Improvements in Ring-spinning Machinery Used for Spinning 1 - and Doubling Cotton, Wool, and other Fibrous Materials.
Year: 1885

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Improvements in Ring-spinning Machinery Used for Spinning
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and Doubling Cotton, Wool, and other Fibrous Materials.
I JOHN TATHAM of Moss Lane Iron Works Moss Lane Rochdale in the County
of Lancaster Machine Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN RING SPINNING MACHINERY USED FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING
COTTON WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS to be as follows:-
My invention relates to ring-spinning machinery for spinning and doubling
cotton wool and other fibrous materials and consists in arrangements by the
employment of which I obtain a more uniform and regular drag" or tension upon
the yarn or thread being spun or doubled than has hitherto been possible.
In carrying my invention into effect I so make or form the flange of the ring
upon which the traveller used' in ring-spinning machinery travels that the inner.
portion of such flange projects inwards from the body of such ring a much greater
distance towards the spindle than hitherto and in conjunction with the ring above
described I employ a traveller having its end which is situate within the ring,
made of Buch length that the inner part of the bend or curved portion of the said
traveller will when such traveller is at work come in contact with the inner edge
of the flange above mentioned and prevent the end of the metal forming the
traveller from coming into contact with the body of the ring above referred to.
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page_text: Improvements in Ring-spinning Machinery Used for Spinning
and Doubling Cotton, Wool, and other. Fibrous Materials.
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I JOHN TATHAM of Moss Lane Iron Works Moss Lane Rochdale in the County
of Lancaster Machine Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN RING-SPINNING MACHINERY USED FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING
COTTON WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
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My invention relates to ring-spinning machinery for spinning and doubling
cotton wool and other fibrous materials and consists in arrangements by the
employment of which I obtain a more uniform and regular "drag "or tension upon'
the yarn or thread being spun or doubled than has hitherto been possible.
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In order that my invention may be understood and readily carried into effect
I will describe the same by reference to the drawing hereunto annexed in which
Drawing Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section and Fig. 2 a plan of. a ring and,
traveller constructed according to my invention:
I form the flanges a' a² of the ring a upon which the traveller b travels so that
the flange a projects inwards, from the body.c of the ring a towards the spindle a
much greater distance than the flange a projects outwards from the. body cof
the ring a.
I so form the traveller b to be used in conjunction with the ring a that the
end b¹ of the traveller b which is situate inside the ring a is of such length; that.
the inner part of the bend 62 is in contact with the inner flange a¹ and prevents,
the end 6 of the metal forming the traveller b from coming at any time while at:
work into contact with the body c of the ring a-I form the flange a¹ of the ring a,
of greater or less thickness so that the traveller b used in conjunction with such,
ring a may come into contact with a greater or less surface of the flange a².
By making the flange a¹ of the ring aoproject, inwards from the body c of the
ring a more than the flange a projects outwards from the body o of the ring a
I am also enabled to remove the traveller b from the ring a or replace it upon the
ring'a with facility. **
By preventing the end 6 of the metal forming the traveller b from coming into
contact with the body c of the ring a I obtain a more uniform "drag" than has
hitherto been possible and I also prevent the inner surface of the body o of the
ring a from being worn by contact with the end 63 of the metal forming the
traveller b.
The above described improvements may be employed in those "ring frames"
which wind the yarn or thread after being spun or doubled upon a bobbin or tube
but they are especially applicable for forming a "cop" having the characteristics
of a mule cop built upon the bare spindle which has hitherto never been
accomplished satisfactorily or with cartainty.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
For use in ring-spinning machines for spinning and doubling cotton wool and
other fibrous materials, a ring with a flange upon which the traveller travels made
to project inwards from the body of the ring further than heretofore and prevent
the end of the metal forming that end of the traveller which is inside the ring,
from coming into contact with the body of the ring and for use with such ring a
traveller elongated and formed so as to be capable of assuming the positions
required during the passage of the yarn or thread to the spindle cop bobbin spool
or tube and also so formed that the end of the metal forming that end of the
traveller which is inside the ring shall be incapable of coming into contact with
the body of the said ring.