Improvements in and in connection with the Rings and Travellers of Ring Spinning and Doubling Frames.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1898
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Improvements in and in connection with the Rings and Travellers of
Ring Spinning and Doubling Frames.
I, PHILIPPE BAZIN, of Condé-sur-Noireau (Calvados), France, Spinner, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in and in connection with the rings and
travellers of ring spinning and doubling frames and particularly to those travellers
which are made in the shape of a forked metal blade having at one end a hook
forming a thread guide and at the other end a shoulder piece and a compensating
wing or vane.
The chief objects of my improvements are to reduce to a minimum the friction
and consequent wear and tear arising from the shoulder piece on the moving
traveller coming into contact with the stationary ring, and also to prevent any
possibility of the metal compensating wing getting out of shape during the harden-
ing process.
To diminish friction and prevent wear and tear of the shoulder piece I arrange
for the automatic lubrication of the interior of the ring and make the shoulder
piece which bears constantly against the inside of the ring of hardened steel.
A convenient arrangement for effecting the lubrication of the ring consists of
a shallow oil trough or reservoir formed by bending one edge of the rail in which
the ring is carried and connecting this trough by a narrow channel in the rail
leading through a hole into the interior of the ring. A wick is fitted in this hole
and extends back along the channel into the trough and dips into the oil in it so
that by capillary attraction oil is conducted to the interior of the ring and to the
shoulder piece. A cover of thin sheet metal or other suitable material may be
employed in order to protect the oil and the wick from dust and fly. The trough
forining the oil reservoir preferably runs the whole length of the rail and serves for
all the rings which the rail carries.
The highly tempered steel shoulder piece may either be fixed rigidly to the body
of the traveller or connected to it by an universal joint so as to render the piece
self adjusting whereby it bears constantly with a full face against the interior
of the ring irrespective of the position of the rest of the traveller.
To prevent any risk of the steel compensating wing getting out of shape during
the hardening process I stamp or otherwise form it with ribs or corrugations
whereby its stiffness and rigidity is increased without adding to its weight."
Dated this 5th day of March 1898.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with the Rings and Travellers of
Ring Spinning and Doubling Frames.
I, PHILIPPE BAZIN, of Condé-sur-Noireau (Calvados), France. Spinner, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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My invention relates to improvements in and in connection with the rings and
travellers of ring spinning and doubling frames and particularly to those travellers
which are made in the shape of a forked metal blade having at one end a hook
forming a thread guide and at the other end a shoulder piece and a compensating
wing or vane.
The chief objects of my improvements are to reduce to a minimum the friction
and consequent wear and tear arising from the shoulder piece on
the moving
traveller coming into contact with the stationary ring and also to prevent any
possibility of the metal compensating wing getting out of shape during the harden-
ing process.
To diminish friction and prevent wear and tear of the shoulder piece I arrange
for the automatic lubrication of the interior of the ring and make the shoulder
piece which bears constantly against the inside of the ring of hardened steel.
A convenient arrangement for effecting the lubrication of the ring consists of
a shallow oil trough or reservoir formed by bending one edge of the rail in which
the ring is carried and connecting this trough by a narrow channel in the rail
leading through a hole into the interior of the ring. A wick is fitted in this hole
and extends back along the channel into the trough and dips into the oil in it so
that by capillary attraction oil is conducted to the interior of the ring and to the
shoulder piece. A cover of thin sheet metal or other suitable material may be
employed in order to protect the oil and the wick from dust and fly. The trough
forming the oil reservoir preferably runs the whole length of the rail and serves for
all the rings which the rail carries.
The highly tempered steel shoulder piece may either be fixed rigidly to the body
of the traveller or connected to it loosely so as to render the piece self adjusting
whereby, it bears constantly with a full face against the interior of the ring
irrespective of the position of the rest of the traveller.
To prevent any risk of the steel compensating wing getting out of shape during
the hardening process I stamp or otherwise form it with ribs or corrugations
whereby its stiffness and rigidity is increased without adding to its weight.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a traveller of the kind described in the Patent,
Vimont, No. 9079 of 1894 furnished according to the present improvements with
a highly tempered steel shoulder piece and a strengthening rib or bead.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a traveller of the kind described in the
Patent, Bazin, No. 20080 of 1897 furnished with a highly tempered steel shoulder
piece according to the present improvements.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of the improved traveller (Fig. 2) mounted in
its guiding ring and illustrating the means for automatically lubricating the
interior of the ring.
Figure 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3.
The present improvements may be applied to all travellers which are formed as
a forked metallic blade or backbone such as a terminating at one end in a hooked
thread guide such as G and at the other end in a shoulder piece d as well as a
compensating wing or vane c.

page_text: The lubrication is effected automatically in the following manner :-
The rail f, which supports the rings e, is bent on one side into a trough J, and
this trough which forms an oil reservoir, is connected by a channel to the interior
of the ring e through a hole j. A wick J is placed in the channel and extends
from the trough J to the hole j' so that oil passes continuously from the trough
to the interior of the ring and so to the shoulder piece of the traveller. A cover J2
of thin sheet metal or other suitable material serves to keep off dust and fly.
The highly tempered steel shoulder piece D may either be riveted or otherwise
rigidly secured to the body of the traveller as in Fig. 1 or it may be pivoted or
connected to it loosely so as to be self-adjusting as in Figs. 2 3 and 4.
In Fig. 1 the steel compensating wing c is shown stamped or otherwise formed
with a strengthening rib or bead parallel to its outer edge in order to increase
its strength and rigidity without adding materially to its weight.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
:-
1. In travellers having a forked end with a hook or thread guide and at the other
end a compensating wing or vane, the improvement which consists in protecting
the shoulder piece of the traveller by a highly tempered steel plate either rigidly
attached to the body or pivoted thereto so as to be self-adjusting substantially as
herein set forth.
2. In travellers having a forked end with a hook or thread guide and at the
other end a compensating wing or vane, the improvement which consists in
strengthening the compensating wing of the traveller by a rib or bead such as C,
Fig. 1.
3. In ring spinning machines, the automatic lubrication of the interior of each
ring by means of a wick dipping at one end into an oil reservoir and at the other
end in communication with the interior of the ring substantially as herein set
forth.
4. In combination the several arrangements and constructions of parts substan-
tially as and for the purposes herein described with reference to the accompanying
drawing.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.