Improvements in the Rings and Travellers Employed in Ring- spinning and Ring-doubling Machines Used for Spinning and Doubling Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 2nd Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1888
Improvements in the Rings and Travellers Employed in Ring-
spinning and Ring-doubling Machines Used for Spinning and
Doubling Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
We PETER EADJE of 12 High Street Paisley in the County of Renfrew
ROBERT EADIE of Victoria Buildings Victoria Street Manchester in the county
of Lancaster, and JOHN EADIE of 12 High Street Paisley aforesaid Manufacturers
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to the rings and travellers employed in ring-spinning and
ring-doubling machines used for spinning and doubling cotton and other fibrous
materials.
In carrying our invention into effect we provide the ring with a vertical tubular
portion provided with a circular flange by which it is supported upon the ring-rail
which ring-rail is provided with a circular opening or recess formed therein to receive
the circular flange before mentioned-The ring is prevented from passing through the
ring-rail by means of a projecting part formed either upon the flange or upon the
ring-rail.
The traveller is formed of a straight or nearly straight part of greater length than
the tubular part of the ring before mentioned from the ends of which straight or nearly
straight part extend portions which pass over the ends of the said tubular part of the
ring and have their extremities bent into a direction parallel or nearly parallel to that
of the straight or nearly straight part of the traveller.
In some cases we bend the upper extremity of the traveller more or less towards
the straight part of the traveller. The lower end of the traveller is prevented from
moving beyond a certain distance outwards from the spindle in conjunction with which
it is used, by means of a projecting ring formed upon the underside of the flange
above mentioned or in some cases the circular opening or recess formed in the ring-
rail in which the ring is placed is employed to limit the outward movement of the
lower end of the traveller. We form a groove or recess at the upper end of the tubular
part before mentioned which groove or recess allows the yarn or thread to pass freely
from the traveller to the spindle, cop or bobbin upon which it is wound after being
spun or doubled.

page_text: In some cases in order to lubricate the ring and traveller before mentioned we form
either a right-hand or a left-hand screw-thread or screw-threads or both a right-hand
and a left-hand screw-thread or screw-threads in the interior of the tubular part before
referred to and form a hole through the said tubular part by means of which hole oil
or other lubricating material may be supplied to 'the screw-thread or screw-threads
aforesaid The traveller in passing over the screw-thread or screw-threads aforesaid
will become lubricated the said screw-thread or screw-threads serving both to retain
and distribute the oil or other lubricating material within the tubular part above-
mentioned.
In some cases instead of employing the right-hand or left-hand or right-hand and
left-hand screw-thread or screw-threads above mentioned we provide the tubular part
of the ring with grooves or recesses formed in such ring which grooves or recesses
may be placed in a horizontal, inclined or other suitable position. The said grooves
or recesses will serve to retain and distribute the oil or other lubricating material.
By the invention above described we are enabled to produce a firm cop of yarn or
thread without passing the yarn or thread to be spun or doubled more than once
around the traveller.
By the invention above described we enable the traveller to move freely from the
inner surface of the tubular part above referred to, to the spindle cop or bobbin thereby
enabling the spinning or doubling machine to which our invention is applied to be
stopped when the ring-rail is in any position and again started without the yarns or
threads becoming broken.
Dated this Thirty-first dow of March 1987
W. T. CHEETHAM,
Carlton Chambers,
18, St. Ann's Street, Manchester,
Agent to the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in the Rings and Travellers Employed in Ring-
spinning and Ring-doubling Machines Used for Spinning and
Doubling Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
We PETER BADIE of 12 High Street Paisley in the county of Renfrew, ROBERT
EADIE of Victoria Buildings, Victoria Street Manchester in the county of Lancaster
and JOHN EADLE of 12 High Street Paisley aforesaid, Manufacturers, 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:-
Our invention relates to the rings and travellers employed in ring-spinning and
ring-doubling machines used for spinning and doubling cotton and other fibrous
materials.
In carrying our invention into effect we provide the ring with a vertical tubular
portion provided with a circular flange by which it is supported upon the ring-rail
which ring-rail is provided with a circular opening or recess formed therein to receive
the circular flange before mentioned. The ring is prevented from passing through
the ring-rail by means of a projecting part formed either upon the flange or upon the
ring-rail.
The traveller is formed of a straight or nearly straight part of greater length than
the tubular part of the ring before mentioned from the ends of which straight or
nearly straight part extend portions which pass over the ends of the said tubular part
of the ring and have their extremities bent into a direction parallel or nearly parallel
to that of the straight or nearly straight part of the traveller.
