IMPROVEMENTS IN TUBES FOR CARRYING YARN IN SPINNING, WINDING, AND WEAVING MACHINERY
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Tullis, of Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TUBES FOR CARRYING YARN IN SPINNING, WINDING, AND WEAVING
MACHINERY."
Sealed the 15th August 1871, and dated the 23rd February 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Tullis at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd February 1871.
I, JOHN TULLIS, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TUBES FOR CARRYING YARN IN SPINNING, WINDING, AND WEAVING MACHINERY,"
to be as follows, that is to say:
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This Invention has for its object the construction of those tubes some-
times known as
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cops" or cop tubes" of a more durable material
than hitherto employed for that purpose.
It has hitherto been the practice to construct or form the said tubes
upon which the yarn or thread is wound and carried in spinning, wind-
ing, and weaving machinery, of such materials as wood, paper, or papier

page_text: maché, which materials soon become worn out, and entail great loss by
producing much waste yarn or thread, and have accordingly to be
frequently renewed.
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The present Invention then is intended to remedy these defects to a
great extent by employing dried and compressed hide or skin "pelt,"
sizing, or gelatine, for the construction of the tubes referred to, as it
is found that the tubes when formed of these materials can be used
repeatedly and for a long period without producing waste yarn.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Tullis in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 22nd August 1871.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
TULLIS, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Tullis, Her special license,
that I, the said John Tullis, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said John Tullis, my executors, administrators,
or 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 TUBES FOR CARRYING
YARN IN SPINNING, WINDING, AND WEAVING MACHINERY," upon the condition,
(amongst others) that I, the said John Tullis, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the samo
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Offico within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Tullis, do hereby declaro
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings
and to the letters and figures marked thercon, that is to say :-
My said Invention has for its object the construction of those-tubes
sometimes known as 6
cops" or "cop tubes" of a more durable material
than hitherto employed for that purpose.
It has hitherto been the practice to construct or form the said tubes
upon which the yarn or thread is wound and carried in spinning, wind-
ing, and weaving machinery of such materials as wood, paper, or papier
maché, which materials soon become worn out and entail great loss by
producing much waste yarn or thread, and have accordingly to be
frequently renewed.
The present Invention then is intended to remedy these defects to a
great extent by employing dried and compressed hide or skin "pelt,"
sizing, or gelatine, for the construction of the tubes referred to, as it
is found that the tubes when formed of these materials can be used
repeatedly and for a long period without producing waste yarn.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood,
I now proceed more particularly to set forth the system, mode, or manner
in or under which the same is or may be used or practically carried into
effect, that is to say :-
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Upon the Sheet of Drawings hereunto appended Figure 1 is à longi-
tudinal section, and Figure 2 is a transverse section upon the line A, B;
Figure 1 showing upon an enlarged scale a tube C constructed in
accordance with my Invention, whilst Figure 3 is a plan upon a
similarly enlarged scale of the picce D of hide, skin, or pelt cut to the
required shape previous to its formation into the said tube C, which is
effected in the manner now about to be set forth.
The hide, skin, or pelt is first cut into the shape shown at Figure 3,
after which, and whilst in a moist and flexible state, it is bent round a
mandrel, the diameter and shape of which correspond to the internal
diameter and shape of the tube required, and whilst thereon it is pressed
in a suitably formed die, or rolled or otherwise subjected to pressure
until it permanently assumes the character of the tube C, shown at
Figures 1 and 2, and when thoroughly dried is of a tough and durable
nature, capable of repeated usage, and for a longer period than the tubes
bitherto in use composed of wood, paper, or papier maché.

page_text: It is to be understood that besides hide, skin, or pelt, I sometimes
employ sizing or gelatine for the construction of my improved tubes in
a manner similar to that herein-before described with reference to hide,
skin, or pelt.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the t
system, mode, or manner in or under which the same is or may be used
or practically carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that
what I consider novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the
construction of tubes for carrying yarn in spinning, winding, and 1
weaving machinery from hide, skin, pelt, sizing, or gelatine, as herein-
before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Tullis, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this Twenty-first day of August, One thousand
cight hundred and soventy-one.
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