IMPROVEMENTS IN RINGS EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND TWISTING WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Walton Merrall, of Morton, near Bingley, in the
County of York, Worsted Spinner, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
RINGS EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND TWISTING WOOL,
COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Walton Merrall at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st December 1881.
JOSEPH WALTON MERRALL, of Morton, near Bingley, in the County of York,
Worsted Spinner. IMPROVEMENTS IN RINGS EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR
SPINNING AND TWISTING WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
This Invention has reference to rings employed in spinning, twisting, and roving
fibrous substances. In winding the yarn upon the bobbin or tube with the present
construction of rings, great inconvenience is caused by means of the loose projecting
fibres being caught by the ring traveller, and breaking and snarling the yarn.
The principal amount of drag is at present obtained between the delivery rollers
and ring traveller, which method of obtaining drag prevents good spinning and
twisting.
To overcome these difficulties is the object of my Invention, which I accomplish
by forming on or connecting to the rings or on the framing of the said rings an
ioner ring or annular projection placed between the ring traveller and the bobbin
or tube, so as to shield or protect the ring traveller from being caught or becoming
entangled with the loose projecting fibres on the bobbin. As the yarn in being
wound upon the bobbin or tubo bears upon this inner ring or annular projection, it
is a means of putting drag on the yarn between the traveller and bobbin, which
drag can be regulated as required by the height the inner ring or annular projection
is placed above the ring traveller, thus relieving the drag between the delivery
rollers and traveller, whereby better spinning is obtained.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Joseph Walton Merrall in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 1st June 1882.
JOSEPH WALTON MERRALL, of Morton, near Bingley, in the County of York,
Worsted Spinner.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN RINGS EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR
SPINNING AND TWISTING WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
This Invention has reference to rings employed in spinning, twisting, and roving
fibrous substances. In winding the yarn upon the hobbins or tube with the present
construction of rings, great inconvenience is caused by means of the loose projecting
fibres catching the ring traveller and breaking and snarling the yarn. To overcome
this difficulty is the object of my Invention, which I accomplish by forming on or
connecting to the rings or on the framing of the said rings an inner ring or
annular projection placed between the ring traveller and the bobbin or tube, so as
to shield or protect the ring traveller from being caught or becoming entangled
with the loose projecting fibres on the bobbin.
In order that my Invention may be more fully understood, I herein give
reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof. A are the
bobbins or tubes; B, the ring; and C, the traveller, all of ordinary construction.
My improvement is shewn by the letter D, which consists of a shield or annular
ring attached to the ordinary ring B and placed between the said ring and traveller
and the bobbin A. It will at once be seen by those conversant with spinning,
that the beard or loose fibres projecting from the bobbin cannot be caught by the
traveller C as it is running around the ring, consequently breakage and snarling of
the yarn thereby is prevented. It will also be seen that if the annular ring is
made to stand higher than the ring and traveller, as shewn on the Drawings, that
the yarn will bear thereon and an effective drag will be produced, instead of being
obtained between the traveller and various forms of guides at present in use.
amount of drag obtained by the employment of the annular ring will be varied
according to its height above the traveller. The shield or annular ring D may be
formed with a flange, as shewn at E, so that it may be screwed onto the rail G, in
which case the ordinary ring B may be driven on tight around the outer part of
the annular ring; or the annular ring may be held secure on the rail G by means
of the ordinary flange H, which also secures the ring B; or the two rings B and D,
may be coupled as shewn at I.
The
Having thus shewn and described my improvements and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that I do not confine
myself to the exact details herein shown and described as they may be somewhat
varied, but what I believe to be new and claim as my Invention is,-
The use and employment of the annular ring D forming part of and being
connected to the ring B, both of which are secured to and supported by the
same rail G, in manner and for the purposes substantially as berein shown and
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Walton Merrall, have hereunto set
my hand and senl, this Twenty fifth day of May, in the year our Lord