Improvements in Ring Spinning and Doubling Frames, Flyer Throstles and Flyer Doublers.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 30th Sept., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ring Spinning and Doubling Frames, Flyer
Throstles and Flyer Doublers.
We, JEREMIAHI POTTER, of 12, Kersley Street, and Jon PoTTER, of 56,
Overens Street, both of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Mill-Managers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide means whereby ballooning of
thread is effectively prevented, a wider range of counts of yarn, say from 40's
to 20's can be spun without change of travellers and the threads can be tightened
after having doffed and commenced a set, which greatly improves the quality and
reduces breakages of yarn.
To this end our invention consists essentially in so arranging the thread rail
or guide and spindle rail that the distance between the thread rail or guide and
spindle tops can be varied at will.
According to one form of our invention we adapt the thread rail or guide
to be raised and lowered by hand, say by means of a shaft extending along
the whole length of the frame and carrying pinions gearing into racks secured to
the thread rail or guide and ratchet wheels moved by a handle or wheel.
According to another form of our invention we may, in the same or similar
manner, adapt the spindle rail to be raised or lowered relative to the thread rail
or guide in lieu of the latter.
Improvements in Ring Spinning and Doubling Frames, Flyer
Throstles and Flyer Doublers.
We, JEREMIAHI POTTER, of 12, Kersley Street, and JOHN POTTER, of 56,
Overens Street, both of Oldham, in the County of Laucaster, Mill-Managers, 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 has for its object to provide means whereby ballooning of
thread is effectively prevented, a wider range of counts of yarn, say from 40's
to 20's can be spun without change of travellers and the threads can be tightened
after having doffed and commenced a set, which greatly improves the spinning and
reduces breakages of yarn.

page_text: To this end our invention consists essentially in so arranging the thread rail
or guide and spindle rail that the distance between the thread rail or guide and
spindle tops can be varied at will.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused
to be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures, Fig. 1 being a side view and Figs. 2
& 3 cross sections of a ring spinning and doubling frame constructed in accordance
with our invention.
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In carrying out our invention and referring to Figs. 1 & 2, according to one
form, we adapt the thread rail or guide a to be raised and lowered by hand, say
by means of a shaft 6 mounted in bearings in the frame ends c which shaft extends
along the whole length of the frame and carries pinions d gearing into racks e
which are adapted to slide vertically in front of the roller beam and to which
is secured the thread rail or guide a.
Upon the shaft 6 is also secured a hand wheel and a ratchet wheel g in con-
nection with a back pawl h the said hand wheel serving to turn the shaft b and
adjust the thread rail or guide a at will by hand and the said pawl to lock
the shaft b and thus the thread rail or guide a in position.
Referring to Fig. 3, according to another form of our invention, we may, in
the same or similar manner as just described, adapt the spindle rail i to be
raised or lowered relative to the thread rail or guide a in lieu of the latter.
It is however obvious that in this case the racks are secured to the spindle
rail and the latter is adapted to slide in the frame ends e, whilst the shaft 6 may
also be mounted in the frame ends e and furnished with a hand wheel and a
ratchet wheel g engaged by a back pawl h.
The invention described is also applicable to flyer throstles and flyer doublers
as will be readily understood without special illustration.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
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1st. In ring spinning and doubling frames, flyer throstles and flyer doublers,
means for rendering the thread rail or guide or spindle rail vertically adjustable
by hand for the purpose of varying the distances between the thread rail or guide
and spindle tops, all substantially as set forth.
2nd. In ring spinning and doubling frames, flyer throstles and flyer doublers,
means for varying the distance between the thread rail or guide and spindle tops,
consisting of spur pinions secured upon a shaft mounted in the frame, the
said pinions gearing into racks secured either to the thread rail or guide or the
spindle rail and the said shaft being adapted to be rotated by hand and locked in
position, all substantially as set forth.