IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF REELS FOR REELING COTTON AND LINEN THREAD
Year: 1842

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
SMITH HARRIS, and SEPTIMUS HAMEL, both of Leicester, in the County of
Leicester, Cotton Winders, and Co-partners, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Eighth day of December, in the sixth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
William Smith Harris and Septimus Hamel, Her especial licence, full power,
sole privilege and authority, that we, the said William Smith Harris and
Septimus Hamel, our exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as we, the
said William Smith Harris and Septimus Hamel, our 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 law-
fully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF REELS FOR REELING COTTON AND LINEN THREAD;" in which said Letters
Patent is contained a proviso that we, the said William Smith Harris and
Septimus Hamel, or one of us, shall cause a particular description of the
nature of our 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 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, we, the said
William Smith Harris and Septimus Hamel, do hereby declare that the

page_text: venient manner, as is shewn in section at Figures 3, 4, and 5, the reel,
Figure 3, being formed of wood, or other suitable material, and the parts
combined with glue, care being observed to rough the surfaces of the parts
when made of glass, china, or other such like hard materials, in order to give
the glue or other cement a firmer hold. The reel, Figure 4, having the ends
fixed either by wedging or screw, as is shewn, and may be made of any
suitable material or materials, as above mentioned. Figure 5 shews another
reel where the stem or barrel is of wood, or other suitable material, allowing of
a wedge being driven in at either end to affix it in the ends, the ends being
made of glass, china, or other suitable material, which is not so readily affixed
to a stem by cement or glue alone. At the same time we wish it to be under-
stood, that we do not confine ourselves to any particular mode of affixing the.
ends of reels to the barrels or stems thereof, nor to the materials of which the
stems and ends are composed, the first part of our Invention having for its
object the constructing reels for reeling cotton and linen thread with solid
stems or barrels; and as these reels, and other reels hereafter described, have
closed ends, they will not allow of their being filled by winding cotton or linen
thread thereon by the machine now in common use. As they will not allow of
the use of a spindle, we will therefore hereafter describe such improvements
on the winding machinery as will render such machinery suitable for winding
thread on reels with solid stems or barrels, and also reels with closed ends,
whether the stems or barrels thereof are hollow or solid.
Another part of our Invention relates to the construction of reels with
hollow stem or barrels, by applying reeds, or cane, or quills, or china, or other
clay, or earthenware, glass, horn, paper, or papier maché, the ends thereof
being formed of wood, or any other suitable material, not being the material
of which the stem or barrel is formed. And we prefer that the reels so made
should have closed ends, either by covering them with thin metal, or other
suitable material, or by forming the ends into an ornamental or other device
on the surfaces thereof. Figure 6 shews the mode of affixing a stem or barrel
when made of a reed or a quill, where the ends are fastened and closed by conical
pegs, glue or other cement being also applied when desirable. Figure 7
shews another, reel having a stem or barrel of reed or quill, in which case the
ends and stem are left open, the fixing the parts together being by glue, or
other proper cement, and the ends may or may not be covered, as the maker
may desire; we, however, prefer in all cases that the ends should be both
closed. Figure 8 shews another arrangement of reel with a hollow stem, of
any suitable material, fixed in ends of any suitable material, the ends being
closed or covered with metal, or other suitable material; and Figure 9 shews

page_text: an external view of a reel with the ends closed, the stem thereof being of any
suitable material, and either solid or hollow. In some cases; in the making of
barrels or stems of reels with materials, particularly such as glass or china'or
other suitable burned clay which do not allow of cements with convenience; we'
can, by liaving the stems or barrels hollow, employ ties of metal, or other suitable
material, passing through the stems or barrels and through the ends, which
will allow of the barrels and ends being readily fixed or combined together.
Figure 10 shews the separate parts of a reel, the stem or barrél being of reed,
or cane, or quill, or glass, or china, or other clay, or earthenware, or horn,
paper, or papier maché, and hollow, the ends being of wood, or any suitable
material, not being the material of which the stem or barrel is formed.
Figure 11 shews a reel complete, the two ends being covered close by a metal:
covering. Figure 12 shews a section of the same reel, shewing how the parts>
are combined by strips or ties of metal, a being the hollow barrel; b, b, the:
ends, and c, c, the covering metal at the ends, or the ends may be covered by
any other suitable material or materials; d, d, are two circular discs of metal,.
one at each end; e, e, are two strips of metal which pass through the stem or
barrel, and through the holes in the circular discs d, and these strips of metal
are turned down, as shewn by the Drawing, and then soldered, by which
means the parts will be securely combined. We would remark, that we do
not confine ourselves to this mode of affixing the parts of reels together when
hollow stems of glass, china, or other burned clay, or other suitable material
are employed, as the mode of combining the parts may be varied.
We will now proceed to describe the variation necessary in the apparatus used
in winding cotton or linen thread on to reels with closed ends. Figure 13
shews a plan, and Figure 14 a front view, and Figure 15 an end view of a
reeling apparatus or machine, similar to those now in use, except so far as
using two hollow chucks to receive the ends of the reels, in place of using a
spindle, as heretofore. g is the axis on which the spindle was formerly used
for receiving the reels, but in this arrangement there is a hollow chuck h, the
interior surface against which the end of the reels press, being covered with a
surface of india rubber. i is a reel for having cotton or linen thread wound
thereon, the other end thereof being received by a second hollow chuck j,
similar to that at h, and this chuck j is affixed on a spindle or axis k, which
will be more readily understood on examining the section of the parts
Figure 10. The axis or spindle k is carried by the bar 7 (the nature of which
is clearly shewn), which is constantly pressed by a spring so as to draw the
chuck towards the chuck h, and thus retain a reel between. The bar / is
kept correct in its movement by having a projection m affixed thereon, which

page_text: has a hole through it by which it slides on the fixed stud n. The chucks are
separated by means of the lever handle o, as is shewn.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the best means we
are acquainted with for performing the same, we would have it understood
that what we claim is,-
First, the mode of making reels for reeling cotton or linen thread by
forming them with solid stems or barrels, as herein described.
Secondly, we claim the making reels for reeling cotton or linen thread with
both ends closed.
And, thirdly, we claim the mode of making reels for reeling cotton or linen
thread by applying reeds, canes, quills, china, or other clay or earthenware,
glass, horn, paper, papier maché, for the barrels or stems thereof, as above
described.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Smith Harris and Septimus
Hamel, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Sixth day of
June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
forty-three..
し
June, in the
year of our Lord 1843, the aforesaid William Smith Harris and Septimus
Hamel came before our said Lady the Queen in Her-Chancery, and acknow-
ledged 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.
Enrolled the Eighth day of June. in the year of our Lord One thousand