Improvements in Machinery for Spinning and Doubling Cotton, Wool, and other Fibrous Substances.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 7th Sept., 1900-Accepted, 1st Dec., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Spinning and Doubling Cotton, Wool,
and other Fibrous Substances.
I, GEORGE HENRY MILWARD, of 19, Agnes Street Meadows, Nottingham, in
the County of Notts, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:
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This invention relates to improvements in machinery for spinning and doubling
cotton, wool and other fibrous substances more especially in what is known
as ring spinning and in which the traveller or ring is driven, the yarn carrying
round the spindle to which the drag is applied; the ring rail being stationary
and the copping motion given to the spindle rail.
The invention consists principally in forming the bearings for the spindle
in such a manner as to cause the spindle to run so lightly and the drag to be
applied so delicately, as to allow of the finest fibres being spun or doubled
thereon.
For this purpose the spindle is carried or revolves in an upright pillar or
bolster, fixed in the bottom rail, to which the lifting motion is applied. The top
of this pillar or bolster is recessed, the body of the pillar being bored larger
or clear of the spindle.
In the recess is placed a bush, in which is formed a chamber for the lubricant,
the inside of the chamber having two shoulders, on the lower one a light ring
is placed, the inside face of which is bevilled, forming a space or division between
the two bushes. The top shoulder carries a bush of hard steel or other material,
bored in such a way as to form a ball race or frictionless bearing. In the recess
formed between the bottom ring and this bush I place a strand of cotton wick,
or worsted, the upper fibres of which project into the ball race, the lower ends
being placed in the lubricant beneath. The balls may be placed round the
spindle or the spindle may have a fixed collar, the under side of which is formed
correspondingly, to the bottom of the bush or ball race and the weight of the
spindle carried thereon. The foot of the spindle being cylindrical and the end
flat or coned, the diameter of this foot may be one third that of the spindle or
less. The bush or bearing for the foot, being adjustable in height, so that the
weight may be carried entirely on the top or bottom bearing or distributed on
both as may be preferred. Where this collar is used, the stop on the spindle
to prevent its being lifted out in doffing can be made removable.
For producing the necessary "drag on the yarn or material being spun a
variable friction is applied to the spindle in the following manner:-
In the space between the foot and the top bearing of the spindle and pre-
ferably about the middle of this length, the pillar or bolster is slotted vertically
in two or three equally divided spaces, from the outside to the interior bore,
the slots being of suitable length; in these slots are placed small bell-cranks
or levers, these levers being carried on pins drilled through the body of the
pillar or bolster. The upper or vertical arm of these bell-cranks, being slotted
or grooved on the inner face to carry a friction pad of leather, felt, or other

page_text: material, which is made to grip the spindle centrally and with equal pressure,
the bottom or horizontal arm of these bell-cranks projecting from the pillar,
and resting on a ring, which is free to slide up and down on the outside of the
pillar. This ring is pivoted directly across its centre (and on each side) to a
lever, these levers having a common fulcrum or centre, which is carried on the
foot or flange on which the pillar or bolster stands. On the outer end of these
levers (which project horizontally from the back of the pillar) and towards the
inside of the frame and on the top edge of such levers is placed a roller weight,
which is moved backwards and forwards and gradually further from the fulcrum
or centre, at every rise and fall of the bolster rail, until the full diameter of
the cop or bobbin is attained, this motion or movement is then continued until,
the cop or bobbin being finished, the rail is lowered, and the operation recom-
menced.
This movement of the roller weight is obtained in the following manner:-
From the back of the bolster rail and at suitable distances apart in the length
of the frame, a series of arms or brackets project, which carry a light rod running
the whole length of the frame. From the under side of this rod a light wire
loop or fork embraces the ends of each roller weight keeping them all in a line.
This rod is adjustable, so as to move the roller weights over the required dis-
tance, and nearer to or further from the fulcrum of the levers in proportion
to the amount of drag required, and the varying diameter of the cop or
bobbin, in the length of the chase; the backward and forward movement of the
rod on the arms or brackets, being obtained from and corresponding to the
motion of the bolster rail, and the action of the lifter blocks or shafts and the
builder.
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warve or
The traveller or traveller ring, is made in the form of a circular plate or
flange, the orifice or bore of which is large enough to admit of the full cop or
bobbin passing easily through. From the outer edge of this ring, and at right
angles to the diameter, to near the edge of the bore and opposite to each other,
two slits are cut, through either of which the yarn passes to the spindle. This
plate or flange is mounted on the upper end of a thin steel tube, of sufficient
length, to pass through the driving "wharve or braid." The body of this tube
is perforated or pierced in its length, to within a short distance of each end, by
a series of slits or cuts in such a way as to allow the body to be compressed in
the manner of a spring. The driving warve or braid" is made to admit of
this tube or spring being easily pressed into it, and yet gripping it sufficiently
tight, to be carried round by it. The outer circumference of the "
braid is provided with a groove for the driving band, leaving at each side
of the groove a square edge, and projecting beyond these square edges, a slight
bevelled rim is formed. This driving warve or braid may be carried on
and driven by the ordinary band, the wharve" being placed in the centre of
four other carriers, the band passing from the carriers of one warve or braid
to the next, and so on, round a complete box of spindles when it returns on the
other side in the same manner, that is, on the outside of the " warve " and inside
the carriers. These carriers having a flat or square edge on each side of the
band groove, just in contact with the square edge of the driving
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warve and
sufficiently wide to come within the slight, bevelled rim before mentioned.
These square edges on the carriers and the driving
warve,"
must be in the
same exact proportion to each other as the bottom of the relative band grooves,
so that we have a perfect rolling contact in one case and a driving surface
without slip in the other.
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The bearing on which the carriers run, is made in the following manner:
The stud or pin is formed with a collar, which stands on the ring plate, being
held in position by a nut on the bottom end. In this collar a recess is formed
in which the lubricant is placed, the body of the stud is bored through, having
a thread in the bottom end, the top end of the stud being bevelled.
A pin
(having a head of the same diameter as the stud, the under side of the head

