Grayson and Hardisty
of Accommodation Bridge Works, Atkinson Street, Leeds
1876 Patent. '344. To James William Grayson and William Henry Hardisty, both of Leeds, in the county of York, for the invention of "improvements in bearings and parts connected therewith for the journals or axles of reels, swifts, or cylinders on machines where it is required to take off or put on hanks of yarn, thread, or other endless bands."[1]
1876 ' NEW AMERICAN CLUTCH (Addyman's Patent).
The most perfect and simple clutch yet invented. Can be used either as a Friction Pulley or as a Friction Coupling. Invaluable where portions of shafting want stopping occasionally, or where portions of shafting require driving separately, or in place of fast and loose pulleys. Can be seen working at Messrs. Hebbert and Co., Cloth Furnishers, Grace-street Mills, Leeds.
For full particulars apply to the Sole licensed makers -
Messrs. GRAYSON AND HARDISTY, MACHINISTS, HUNSLET, LEEDS'[2]. An 1877 advertisement added the fact that information could be obtained from the makers or at the offices of the Patentee, C. H. Addyman, Old Bank Chambers, Leeds.'
1881 In liquidation. '...Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by James William Grayson and William Henry Hardisty, of the Accommodation Bridge Works, Atkinson-street, Hunslet, in the parish of Leeds, in the county of York, Machine Makers, trading under the style of Grayson and Hardisty, the said James William Grayson residing at Audsley-villas, Roundhay-road, in Leeds aforesaid, and the said William Henry Hardisty residing at Stansfield terrace, Francis-street, in Leeds aforesaid....'[3][4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:3 March 1876 Issue:24302 Page:1743
- ↑ Leeds Mercury - Saturday 16 December 1876
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:22 March 1881 Issue:24953 Page:1338
- ↑ Huddersfield Chronicle - Saturday 26 March 1881