IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINDLES FOR SPINNING-MACHINES
Year: 1884

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I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, ilo hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINDLES FOR SPINNING-MACHINES
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention relates to spinning and copping spindles as hereinafter described
and represented in vertical section in the accompanying Drawing.
The principal object of the said Invention is to obtain directly by means of this
spindle, which is placed in front of the card or other spinning machine, a coarse
thread, which thread is, by the same operation, wound into cops and is capable of
being employed directly on a loom when it leaves the spindle.
This spindle consists of three principal parts, viz. :-
1 The interior cylindrical spindle or spindle proper a upon which is wound
the material as it is spun.
2 The hollow spindle c, which, rotating in the fixed collar or socket F, is
carried in the step d and causes the part a to revolve with it.
3rd The trumpet 6 in which the winding is effected and the cop is formed.
The principal parts of this spindle being above enumerated, I will now proceed
to describe its operation.
The two spindles a and c are enabled to rotate conjointly by means of an interior
rib or feather p (indicated in dotted lines in the Drawing) which slides vertically
in a groove extending the entire length of the part a. In proportion as the cop is
formed, the spindle a is raised, the rib or feather sliding in the said groove in such
a manner that this spindle, although rotatively connected with the hollow spindle c,
can nevertheless travel freely up and down in the latter.
The trumpet b rotates freely in the same direction as the two spindles and is
carried by the collar d' of the spindle c.
These three principal parts a, c, b, constituting the entire spindle therefore,
rotate in the same direction. The hollow spindle c is driven by the bevel-wheels
e, f, and the trumpet b by two other bevel-wheels e¹, ƒ¹,

page_text: The cop is wound by reason of the difference between the velocities of the
spindles c and a on the one hand, and of the cone or trumpet b on the other hand.
Change-wheels are arranged in front of the machine, which actuate the shafts o
and o¹ and permit the desired changes to be obtained in the velocity, which can be
varied according to the degree of torsion or twist required.
The means for actuating the spindles herein described are those generally
employed in ordinary spinning-frames, the shafts o and o' driving all the spindles
at the same time.
According to the application of the improved spindle and the requirements of
each industry the spindles may be driven separately by means of toothed wheels,
ropes or belts, suitable gearing being employed for throwing each spindle separately
in and out of gear by any known means.
This Invention, in addition to the general arrangement, has the following
features viz. :—
1 The collar d', d', is in one piece with the spindle c and the trumpet bis
carried by, and rotates upon, it; moreover, the two spindles rotating in the same
direction, mutually assist each other in their motion so that the entire spindle can
be made light.
2nd The spinning takes place at the top of the spindle c, thus preventing or
avoiding the staining or soiling of the spun material by the oil used for lubrication.
3rd The thread-guides g, g, and their socket or collar m, operate in a practical and
efficient manner.
These thread-guides are fixed upon the collar or socket m which is caused to
rotate with the trumpet b by means of ribs or feathers sliding in two grooves t, t,
formed in the barrel or extension of the conc or trumpet. In order to distribute
the thread in a uniform manner over the spindle a, an alternating motion is
imparted to a carrier v extending all along the spindles. Upon this carrier is fixed
a small piece x into which extends the rib or flange n of the socket m carrying the
thread-guides g, g. It is evident therefore that this socket will follow exactly all
the movements imparted to the carrier.
The thread leaving the cylinders passes through one of the two holes ŕ formed
in the flange of the trumpet and is then conducted through the eye s into the cone
through one of two longitudinal apertures formed in the sides thereof and is finally
wound upon the spindle a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
The improved spindle above described and represented in the accompanying
Drawing, by the employment of which spindle a coarse thread can be obtained
directly in front of the card or other spinning machine, and the cop formed can be
immediately used in a looın.'
Dated this 5th dan of Aun 1001