Improvements in Self Acting Mules and Twiners.
Year: 1897

page_text: I, JOHN MUIR HETHERINGTON, of Vulcan Works, Pollard Street, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention
to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in self acting mules and twiners and the
object of my improvements is to adapt the spindle box to carry extra long spindles
necessary or desirable for spinning large cops.
In carriages of self acting mules and twiners of the ordinary construction the
spindle footstep rail of the spindles is carried on the top of the carriage front but
according to my improvements I employ special spindle box brackets and shape
them so that the front foot which carries the spindle footstep rail passes over and
in front of the carriage front as far down as is necessary. The spindle footstep.
rail thus projects in front of and below the top of the carriage front whereby
provision is made for the increased length of spindles.
These longer spindles can in many cases be advantageously run at an increased
speed, the carriage front can be made wider, and the carriage consequently
stronger.
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H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in Self Acting Mules and Twiners.
I, JOHN MUIR HETHERINGTON, of Vulcan Works, Pollard Street, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Engineer, 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:
My Invention relates to improvements in self acting mules and twiners and the
object of my improvements is to adapt the spindle box to carry extra long spindles
necessary or desirable for spinning large cops.
In carriages of self acting mules and twiners of the ordinary construction the
spindle footstep rail of the spindles is carried on the top of the carriage front but
according to my improvements I employ special spindle box brackets and shape
them so that the front foot which carries the spindle footstep rail passes over and in
front of the carriage front as far down as is necessary. The spindle footstep rail
thus projects in front of and below the top of the carriage front whereby provision
is made for the increased length of spindles.

page_text: In the accompanying Drawings
Fig. 1 is a sectional end view of a mule carriage to which my improvements are
applied and Fig. 2 is a sectional end view on a larger scale of part of the carriage.
In the Drawings 2 indicates the frame of the carriage, 3 the wheels, 4 the tin
roller and 5 the bands for driving the spindles 6. In the ordinary construction
the footstep rail for the spindles is supported on the top of the carriage front 7
but according to my Invention I employ special spindle box brackets 8 and shape
them so that the front foot passes over and in front of the carriage front 7 as far
down as necessary, and to the front feet of the brackets 8 I secure the footstep rail 9,
and a cover 10 secured to this rail and to the upper part of the carriage closes in
the front.
The spindles 6 are supported in the ordinary manner at the top of the carriage
and rest in footstep bearings in the rail 9 below the level of the top of the carriage
front 7 so that provision is made for an increased length of spindles which can in
many cases be advantageously run at an increased speed, also the carriage front 7
can be made wider, and the carriage consequently stronger.
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
1. In a self acting mule or twiner the combination with the spindle 6 made larger
than heretofore, of special spindle box brackets shaped so as to carry the spindle
footstep rail in front of and below the top of the carriage front substantially as and
for the purposes herein set forth.
2. The general arrangement and combination of parts embodying my improve-
ments substantially as and for the purposes herein described with reference to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
II. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant, 17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester.