Improvements in and connected with Spinning and Doubling Machinery.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Spinning and Doubling
Machinery.
I, SAMUEL LOWDEN, of Earl Terrace, 14 Bell Street, Lochee in the County of
Forfar, Scotland, Iron Turner do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of machines for
spinning jute, flax, cotton, and the like, and is also applicable for twisting and
doubling machines. My improvements are connected with the flyers, the object
being to construct these in a simple and economical manner and in a way which
will permit of the socket being easily renewed.
In carrying out my invention, I construct the legs and the body of the flyer in
the usual known way and screw the socket into the body of the flyer either from
the bottom or the top, preferably from the bottom, such screw being either right
After the socket is home, I bore a hole through the side of the body
of the flyer and continue it through the side of the socket. A rivet is then inserted
into such hole from the inside of the socket and is fastened or riveted therein, the
head being inside. Such head is also used to make the flyer rotate with the spindle.
The advantages of such a detachable socket are:-
It may be made of steel and hardened and it can be easily renewed without
destroying the legs and the boxy of the flyer, and it is also in one piece.
Dated this 16th day of December 1896
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
41 Reform Street, Dundee, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Spinning and Doubling
Machinery.
I, SAMUEL LOWDEN, lately of Earl Terrace, 14 Bell Street Lochee, but now of
9 Balgay Street, Lochee, in the County of Forfar, Scotland, Iron Turner, 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 relates to improvements in the construction of machines for
spinning jute, flax, cotton and the like, and is also applicable for twisting and
doubling machines. My improvements are connected with the flyers, the object

page_text: being to construct these in a simple and economical manner and in a way which
will permit of the socket being easily renewed.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which the same reference numerals
are used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown, that is to
say:
Figure 1. is a side elevation of my improved flyer.
Figure 2. is a section at A. A. (Figure 1) of same.
In carrying out my invention, I construct the legs 10. and the body 11. of the
flyer in the usual known way and screw the socket 12. into the body of the flyer
either from the bottom or the top, preferably from the bottom, as shewn, such
screw being either right or left hand, according to the direction of rotation of
the spindle, that is to say when the spindle is rotating the socket will have a ten-
dency to screw into its seat. After the socket is home I bore a hole 13. through
the side of the body of the flyer and continue it through the side
of the socket. A rivet 14. is then inserted into such hole from the inside
of the socket and is fastened or riveted therein, the head being inside. Such head
is also used to make the flyer rotate with the spindle.
The advantages of such a detachable socket are:-
It may be made of steel and hardened and it can be easily renewed without
destroying the legs and the body of the flyer, and it is also in one piece.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
In flyers for spinning machines and the like, the combination and arrangement
of parts, consisting of the legs and the body of a flyer with a detachable screwed
socket fixed in position with a rivet, substantially as described and illustrated on
the annexed drawings.
Dated this 14th day of September 1897.
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
41 Reform Street, Dundee, Agents for Applicant.