Improvements in wet spinning Frames.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 16th Mar., 1895
Improvements in wet spinning Frames.
We JOHN MONTGOMERY Mill Manager and JAMES TAGGART Engineer both
of The Ulster Spinning Co. Falls Mill Belfast do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
In wet spinning frames the splash boards, as used to protect the workers from
the water thrown off the yarn in the process of spinning, are usually made in a
rigid form which inconvenience the attendants while attending to the rove bobbins,
doffing the bobbins of spun yarn, oiling the necks, tying the driving bands, and
aljusting the drag weights.
To obviate this we make our splash board in two pieces, the top board catching
the water as it flies off the yarn, and the bottom board being so set, that it acts as
a drip board & conducts the water to a spout or pipe near the bottom of the spinning
frame.
The top board is carried in such a manner that when the attendant leans against
it to change the rove bobbins, the board yields and pivots round its lower edge
and thus lies closer to the spindles; thus allowing the attendant to get closer to
the frame.
This top board which is carried in grooved brackets attached to the frame (&
when the attendants are doffing the frame,) can be lowered so as to allow them to
get free access to the bobbins when doffing.
A further advantage is in the use of a drip board placed in such a position as to
catch the water coming from the splash board-and in such a position as to give
greater freedom than hitherto in the tying of the driving bands adjusting the drag
bands and oiling the necks.
Dated thin 10th day of Now 1004
JOHN MONTGOMERY..
JAMES TAGGART.
Improvements in Wet Spinning Frames.
We, JOHN MONTGOMERY, Mill Manager, and JAMES TAGGART, Engineer,
both of The Ulster Spinning Company, Falls Mill, Belfast, in the County of
Antrim, Ireland, 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 :-
This invention refers to the splash guards used in wet spinning frames to protect
the workers from the water or spray thrown off from the yarn in the process of
spinning and is designed to avoid the objection to some of the forms hitherto
adopted and to provide for greater convenience in working whilst attending to the
bobbins doffing the bobbins of spun yarn oiling the necks affixing the driving band's
and adjusting the drag weights.
It consists essentially in making the splash guard in two parts or pieces placed
at different angles one above the other the upper part catching the water as it

page_text: flies off from the yarn and rotating parts of the spindles and the lower part being
so placed that it acts as a drip board to conduct the water to a spout or pipe near
the bottom of the spinning frame.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which sufficient of a spinning frame is shown to illustrate it.
Fig. 1. Transverse section of spinning frame showing the invention with the
upper part of the splash guard fixed.
Fig. 2. Transverse section of spinning frame showing the invention with the
upper part movable.
The splash guard is constructed of any suitable material wood sheet metal or
the like and is carried in brackets of any suitable.or convenient shape attached
to either the collar rail B or the foot step rail B' or to both. It is formed in two
parts an upper part C placed either. vertical or at any suitable inclination to the
spindles to catch the water and spray thrown out therefrom and a lower part D
placed at any desired inclination to the upper part C to receive the water dropping
or trickling therefrom and direct it into the trough or spout E placed beneath it.
Referring to Fig. 1 the upper part C of the splash guard is shown fixed or
stationary and is either secured to the brackets A or so that it may be removed
entirely from the frame if desired. The plate is shown made of sheet iron with a
bead or roll at the top and bottom edge. The lower part D is attached to the
bracket A and projects under the edge of the upper part C so that the water
dropping therefrom will be caught by the lower part D. The lower edge of the
part D projects over the spout or trough E into which all the splashes of water or
spray that fall are collected.
Referring to Fig. 2 the upper part C of the splash guard is shown to be loose or
movable so that its position can be altered in two respects either by oscillating or
swinging forward or by being lifted and lowered down a groove a in the bracket A.
The bracket is formed with a back ledge b against which the upper part C rests
when in normal position and a front ledge or stop c against which the plate rests
when moved forward. It is also formed with a lower groove a into which the
plate C can be lowered when required to allow greater freedom of action about
the machine.
The lower part of the splash guard is attached to the bracket A with one edge
placed to receive the water running from the upper part C and the other edge
placed to deliver the water to the spout or trough E.
We wish it to be clearly understood that we do not lay any claim either to the
swivelling movement of the plate C or to the sliding movement whereby it can be
moved from one position on the frame to another as we are fully aware that these
already form the subject matter of two earlier Patents.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tiou and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
A splash guard for wet spinning frames constructed in two separate parts placed
one above the other the upper part to catch the water or spray as it flies off the
yarn and spindles and the lower part to receive and conduct the water to a spout
or trough substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 14th day of February 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.