Improved Clearing Apparatus Applicable to Ring-spinning and Doubling Frames.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1886)
Complete Left, 29th Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 1st Nov., 1887
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Clearing Apparatus Applicable to Ring-spinning and
Doubling Frames.
We JOHN VAUGHAN, ring-spinning overlooker, and JAMES WALKER, Mill Manager,
both of Hurst Mills Company (Limited) Ashton-under-Lyne in the County of
Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct an automatic apparatus for clearing the
loose fibres and fluff from the creel boards, roller beam, and thread board of ring
spinning and doubling frames, whereby the quality of the yarn is improved and the
necessity for cleaning the said parts of the frames by manual labor is obviated.
For this purpose we fix on the tin roller shaft a worm which drives a worm wheel
fixed at one end of a short horizontal shaft which is supported by bearings carried by
a cast iron bracket or frame. On the other end of this shaft is keyed a bevil wheel
gearing with two bevil pinions loose on a vertical shaft which is also carried by the
same bracket or frame.
Between the two bevil pinions a clutch is mounted so as to slide on a key and thus
connect either one or other of the bevil pinions to the vertical shaft, so as to reverse
the motion of the same as required.
On the vertical shaft is keyed a worm driving a worm wheel, fast to the boss of
which is a spur pinion which is in gear with a spur wheel.
The spur wheel is provided with two curved slots in which are adjustable two pins
which act on a lever and move the clutch into gear with the top pinion, or let it fall
out of gear with this, and into gear with the lower pinion; the other arm of the lever
being bent into a vertical position and provided with a weight for holding it in gear
with either pinion as the case may be.
On the upper end of the vertical shaft is fixed a double grooved pulley round which
pass two endless bands or cords. One of these cords is fastened to a small frame
carrying a felt covered roller which runs on the creel board and is provided with
brushes to clean the roller beam and the upper creel board and the bottom of the
skewers or pegs.

page_text: The other cord is fixed to a small bar carrying a similar roller running on the
thread board. Both the clearer frame and the bar are provided with eyes running on
guide wires so as to keep them in place.
When the ring frame is at work the worm on the tin-roller shaft drives the gearing
of the clearing apparatus above described and causes the felt covered rollers to move
along the creel board and thread board from one end of the frame to the other; the
pins on the spur wheel then act on the clutch lever causing it to reverse the motion of
the vertical shaft and thus move the clearing rollers to the reverse end of the frame,
and so on alternately as long as the frame is at work.
Dated this 30th day of December 1886.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Clearing Apparatus Applicable to Ring-spinning and
Doubling Frames.
WE JOHN VAUGHAN Ring-Spinning Overlooker, and JAMES WALKER, Mill
Manager, both of Hurst Mills Company (Limited) Ashton-under-Lyne in the county
of Lancaster, 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:-
The object of this invention is to construct an automatic apparatus for clearing the
loose fibres and fluff from the creel boards, roller beam, and thread board of ring
spinning and doubling frames, whereby the quality of the yarn is improved and the
necessity for cleaning the said parts of the frames by manual labor is obviated.
The nature of our said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed will be readily understood on reference to the sheet of drawings hereunto
annexed and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 on the annexed drawing is an end elevation (drawn partly in section) of a
ring spinning frame with our invention shown as applied thereto and Fig. 2 is a
partial plan view of the same.
a, a is part of the framing of the machine, b, 6 are the creel boards, c, c the roller
beams, and d, d the thread-boards; e, e are the tin rollers.
For the purpose of our invention we fix on the tin roller shaft f,f a worm g, g (see
Fig. 1) which drives a worm wheel h, fixed at one end of a short horizontal shaft i,
which is supported by bearings carried by a cast iron bracket or frame k, k.
On the other end of this shaft is keyed a bevil wheel 1, 1 gearing with two bevil
pinions m and n loose on a vertical shaft o, o which is also carried by the same bracket
or frame k, k.
Between the two bevil pinions m and n a clutch p, p is mounted so as to slide on a
key and thus connect either one or other of the bevil pinions m or n to the vertical
shaft 0, o so as to reverse the motion of the same as required.
On the vertical shaft o, o is keyed a worm q, q driving a worm wheel r, r fast to the
boss of which is a spur pinion s, s which is in gear with a spur wheel t, t.
The spur wheel t, t is provided with two curved slots in which are adjustable two
pins u and u' which act on a lever, and move the clutch p, p into gear with the
top pinion m, m or let it fall out of gear with this and into gear with the lower pinion n
the other arm of the lever being bent into a vertical position and provided with a
weight for holding it in gear with either pinion m or n as the case may be.
On the upper end of the vertical shaft o, o is fixed a double grooved pulley w, w
round which pass two endless bands or cords x, . One of these cords x is fastened
to a small frame y, y carrying a felt covered roller =,= (see also Fig. 2 which runs on
the creel board b, b, and is provided with brushes 1, 1, to clean the roller beam c, c
and with other brushes 2, 2, to clean the upper creel board, and the bottom of the
skewers or pegs.

page_text: The other cord z' is fixed to a small bar 3, 3, carrying a similar roller or rollers 4, 4,
running on the thread board d, d; the clearer frame y, y is provided with eyes 5, 5,
running on a guide wire 6, 6, so as to keep it in place.
When the ring frame is at work the worm g, g on the tin roller shaft, drives the
gearing of the clearing apparatus above described and causes the felt covered rollers
2, and 4, 4 to move along the creel board b, b and thread board c, c from one end of
the frame to the other; the pin u or the pin u¹ on the spur wheel t, t then act on the
clutch lever v, v causing it to reverse the motion of the vertical shaft o, o and thus
move the clearing rollers and 4 to the reverse end of the frame and so on alternately
as long as the frame is at work. In addition to the above we sometimes employ a
second movable frame 7, 7, (Fig. 1) running upon a rail 8, 8 being also actuated by
an endless cord and provided with brushes 9, 9, for cleaning the bottom of the thread
board and the roller weights.
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 construction and arrangement of mechanism for clearing the creel boards, roller
beam, and thread boards of ring spinning and doubling frames, driven from the end of
the tin roller shaft, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the
drawings annexed and especially we claim the use of rollers covered with felt or other
suitable material which are caused to travel to and fro and at the same time revolve
against the surfaces to be cleared substantially as described:
Dated this 28th day of September 1887.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicants.