Improvements in Apparatus for Spinning Textile Fibres.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Spinning Textile Fibres.
We RICHARD TODD of Heather Bank, Broomfield Road, Heaton Chapel, in
the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, and JESSE AINSWORTH STOTT of
5 Cross Street, Manchester, in the aforesaid county, Architect, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our said invention relates to improved means for spinning yarns upon the bare
spindle of the ordinary diameter in frames principally of the throstle type.
In carrying our invention into effect we use a whip traveller consisting of a
flexible or rigid arm carried by a ferrule or ring which surrounds the spindle
beneath the cop. The said whip traveller is of sufficient length to extend from
the foot to the tip of the cop and is furnished with an eye at the top through
which the yarn passes to the spindle or cop. At the foot or butt the whip traveller
is made readily attachable and detachable by any suitable means to the ferrule or
ring surrounding the spindle or to a projection therefrom. The said loose
surrounding ferrule or ring is formed at the foot with bent fingers or a flange or
portions of a flauge which are confined in a socket ring fixed to the spindle by a
slip feather and groove or other suitable means which will ensure the revolution of
the socket ring while permitting it to rise and fall on the spindle with the lifting
rail. The said socket ring has a cap with an inner ledge, and the socket ring is
made with an upstanding ledge the fingers or other part or parts projecting from
the loose ferrule or ring running between the said ledges, provision being made for
lubrication. The cap of the socket ring may be extended so as to surround the
loose boss for some distance.
Attached to the loose ferrule or ring or to projections therefrom are suitable
vanes or wings to obtain the necessary drag for winding on the yarn by the
resistance of the atmosphere.
By the arrangements indicated, it will be seen that the socket ring revolves at
the same speed as the spindle. The loose ferrule or ring carried in the socket ring
is therefore urged by its frictional contact with the socket ring or with the socket
ring and the spindle, and is retarded by the resistance of the atmosphere to the
vanes or wings attached to it.
Whilst applicable to all counts of yarn our present invention is specially useful
in the production of very fine counts. The drag caused by the friction of the
fingers formed on the loose ferrule or ring when they revolve in a socket ring and
cap formed or fixed on the lifting rail is too severe for very fine yarns. By our
present invention it is not only entirely dispensed with but the revolving socket
ring and cap assist the ferrule or ring round and any desired drag may be obtained
by suitably proportioning the vanes or wings on the ferrule. The aforesaid loose-
ferrule or ring may be made in halves, or the socket ring may be so constructed or
arranged as to permit of the ready introduction of the bent fingers or other parts
which retain the ferrule in the socket. The socket ring on the spindle may be
connected to the rising and falling rail in any suitable or convenient manner.
For instance we might form it with a flange at the foot and confine the said
flange in a recess in the rail by means of a cover applied in halves, the cover
halves being held down by clamps or screws or we might connect the said
revolving socket ring to the rising and falling rail in any other suitable manner.

page_text: We secure the curbing sleeve which confines the whip traveller, to the lifting
rail by means of a split boss or ring mounted on the lifting rail and capable of
being contracted by a screw or other means so as to grip and hold the said curbing
sleeve. The said split boss may be clamped or otherwise secured to the rail or it
may have a surrounding prolongation to enter the rail, a jambing screw passing
through the side of the rail and binding the said prolongation which thus protects
the curbing sleeve from the pressure of the binding screw. Another method of
supporting the curbing sleeve is to mount it in a hollow or recessed pillar from
the socket ring or copping rail, in which case the upper lifting rail might be
dispensed with.
The pillar is cut out or recessed at or near the foot so as to allow access to the
ferrule carrying the bent fingers and the detachable whip traveller. The part of
the pillar carrying the curbing sleeve may be split and fitted with, a binding screw
or binding screws to grasp the curbing sleeve, and the socket ring might be formed
in the base of the pillar. In this latter case the socket or the hole to receive the
same and the part to receive the curbing ring may be bored out at one operation so
as to be relatively concentric.
