IMPROVEMENTS IN TUBES FOR CAP SPINNING, TWISTING, AND OTHER MACHINES
Year: 1885

page_text: We, HENRY ILLINGWORTH, of the firm of Daniel Illingworth and Sons, Whetley
Mills, Bradford in the County of York, Spinner, and JOHN BINNS, and JOHN
KELLY of the same place, Overlookers, do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN TUBES FOR CAP SPINNING, TWISTING, AND OTHER
MACHINES to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to obviate the great wear and tear caused by the
friction put upon the whole length of the tube by the driving band.
In order to accomplish our object, we form the tubes independant of the driving
wharls and attach them together by one or more pins passing loosely through the
flanges of the tubes and secured in the wharls: by this means the tube is secured
to the wharl but not rigidly, and thus the tube accomodates itself to the spindle
reducing the friction on the upper portion of the tube and the consequent wear
and tear.
By forming a recess partly in the flange of the tube and partly in the flange of
the wharl, or altogether in the one or the other, we are enabled by placing in the
same a flexible or porous washer to prevent the oil being thrown out by the
centrifugal force of the revolving tube.
WAUGH & CHAPMAN,
70, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tubes for Cap Spinning, Twisting, and other
Machines.
We, HENRY ILLINGWORTH, of the firm of Daniel Illingworth and Sons, Whetley
Mills, Spinners, and JOHN BINNS and JOHN KELLY of the same place, Overlookers,
all of Bradford in the County of York .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:-
The object of this invention is to obviate the great wear and tear caused by the
friction put upon the whole length of the tube by the driving band and consists
in forming each tube independent of the driving wharl, and attaching them together
by one or more pins, passing loosely through the tube flange, by which the tube is
allowed to accomodate itself to the spindle.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents a portion of a dead spindle
with one of our improved tubes mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a section through the
tube and wharl, and Fig. 3 is a plan.
The wharls A are driven in the usual manner, and in order to form the tubes B
independent of the wharls, we attach them together by one or more pins C, which
pass loosely through the tube flanges B', and are finally secured in the body of the
wharls. By this means, each tube B is secured to its respective wharl, but not
ridgidly; by which the tube is allowed to accomodate itself to the spindle S, at the
portion of the traverse, when the tension of the driving band is such as to spring
or bend the spindle; thereby reducing the friction on the tube and wharl, and the
consequent wear and tear.
By forming a recess E partly in the flange of the tube and in the wharl, or
altogether in one or the other, we are enabled by placing in the same a flexible or
porous washer, to prevent the oil being thrown out by the centrifugal force of the
revolving tube; the washer collecting the oil has a tendency to keep the spindle
thoroughly lubricated.
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
The combination of the tube and wharl substantially in the manner and for the
purpose as hereinbefore described.