Improvements in Frames for Spinning Flax and similar Fibres.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 6th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames for Spinning Flax and similar Fibres.
I JOSHUA VALENTINE EVES Forth River Mill Falls Road Belfast County
Antrim Ireland Mill Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
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This invention relates to frames in which flax and other similar fibres are spun
by the wet process and is designed with the object of obtaining a very short "reach
or distance between the drawing or retaining rollers and if where desired providing
a drawing roller of small diameter suitably driven to avoid twisting or torsion.
It consists essentially in constructing the frame with either a supplementary
retaining roller or with a supplementary drawing roller of greatly reduced diameter
to which motion is transmitted by a driving roller or shaft; with stands bearings
or supports for such rollers and for the pressing rollers, by which supplementary
rollers are held in position, and in contact with the driving roller or shaft; with
double saddles constructed with an external & internal saddle one for the retaining
and the other for the drawing rollers the external provided with rigid arms or
pins which engage with the "U's" of the stands or other brackets and the internal
saddle provided with a forked end or other bearing to engage with & swivel upon a
central bracket or pin on the external saddle; with a top slide attached to the
internal saddle provided with journals or bearings to carry & support both the
pressing & retaining rollers; and with U brackets or arms either attached to
the stands and carried above between or below the rollers or attached to the
present drip pipe or on a flat or round bar supported at convenient intervals from
the beam to do away with the arm or horn at present used for supporting the
saddles.
In carrying out the invention I interpose between the retaining rollers and the
drawing rollers a supplementary roller of less diameter than either the present
retaining roller or than the present drawing roller and driven either by the ordinary
retaining roller or by the ordinary drawing roller or by a driving shaft substituted
therefor as may be required to reduce the size of the retaining roller or the
drawing roller.
In applying the supplementary roller as a retaining roller I construct the stand
preferably with bearings to carry a driving roller or shaft in the place of the
ordinary retaining roller, and the drawing roller in the ordinary position.
The saddle which holds the pressing rollers in contact with the retaining &
drawing rollers is constructed of two parts one preferably fitted into a slot or fork
The external
formed in the other or one cranked to lie along side of the other.
saddle is provided at one end in the usual way with a bearing for the axle of the
bottom pressing roller and at the other end is fitted with a rigid pin or spindle at
each side either cast with it or shrunk in or otherwise securely attached to it, and is.
also provided with a bearing or bracket for the end of the internal saddle. The
internal or inner saddle is provided at the end with a forked or other bearing to
engage with the pin, bearing, or bracket of the other saddle it also carries a
movable top slide for supporting the top pressing roller. This movable top slide is
constructed with two journals or bearings to support or retain in position both the
top pressing roller and the retaining roller.
The weight wire is applied by means of a bridge or connecting piece one end of
which rests upon one saddle & the other end upon the other saddle. The position
of this bridge piece can be moved or altered to adjust the weight or pressure applied
to the two saddles:
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page_text: Instead of using a double top slide to support both rollers the bearing of the
supplementary retaining roller may be loose and mounted upon an incline upon
which it can slide so that when pressure is applied to it by the top pressing roller
it is forced into contact with the driving roller or the retaining roller may be
carried in fixed bearings in the stand and the top pressing roller bearing be
mounted on an incline or on a radial arm the pressing roller being thereby
when pressure is applied forced against both the retaining roller and the driving
roller.
When the small supplementary roller is intended as a drawing roller the bearing
may be mounted on an incline, or other movable bearings may be employed so that
the pressure of the bottom pressing roller upon it will force it against the driving
roller or driving shaft placed in the position of the present drawing roller.
The driving roller may be placed above below or in front of the small
supplementary roller and the position and arrangement of the several parts of the
stand and saddle fittings be arranged to correspond therewith to support the rollers
and hold them in position.
The U brackets which retain the saddles in position may be carried by arms or
horns attached to the stands carried either between above or below the rollers.
