Improvements in or connected with Bobbins used in Machines for Preparing Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Bobbins used in Machines for
Preparing Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
We, GEORGE PALEY, of Bank Top Mills, Preston, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer, and JAMES ANDERTON SUTCLIFFE, of Globe
Works, Blackburn, in the same County, Sheet Metal Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention relates to bobbins used in machines for preparing cotton and
other fibrous materials and our improvements have reference more particularly to
sheet metal bobbins of the kind described in the Specification of Letters Patent
No. 18,561 of 1892 although they are also applicable to wooden bobbins of ordinary
construction.
The object of our invention is twofold namely first to provide a sheet metal
bobbin with end pieces made of wood or other material of a more or less absorbent
nature that is to say materials better adapted than metal to absorb or hold
surplus oil and also to prevent its being thrown off from the spindle apparatus on
to the neighbouring bobbins-and secondly to provide bobbins-whether made of
sheet metal or wood-with interchangeable or replaceable end pieces.
In carrying out our invention we construct the said wooden or other end pieces
(hereinafter termed "wooden end pieces") in the form of a hoop or annulus
having its upper part reduced in diameter so as to constitute a nipple which is
pressed into the end of the tubular body part of the bobbin and in the case of
sheet metal bobbins it may be secured thereto by "spinning" the sheet metal on
to the nipple or by pricking or indenting the sheet metal into the wooden nipple
or by both methods. The wooden hoop or annulus is made with the usual openings
or notches to engage with the washer or bobbin wheel. In some cases we encase
the nipple and upper part of the wooden annulus on the outside and line it on the
inside with thin sheet metal and in the case of a sheet metal bobbin the end of
its tubular body part is preferably spun on to the encased nipple and still further
secured thereto by soldering.
In the case of ordinary wooden bobbins we encase the ends of the tubular body
part within an outer covering and an inner lining of thin sheet metal within
which the wooden end pieces having their nipples encased in sheet metal may be
inserted and attached thereto by soldering. With some classes of bobbins we
form the nipple part of the end piece of sheet metal only but we preferably double
it over in order to impart to it additional firmness.
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When the wooden end pieces are encased within sheet metal and attached to the
tubular body part of the bobbins by means of soldering as hereinabove described
they may be readily detached therefrom by the process of unsoldering and as
readily replaced.
Dated this 17th dor of November 1893

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Bobbins used in Machines for
Preparing Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
We, GEORGE PALEY, of Bank Top Mills, Preston, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer, and JAMES ANDERTON SUTCLIFFE, of Globe
Works, Blackburn, in the same County, Sheet Metal Engineer, 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 relates to bobbins used in machines for preparing cotton and other
fibrous materials and our improvements have reference more particularly to sheet
metal bobbins of the kind described in the Specification of Letters Patent.
No. 18,561 of 1892 although they are also applicable to wooden bobbins of ordinary
construction.
The object of our invention is twofold namely first to provide a sheet metal
bobbin with end pieces made of wood or other material of a more or less absorbent
nature that is to say materials better adapted than metal to absorb or hold
surplus oil and also to prevent its being thrown off from the spindle apparatus on
to the neighbouring bobbins-and secondly to provide bobbins-whether made of
sheet metal or wood-with interchangeable or replaceable end pieces.
In carrying out our invention we construct the said wooden or other end pieces
(hereinafter termed "wooden end pieces ") in the form of a hoop or annulus having
its upper part reduced in diameter so as to constitute a nipple which is pressed into
the end of the tubular body part of the bobbin and in the case of sheet metal
bobbins it may be secured thereto by "spinning "the sheet metal on to the nipple.
or by pricking or indenting the sheet metal into the wooden nipple or by both
methods. The wooden hoop or annulus is made with the usual openings or notches
to engage with the washer or bobbin wheel. In some cases we engage the nipple
and upper part of the wooden annulus on the outside and line it on the inside with
thin sheet metal and in the case of a sheet metal bobbin the end of its tubular
body part is preferably spun on to the encased nipple and still further secured
thereto by soldering.
In the case of ordinary wooden bobbins we encase the ends of the tubular body
part within an outer covering and an inner lining of thin sheet metal within which
the wooden end pieces having their nipples encased in sheet metal may be inserted
and attached thereto by soldering. With some classes of bobbins we form the
nipple part of the end piece of sheet metal only but we preferably double it over
in order to impart to it additional firmness.
When the wooden end pieces are encased within sheet metal and attached to the
tubular body part of the bobbins by means of soldering as hereinabove described
they may be readily detached therefrom by the process of unsoldering and as
readily replaced.
The accompanying drawings illustrate the several methods hereinabove described
of carrying out our said invention.
Fig. 1 shews our improvements as applied to a sheet metal bobbin for ordinary
short collars of slubbing roving or intermediate frames.
At Figs. 2, 3 and 4 as applied to sheet metal bobbins and
At Figs. 5 and 6 as applied to wooden bobbins for Mason's long collars.
In the said figs. a represents the tubular body part of the bobbin 6 the wooden
end piece and c the nipple part of the said end piece. At Figs. 1 and 2 the sheet
metal tubular body part a of the bobbin is shewn-at e-as attached to the wooden
end piece 6 by being spun or pressed into an annular groove or nick therein. At
Fig. 3 the attachment of the two is effected by pricking or indenting the sheet
metal at finto the nipple c. At Figs. 4, 5 and 6 d is the sheet metal casing or

page_text: lining of the wooden end piece b secured to the outer periphery thereof by being
spun thereon-at g. At Fig. 6 the sheet metal of the casing or lining is shewn
doubled over so as to form the nipple part c of the end piece b. At Fig. 4 the
sheet metal of the tubular body part of the bobbin is soldered directly on to the
sheet metal covering d of the end piece. At Figs. 5 and 6 the ends of the wooden
bobbins a a are encased within an outer covering and an inner lining of thin sheet
metal within which the wooden end pieces bb having their nipples
in sheet metal d as at Fig. 5-or composed wholly of sheet metal as at Fig. 6-
are inserted and attached thereto by soldering. The sheet metal h may be secured
in place on the wood bobbin a by being spun thereon-as shewn at i. jj are the
usual notches or openings for engaging with the washer or bobbin wheel.
c c encased
Although we have only mentioned wood as the material of which to make the
end pieces hereinabove described or referred to other materials may be employed
efficaciously for the purpose of our invention as for instance the substance known.
88 "American hard fibre."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. In sheet metal bobbins used in machines for preparing cotton and other
fibrous substances the use or employment of end pieces made of wood or other
like material in manner substantially as described with reference to and shewn at
Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings for the purpose set forth.
2. In wooden bobbins used in machines for preparing cotton and other fibrous
substances the use or employment of interchangeable or replaceable end pieces in
manner substantially as described with reference to and shewn at Figs. 5 and 6 of
the drawings.