This diminishes the trouble of setting the spindles concentric to both.
When the building of a set of cops has been completed the cam shaft is thrown
out of gear so that the lifting, rail ceases to move. The machine is then set in
motion, and the lifting rail is dropped by hand in the usual manner, causing a little
more yarn to be spun and wound down the cop and nearly to the lowest part of its
full diameter. The frame is again stopped, the ferrules and travellers having
meanwhile. been prevented from revolving by a wire fixed on levers mounted on a
longitudinal shaft carried in brackets. attached to the lifting rail or to one of the
litting rails if two should be used. The levers are turned towards the spindles
until the wire lies against them so. as to prevent the ferrules from revolving and
are there held by suitable catches. The ferrules and travellers instead of being
prevented from revolving by a wire as described may be held by hooks or sickles
one being provided for each spindle and mounted on a longitudinal shaft. or rod
carried as aforesaid, so that when the shaft or rod is turned the hooks are inserted
between the spindles and the travellers; or each traveller may be prevented from
revolving by a clip put on by hand and securing the whip traveller to the confining
sleeve. A faller wire carried on suitable levers is then allowed to drop slightly
against the threads of yarn just above the tops of the spindles in a direction out-
wards from the centre of the machine. The cylinders or tin rollers driving the
spindles are then turned backwards until a certain length of yaru is unwound from
the cops which unwound portion is stretched outwards by the faller wire. The
cops are then lifted slightly on the spindles and the cylinders driving the spindles
are turned forward until the yarn that has been unwound from the cops is wound
on the spindles. The cops are then removed from the spindles, the ferrules are
released so as to be free to revolve, the cam shaft is put into gear and the machine
is ready for starting a fresh set of cops. If small paper tubes are used inside the
bottoms of the cops, the yarn that has been, unwound need not be wound on the
spindles but each cop may be taken at once from its spindle, when one or two turns
of yarn will remain round the spindle and the paper tube for the next cop being
slipped on before snapping the yarn off, will secure the end on the spindle ready
for the fresh start.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Spinning Textile Fibres.
We RICHARD TODD of Heather Bank, Broomfield Road, Heaton Chapel, in
the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, and JESSE AINSWORTH STOTT of
5 Cross Street, Manchester, in the aforesaid county, Architect and 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 and accompanying drawings
Our said invention relates to improved means for spinning yarns upon the bare-
spindle of the ordinary diameter in frames principally of the throstle type.
In carrying our invention into effect we use a whip traveller consisting of a
flexible or rigid arm carried by a ferrule or ring which surrounds the spindle
beneath the cop, all as set forth in the Specifications of our prior Patents Nos. 21056
and 21414 both of 1895.
The said whip traveller is of sufficient length to extend from the foot to the tip
of the cop and is furnished with an eye at the top through which the yarn passes
to the spindle or cop. At the foot or butt, the whip traveller is made readily
attachable and detachable by any suitable means to the ferrule or ring surrounding
the spindle or to a projection therefrom as described in the aforesaid Specifications
Nos. 21056 and 21414. According to our present invention and as clearly shown
in Figs. 1 and 2 of the annexed sheet of drawings the said loose surrounding
ferrule or ring a is formed at the foot with bent fingers or a flange or portions of a
flange a which are confined in a socket ring fixed to the spindle c by a slip
feather d and groove c¹ or other suitable means which will ensure the revolution of
the socket ring 6 while permitting it to rise and fall on the spindle c with the lifting
rail F.
The said socket ring has a cap e with an inner ledge e¹ and the socket ring b is
made with an upstanding ledge 1 the fingers a' or other part or parts projecting
from the loose ferrule or ring running between the said ledges e¹ and 61 provision
being made for lubrication. The cape of the socket ring may be extended so as
to surround the loose boss or ferrule a for some distance.
Attached to the loose ferrule or ring a or to projections therefrom are suitable
vanes or wings f to obtain the necessary drag for winding on the yarn by the
resistance of the atmosphere.
