IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINDLES, FLYERS, AND BOBBINS, FOR SPINNING; ROVING, TWISTING, AND REELING ALL BORTS OF FIBROUS OR TEXTILE SUBSTANCES, AND, IN THE APPLICATION OR ADAPTATION OF EITHER OR ALL OF THEM TO MACHINERY FOR THE SAME PURPOSES
Year: 1842

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL. COME, I, MONTAGU
MACDONOGH, of Saint Alban's Place, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by. Her
Letters Patent, under the Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the
Sixth day of January, in the fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Montagu Macdonogh, Her espe-
cial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Montagu
Macdonogh, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Montagu Macdonogh, my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times, during the term of; years
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINDLES, FLYERS, AND BOBBINS, FOR SPINNING; ROVING,
TWISTING, AND REELING ALL BORTS OF FIBROUS OR TEXTILE SUBSTANCES, AND, IN THE
APPLICATION OR ADAPTATION OF EITHER OR ALL OF THEM TO MACHINERY FOR THE SAME
PURPOSES," communicated to me by a certain Foreigner residing abroad'; in which
said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said. Montagu Macdonogh,
shall cause a particular description of the nature of the said Invention, and. in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately.

page_text: after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Montagu Macdonogh, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully
described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference
being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and' letters
marked thereon, that is to say:-
In constructing spindles, flyers, and bobbins, for spinning, roving, twisting,
and reeling, and in applying such parts to machinery, it has been usual in
most cases to give motion to the spindles by means of endless bands working
on pulleys or warves affixed on the spindles; and in some cases, however, it
has been the practice to apply the pulley or warve to the flyer, the spindle
being a fixture; and it has also been proposed, by means of two endless bands,
to give motion to a spindle and also a bobbin carried thereby, there being in
such case a pulley or warve affixed on the spindle which is driven by an end-
less band; and also a pulley or warve affixed on the bobbin, driven by an end-
less band. Now, according to the improvements constituting the Invention
secured by the present Letters Patent, the spindle does not receive motion by
an endles band, but is caused to turn round by the drag of the yarn as it passes
through the flyer in its passage to the bobbin, by means of a pulley or warve
receiving motion by means of an endless band. And in order that the Inven-
tion may be most fully understood and readily carried into effect, I will
proceed to describe the Drawing hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a spindle constructed according to the Invention, having
the flyer applied by means of a screw, as is shewn. Figure 2 shows a bobbin,
and what may be called the bobbin carrier; and Figure 3 shows the spindle
bobbin and parts connected therewith combined together, and such parts of a
machine as will enable me to explain not only the nature of the separate parts
but also their application to machinery. a, a, is the spindle, the nature of
which will be seen in the Drawing; b, b, is the flyer, which is screwed on the
upper part of the spindle so as to allow of the flyer being readily removed
when a bobbin is required to be removed and a fresh one applied; c, d, e, are
three rails of the machine to which the spindle and parts connected therewith may
be applied; and as spinning, roving, twisting, and reeling fibres is well under-
stood, it will not be necessary to enter into any description thereof, as a work-
man acquainted with roving, spinning, and twisting machinery will readily

page_text: apply the spindles, flyers, and parts to such descriptions of machinery, varying
the sizes of the parts according to the nature of the fibres under process and
the degree of fineness of the yarn he desires to produce; fis what 1 call the
bobbin carrier, and consists of the tube f, which turns in a bearing or hole
formed through the rail c, which is a fixed rail, and the lower end of the tubeƒ
turns in a bearing formed in the rail d, which is also a fixed rail; g is a warve
or pulley which is affixed on the tube f, and such pulley receives rotatory
motion by means of an endless band; in place of such endless band driving
the spindle by the warve or pulley being affixed on the spindle d, towards the
upper part of the tube fis affixed the circular plate f, on which the lower part
of the bobbin h rests, and there is a projecting stud affixed on the plate,
which, entering into a hole in the lower part of the bobbin, causes the bobbin
to be carried round with the bobbin carrier f, and by such means is twist put
on to the fibres, passing through the eye of the flyer. The spindle a passes
through the tube f, and is kept upright thereby, but turns freely therein, the
lower end of the spindle stepping into a bearing at j, such bearing being
carried by the rail e, such rail having an up-and-down motion, as is well under-
stood, in order to cause the yarn to be wound properly on the bobbin; and it
should be observed, that the spindle a is to have friction applied at its lower
end by means of a pulley and weighted cord, or other convenient means, as is
well understood. I would remark, that in constructing the bobbins I prefer
that they should be of larger diameter and shorter than those usually employed;
and when the bobbins are of considerable diameter, and the flyers widler in
proportion, the reeling on to such bobbins will render the ordinary process of
reeling unnecessary. It will be evident, that in giving motion to the warve or
pulley g, and consequently to the bobbins, the fibres will be wound progres-
sively on to the bobbin, and as they pass thereto, twist will be put on, the
motion of the flyer being caused by the draft of the fibres, together with the
friction of the tube f acting on the spindle a; and it will readily be understood,
that owing to the flyer not being driven by power, as heretofore, the yarn will
be less liable to be broken, and very fine yarn may be thus made.
Having thus described the nature of the Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would wish it to be understood that I do
not confine myself to the precise details herein explained, so long as the
peculiar character of the spindle, flyer, and mode of applying a bobbin be
retained. But what I claim is, the mode of constructing spindles, flyers, and
bobbins, and applying or adapting the same to machinery used in spinning,
roving, twisting, and reeling, by so forming spindles and flyers that they turn
freely by the draft of the fibres (which are receiving twist), and without having

page_text: motion communicated to such spindles or flyers by a warve or pulley and
endless band, as heretofore, the pulley or warve and driving band being only
applied to the bobbin, which is so arranged as to turn freely.
In witness whereof, I, the said Montagu Macdonogh, have hereunto set-
my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
MONTAGU MACDONOGH (L.S.)
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Thirteenth day of June, in the
year of our Lord 1842, the aforesaid Montagu Macdonogh, Esquire, came
before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified,
in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and forty-two.
NONTON