Improvements in or relating to Machinery or Apparatus for Spinning, Drawing, Doubling, and Twisting Textile Yarns and Threads.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 1st Nov., 1899-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Machinery or Apparatus for Spinning,
Drawing, Doubling, and Twisting Textile Yarns and Threads.
We, THEODORE HOLMES, of 11, Empress Street, Whingate, Armley, Leeds, in
the County of York, Mill Manager and Designer, and WILLIAM ARTHUR
THORNTON, of Belper House, Market Place, Wetherby, in the County of York,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for spinning,
drawing, doubling, and twisting textile yarns and threads.
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Its object is to dispense with domng" and also with the use of bobbins,
flyers, and the intricate mechanism for driving the same, and to provide means
for spinning, drawing, doubling, and twisting textile yarns and threads simul-
taneously by a continuous motion, as well as winding the yarn or thread into a
cheese instead of winding on to a bobbin, as well as to enable each thread' or
yarn winder to be stopped separately instead of stopping the whole machine as is
now the case in machinery of ordinary construction.
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According to this invention we employ a yarn or thread carrier consisting of
a long hollow socket or boss terminating at its upper end in a fork, the arms or
sides of which are provided with vertical slots. A rotary motion may be imparted
to the yarn or thread carrier which is supported in bearings from any suitable
source of power or moving part of the machine through bevel or other gearing,
shaft or shafts and change wheels.
In the slots are passed the ends of the axles or shaft of a hollow roller. The
periphery of the roiler is provided with a helical or other cam shaped groove or
projection for purposes to be hereafter described. A rotary motion may be
imparted to the hollow roller independently of the yarn or thread carrier from
any suitable source of power or moving part of the machine by means of change
wheels, a shaft or shafts, and bevel or other gearing to a shaft passing through
the long boss or socket of the yarn or thread carrier. The last named shaft may
be armed at its upper end with a suitable wheel, say a bevel wheel,-arranged
to gear with a wheel or pinion mounted and fixed on the axle or shaft of the
before named hollow roller.
Above the hollow roller is provided and arranged to work in the slotted arms
of the yarn or thread carrier a weighted roller, the periphery of which impinges
upon that of the hollow roller. The yarn or thread may be wound on to a paper
tube mounted upon the weighted roller, or wound directly onto the weighted roller
itself.
In front of the hollow roller is provided and fixed say at or about a right angle
to the arms of the yarn or thread carrier, a slide or one or more guide rods to form
a slide. Upon the slide or guide rod or rods is or are mounted so as to recipro-
cate freely a yarn or thread guide provided with a projecting arm or end arranged
to engage in or with the helical or other cam shaped groove or projection in or on
the periphery of the hollow roller for directing the yarn or thread on to the
weighted roller.

page_text: Each yarn or thread carrier may be provided with suitable clutch mechanism
whereby it may be thrown in and out of motion independently of the other yarn
or thread carriers.
The yarn or thread as leaves say the drawing rollers passes to a central hole
in a lid or cap fixed to the top of the slotted arms of the yarn or thread carrier,
and from thence is conducted to the reciprocating yarn or thread guide in front
of the hollow roller and from thence it is wound on to the paper tube on the
weighted roller, or directly on to the weighted roller itself to form a "cheese."
For some classes of yarn or thread the yarn or thread guide and slide may be
dispensed with and the helical or other cam shaped groove in the periphery of the
hollow roller employed for directing the yarn or thread on to the weighted roller.
Dated this Thirty-first day of January 1899.
THEODORE HOLMES,
WILLIAM ARTHUR THORNTON,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.
Improvements in or relating to Machinery or Apparatus for Spinning,
Drawing, Doubling, and Twisting Textile Yarns and Threads.
We, THEODORE HOLMES,, formerly of 11, Empress Street, Whingate, Armley,
Leeds, but now of High Street Birstall, both in the County of York, Mill Manager
and Designer, and WILLIAM ARTHUR THORNTON, of Belper House, Market Place,
Wetherby, in the County of York, 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;-
This invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for spinning,
drawing, doubling, and twisting textile yarns and threads.
Its object is to dispense with "dothing" and also with the use of bobbins,
flyers, and the intricate mechanism for driving the same, and to provide means
for spinning, drawing, doubling, and twisting textile yarns and threads simul-
taneously by a continuous motion, as well as winding the yarn or thread into a
cheese"
instead of winding on to a bobbin, also to enable each thread or
yarn winder to be stopped separately instead of stopping the whole machine as is
now the case in machinery of ordinary construction.
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In the drawings hereunto annexed;
Fig. 1 is a part elevation of a spinning frame with this invention applied.
Fig. 2 an enlarged sectional elevation of the spinning, drawing, and twisting
mechanism constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 3 an enlarged end elevation of same.
Fig. 4 an enlarged elevation with reciprocating thread carrier in position.
Fig. 5 a part plan showing position of spinning and twisting heads.
Like parts in all the views are marked with similar letters of reference.
The
A is the framework of the spinning frame. B, C and D are horizontal bars
fixed the full length of the machine. On the bar B are mounted the drawing or
guide rollers E. F the roller upon which the condenser bobbin G rests.
rollers E, F and bobbin G are mounted in suitable bearings in or on the frame-
work A. M the hinged guide.
All the above parts are of ordinary construction and motion is conveyed to them
in the usual manner.
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In the bar C is formed or provided a number of holes H arranged in any desired

