IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRAVELLERS USED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON WOOL SILK AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1884

page_text: We PETER EADIE of 12 High Street Paisley in the County of Renfrew, ROBERT
EADIE of 9 Victoria Buildings Victoria Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
and JOHN EADIE of 12 High Street Paisley aforesaid Manufacturers do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE TRAVELLERS USED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON
WOOL SILK AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS to be as follows:-—
Our Invention relates to the travellers used in machinery for spinning and
doubling cotton wool silk and other fibrous materials and consists in a construction
of traveller by which such traveller is enabled to be carried around the ring upon
which it is mounted by the yarn or thread with greater case and smoothness than
heretofore and by which construction the friction between and the wear and tear
of the said traveller and the ring upon which it is mounted aro reduced..-To
accomplish the above object we form the ends of the traveller of a double thickness
of metal by bending each end of the metal forming the traveller back upon itself
such bent portions of the traveller presenting rounded surfaces to the ring upon
which such traveller is mounted when at work.
W. T. CHEETHAM,
Agent to the Applicants.

page_text: We PETER EADIE of 12 High Street Paisley in the county of Renfrew, North
Britain, ROBERT EADIE of 9 Victoria Buildings Victoria Street Manchester in the
county of Lancaster and JOHN EADIE of 12 High Strect Paisley aforesaid
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRAVELLERS USED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING
AND DOUBLING COTTON WOOL SILK AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
Our invention relates to the travellers used in machinery for spinning and
doubling cotton, wool, silk and other fibrous materials and consists in a construction
of traveller by which such traveller is enabled to be carried around the ring upon
which it is mounted by the yarn or thread with greater caso and smoothness than
heretofore and by which construction the friction between and the wear and tear of
the said traveller and the ring upon which it is mounted are reduced-To
accomplish the above objects we form the ends of the traveller of a double
thickness of metal by bending each end of the metal forming the traveller back
upon itself such bent portions of the traveller presenting rounded surfaces to the
ring upon which such traveller is mounted when at work.
In order that our invention may be better understood and carried into effect we
will now more fully describe the same by reference to the drawing hereunto
annexed.
Fig. 1 is a vertical side view and Fig. 2, an end view of a traveller constructed
according to our invention The metal forming the traveller A. is at the points a. b,
bent back upon itself such bending of the metal forming the traveller A forms
rounded parts at the points, c. d, which parts act against the ring upon which such
traveller A, is mounted when at work-By bending the metal forming the
traveller as above described the rounded surface produced by such bending presents
an increased surface to the ring upon which such traveller is mounted when at
work and being a rounded surface enables the said traveller to be more readily and
smoothly carried around the ring aforesaid by the yarn being spun or doublod than
heretoforo-The rounded portious c, d, of the traveller also prevent the said
traveller from cutting a groove in the ring as such traveller is carried around the
ring aforesaid as is the case with travellers of the ordinary construction-By
reducing the wear of the ends c. d, of the traveller and the ring a greater uniformity
of drag and tension of the yarn is obtained than has hitherto been possible.
In Figs. 3 and 4 is shown a heavy traveller constructed according to our
invention, Fig. 3 being a side elevation and Fig. 4 an end view thereof In this
instance the traveller B, is formed of a ribbon or band e, of metal, which ribbon
or band e, of metal is, at the points f. g, bent back upon itself by such bending a
considerable amount of wearing surface is presented by the curved portions h, j.
Another method of carrying out our invention is shown by Figs 5, 0,-Fig. 5
being a vertical side view and Fig. 6 an end view of the traveller-The metal
forming the traveller is at the points l, m, hent back upon itself the parts n, o,
being bent so as to be upon the inside of the traveller such bending of the metal
forms rounded parts at the points l, m, which act against the ring upon which the
traveller is mounted when at work.
Although we have only described our invention as applied to one class of traveller.
it will be readily understood that our said invention is also applicable to other
classes of traveller used in machinery for spinning and doubling cotton and other
fibrous materials.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is the herein before described improvements in the construction of travellers
used in machinery for spinning and doubling cotton wool silk and other fibrous
materials which improvements consist in providing each of such travellers with
portions bent back upon the said traveller substantially as shown at a. b. at f. g,
and at l, m, for the purposes berein before described and set forth.
Dated this man thin days of
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