Improvements Appertaining to Spindles and Bobbins for use in con- nection with Machinery for Spinning and Winding Yarns or Threads of Fibrous Substances.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 7th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1898
IRUVIDIONAL DIMITIVATION.
Improvements Appertaining to Spindles and Bobbins for use in con-
nection with Machinery for Spinning and Winding Yarns or
Threads of Fibrous Substances.
I, CHARLES HODSON, of 145, Plodder Lane, Farnworth, near Bolton, in the
County of Lancaster, Overlooker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows, that is to say:-
"
It relates to the spindles and bobbins used in connection with machinery for
spinning and winding yarns or threads of fibrous substances particularly to the
class wherein bobbins of a comparatively light construction are used, as are more
especially those in the production of cotton, silk and other fine or light yarns
by machinery of the continuous type, the same being known as ring spinning,
winding, etc. frames" wherein means are employed for securing said bobbins to
said spindles; and my said invention consists in constructing the spindles or parts
in connection with them and the bobbins so that these latter may readily engage
with so as to be positively rotated by the former.
To attain this object I form the flange which has heretofore been made circular
and concentric with the spindle, to be of other shape than circular, while the
bottom part of the bobbin over which this flange takes is made of a corresponding
shape (which may be square, oval or of other irregular form) in order that when
the bobbin placed upon the spindle its lower end enters the cavity within the
flange by which means the rotary motions of the spindle are positively trans-
mitted to the bobbin.
In other bobbins of a similarly light construction, but which have flanges at
each of their extremities as is well understood, I make projecting parts, of any of
the shapes herein before referred to, which extend beyond or from the outside of
said flanges to enter the flanges on the spindle or other parts from which they
derive their motion.
Or again instead of projecting parts being formed on the outside of the bobbin's
flanges I may form recesses or openings in said flanges to receive projections on the
spindles in which case flanges on the spindles are dispensed with.
In all of the several cases metal projecting or strengthening parts are employed
in the production of the bobbins in accordance with my improvement when said
bobbins are of wood, papier-mache or like soft substance.
When bobbins having flanges at each of their extremities are constructed of sheet
metal I form said flanges so that a papier-mache lining may be employed for
stiffening them to make them firmer and more durable, while when said bobbins
are made of wood I preferably form central projections on them to be screwed or
threaded to take into the barrel part so that by such means the one may be
secured to the other, or the barrel part of the bobbin may be so shaped as to

page_text: screw into the flange or projection thereon as will be understood, in which latter
case the said barrel is held from splitting by the flange or its projection.
C. HODSON.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
Improvements Appertaining to Spindles and Bobbins for use in con-
nection with Machinery for Spinning and Winding Yarns or
Threads of Fibrous Substances.
I, CHARLES HODSON, of 145, Plodder Lane, Farnworth, near Bolton, in the
County of Lancaster, Overlooker, 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, that is to say:-
*6
It relates to the spindles and bobbins used in connection with machinery for
spinning and winding yarns or threads of fibrous substances and particularly to the
class wherein bobbins of a comparatively light construction are used as are more
especially those in the production of cotton, silk and other fine or light yarns
by machinery of the continuous type, the same being known as ring spinning,
winding, etc. frames wherein mcans are employed for securing said bobbins to
said spindles; and my said invention consists in constructing the spindles, or parts
in connection with them, and the bobbins so that these latter may readily engage
with so as to be rotated positively by the former.
"
In the accompanying sheet of drawings which are illustrative of my inven-
tion:
Fig. 1 is a part sectional elevation of a spindle with a bobbin or spool mounted
thereon the same being constructed in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is an end view of the spindle shown by Fig. 1 and as seen from above.
Fig. 3 is an end view of the bobbin or spool as used in connection with the
spindle shown by Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 4 is a similar elevation to Fig. 1 but shows my invention as applied to
another form of spindle and bobbin.
Figs 5 and 6 are end and side elevations of an attachment for the spindle here-
inafter described.
Fig. 7 is an end view of the bobbin as used in connection with the spindle and
parts shown by Figs. 4, 5 and 6.
Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 are similar views to Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively and
illustrate another formation hereinafter explained. Similar letters and figures
of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.
To attain the object of my invention I secure to or form integrally with the
spindle the flange a which has heretofore been made circular and concentric
with said spindle b,, but which I now form to be of other shape than circular (the
shape shown being somewhat square although it might be of other irregular form)
while the bottom part of the bobbin d, which has to fit into this flange a, is made
of a corresponding shape as shown by Fig. 3, in order that when the bobbin d is
placed upon said spindle b its end c enters the cavity bounded by the flange a by
which means the rotary motions of the spindle b are positively transmitted to said
bobbin d.
In other bobbins d' of a similarly light construction, but which have a flange f

page_text: at each of their extremities, I make projecting parts c¹ of any of the shapes here-
inbefore referred to although I again only show the somewhat rectangular form, and
these parts c¹ are made to extend beyond the flanges f to enter the cavities bounded
by the flanges a¹ on the spindle 61, these flanges a¹ being preferably formed by the
parts taking over and being secured to the spindles either permanently as
by being screwed thereon or only detachably secured thereto, by fitting over oval
formed on or secured to the spindles 6 as shown by Figs. 4 to 7 inclusive.
Or again instead of the parts c¹ being formed on the bobbins das above
described, I may form recesses or openings h in said flanges f to receive projections k
formed on or secured to the spindles 61 as shown by Figs 8 to 11 inclusive.
In all of the several cases metal projections or strengthening parts are employed
in the production of the bobbins in accordance with my improvements when said
bobbins are of wood, papier-mache, or like soft substances.
When bobbins having a flange f at each of their extremities are constructed
of sheet metal I preferably form said flanges by hollowing or dishing them so
that a papier-mache lining may be employed to fill up the dished part and so
stiffen said flanges to make them firmer and more durable, while when said bobbins
are made of wood I preferably form central projections longitudinally or axially
on these flanges to be screwed or threaded to pass within the barrel part of said
bobbins by which means the one may be screwed into and secured to the other, or
the barrel part of the bobbin may be formed to screw into the flanges f as will be
well understood and in such case said barrel is held by said flanges from splitting,
further in order to secure said flanges more firmly by said screwed threads maka
such threads for one flange right handed and for the other left handed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Bobbins and spindles constructed as herein described so that they may
engage with each other substantially as herein specified.
2. A spindle having a cavity formed about it of a shape in cross section other
than circular to receive the end of a bobbin correspondingly shaped substantially
as herein specified.
3. A spindle having a rectangular or other part formed upon it to take into
an opening of a corresponding shape formed in the end of a bobbin so that the
rotary motions of said spindle may be thereby transmitted to said bobbin substan-
tially as herein specified.