact with the lower part of the lever f¹, when the latter is
pushed forwards, thus giving it motion, and shifting the slide h¹, and also a
plate, which passes over the cop maundril and forms the base, the said
movement of the plate throwing the finished tube off the maundril, after which
the foot is taken off the treddle, and the rollers, band, and levers resume their
original working positions. At m¹ I shew a hand board for affording con-
venience in holding and placing the shaped material.
Although in the Drawing I shew the application of a worm giving motion
to a worm wheel, I may employ any description of gearing or pulleys, and vary
the framing parts accordingly.
In Fig. 5, representing one of my improved shapes of material, the obtuse
end n¹ may be of any desired angle, and the shape formed parallel until at o'
or other required position, and then tapered to the end p¹; or the shape may
consist of two tapers, as shewn in Fig. 6, without any parallel part.
Having thus fully described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner 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, the construction and arrangement of

page_text: machinery or apparatus for making cop tubes with the peculiar shaped
materials, as herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Tomlinson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Edward Tomlinson,
in the presence of
EDWARD TOMLINSON. (L.S.)
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.