By the arrangements indicated it will be seen that the socket ring b revolves at
the same speed as the spindle c. The loose ferrule or ring a carried in the socket
ring is therefore urged by its frictional contact with the socket ring or with the
socket ring and the spindle and is retarded by the resistance of the atmosphere to
the vanes or wings attached to it.
Whilst applicable to all counts of yarn our present invention is specially useful
in the production of very fine counts. The drag caused by the friction of the
fingers formed on the loose ferrule or ring a when revolving in a socket ring and
cap formed or fixed on the lifting rail, is too severe for very fine yarns. But by
our present invention it is not only entirely dispensed with but the revolving
socket ring and cap band e assist the ferrule or ring a round and any desired drag
may be obtained by suitably proportioning the vanes or wings fon the ferrule.
The aforesaid loose ferrule or ring may be made in halves, or the socket ring may
be so constructed or arranged as to permit of the ready introduction of the bent
fingers or other parts which retain the ferrule in the socket these features being set
forth in the Specification of our Patent aforesaid No. 21056 of 1895. The socket
ring on the spindle may be connected to the rising and falling rail in any suitable
or convenient manner. For instance as shown in the drawing we might form it
with a flange b2 at the foot and confine the said flange in a recess in the rail F by

page_text: means of a cover gapplied in halves, the cover halves g being held down by clamps
or screws or we might connect the said revolving socket ring to the rising and
falling rail in any other suitable manner.
The lower edge upon which the flange 62 rests and revolves may be formed
from the substance of the rail or it may be constituted by the upper edge of a
bush inserted into the rail F. The sunk recess in the rail serves to contain
lubricant.
As shown in Figs. 3 and 4 we secure the curbing sleevej which confines the whip
traveller, to the lifting rail F¹ by means of a split boss or ring k mounted on the
lifting rail and capable of being contracted by a screw / or other means so as to
grip and hold the said curbing sleeve. The said split boss k may be clamped or
otherwise secured to the rail as for instance by the screw and washer m appearing
in Fig. 4 or it may have a surrounding prolongation k¹ to enter the rail as also
appears in Fig. 4 a jambing screw passing through the side of the rail F and binding
the said prolongation which thus protects the curbing sleeve j from the distorting
pressure of the binding screw.
Another method of supporting the curbing sleeve ; is shown in Fig. 5. It
consists in mounting the sleeve in a hollow or recessed pillar o from the socket
ring or copping rail F in which case the upper lifting rail might be dispensed
with.
The pillar o is cut out or recessed at or near the foot so as to allow access to
the ferrule carrying the bent fingers and the detachable whip traveller. The part
of the pillar carrying the curbing sleeve may be split and fitted with a binding
screw or binding screws to grasp the curbing sleeve, and as shown in Fig. 5 the
socket ring 6 might be formed in the base of the pillar.
In this latter case the socket or the hole to receive the same and the part to
receive the curbing ring may be bored out at one operation so as to be relatively
concentric.
This diminishes the trouble of setting the spindles concentric to both.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is.
1. In spinning apparatus of the indicated nature the employment of a secondary
or auxiliary socket ring such as secured to the spindle by a slip feather and
groove or other suitable means which will cause it to revolve with the spindle and
also to allow it to slide thereon, the said auxiliary socket ring being carried in a
socket fixed to or formed in the lifting rail and also supporting the ferrule of the
whip traveller, which latter is furnished with retarding vanes, the whole arranged,
constructed and operating in the manner, for the purposes and substantially as
described and shown.
2. The improved means for adjusting and securing the curbing sleeve i to the
rail F1 by means of the split collar k with screw or other means for contracting the
same substantially as described and shown.
3. Supporting the curbing sleeve ; from the rail F by means of the hollow
prolongation o seated on the rail the foot of the said prolongation either
encircling or it might be constituting the ring socket to carry the whip traveller
ferrule substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 5th day of September 1896.
Dated this 5th day of September 1896.
For the Applicants,
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5 John Dalton Street, Manchester, Chartered Patent Agents.