IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE SPINNING OF FIBROUS MATERIALS, PARTLY APPLICABLE TO DOUBLING MACHINES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Wilhelm Gustav Hugo Peltzer, of Rheydt, in the Empire
of Germany, Machinist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
EMPLOYED IN THE SPINNING OF FIBROUS MATERIALS, PARTLY APPLICABLE
TO DOUBLING MACHINES." (Partly a communication by Oscar Rerke, of
Rheydt, aforesaid, and Edward R. Brink, of M. Gladbach, 1 in the said
Empire.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Wilhelm Gustav Hugo Peltzer
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th November 1879.
WILHELM GUSTAV HUGO PELTZER, of Rheydt, in the Empire of Germany,
Machinist. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE SPINNING OF
FIBROUS MATERIALS, PARTLY APPLICABLE TO DOUBLING MACHINES." [Partly a
communication by Oscar Rerke, of Rheydt, aforesaid, and Edward R. Brink, of M.
Gladbach, in the said Empire.]
The first part of the Invention relates to the spindles and to the method of
mounting the same, and to connected parts, and whilst being particularly appli-
cable to ring throstles may also be applied with advantage to mules and other
spinning machinery and to doubling machines.
The spindle is arranged to revolve in two bearings in a tubular bolster. The
lower footstep bearing may be formed in the metal of the bolster or in a piece fixed
in the bottom of the said bolster, in which latter case a cylindrical part of the said
piece is made to fit the bore of the said bolster. The upper end of the bolster is by
preference bushed to form the upper bearing. The said bolster is secured by its
upper end to a rail. A collar on the upper end of the bolster bears on the top of
the rail, and a nut on a screwed part of the bolster serves as a means for attach-
ment, but this may be varied. The top of the bolster projects to a comparatively
Sinall extent above the top of the rail, the greater part of the length of the bolster
extending below the rail. A recess to receive oil is formed in the top of the
bolster. To the spindle is fixed a whorl, which is formed to extend over and to
cover the top of the bolster. It is preferred that this whorl shall be as near as
conveniently possible to the upper surface of the said rail, and also that the line
of pull of the band shall be about level with or a little below the top of the upper
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page_text: bearing. I prefer that the lengths or weights of the parts above and below the
said line of pull shall be about equal. The upper part of the said whorl is formed
as a hollow cone to receive the bobbin, or is otherwise formed to grip or engage
with it. The bobbin is bored to fit the spindle at a part of its length a little above
the centre, or at any other suitable point. As this bobbin need only be so much
larger than the spindle as is necessary to the obtainment of sufficient strength, a
bobbin smaller in diameter may be used than in cases wherein the bobbin has to
be mounted on a sleeve fixed to the spindle, and therefore more yarn may be
wound upon the bobbin, or the spindles may be spaced nearer together so as to
obtain a greater number of spindles in a frame of given size. The bobbins and the
revolving parts are lighter, and therefore require less driving power, and also the
strain of the aforesaid sleeve upon the spindle arising from the pull of the band is
avoided. The arrangement is very suitable to be used in cases wherein ordinary
throsties have to be converted into ring throstles. In such cases the fixed rail may
be drilled to receive the said bolsters, and be fixed at the required level, and the
lifting rail be drilled or bored to suit the ring spinning, and be provided with the
rings. The collar and nut are so formed as that the spindle can be adjusted to a
vertical position by means of a screw wherever advisable.
According to a second part of the Invention in ring spinning apparatus the
bobbin is driven wholly or partially by frictional contact, as for example, a flanch is
formed upon the whorl in the first part of the Invention, or upon a part attached
to the spindle in other arrangements, and a washer of felt, cloth, or other suitable
material is interposed between the said flanch and the flanch or end of the bobbin.
In some cases I apply to the spindle a flanch or part with or without a tube upon
or to which the bobbin or cop tube may be mounted or attached, and which is
driven by frictional contact.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Wilhelm Gustav Hugo Peltzer in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 26th May 1880.