Or in order to do away with an arm or horn attached to the stand to support the
saddles, I attach to the present drip pipe or to a rod or bar carried the length of
the frame & supported at intervals small brackets or U's to receive and support the
ends of the saddle arms. These small brackets or U's may be attached or
connected to the pipe or bar by set screws or rivets or by being clipped or shrunk
thereon or by any other suitable means. They are preferably separate and
adjustable so that their position can be readily altered if required.
The several parts of the invention may be applied to the frame either where a
single draft or drawing takes place as is the more usual practice or when a double
draft or double sets of drawing rollers may be employed.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1893.
JOSHUA V. EVES.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Frames for Spinning Flax and similar Fibres.
J, JOSHUA VALENTINE EVES, Forth River, Mill, Falls Road, Belfast, County
Antrim, Ireland, Mill Manager, 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:-
This invention relates to frames in which flax and other similar fibres are spun
by the wet process and is designed to provide suitable means for maintaining or
supporting the rollers in position with the object of obtaining a very short "reach"
or distance between the drawing or retaining rollers and if desired of providing a
drawing roller of small diameter or smaller than is ordinarily in use with suitable
means for driving the same without twisting or torsion.
It consists essentially in constructing the frame with stands bearings and saddles
for supporting in position a small supplementary retaining roller or a retaining
roller of small diameter with a driving roller or shaft; or with a supplementary
drawing roller of greatly reduced diameter to which motion is transmitted by a
driving roller or shaft; and stands bearings or supports for the same; double
saddles constructed with an external and internal saddle one for the drawing and
the other for the retaining rollers the external provided with rigid arms or pins
which engage with the U and the internal saddle provided with a forked end or
other bearing to engage with and swivel upon a central bracket or pin on the
external saddle; a top or movable slide provided with bearings to carry and
support both the supplementary and retaining rollers; and U brackets attached to

page_text: of the weight upon the top and bottom rollers. This saddle is constructed in two
parts an external one G and the internal J the internal part J is fitted into a slot
or fork formed in the other as in Figs. 12 to 18 or the external part G may be
cranked for the part J to lie alongside of it as shown in Fig. 19. The external
saddle G is provided at one end in the usual way with a bearing for the axle of the
bottom pressing roller and at the other end is fitted with a rigid pin or spindle at
each side either cast in one piece with it or rigidly attached by being shrunk in or
otherwise securely fixed to it, and is also provided with a pin g¹ to serve as a bearing
or support for the end of the internal saddle J. The internal or inner saddle J is
provided at the end with a bearing j1 covered by a cap or in the shape of a fork to
engage with the pin g' of the saddle G, it also carries a movable top slide H for
supporting the top pressing roller. In the form shown in Fig. 2. this movable top
slide H is constructed with two journals or bearings to support or retain in position
both the top pressing roller K and the retaining roller D.
The weight wire M is applied to the double saddle by a bridge or connecting
piece N one end of which rests upon the external saddle G and the other upon the
internal saddle J. The position of this bridge N can be altered to adjust the weight
or pressure applied to the respective saddles or it may be provided with a sliding
or adjustable bracket n by altering the position of which on the inner saddle J the
weight is regulated or adjusted.
In Fig. 3 is shown my "improved form of saddle applied to the arrangement of
top slide for retaining and jockey roller described in the Specifications of my former
Patent No. 4170 of 1892. This improved form of saddle may also be applied to
the ordinary form of top slide.
In Fig. 4. the invention is shown with a retaining roller placed below the
driving roller and carried in bearings f¹ fixed to the slide F. The top pressing
roller is of ordinary construction and is pressed against both the driving roller C
and the retaining roller D the motion being conveyed from the former to the latter
through the pressing roller. The bearing of the retaining roller D and the
slide F move together to adjust the "reach." The saddle G the drawing rollers
and the stand are of any ordinary or usual construction.
In Figs. 5 and 6 the intermediate retaining roller D is placed between the driving
roller and the top pressing roller K. The stand E is constructed to be placed
over the weight wire centre and is formed with T headed arms el to carry or
support the saddle G and is provided with a dependent arm or bracket by which
the retaining roller is supported. The arm of the stand extends up over the rollers
and the T head at its outer extremity forms U's to carry the arms of the saddle.
