IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR " FOR SLUBBING, ROVING, AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Nightingale, of Chorley, in the County of
Lancaster, Manager, and Robert Nightingale, of the same Place, Grocer,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry, Nightingale and
Robert Nightingale at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,,
with their Petition, on the 27th January 1855..
We, HENRY NIGHTINGALE, of Chorley, in the County of Lancaster, Manager,
and ROBERT NIGHTINGALE, of the same Place, Grocer, do hereby declare the
nature of our said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
FOR SLUBBING, ROVING, AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," to
be as follows :
This Invention relates to an improved construction and arrangement of the
spindles and flyers of slubbing and roving frames, applicable also to throstle
frames, whereby the injurious vibration of the spindles and flyers. when at a
high velocity is entirely obviated, thus enabling them to be driven at a greater
speed than has hitherto been found practicable.
According to this arrangement, the flyer is completely detached from the
spindle, and the spindle, or that which has hitherto been' used as a spindle, is

page_text: replaced by a fixed stud or pin, round which the bobbin revolves. The flyer is
suspended from a bracket fixed to the roller beam, and is rotated by a bevil
wheel in connection with it, such bevil wheel being actuated by a bevil wheel
on the fly shaft, which passes from end to end of the frame. The bobbin,
which is carried on a stud or pin which does not revolve, but has a vertical
traverse imparted to it by the lifting rail, rests upon a suitable washer,
which is rotated by suitable bevel gearing round the fixed stud or pin, before
mentioned.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Nightingale and Robert Nightingale in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 27th July 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, HENRY
NIGHTINGALE, of Chorley, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, and ROBERT
NIGHTINGALE, of the same Place, Grocer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of January, in the year
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Henry Nightingale and Robert Nightingale, Her special license that
we, the said Henry Nightingale and Robert Nightingale, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Henry Nightingale
and Robert Nightingale, our executors, administrators, or assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SLUBBING, ROVING, AND SPINNING COTTON AND
OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said
Henry Nightingale and Robert Nightingale, by an instrument in writing under
our 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 we, the said Henry Nightingale and Robert
Nightingale, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in

page_text: what manner the same is to be 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 thereon,
that is to say-
Our said Invention relates to an improved construction and arrangement of
the spindles and flyers of slubbing and roving frames, applicable also to throstle
frames, whereby the injurious vibration of the spindles and flyers when at a
bigh velocity is entirely obviated, thus enabling them to be driven at a greater
speed than has hitherto been found practicable under existing arrangements.
According to our arrangement, the flyer is completely detached from the
spindle, and the spindle, or that which has hitherto been used as a spindle, is
replaced by a fixed stud or pin, round which the bobbin revolves. The flyer is
suspended from a bracket fixed to the roller beam, and is rotated by a skew
bevil wheel in connection with it, such wheel being actuated by a correspond-
ing skew bevil wheel on the fly shaft, which passes from end to end of the
frame. The bobbin is carried on a stud or pin which does not revolve, but
has a vertical traverse imparted to it by the lifting rail. The bobbin rests
upon a collar or washer, which is rotated by suitable bevil gearing round the
fixed stud or pin before mentioned.
And in order that our said Invention may be more properly understood, we
shall now proceed to describe and refer to the Figuro on the annexed Sheet of
Drawings, which represents a side elevation of the flyer and bobbin of a
roving frame.
A represents the flyer, which in place of being attached to the spindle is
entirely separate therefrom, and rotates in suitable bearings B, B, in the
bracket C, which is bolted or otherwise secured to the roller beam D. A
skew bevil wheel E is secured to the shank of the flyer, and receives a rotatory
motion from a corresponding wheel on the fly shaft, which runs from end to
end of the machine. The bobbin F turns freely on the fixed stud or pin G,
which is fitted at its lower extremity into the lifting rail H. A collar I, having
a skew bevil wheel J cast upon it, turns freely round the lower portion of the
pin or stud G, being driven by a corresponding wheel on a longitudinal driving
shaft, working in suitable bearings fixed on to the lifting rail. The bobbin rests
with its lower flange on the surface of the collar I, and as it is fixed thereto
by a pin K, fitting into a hole in the collar, it is of course carried round with
it. The vertical traverse of the lifting rail during the winding on of the
sliver may be obtained by the ordinary existing mechanism for effecting that
movement. Although we have represented the flyer and bobbin as being
driven by toothed gearing, yet we by no means confine ourselves to that

page_text: particular mode of actuating them, as they may obviously be driven by bands
and grooved pulleys. The same arrangement of detached flyer may be used in
throstle and other spinning frames, although its advantages will be more clearly
developed in slubbing and roving frames.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of our said.
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, we would observe, in conclusion, that we do not confine or restrict
ourselves to the precise details or. arrangements which we have had occasion to
describe or refer to, as many variations may be made therefrom without
deviating from the principles or main features of our said Invention; but what
we consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention
secured to us by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, is,-
First, the application and use of flyers detached from their spindles, and
working in suitable bearings in-fixed over-head brackets secured to the roller
beam, or to any other suitable portion of the machine, whether the same be
applied to slubbing, roving, or other spinning frames..
Second, the application and use of fixed studs or pins for holding the bobbins
in slubbing, roving, and other spinning machines, in place of the revolving
spindles hitherto employed for that purpose, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Henry Nightingale and Robert Nightin-
gale, have hereunto set our hands and seals, the Twenty-fourth day of
July, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
HENRY NIGHTINGALE.
(L.S.)
ROBERT NIGHTINGALE (L.S.)