AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE 'CANS' EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH MACHINERY FOR PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS FOR SPINNING
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Taylor, of Staleybridge, in the County of
Lancaster, Tinplate Worker, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
THE 'CANS' EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH MACHINERY FOR PREPARING
COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS FOR SPINNING."
Sealed the 27th April 1858, and dated the 28th October 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left, by the said Henry Taylor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th October 1857.
'
I, HENRY TAYLOR, of Staleybridge, in the County of Lancaster, Tinplate
Worker, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "AN IMPROVE-
MENT IN THE CANS' EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH MACHINERY POR PREPARING
COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS, FOR SPINNING," to be as follows:-
My Invention is designed for the purpose of providing an economical and
efficient substitute for tin, of which the "cans" or receptacles employed in
connection with such above-named machinery are made, and consists in
making these "cans" of ordinary sheet iron, the surface of which are
submitted to the action of acids, and thus suitably prepared to destroy the
scale or rough exterior and render it smooth as tin, in order that the fibres of
cotton, &c., may not adhere thereto. In order to render the sheet iron suitable.
for such purpose, the sheet iron is to be prepared as follows: It is first dipped
or immersed in diluted sulphuric or muriatic acid, and dried by exposure to.
the atmosphere; the scales thus disengaged from the surface are then removed,.

page_text: and the surface rubbed with boiled linseed or other oils, and when dry it may
be burnished or varnished, or left in a smooth unpolished state. This improve-
ment is also applicable in other instances in machinery employed for preparing
fibrous materials where an economical substitute for tin is required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th April 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
TAYLOR, of Stalybridge, in the County of Lancaster, Tinplate Worker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twenty-first year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Henry Taylor, Her especial license that I, the said Henry
Taylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such other's as I, the said.
Henry Taylor, 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 "AN
IMPROVEMENT IN THE CANS EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH MACHINERY FOR
PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS FOR SPINNING," upon the
condition, amongst others, that I, the said Henry Taylor, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Taylor, do hereby declare the
nature of my. said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):-
:-
My Invention is designed for the purpose of providing an economical and
efficient substitute for tin, of which the "cans" or receptacles employed in
connection with such above-named machinery are made, and consists in

page_text: making these "cans" of ordinary sheet iron, the surfaces of which are sub-
mitted to the action of acids (such as sulphuric or muriatic acid), and thus
suitably prepared to destroy the scale or rough exterior, and render it smooth
as tin, in order that the fibres of cotton, &c. may not adhere thereto. In order
to render the sheet iron suitable for such purposes, the sheet iron is to be pre-
pared as follows:-It is first dipped or immersed in diluted sulphuric or
muriatic acid, and dried by exposure to the atmosphere; the scales thus dis-
engaged from the surface are then removed, and the surface rubbed with
boiled linseed or other oils, and when dry it may be burnished or varnished,
or left in a smooth unpolished state. This improvement is also applicable in
other instances, in machinery employed for preparing fibrous materials where
an economical substitute for tin is required, as, for example, such as the cover-
ing for gearing, sliver conductors, &c.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Taylor, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Twenty-sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
HENRY TAYLOR. (L.S.)