Improvements in Apparatus for Spinning Yarn.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 21st Dec., 1898-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1899
PROVISIONAL DE ROLL
Improvements in Apparatus for Spinning Yarn.
We, SAMUEL HERBERT BROOKS and FREDERICK GEORGE GOODBEHERE, of the
Firm of Brooks and Doxey, of the Union Iron Works, West Gorton, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, and TшомAS GOODBEHERE, of the
Union Iron Works, aforesaid, Sub-manager, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the thread rails of ring spinning frames and is
designed to provide for the ready adjustment of the several thread rails laterally
in relation to the vertical axis of the spindle and vertically in relation to the
distance between the spindle and the eve of the thread or guide wire and
also for the mode of adjusting the guide wire longitudinally.
In carrying out the invention we construct a separate thread rail preferably
of cast iron for each spindle which carries at its extremity a thread or guide wire
capable of adjustment in a longitudinal direction.
These thread rails are mounted upon a shaft running longitudinally of the
frame and are formed in two parts, one being a bracket secured to the shaft by
a bolt or screw and the other part forming the thread rail and carrying the wire
being pivoted thereto.
Longitudinally in the under side of the shaft is cut a dovetail or other under
cut groove into which the head of a bolt of dovetail or other shape to correspond
with the groove is fitted. By this means the bracket part of the thread board is
adjustably affixed to the shaft. Projecting pieces on the bracket also fit into
preferably against the back of the groove in the shaft to prevent a swivelling
movement and the front edge of the bracket makes a neat and close fitting joint
with the shaft. Or the shaft may be grooved to form a dovetail or T shaped
projection and the bracket be formed with V or other groove to correspond and
provide with a setscrew to hold the two parts together.
The shaft is supported in brackets in which it is free to be rotated about its
own axis, and of such a shape that the shaft is fitted closely against the beam
where a neat metallic joint is formed. The thread guide is secured to the thread
rail and adjusted longitudinally by means of a special shaped bolt head which
rests in a slot or groove in the underside of each thread rail. The flanges of this
slot or groove are drilled to allow one end of the thread wire to pass through and
the head of the bolt is also provided with a hole through which the thread wire
can pass as it is threaded through the flanges described above. When the thread
wire has been adjusted in position the nut of the bolt is screwed up and fastens
the wire by the grip the bolt head has upon that portion of the thread wire
which is below the two flanges on the underside of the thread rail.
The thread rail, shaft, bar or other equivalent for turning up the thread guides
is connected by levers or links connecting rods or otherwise with the builder
motion or other part of the machine operated therefrom so that as the ring rail,
or copping rail rises, the shaft, bar or its equivalent is turned about its axis to

page_text: raise the thread guides further away from the tops or ends of the spindles thereby
when the rail is at the bottom of the cop, reducing the length of yarn between
the eye and the ring and thereby lessening the extent of ballooning and when
the rail is at the top of the cop presenting a less acute angle in the yarn at the
traveller than would be if the thread guide were stationary.
This may be carried out in several ways in one arrangement a lever of cranked
or other suitable shape with a bowl or runner at the end is affixed to the thread
rail shaft bar or its equivalent and a corresponding lever is affixed to the frame. A
rod or poker with tapered arrow or spear head at the end passes between these
levers and gives the desired movement to the thread guides. This rod or poker
may be carried by the lifting rail or may be operated by a cam on a rotating shaft
or instead of such a poker a lever on the shaft may be connected by a link or
otherwise with a reciprocating or rotating part of the machine.
Dated this 15th day of March 1898
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
improvements in apparatus for spinning Yarn.
We, SAMUEL HERBERT BROOKS and FREDERICK GEORGE GOODBEHERE, of the
Firm of Brooks and Doxey, of the Union Iron Works, West Gorton, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, and THOMAS GOODBEHERE, of the
Union Iron Works aforesaid, Sub-manager, 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:-
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This invention relates to the thread rails of ring spinning frames and is
designed to provide for the ready adjustment of the several thread rails laterally
in relation to the vertical axis of the spindle and vertically in relation to the
distance between the spindle and the eve of the thread or guide wire and
also for the mode of adjusting the guide wire longitudinally.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1. Transverse sectional elevation.
Fig. 2. Front elevation.
Fig. 3. Side elevation of thread rail A.
Fig. 4. Plan of same.
Fig. 5. Side elevation of adjustable bracket B by which the thread rail is affixed
to the grooved shaft C.
Fig. 6. Plan of same.
Fig. 7. Side elevation of the grooved shaft C.
Fig. 8. Transverse section of same.
Fig. 9. Side elevation of bolt D.
Fig. 10. Front elevation of same.
Fig. 11. Front elevation of eye bolt E for guide wire.
Fig. 12. Side elevation of same.
Fig. 13. Transverse sectional elevation showing mechanism for operating the
thread rails.
Fig. 14. Front elevation of part of same.
Fig. 15. Side elevation of a modification.
We construct the thread rails A preferably one for each spindle and of cast iron
each of which carries at its extremity the thread or guide wire F capable of adjust-
ment in a longitudinal direction to or from the beam G.

