IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OE APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE FINISHING OF YARN AND THREAD
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Lemuel Clayton, of No. 90, Blackfriars Road,
in the County of Surrcy, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OE APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE FINISHING OF YARN
AND THREAD."
Scaled the 25th August 1871, and dated the 28th April 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Lemuel Clayton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 28th April 1871.
I, LEMUEL CLAYTON, of No. 90, Blackfriars Road, London, in the
County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO
FINISHING OF YARN AND THREAD," to be as follows:-
"
BE EMPLOYED IN THE
This Invention has for its object the construction of machinery or
apparatus for the purpose above referred to, in such manner that the
spindles and pulleys employed for polishing the yarn by frictional
contact, and the bearings and footsteps of the said spindles are (for the
or minute
purpose of lubricating) easy of access; also that the "floss"
particles of fibre in suspension so injurious to the health of attendants

page_text: on machines of this class, shall be conducted or conveyed to the exterior
of the work room or to other outlet.
The construction is as follows:-The yarn or thread is passed around
each of a series of grooved pulleys, cach pulley being mounted on a
spindle, the spindles are passed through holes or apertures in a support
or guide rail, a corresponding rail placed underneath the rail first herein
referred to serves as a support or footstep for the whole of the series
of spindles, the construction of support and bearing for the spindles
as aforesaid, greatly facilitates operation of lubricating such spindles,
and the yarn is not liable to be brought in contact with and damaged 1
by oil as heretofore. The whole of the series or "sets" of pulleys,
spindles, and support rails, or bearings are enclosed within a box or
case, or each set of spindles and rails may be enclosed in a separate box
or case; each box or case when a series are employed is connected by a
pipe with an exhaust pipe, the exhaust being obtained through agency 1
of a fan or draught of chimney may be employed. The lid or cover of
each box or case is perforated so as to admit the necessary supply of
air for carrying off the "floss" to the outlet.
The apparatus above described is applicable to and may be employed in
connection with any of the ordinary machinery employed for finishing, 2
winding, or gassing varn.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Lemuel Clayton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 27th October 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LEMUEL 2
CLAYTON, of Number 90, Blackfriars Road, in the County of Surrey,
Commercial Traveller, 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 seventy-one, in the thirty- 3
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Lemuel Clayton, Her special licence
that I, the said Lemuel Clayton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Lemuel Clayton, our exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and 3

page_text: no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, usc, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE FINISHING OF YARN AND
THREAD," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Lemuel
Clayton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Lemuel Clayton, 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) :-
This Invention has for its object the construction of machinery or
apparatus for the purpose above referred to in such manner that the
spindles and pulleys employed for polishing the yarn by frictional contact
and the bearings and footsteps of the said spindles are (for the purpose
of lubricating) casy of access. Also that the "floss or minute particles
of fibre in suspension, so injurious to the health of attendants on
machines of this class, shall be conducted or conveyed to the exterior
of the workroom or to other outlet.
"
The construction of the apparatus is as follows:-The yarn or thread
is passed around each of a series of grooved pulleys, each pulley being
mounted on a spindle. The spindles are passed through holes or
apertures in a support or guide rail. A corresponding rail placed
underneath the rail first herein referred to serves as a support or footstep
for the whole of the series of spindles, and the construction of support
and bearing for the spindles as aforesaid greatly facilitates operation of
lubricating such spindles and the yarn is not liable to be brought in
contact with and damaged by oil as heretofore. The whole of. the series
or "sets" of pulleys, spindles, and support rails or bearings are enclosed
within a box or case, or each set of spindles and rails may be enclosed
in a separate box or case. Each box or case when a series are employed
is connected by a pipe with an exhaust pipe, the exhaust being obtained
through the agency of a fan or the draught of a chimney may be

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"floss'
or dust reaching the neck or bearing of the spindle. At L
is shewn guide eyes, through which and the brush M the yarn is
passed.
In the Drawings I have illustrated cach series of spindles, six in
number, but it will be understood that a less or greater number may
be employed and that the yarn or thread to be operated upon may be
passed around a less or greater number as may be necessary and that
the box or case G may be of any convenient form and constructed to
hold any desired number of series of pulleys, spindles, and rails.
Having thus fully described the nature and object of this my said
Invention together with the manner in which the same is to be or may
be performed or carried into practical effect I would have it distinctly
understood that I claim as my Invention,-
Firstly. The grooved pulleys mounted on the spindles in connection
and combination with the support rails, as and for the purpose herein
fully described and illustrated.
Secondly. The boxing or encasing of spindles or apparatus for finishing
yarn and thread, and the application to and employment therewith of
an "exhaust" for the purpose fully described.
Lastly. The combination of the grooved pulleys mounted on spindles
working within a box or case having in connection therewith an
exhaust," as fully described herein.
"
In witness whereof, I, the said Lemuel Clayton, have hereunto
set my hand and scal, this Twenty-sixth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
LEMUEL CLAYTON. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Lemuel Clayton in
the presence of
A. W. PHEYSEY,
for Tasker & Brierley,
Patent Agents,
"
Halifax & Bradford.