IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OK APPARATUS FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON, WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
We, CHARLES WILLIAM LYON Manufacturer and WILLIAM FEARN Manager
both of the Tutbury Mill Company Rocester in the County of Stafford do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OK
APPARATUS FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON, WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS
MATERIALS to be as follows:-
These Improvements relate to Machinery or apparatus employed in ring spinning
and doubling and have for their objects to prevent the spreading or "balloning" of
the yarn in such a manner or to such an extent as to avoid the risk of entanglement
of the yarn from that cause and to permit the spindles to be run at a higher speed
with a lighter traveller and thus to increase their production and reduce friction.
In carrying out our Invention we employ a guard rail which occupies a position
between the ring rail and the thread board. This guard rail may be constructed
of any suitable material but we prefer to form it of a wire extending the whole or
nearly the whole length of and parallel to the ring rail and preferably in rear of the
spindles and at such a distance therefrom as shall permit the formation or winding
of the cop spool or bobbin without contact therewith. The guard rail may be
supported by studs or vertical rods passing through holes formed in the ring rail
and be secured to or rest upon the girder rail or the guard rail may be carried and
operated by the arrangement to be hereinafter described. The yarn being carried
round the spindle by the ring and traveller at a great velocity has a tendency to
spread or "ballon" this causes the yarn at about its point of greatest tendency to
spread to strike against the guard rail which is comparatively close to the spool cop
or bobbin and by this means the tendency to ballon is restrained once in every
revolution and since it requires several revolutions at full speed to cause balloning
it follows that the use of the guard rail provents the balloning to a sufficient
extent.
If it is desired to still further restrain the spread of the yarn, wire or other
guides may be attached to the guard rail and these guides may partly or entirely
surround each spindle at a suitable distance therefrom.
Each of the vertical rods has a "swell" or head formed upon the end above the
ring rail to which the guard rail is attached. As the ring rail is carried upwards
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page_text: by the building motion the ring rail comes in contact with the heads of the
vertical rods and finally these are carried upwards and downwards with the ring
rail so that they automatically partake of its motion and the guard rail is always
in the best position to restrain the balloning tendency of the yarn. Acting also
as a drag upon the yarn the guard rail prevents the necessity for employing a
henvy traveller.
The vertical rods instead of passing through holes in the ring may be cranked
or bent and pass behind or in front of the ring rail through suitable bearings
attached thereto or they may be articulated the joints moving on pins or pivots
secured to the ring rail girder rail or other convenient parts of the frame or
machine.
When preparing for work the heads of the vertical rods resting upon the ring
rail are lifted therewith and the lower ends of the vertical rods being then free of
the holes in the girder rail hereinafter described the sliding plate also hereinafter
described is moved so as to close those holes and upon the ring rail being lowered..
-the-rods rest-upon the sliding plate and the guard rail is held in position between
the ring rail and the thread board until the ring rail has travelled..into_contact-
-with the heads of the vertical rods after which the guard rail moves automatically
with the ring rail.
To facilitate doffing the vertical rods which support the guard rail pass freely
through holes formed in the ring rail and are capable of passing also into
corresponding holes formed in the girder rail. Upon the upper surface-of-the-
girder rail is a movable or sliding plate having holes. formed in.it corresponding-in-
size and distance apart to the holes in the ring and girder rails so that by a motion
of the sliding plate the vertical rods may be permitted to or prevented from
entering the holes in the girder rail. The sliding plate being moved so as to allow
its perforations to uncover the holes in the girder rail and the ring rail being then
lowered the vertical rods will-enter-these-holes-and-the-guard-rail-will-descend
¯with the ring rail and in close proximity thereto. leaving nearly the whole-space
between the-ring-rail and-the-thread board free for the purpose.
The use of these Improvements facilitates the spinning and doubling_of_the_
lower-qualities-of-cotton or wool and soft yarns and enables us to produce a more
uniform tension of the yarn. They are especially adaptable to low counts of yarn
but are applicable to all numbers ordinarily produced.

page_text: We CHARLES WILLIAM LYON Manufacturer and WILLIAM FEARN Manager
both of the Tutbury Mill Company Rocester in the County of Stafford do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON, WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS
MATERIAL and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:--
These Improvements relate to Machinery or apparatus employed in ring Spinning
and doubling and have for their objects to prevent the spreading or "ballooning
of the yarn in such a manner or to such an extent as to avoid the risk of entangle-
ment of the yarn from that cause and to permit the spindles to be run at a higher
speed with a lighter traveller and thus to increase their production and reduce
friction.
And in order that our Invention may be more readily understood and carried
into practical effect wo have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings marked with
letters of reference, similar letters denoting similar parts in the various figures.