page_text: number of rows, say, two as shown at Fig. 5, through which the yarn or thread
carriers I are passed as at Fig. 2. The holes H form bearings for the yarn or
thread carrier, and the latter may, if desired, have any suitable form of anti-
frictional bearing, such as, say, balls working in grooves, interposed between a
collar or flange N on the boss J at a convenient distance from the base of the
bifurcated portion of the carrier, and the upper surface of the rail C. Or the
said collar Ñ or base of the carrier may rest directly upon said rail.
Each yarn or thread carrier I consists of a long hollow socket or boss J ter-
minating at its upper end in a fork K. In the arms or sides of the fork K are
provided vertical slots L. A rotary motion may be imparted to the yarn or thread
carrier I, which is supported in a bearing, such as H, from any suitable source of
power or moving part of the machine, through, say, bevel or other gearing O
mounted on the boss J and upon a shaft P, and change wheels Q mounted respec-
tively upon shafts P and R. The said shafts are carried in suitable bearings fixed
to the framework.
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In the slots L are passed the ends of the trunnions or axle or shaft S of a
hollow roller T. The periphery of the roller T is provided with a helical or other
cam shaped groove U, or in place of groove U a projection may be employed for
purposes to be hereafter described, but we prefer using a groove U as shown.
rotary motion may be imparted to the hollow roller T independently of the yarn
or thread carried I from any suitable source of power or moving part of the
machine by means, say, of change wheels V, a shaft Y, and bevel or other gear-
ing Z mounted respectively on shaft Y and upon a shaft 1 passing through the
long boss or socket J of the yarn or thread carrier I. The shafts Y and 1 are
carried in suitable bearings on the framework.
The last named shaft 1 may be armed at its upper end with a suitable wheel,―
say a bevel wheel 2,-arranged to gear with a wheel or pinion 3 mounted and
fixed on the axle or shaft S of the before named hollow roller T, and arranged
to work within the fork K. Or, if desired, a pin wheel and pinion may be
employed in place of the bevel gearing 2 and 3.
Above the hollow roller T is provided and arranged to work in the slotted arms
of the fork K of the yarn or thread carrier I a weighted roller 4, the periphery
of which impinges upon that of the hollow roller T. The yarn or thread is wound,
either on to a paper tube 5 mounted upon the weighted roller 4, or it is wound
directly onto the weighted roller itself. The weighted roller 4 is kept in contact
with the hollow roller T by means of the bearings 11 resting upon the trunnions
of said roller, and springs 12 interposed between them and the lid or cap 10.
In front of the hollow roller T is provided and fixed, say, at or about a right
angle to the slotted arms of the fork K of the yarn or thread carrier, a slide
or one or more guide rods 6, two guide rods are shown in the drawings, to form
a slide. Upon the guide rods 6 are mounted so as to reciprocate freely a yarn or
thread guide 7 provided with a projecting arm or end 8 arranged to enter and
work in the helical or other cam shaped groove U in the periphery of the hollow
roller T for directing the yarn or thread on to the weighted roller 4 or paper
tube 5.
When a projecting cam is used in place of the groove U then the end of the
with said pro-
projecting arm 8 will require to be bifurcated in order to engage,
jecting cam.
Each yarn or thread carrier I is provided with suitable clutch mechanism 9
whereby it may be thrown in and out of motion independently of the other yarn
or thread carriers. The clutches may be operated by any suitable lever
mechanism.
The yarn or thread 13 as it leaves, say, the drawing rollers E passes to a
central hole respectively in hinged guide M, then to central hole 14 in a lid or
cap 10 fixed to the top of the slotted arms of the fork K of the yarn or thread
carrier I, and from thence it is conducted to the reciprocating yarn or thread
guide 6 in front of the hollow roller T, and then it passes to and is wound on

page_text: to the paper tube 5 on the weighted roller 4, or directly on to the weighted
roller itself to form a "cheese.'
For some classes of yarn or thread the yarn or thread guide 7 and slide 6 may
be dispensed with and the helical or other cam shaped groove U in the periphery
of the hollow roller T employed for directing the yarn or thread on to the
weighted roller 4 or paper tube 5.
The working of the invention is as follows:-
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The yarn or thread 13 is carried from the bobbin G to the feed and guide
rollers E and from thence it passes through the hole in the hinged guide or
cap M and the central hole 14 of the cap 10 fixed to the top of the slotted sides
or arms of the fork K of the carrier I to the eye of the reciprocating carrier 7
mounted in guides 6 in front of the hollow roller T and on to the paper tube 5
or weighted roller 4. The portion of the yarn or thread between the feed or guide
rollers and the hollow roller receives the requisite amount of twist during the
spinning operation, and in addition a draw is given to it by the two rollers T and 4
simultaneously therewith; and as the guide is made by the groove U or cam to
reciprocate, the yarn or thread 13 will be evenly wound on to the paper tube 5
or weighted roller 4 to form a cheese."
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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:-
In machines for spinning, drawing, doubling, and twisting yarns or threads, the
combination of the carrier I having its upper end in the form of a fork provided
with slotted arms or sides, with a hollow roller T mounted in the slotted arms
of said fork and having a cam groove U or path formed in or on its periphery, a
thread guide 7 mounted on guides 6 in front of the hollow roller and reciprocated
by the cam groove or path of the same, and a weighted roller 4 mounted in the
slotted arms of the said fork above the hollow roller, and with the changeable
gearing, shafts, and clutches, as described, whereby the thread carrier and hollow
roller may be rotated at the same or at different speeds, all substantially as and
for the purposes described and illustrated.
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THEODORE HOLMES,
W. A. THORNTON,