IMPROVEMENTS IN WET SPINNING FRAMES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Erskine, of Sion Mills, Strabane, in the County of
Tyrone, Ireland, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WET SPINNING
FRAMES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Erskine at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th September 1881.
JOHN ERSKINE, of Sion Mills, Strabane, in the County of Tyrone, Ireland.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WET SPINNING FRAMES."
This Invention has reference chiefly to the application of cleaning or licking
rollers to the bottom pressing rollers (wood) of wet spinning frames for the
treatment of flax, hemp, and other similar substances, and is accomplished in the
following manner :-
The cleaning rollers, which may be composed of wood or other suitable material,
and covered with flannel, leather, or such similar substance, are applied by arranging
fork shaped fixtures or bearings on the.spring wires for holding the axles of the
rollers in position. These fixtures also serve in lieu of the ordinary washers, and
have points to press against the saddles. Their peculiar shape further serves to
accommodate the axles of the cleaning rollers, according to the various diameters
of the pressing rollers.
The cleaning rollers are driven by contact with the wood pressing rollers, and
by their action when in operation "lick up" from the circumference of the pressing
rollers the particles of fibre or dirt which usually adhere to and accumulate thereon,
thus preserving the surface of the pressing rollers in a clean condition.
If found desirable a stand or bracket may be arranged on the frame provided
with suitable slots or openings or otherwise for the reception of the arms of the
saddles, and so make the arms of the latter short enough to come between the
bosses of the cleaning rollers.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Erskine in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th March
1882.
JOHN ERSKINE, of Sion Mills, Strabane, in the County of Tyrone, Ireland.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WET SPINNING FRAMES."
This Invention has reference chiefly to the application of cleaning or licking
rollers to the bottom pressing rollers (wood) of wet spinning frames for the
treatment of flax, hemp, and other similar substances, and is accomplished in the
following manner :-
The cleaning rollers, which may be composed of wood or other suitable material,
and covered with flannel, leather, or such similar substance, are applied by arranging
fork-shaped fixtures or bearings on the spring wires for holding the axles of the
rollers in position. These fixtures also serve in lieu of the ordinary washers, and
have points to press against the saddles. Their peculiar shape further serves to
accommodate the axles of the cleaning rollers according to the various diameters of
the pressing rollers.
The cleaning rollers are driven-by-contact with the wood pressing rollers
and by their action when in operation "lick up " from the circumference of the
pressing rollers the particles of fibre or dirt which usually adhere to and
accumulate thereon, thus preserving the surface of the pressing rollers in a clean
condition.
If found desirable a stand or bracket may be arranged on the frame provided
with suitable slots or openings for the reception of the arms of the saddles, and so
make the arms of the latter short enough to come between the bosses of the cleaning
rollers.
For the purpose of enabling my said Invention to be more readily understood
and carried into effect, I will describe the accompanying Drawings, in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. Fig. 1
represents a general view, partly in section, showing the stand a, a, ordinary
rollers b, b, lower pressing roller c, top pressing roller c³, cleaning rollers d, d, the
armless saddle e, e, and the fixture f, f, (in section) for holding the cleaning rollers d.
This fixture, as already described, may be utilized in lieu of the ordinary washers,
and is provided with a point f¹ to press against the saddles. By the arrangement
of the inclined socket formed by the inclined guides g, g, the cleaning rollers & can
be readily accommodated to suit the various diameters of the pressing rollers c. In
machines where this description of stand and saddle is employed the cleaning
rollers can be applied without any alteration in such machines. Fig. 2 is a top
view of the stand in Fig. 1, showing the pressing rollers c, c, in connection there-
with; Fig. 3 is a front or end view of Fig. 1, showing end view of saddle e,
fixture, and one inclined socket guide of same g, and the cleaning rollers d, d;
Figs. 4 and 5 are detailed side and end views of the fixtures; Fig. 6 is a side view
of the stand required for frames, wherein stands of the old pattern are used, h being
the slot or opening in which the pivots or arms of the saddle e are received when
cut short to come between the bosses of the cleaning rollers d; Fig. 7 is an end
view of Fig. 6. The cleaning rollers d are driven by contact with the pressing
rollers c, as shown in Fig. 1, and by their action on said pressing rollers perform
the functions hereinbefore described.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of
carrying same into practical effect, I would have it understood that what I consider

page_text: new and useful and therefore claim as the Invention to be secured to me by the
hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent is,—
Firstly. The application of cleaning rollers to wet spinning frames, arranged and
operating in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein described and
set forth.
Secondly. The employment in connection with wet spinning frames of a device
described and illustrated in reference to Figs. 4 and 5 of accompanying Drawings,
substantially for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Erskine, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
JOHN DOE TALE