IMPROVEMENTS IN MULES FOR
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Braham Parkinson, of Preston, in the
County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, Aaron Metcalf, of the same
Place, Overlooker, John Metcalf, of the same Place, Overlooker,
and William Hesketh Heald, of the same Place, Overlooker, for
the Invention of 11 TG TO MUITO PAD SPINNING"
Sealed the 8th June 1869, and dated the 24th March 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Braham Parkin-
son, Aaron Metcalf, John Metcalf, and William Hesketh Heald at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on
the 24th March 1869.
We, CHARLES BRAHAM PARKINSON, of Preston, in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, AARON METCALF, of the same Place, Over-
looker, JOHN METCALF, of the same Place, Overlooker, and WILLIAM
HESKETH HEALD, of the same Place, Overlooker, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MULES FOR SPINNING,"
to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in certain improvements in mules for spinning,
by which we make a very firm and hard cop, and with much less break-

page_text: age of yarn in winding. There is likewise a greater length of yarn on
the same sized cop; this we effect by the following improvements :-
There is a moveable radius rail which is worked by the carriage by a
connecting rod attached to it, and a bracket on moveable rail. There is
a bracket on radius arm on which is a bowl working on moveable rail;
there is also a noseing plate attached to the moveable rail. To effect a
tighter noseing to the cops we draw the chain off the winding-on drum
down the radius arm; this motion dispenses with quadrant, bands, side
shafts, or wheel gearing of any description.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Braham Parkinson, Aaron Metcalf, John
Metcalf, and William Hesketh Heald in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 24th September 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, CHARLES
BRAHAM PARKINSON, of Preston, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton
Spinner, AARON METCALF, of the same Place, Overlooker, JOHN
METCALF, of the same Place, Overlooker, and WILLIAM HESKETH
HEALD, of the same Place, Overlooker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Charles Braham Parkinson,
Aaron Metcalf, John Metcalf, and William Hesketh Heald, Her
special licence that we, the said Charles Braham Parkinson, Aaron
Metcalf, John Metcalf, and William Hesketh Heald, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Charles Braham
Parkinson, Aaron Metcalf, John Metcalf, and William Hesketh Heald,
our 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, exer-
cise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MULES FOR SPINNING," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the
said Charles Braham Parkinson, Aaron Metcalf, John Metcalf, and

page_text: William Hesketh Heald, our executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, 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 Charles Braham Parkinson,
Aaron Metcalf, John Metcalf, and William Hesketh Heald, do hereby
declare the nature of our said Invention, and in 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, in their several Figures, of which similar parts are marked
with similar letters of reference (that is to say) :-
Our Invention is applicable to any kind of mule, the object being to
make the cops firmer and harder, with less breakage of yarn in winding,
by doing which a considerable per-centage more yarn is put on the same
sized cop.
Fig. 1, in our Drawings, is a side elevation of a mule headstock
shewing our application to one kind of mule; Fig. 2 is a plan of the
same; Fig. 3 is a part of radius rail shewing a noscing piece.
A, in Figs. 1 and 2, is the ordinary carriage; B, likewise the ordinary
chain and rope barrel; C, the chain which in some instances instead of
hooking on to the nut worked by the screw in the quadrant radius
arm D (as before,) we pass it over pulley E down arm, over another
pulley F (which in some instances is not required) over eccentric G, the
end of which chain is secured on the aforesaid eccentric at H; on the
side of this eccentric is a pully I, on which is secured the end of the
chain J; at K it comes round and under to stud L on to side and
near bottom of radius rail M; on the upper part of this radius rail is
fixed a lever N, to the end of which is worked one end of connecting
rod O; the other end is connected to carriage A at P. On the edge of
radius rail M works a bowl R, which bowl works on a pivot pin S
secured in the quadrant radius arm D. In some make of mules we use
the chain hooked as at present to nut, and secure an additional chain to
it immediatley in front of arm and nut down to ratchet wheel, pully,
eccentric, stud, or lever at or near bottom. The winding chain is still regu-
lated by the screw T down the quadrant radius arm D, which screws up or

page_text: down the nut attached to pully E. The noseing will be regulated
by the chain J, and raising or lowering of stud L up or down slot V, V,
as required.
It will thus be seen that the carriage is connected directly with the
radius rail by connecting rod O, the radius rail lifts up the quadrant
radius arm by bowl R. It is thus driven direct from the carriage,
causing more regularity in winding, enabling the winder to put a con-
siderable greater amount of yarn on the same sized cop.
The chain motion and eccentrio may and will be applied without the
radius rail in some mules, likewise the radius rail with a nose plate as
at V, in Fig. 3, without the chain passing down the quadrant radius arm
or the eccentric. This radius rail motion dispenses with the use of
the quadrant entirely, or we can apply the noseing motion by passing
the chain down the arm over the eccentric as before, connecting the
noseing chain J to a ratchet wheel and catch on the quadrant, as now
in use.
Having described the various parts of our Invention, and the ways in
which we apply it to suit the various makes of mules, we do not confine
ourselves to the exclusive use of chain for the several purposes herein
described, as we can and may effect the same by band, rope, or cord, or
any such like substitute. The tight noseing of cops is effected by the
short chain J on the inward traverse of the carriage drawing down the
end of radius rail at a, thereby with it the chain J by stud L which
pulls round the eccentric G, drawing the chain C, giving motion to the
barrel B, preventing thereby all snicks and snarls, saves bands and power
by the carriage running in much lighter, we dispense with friction
bands, side shafts, and wheel gearing.
The nature of our Invention being now fully described, and the ways
in which we work it, we wish it to be understood that we do not con-
fine ourselves to the precise details we have had occasion to refer to
herein, as many variations may be made in detail without deviating from
the principles or main features embodied herein, but what we claim as
our Invention is,―
First. The general arrangements for a positive winding motion dis-
pensing with the quadrant in spinning mules, as herein-before
described.
Second. The radius rail, bowl, and connecting same to carriage.

page_text: Third. The passing the winding chain down the quadrant radius arm,
inside or out, its connection, action, and combination, with eccentric,
pully, catch wheel, stud, or lever, as herein-before described.
Fourth. The distinct noseing chains, whether hooked to the winding
chain inside the quadrant radius arm D to eccentric, catch wheel, pully,
stud, or lever, as herein-before described, or otherwise, and noseing
plate.
In witness whereof, we, the said Charles Braham Parkinson, Aaron
Metcalf, John Metcalf, and William Hesketh Heald, have here-
unto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-first day of Septem-
ber, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine,
CHARLES BRAHAM PARKINSON. (L.s.)
AARON METCALF.
(L.S.)
JOHN METCALF.
(L.S.)
WILLIAM HESKETH HEALD.
(L.S.)