WILHELM GUSTAV HUGO PELTZER, of Rheydt, in the Empire of Germany,
Machinist. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE SPINNING OF
FIBROUS MATERIALS, PARTLY APPLICABLE TO DOUBLING MACHINES." (Partly a
communication by Oscar Recke, of Rheydt, aforesaid, and Edward R. Brink, of M.
Gladbach, in the said Empire.)
The Invention relates principally to ring spinning apparatus, but is also applicable.
to the spindles of other spinning machinery, and to the spindles employed in
doubling machinery. In the apparatus as constructed in accordance with the said
Invention the bobbin receives notion from the spindle wholly or partially by
frictional contact, as for example, a flanch is formed upon the " whorl" or upon a
part attached to the spindle, and a washer of felt, cloth, or other suitable material
is interposed between the said flanch and the flanch or end of the bobbin. In some
cases a tube or shell is mounted upon the spindle, and is provided with a flanch or
part which is driven by frictional contact, and upon this tube or shell a bobbin or
cop tube may be mounted.
"
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood I have attached
hereunto a Sheet of Drawings marked with letters of reference, to which Drawings
I will now refer. Fig. 1, partly in section, represents a spindle mounted in accordance
with an Invention for which Letters Patent bearing date the Eighteenth day of
August, in the year One thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, and numbered
3319, have been granted to me; Fig. 1a is a horizontal section at A, B, Fig. 1. In
the said Figs. a is a spindle, which is mounted in top and footstep bearings in a
bolster b, as in the said former Invention. Upon the said spindle is fixed a "whorl "
c, upon which the driving band acts to effect the revolution of the spindle. The said
"whorl" is formed with a flanch c³, and also with a slighly projecting boss c², in
which is turned a groove. Upon the upper face of the said flanch is placed a
washer & of felt, cloth, leather, or other ordinary or suitable material. The central
hole punched or formed in the said washer is made to fit tightly upon the grooved
boss c, so that when the washer is forced into position the margin of the said hole
fits tightly into the groove in the said boss, and the washer is thereby caused to
revolve with the flanch. Other means for attaching the washer to the said flanch
or to the spindle, or to a part fixed upon the spindle, may be adopted. The bobbin e
is not made to fit tightly upon the spindle, as in ordinary arrangements, but is
loosely mounted upon the spindle, and the lower flanch of the bobbin rests
the washer d. When the spindle is rotated the said washer imparts a revolving
motion to the bobbin by the frictional contact between the two parts. Any other
suitable form of bobbin may be used, as for example, such a bobbin as is indicated
by Fig. 2, which represents such a bobbin as would be used in connection with a
copping motion. Fig. 3 represents a modification in the arrangement. In this
example a tubular shell f is loosely mounted upon the spindle, and is formed or
provided with a flanchfi, which rests upon the washer d. Upon this shell a cop
tube, indicated by g, may be mounted, and upon this cop tube a cop may be built,
the cop during its formation receiving motion from the spindle by the frictional
contact of the parts & and f¹. Such a shell may also be used in cases wherein
bobbins are employed, the bobbin being mounted upon the shell instead of upon
the spindle, and being arranged to fit the shell with sufficient tightness. In the
Provisional Specification of the Invention I described the Invention as consisting
of two parts. The first part so described was included and claimed in the Specifi-
cation of the former Invention for which Letters Patent have been granted to me
as aforesaid, and as a consequence I have not herein particularly described the
upon

page_text: arrangements included in the said first part, and it will be understood that I make
no claim herein in respect of such arrangements apart from the method of driving
the bobbin or cop by frictional contact, and that the said method is applicable to
arrangements of spindles and bearings other than those illustrated, I wish it to be
understood that I claim,-
First. The combination of parts, as and for the purpose or purposes set forth and
indicated herein before and in and by the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. The "whorl" fixed to the spindle and formed with a flanch carrying
a washer of the indicated nature, substantially as and for the purpose indicated.
And, lastly. Communicating motion from the spindle to the bobbin or to a shell
mounted upon the spindle, and carrying the bobbin or cop by means of a washer
of the indicated nature carried around by a flanch collar or part fixed to the spindle,
substantially as set forth and indicated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Wilhelm Gustav Hugo Peltzer, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
WILHELM GUSTAV HUGO FELTZER,
(L.S.)