In carrying out our Invention we employ a guard rail A which occupies a
position between the ring rail G and the thread board. This guard rail may be
constructed of any suitable material but we prefer to form it of a wire extending
the whole or nearly the whole length of and parallel to the ring rail and preferably
in rear of the spindles and at such a distance therefrom as shall permit the
formation or winding of the Cop, spool or bobbin without contact therewith.
Guard rails similar to that herein before described have for some time been in use
but having in all cases been fixed relatively to the thread board or to the ring rail
they have failed to a great extent to prevent "ballooning."
According to our Improvements the guard rail A may be supported by studs or
vertical rods C. C passing through holes formed in the ring rail and be secured to
or rest upon the girder rail K. K, or the guard rail A may be carried and oporated
by the arrangement to be hereinafter described.
The yarn being carried around the bobbin or cop L. L at a great velocity has a
tendency to spread or "balloon." The position of the guard rail A is regulated
automatically as will hereinafter be shown, in such a manner that the yarn will
strike the guard rail at about the point of its greatest tendency to spread. The
guard rail being comparatively close to the bobbin or cop L the tendency of the
yarn to spread is restrained once in every revolution and since it requires several
revolutions at full speed to cause "ballooning" it follows that the use of the guard
rail having its position automatically regulated as herein described will prevent
ballooning to a sufficient extent.
If it is desired to still further restrain the spread of the yarn, wire or other
guides may be attached to the guard rail as shown in Figs 7, 8, 9 and 10. These
guides may entirely surround the spindle as shown in Fig 7 or they may partly
surround it as in Fig 9 or they may be inserted between the spindles as in
Figs 8 and 10.
Each of the vertical rods C C has a swell or head B. B formed upon the end
above the ring rail. As the ring rail is carried upwards by the building motion
the ring rail comes in contact with the heads B. B of the vertical rods and finally
these, and with them the guard rail are carried upwards and downwards with the
ring rail as shown in Fig 3. By this means the guard rail automatically partakes
of the motion of the ring rail and is always in the best position to restrain the

page_text: tendency to "balloon." Acting also as a drag upon the yarn the guard rail prevents
the necessity for employing a heavy traveller.
To facilitate dofing the vertical rods CC which carry the guard rail pass freely
through holes H. H in the girder rail K as well as through the corresponding holes
in the ring rail. Upon the upper surface of the girder rail is a movable or sliding
plate E shewn separately in plan in Fig 11. This plate has holes formed in it
corresponding to the holes in the ring and girder rails so that by end motion of the
sliding plate the vertical rods C. C may be permitted to or prevented from entering
the holes in the girder rail. The sliding plate E being moved so as to allow its
perforations to uncover the holes in the girder rail and the ring rail being then
lowered the vertical rods will enter these holos and the guard rail will descend with
the ring rail and in close proximity thereto as shown in Fig 5 leaving nearly the
whole space between the ring rail and the thread board free for doffing.
The sliding plate E may be moved by hand or it may have a few rack teeth cut
upon one of its edges into which a pinion D may gear. Rotation of the pinion
_will_then produce the required end motion of the sliding plate.
When preparing for work the heads B of the vertical rods C resting upon the
ring rail are lifted-therewith--The lower ends of the vertical rods being then free
of the holes in the girder rail, the sliding plate E is moved so as to close the
holes H, the ring rail being then lowered the rods rest upon the sliding plate and
the guard rail is held in position between the ring rail and the thread board as
shown in Fig 1 until the ring rail has travelled into contact with the heads of the
_vertical_rods-after-which-the-guard rail moves automatically with the_ring_rail_
By-this-arrangement the guard rail is always in its most effective position.
The vertical rods instead of passing through holes in the ring rail may be
cranked or bent and pass behind or in front of that rail through suitable bearings
attached thereto or they may be articulated, the joints moving on pius or pivots
secured to the ring rail, girder. rail or other convenient_parts_of_the_framo-or-
-machine.
The use of these Improvements facilitates--the-spinning and doubling of tlic
lower qualities of Cotton or wool and soft yarns and enables a more uniform tension
of the yarn to be produced. They-are-especially adapted to low Counts of yarn
but are applicable to all numbers ordinarily produced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
(1) In a ring spinning or doubling frame the employment of a movable guard
rail the position of which is stationary at the commencement of winding the
bobbins or cops and is afterwards varied relatively to the thread board by changes
in position of the ring rail substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set
forth and described and illustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
(2) The use of the sliding plate E substantially as and for the purpose
herein before set forth and described.
Dated the 31st day of October A.D. 1884.