In some cases we bend the upper extremity of the traveller more or less towards
the straight or nearly straight part of the traveller. The lower end of the traveller is
prevented from moving beyond a certain distance outwards from the spindle in
conjunction with which it is used by means of a projecting ring formed upon the
underside of the flange above mentioned or in some cases the circular opening or
recess formed in the ring-rail in which the ring is placed is employed to limit the
outward movement of the lower end of the traveller. We form a groove or recess at
the upper end of the tubular part before mentioned which groove or recess allows the
yarn or thread to pass freely from the traveller to the spindle, cop or bobbin upon
which it is wound after being spun or doubled.
In some cases in order to lubricate the ring and traveller before mentioned we form
either a
right-hand" or a "left-hand" screw-thread or screw-threads or both a
"right-hand and a "left-hand " screw-thread or screw-threads in the interior of the
tubular part before referred to and form a hole through the said tubular part by
means of which hole oil or other lubricating material may be supplied to the screw-
thread or screw-threads aforesaid. The traveller in passing over the screw-thread or
screw-threads aforesaid will become lubricated, the said screw-thread or screw-threads
serving both to retain and distribute the oil or other lubricating material within the

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tubular part above mentioned. In some cases instead of employing the "right-hand
or " left-hand " {:
or right-hand" and "left-hand" screw-thread or screw-threads
above mentioned we provide the tubular part of the ring with grooves or recesses
formed in such ring which grooves or recesses may be placed in a horizontal inclined
or other suitable position. The said grooves or recesses will serve to retain and
distribute the oil or other lubricating material.
By the invention above described we are enabled to produce a firm cop of yarn or
thread without passing the yarn or thread to be spun or doubled more than once around
the traveller.
By the invention above described we enable the traveller to move freely from the
inner surface of the tubular part above referred to, to the spindle, cop or bobbin,
thereby enabling the spinning or doubling machine to which our invention is applied
to he stopped when the ring-rail is in any position and again started without the yarns
or threads becoming broken.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a ring constructed
according to our invention and Fig. 2 is a view showing the lower portion of one form
of ring constructed according to our invention.
We provide the ring with a vertical tubular portion a provided with a circular
flange by which it is supported upon the ring-rail c which ring-rail c is provided
with a circular recess d to receive the flange b. The ring is prevented from passing
through the ring-rail by means of a projecting part e formed on the flange 6 or the
ring may be prevented from passing through the ring-rail c by a projecting part
being formed upon the ring-rail c as shown in Fig. 3 which is a vertical section of
the ring.
The traveller made according to our invention is formed of a straight or nearly
straight part of greater length than the vertical tubular part a of the ring. From
.the ends of the straight or nearly straight portion g extend portions h, j which pass
over the ends of the tubular part a.
The portions h, have their extremities ³, j bent into a direction parallel or nearly
parallel to that of the straight or nearly straight portion g.
In some cases we bend the upper extremity of the traveller more or less towards
the straight portion g of the traveller as shown in Fig. 4. The lower end of the traveller
is prevented from moving when the yarn or thread is being "pieced "or at other times
beyond a certain distance outwards from the spindle k by means of a projecting ring
formed on the underside of the flange b. In some cases to prevent the lower end of
the traveller from moving when the yarn or thread is being "pieced" or at other
times beyond a certain distance outwards from the spindle kwe employ the arrange-
ment shown in Figs. 5 and 6 in which arrangement the circumference of the recess d
formed in the ring-rail e is employed to prevent the lower end of the traveller from
moving beyond a certain distance away from the spindle k. The position of the
traveller when spinning or doubling is shown at A but the traveller is at liberty to
take the positions indicated by the dotted lines B. C.
We form a groove or recess m at the upper end of the vertical tubular part a
which groove or recess m allows the yarn or thread to pass freely from the traveller
to the spindle k or cop or bobbin upon which it is to be wound after being spun or
doubled.
In some cases we form the vertical tubular portion a of the ring separate from the
portion of the ring which passes into the recess d formed in the ring-rail cas
shown in Fig. 7 which is a vertical section of a ring constructed according to our
invention.
The
In the ring shown in Fig. 7 the vertical tubular portion a is formed separate from,
the circular flange b which passes into the recess d formed in the ring-rail c.
upper part of the vertical tubular portion a of the ring is formed of a larger diameter
than the lower portion and forms a shoulder at D. The lower portion of the vertical
tubular part a is made to fit tightly in a hole formed through the portion 6 of the ring
which is supported by the ring-rail c or the vertical tubular portion a of the ring may
be secured to the portion of the ring in any other convenient manner.

