IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING FIBRES."
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Slater, of Burnley; in the County of Lancaster,
Spinning Master, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
SPINNING AND DOUBLING FIBRES."
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Slater at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th October 1878.
EDWARD SLATER, of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster, Spinning Master.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING FIBRES."
This Invention relates to improvements in " ring" spinning and doubling
apparatus, and consists of improved construction and formn of "ring," and flyer, and
guide designated mainly for winding the fibre as spun or doubled directly upon the
spindle without the intervention of spool, tubes, or bobbins.
Rings, according to this my said Invention, on vertical section are of form
similar to the letter H; over and underneath the section of the ring, as above,
is a plate or wire, and each have a projecting part received within the grooves or
recesses of the ring, and the plates or wires are connected to each other inside the
ring, terminating in a finger, around which the end or yarn is turned once or more;
there is also a guide eye upon the upper plate or wire, through which the yarn or
end is passed. The grooves or recesses of the ring steady and direct the motion of
the flyer, at the same time admit of the necessary lateral motion or movement of
flyer as the cop is being built up or the spindle filled with yarn.

page_text: This Invention relates to improvements in ring spinning and doubling
apparatus, and consists of improved construction and form of "ring," and flyer,
and guide designedly mainly for winding the fibre as spun or doubled directly upon
the spindle without the intervention of spool, tubes, or bobbins.
Rings, according to this my said Invention, on vertical section are of form similar
to the letter H; over and underneath the section of the ring, as above, is a
plate or wire having a projecting part received within the grooves or recesses of
the ring, and the plates or wires are connected to each other inside the ring ter-
minating in a finger, around which the end or yarn may be turned once or more,
according to amount of drag or tension required; there is also a guide eye upon the
upper plate or wire, through which the yarn or end is passed.
The grooves or recesses of the ring steady and direct the motion of the flyer, at
the same time admit of the necessary swiveling motion or movement of flyer as
the cop is being built up and the spindle filled with yarn.
Such being the nature and object of this my said Invention, in order that the
same may be clearly understood I have hereunto affixed a Sheet of Drawings
illustrative thereof.
A is the
Fig. 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of ring, flyer, and spindle.
Fig. 2 is plan of same; Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are modifications of above.
ring; B is a plate or wire having projecting parts C received within the grooves or
recesses D of the ring A, and the said plates or wires B are connected to each other
inside the ring terminating in a finger or traveller E, around which the "end" or
yarn F can be turned once or more, so as to ensure the required drag or tension ;
there is also a guide eye G, through which the yarn or end is passed.
The grooves or recesses of the ring steady and direct the motion of the flyer or
traveller, at the same time admit of the necessary swiveling motion or movement
of flyer or traveller as the cop is being built up and the spindle filled with yarn.
At Fig. 5 the ring A and finger or traveller E are driven by means of
pulley and band, the plate J holding by means of the flange K the ring in
position. The plate J may also, by depressing it with the hand, be used for
stopping the wharle or ring.
There is a small friction pinion shown on the spindle H (see Fig. 5) which moves
at intervals on the rack and regulates the tension on the yarn as the cop increases
in diameter.
At Fig. 1 is shown an enlarged diameter of spindle, over which driving band
works in lieu of ordinary wharle or pulley.
The above is also applicable for winding upon spools.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this my said Inven-
tion, together with the manner in which the same is to be performed or carried

page_text: into practical effect, I would have it understood that what I claim as my Invention
is,
The combination of the ring A, plate B, and finger or traveller E, constructed
and operating in manner. and for purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Slater, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-third day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
Witness,
JAMES HAWORTH,
Hardwick St.,
Burnley.
EDWARD SLATER. (L.S.)