IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN SPINNING, TWISTING, OR DOUBLING WORSTED OR OTHER FIBRES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Illingworth of Bradford in the County of York
Worsted Spinner, for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
EMPLOYED IN SPINNING, TWISTING, OR DOUBLING WORSTED OR OTHER FIBRES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Illingworth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th August 1882.
HENRY ILLINGWORTH of Bradford in the County of York Worsted Spinner.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN SPINNING, TWISTING OR DOUBLING,
WORSTED OR OTHER FIBRES."
The improvements consist first in means for preventing the thread being pieced
up improperly when in Frames the spinning is done with the cap and ring
combined. When the attendant omits to put the thread through the "ring" then
the yarn is ordinary cap spun yarn. To prevent this a notch or sort of saw tooth
is formed in the bottom edge of the cap and as the edge of the cap is placed a little
above the thread, when the thread is passed through the "ring" the yarn spins and
is wound on to the bobbin properly, but should the thread not be passed through
the "ring" the notch or sort of saw tooth in the edge of the cap at once arrests
and breaks it, in fact the end cannot be "pieced up" at all until it is passed
through the "
"ring."
Secondly, the invention can also be applied to the caps in Twisting or Spinning
Frames when the bands are on the way that they ought to be the thread passes
over the notch or sort of saw tooth, but should the band be reversed the end cannot
be pieced up at all.
The notch or sort of saw tooth breaks it at once and thus prevents wrong twisted
yarn.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Illingworth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
21st February 1883.
.
HENRY ILLINGWORTH of Bradford in the County of York Worsted Spinner
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN SPINNING TWISTING OR DOUBLING
WORSTED OR OTHER FIBRES
"
The improvements consist first in means for preventing the thread being pieced
up improperly when in frames the spinning is done with the cap and ring
combined. When the attendant omits to put the thread through the "ring" then
the yarn is ordinary cap spun yarn. To prevent this according to my improvements
a notch or sort of saw tooth is formed in the bottom edge of the cap and as the
edge of the cap is placed a little above the thread when the thread is passed
through the "ring" the yarn spins and is wound on to the bobbin properly-but
should the thread not be passed through the "ring" the notch or sort of saw tooth
in the edge of the cap at once arrests and breaks it so that in fact, the end of the
yarn cannot be "pieced up" at all until it is passed through the " ring."
Secondly, the invention is applicable to the caps in twisting or spinning
frames. When the bands for driving the spindles are applied to drive these spindles
in the direction required the thread passes over the notch or sort of saw tooth but
should the band be incorrectly applied to drive the spindles in the direction the
opposite of that desired, the end cannot be pieced up as the notch or sort of saw
tooth by catching on to the yarn breaks it at once and thus prevents wrong twisted
yarn.
But that the invention may be the better understood I have in Figures 1 and 2
of the Drawings annexed hereto shewn two caps with my improvements applied.
In both of these Figures a represents the saw tooth and it will be seen that the
only difference in them is in the direction of the saw tooth or notch.
Having thus described my Invention and means which I adopt in carrying the
same into effect I would have it understood that what I claim is the improvements
in apparatus employed in spinning twisting and doubling worsted or other fibres
when using the "cap" and "ring" in combination whereby the thread is prevented
from being pieced up improperly i.e without the thread is passed through the
ring by forming the caps with saw cuts or notches substantially as described.
And secondly I claim the improvements in apparatus employed in spinning
twisting and doubling worsted or other fibres in what is called cap spinning or
twisting whereby twisting in the opposite direction desired is prevented by the
caps being formed with saw teeth or notches at the edge thereof substantially as
described.
In witness whereof I the said Henry Illingworth have hereunto set my hand
and seal this thirteenth day of February in the year One thousand eight
HENRY ILLINGWORTH (L.S.)