At or near its centre it is provided with a lug e to which is fitted the adjustable
sliding bracket. This bracket is formed with a bearing or journal at its lower
end to maintain the retaining roller D in position in contact with the driving roller.
The saddle G may be of ordinary form as are also the drawing rollers A. and the
retaining roller slide F.
The brackets which retain the saddles in position may be carried by arms or
horns attached to the stands carried either between above or below the rollers in
the ordinary way.
Referring to Figs. 7, 8, and 9 in order to do away with an arm or horn attached
to the stand E to support the saddles GI attach to the present drip pipe Por to
a rod or bar carried the length of the frame and supported at intervals small
brackets or U's I to receive and support the ends of the saddle arms. The small
brackets or U's I may be attached or connected to the pipe or bar by set screws or
rivets or by being clipped or shrunk thereon or by any other suitable means. They
are preferably separate and adjustable so that their position can be readily altered
if required or they may be in lengths of two, three or more supported by brackets
as in Fig. 7. The drip pipe P may be carried on the arm e as shown in Figs. 2
and 3.
In Fig. 10 the small supplementary roller is shown applied as a drawing roller
instead of as a retaining roller. This small drawing roller D' is mounted in the

page_text: ordinary slide and a driving shaft L runs the whole or part of the length of the
frame being geared at intervals to the drawing roller D' by the cog wheels O
the wheel S being carried on a stud s. It will be evident that a driving shaft or
roller running the length of the frame may occupy the position of the studs the
stand being furnished with a journal to carry it the driving roller gearing at
intervals with the drawing roller as hereinbefore described with reference to the
retaining roller.
In Fig. 11 a similar arrangement of gearing is shown applied to the small
retaining roller.
The several parts of the invention may be applied to the frame either where a
single draft or drawing takes place as is the more usual practice or when a double
draft or double sets of drawing rollers may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a frame for spinning flax and similar fibres the combination of a retaining
roller interposed between a driving roller or shaft and the drawing rollers, the
double saddle constructed with arms fixed to the external saddle which engage with
the U's, the top slide which maintains the top pressing and the retaining roller in
position, a bridge with adjustable knife edge by which the weight is applied to
both saddles and an arm or U bracket to support the saddles substantially as
described.
2. In a frame for spinning flax and similar fibres a double saddle constructed
with two separate parts working independently of each other the external saddle
being formed with a slot or cranked recess to receive the top saddle, with arms
rigidly fixed thereto to engage with the U's of the supporting brackets and with
a central pin or bracket to support the top saddle and the top saddle constructed
with a forked or other bearing to engage with a central pin or bracket of the other,
substantially as described.
3. In a frame for spinning flax and similar fibres the combination with the
saddle G of a top slide provided with two bearings or journals to maintain both
the top pressing and the retaining rollers in position substantially as described.
4. In a frame for spinning flax and similar fibres the retaining roller slide
provided with a second journal to receive and maintain in position the small
retaining roller substantially as described and shown.
5. A stand with slide or bracket for supporting a small or intermediate retaining
roller constructed substantially as described and shown with reference to either of
the Figs. 1, 4, or 5.
6. In a frame for spinning flax and similar fibres the combination with the drip
tube or a longitudinal rod or bar supported at intervals of U's or U brackets
mounted thereon or affixed thereto to support the saddles for the purpose of
dispensing with the ordinary arms or horns of the stands.
7. A stand constructed with T heads to the arms forming brackets for supporting
the saddles substantially as described and shown in Figs. 5 and 6.
8. A frame for spinning flax and similar fibres provided or constructed with a
small supplementary drawing roller driven from the ordinary drawing roller or a
driving shaft substituted therefor to enable the diameter of the drawing rollers to
be reduced and if desired the "reach shortened without undue strain or
wisting on those parts through which the motion is transmitted substantially as
described.
Dated this 1st day of December 1893.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.