page_text: The vertical tubular portion a of the ring being of small size and simple in form
may be formed of steel and readily hardened and the part of the ring may be of
sheet metal formed of the desired shape by stamping or in any other suitable
manner.
The rings constructed according to our invention may be secured in any suitable
manner to the ring-rails upon which they are mounted. Fig. 8 is a vertical section
of a ring constructed according to our invention.
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In the interior of the vertical tubular part a is or are formed a screw-thread or
screw-threads. Through one side of the vertical tubular portion a we form a hole n
by means of which hole a oil or other lubricating material may be supplied to the
screw-thread or screw-threads aforesaid. We form the screw-thread or screw-threads
formed in the interior of the vertical tubular portion a "right-hand " or left-hand **
according to the direction in which the traveller " runs "the screw-thread or screw-
threads being formed opposite to the direction in which the traveller " runs when
working. The rotation of the traveller thus tends to carry the oil or other lubricating
material from the bottom of the vertical tubular portion a to the top of such vertical
tubular portion a. The traveller in passing over the screw-thread or screw-f
v-threads
above mentioned will become lubricated, the screw-thread or screw-threads serving
both to retain and distribute the oil or other lubricating material within the vertical
tubular part a of the ring.
In some cases we form in the interior of the vertical tubular part a both a "right-
hand"
screw-thread and a "left-hand" screw-thread or both" right-hand" and "left-
screw-threads.
hand
In some cases we provide the vertical tubular portion a of the ring with grooves or
recesses as shown in Fig. 9 which is a vertical section of a ring constructed according
to our invention. In the interior of the vertical tubular part a we form grooves or
recesses which grooves or recesses may be placed in a horizontal, inclined or other
suitable position. Through the vertical tubular portion a of the ring we form a hole n
by means of which oil or other lubricating material may be supplied to the grooves
or recesses above mentioned. The said grooves or recesses will serve to retain and
distribute the oil or other lubricating material. In some cases we place rings of wire
within the vertical tubular part a of the ring as shown in Fig. 10 which is a vertical
section of a ring constructed according to our invention. o, o are rings of wire placed
in the interior of the vertical tubular portion a of the ring. The vertical tubular
portion a of the ring is formed at its lower end with a collar p upon which rests the
lowest ring of wire. The elasticity of the rings o, o of wire prevents such rings o o
of wire from being drawn in an upward direction by the traveller. The interstices
between the rings oo of wire act as grooves or recesses and serve to retain and
distribute the oil or other lubricating material which may be supplied to the rings oo
of wire through a holen formed through the vertical tubular portion a of the ring.
In some cases we dispense with the hole a formed through the vertical tubular
portion a of the ring and in such cases we supply the oil or other lubricating material
to the upper portion of the interior of the vertical tubular portion a of the ring.
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:-
1. A ring for use in a ring-spinning or ring-doubling machine and constructed
and employed substantially as herein before described in reference to Figs. 1. 2 and 3
of the accompanying drawing and provided with a projecting ring such as for the
purpose of preventing the lower end of the traveller employed in conjunction with
such ring from moving beyond a certain distance outwards from the spindle when the
yarn or thread is being "pieced" or at other times.
2. For use in a ring-spinning or ring-doubling machine a traveller such as those
herein before described in reference to and indicated in the accompanying drawing
and capable of moving upon the ring inwards to or outwards from the spindle, cop or
bobbin as may be necessary during working.

page_text: 3. In a ring such as those hereinbefore described a vertical tubular part such as a
provided for the purpose of retaining and distributing oil or other lubricating material
with a "right-hand" screw-thread or a left-hand screw-thread or " right-hand
screw-threads or " left-hand "screw-threads or a "right-hand" screw-thread and a
" left-hand" screw-thread or right-hand screw-threads and "left-hand screw-
threads or with grooves or recesses placed in a horizontal, inclined or other suitable
position or having inserted for the like purpose rings such as oo of wire.
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4. A ring for use in a ring-spinning or ring-doubling machine and constructed and
employed substantially as hereinbefore described in reference to Figs. 5 and 6 of the
accompanying drawing and inserted in a recess such as d so formed in the ring-rail
that the lower end of the traveller employed in conjunction with such ring will be
prevented from moving beyond a certain distance from the spindle when the yarn or
thread is being "pieced" or at other times.