page_text: The thread rails A are mounted upon a shaft C running longitudinally of the
frame each pivoted to a bracket B secured to the shaft C.
Longitudinally in the under side of the shaft is cut a dovetail or other under
cut groove e into which the head of a bolt D of dovetail or other shape to corre-
spond with the groove is fitted to adjustably affix the bracket B to the shaft C.
Projecting pieces b on the bracket also fit into (preferably against the back of)
the groove in the shaft C to prevent a swivelling movement and the front edge
of the bracket makes a neat and close fitting joint with the shaft. The shaft C
may be tubular with a slot or slit to receive the bolt head.
Instead of a groove in the shaft C it may be formed with a rib or projection
of dovetail T or other suitable shape and the bracket B be formed with a groove
to correspond therewith and be held in position by a set screw bearing against
one side of the rib to permit of the bracket being adjusted to any position in
the length of the shaft.
The shaft C is supported in brackets attached to the beam G in which it is free
to be rotated about its own axis, and of such a shape that the shaft is fitted closely
against the beam where a neat metallic joint is formed.
The thread guide F is secured to the end of the thread rail A by two flanges a a¹
into a hole in which the wire is passed. The flanges a a¹ form between them a
slot or groove e in the underside of the thread rail through which the wire passes
transversely. A hole is drilled through the flanges a a¹ and the wire is passed
through the hole and through the eve of an eyebolt E placed in the slot e and is
secured by tightening up the nut of the bolt against the underside of the flanges.
By slackening the nut the wire is released and the thread guide F can be adjusted.
The shaft C to which the thread rails A are affixed can be rotated about its axis
to adjust or alter the position or distance of the thread rails A and thread guides F
above the tops of the spindles.
The shaft C is connected by levers or links connecting rods or otherwise with
the builder motion or other part of the machine operated therefrom so that as
the ring-rail, or copping-rail rises, the shaft is turned about its axis to raise the
thread guides F further away from the tops or ends of the spindles and as the
ring-rail falls again the thread guides F are moved back towards the spindles.
Thus when the ring-rail is at the bottom of the cop the length of yarn between
the eve and the ring is reduced thereby lessening the extent of ballooning and
when the rail is at the top of the cop presenting a less acute angle in the yarn at
the traveller than would be the case if the thread guide were stationary.
The movement of the shaft C corresponding to the rise and fall of the ring-
rail may be effected as illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14. On the shaft is fitted
an arm or levere connected by a connecting rod or link k with a pivoted lever K.
The lever K is operated by a cam L of suitable shape on the builder shaft or
otherwise suitably timed to move or rotate the shaft C as the ring rail rises and
falls. The shafts CC at the two sides of the frame may be operated separately
or may be connected by a band c¹.
The connection between the shaft C and the ring-rail may be effected in various
other ways. In another arrangement a lever Fig. 15 of cranked or other suit-
able shape with a bowl or runner at the end is affixed to the shaft C and a lever
or bracket is affixed to the frame. A rod or poker (with tapered arrow or
spear head at the end passes between the levers and gives the desired move-
ment to the thread guides F. This rod or poker may be carried by the lifting
rail or may be operated by a cam on a rotating shaft. Instead of such a poker.
a lever on the shaft C may be connected by a link or otherwise with a reciprocating
or rotating part of the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
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1. In a ring spinning frame the thread rails each pivoted to a bracket fitted

page_text: to a shaft by means of a groove therein and projection on the bracket or by a
projection or rib on the shaft and groove in the bracket-and capable of longi-
tudinal adjustment thereon substantially as described.
2. In a ring spinning frame a thread rail such as A provided with two flanges
on the under side with a hole drilled through to receive the wire of the thread
guide to which the thread guide is affixed by an eyebolt substantially as described
and shown.
3. In a ring spinning frame the combination with a shaft to which the thread
rails are adjustably fitted of links levers or other mechanism for connecting the
shaft with the ring rail or other moving part of the machine to cause the thread
ails and guides to move from and to the spindles as the ring rail rises and falls
substantially as and for the purpose described.
4. In a ring frame a thread rail having the several parts constructed and
arranged in coinbination substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 16th day of December
1808
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.