page_text: bevelled to correspond) fits in the bore, the bottom of the pin being screwed
or threaded and projecting beyond the end of the stud sufficiently to carry a
lock nut. The carriers are pressed or stamped from flat sheet steel in the form
required and rivetted together in halves in such a way as to leave a bevilled or
V-shaped groove or ball race inside the holes or bore, corresponding to the
groove, formed by the end of the stud, and the under side of the head of the
centre pin and also perfectly true and dispensing with any turning or machine
work. We have now a frictionless ball bearing, which is lubricated in the
following manner-Through the top end of the stud, that is from the inside
of the recess formed in the collar and immediately below the bevelled end, two
small holes are drilled side by side into the bore, and from the end of the stud
inside the bore a shallow groove is cut into each hole. A strand of cotton wick
or worsted is threaded through one of the holes (one end being left in the
bottom of the recess) and the other passed upwards into one of the grooves,
round the centre pin in the bottom of the ball race and returning down the other
groove through the corresponding hole and being left in the recess in the same
nanner as the former one.
The centre driving warve or braid" is made in a similar manner (put
together in halves) from thin sheet steel of such quality that the driving
"braid" and carriers may be hardened without distortion, thus making them
much more durable and lighter running.
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One of the four carrier studs (preferably the left hand back one) is made a
fixture in the ring plate, the right hand back one being carried in a circum-
ferential slot, and against the collar of this stud a spring is placed, the end of
which bears against the flange of the ring plate, thus allowing for the variation
in tightness of the driving band. The other two front studs are placed in
radial slots, and can thus be readily adjusted, so as to maintain the centre
driving warve or braid in a defined central position, perfectly free to revolve
without friction and maintained in a horizontal position, by the small bevelled
edges overlapping the four carriers.
For stopping the traveller or ring, to piece up the broken end or other required
purpose, I pivot at the back of the hole in the ring rail and in the space between
the bottom of the driving wharve and the top of the ring rail, a pair of clips
embracing the split part of the traveller ring the ends or handles of which clips
project through a slot in the front of the ring rail. In this slot, a slight notch
is cut, into which the ends or handles of the clips (when closed and compressing
the circular spring or tube of the traveller ring) may be placed, thus leaving
the traveller stationary and free from friction, standing in the centre of the
driving warve," and leaving both hands of the tenter at liberty, for the
quicker picking up and piecing of the broken ends or other purpose.
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Dated this 6th day of December 1899
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
5 Improvements in Machinery for Spinning and Doubling Cotton, Wool,
and other Fibrous Substances.
I, GEORGE HENRY MILWARD, of 19, Agnes Street Meadows, Nottingham, in
the County of Notts, Mechanical 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 improvements in machinery for spinning and doubling

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cotton, wool and other fibrous substances more especially by the process known
as ring or "continuous spinning," in which the "traveller" or ring " is
driven, the yarn carrying round the spindle to which the drag is applied,
the ring rail remaining stationary and the "copping" motion being given to
the spindle rail.
The drawings annexed hereto show so much of a ring frame with my improve-
ments applied thereto, as is necessary to make them clearly understood.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation to scale of part of the frame from the gearing end
to the first spring piece, showing the spindle rail divided and the position of
the same on the left hand at the top and on the right hand at the bottom of
the lift.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the above, showing part of the ring or ring traveller
rail, also part of the spindle rail with levers, weights, and means for applying the
drag to the spindles.
Fig. 3 is an end elevation to the same scale, with the gearing end removed,
and shows the mechanism for moving the drag weights, and the connection to
the builder, and the way in which the gradually increased movement of the
weight, as the cop bottom increases in diameter, is obtained.
Fig. is a plan of the above, showing more clearly the coupling of the levers
to the builder, the rails being removed.
Fig. 5 is a front elevation (full size) of a complete spindle and bolster, shown
in position at the top of the lift, together with a section of the ring or ring
traveller the centre warve or braid, carrier or guide and stud, and rail, with
a sectional plan Fig. 5 through the bolster and bell crank levers taken on
line A-B, in Fig. 5.
Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation (full size) showing the lever for carrying the
drag weight, the rod for moving the same and the attachment thereto for the
bell crank levers.
Fig. 7 is a plan, full size, of the ring traveller rail, with five openings, each
one showing a different part or section."
No. 1 counting from the left hand, shows the warve or braid and four carriers
or guides with the ring traveller removed, and the manner of carrying the
driving band to the drum or pulley.
No. 2 shows a plan of the plate in which the two swivelling carriers or guides
are fixed and the manner of attaching the springs, for taking up the slack of
the driving band and keeping it a uniform tension; there being one of these
plates to each traveller.
No. 3 is a plan of the clips or compressor for gripping or stopping the traveller
as required.
No. 4 has one carrier or guide in section through the ball race, and the
warve or braid in section through the centre.
No. 5 has the covering plate in position, and shows the traveller with wire
loops or guides for carrying the yarn, also the traveller in elevation and No. 5ª
shows the way the body is slit or cut for forming the spring.
1 is part of the frame, 2 the stationary ring-rail and 3 the spindle rail.
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For the purposes of my invention the spindle 4 (see Figs. 5, 5ª, and 6) is
carried or revolves in an upright pillar or bolster 5 fixed in the lifter or spindle
rail 3 which is carried on the pokers" 6 attached to the building motion,
in contra-distinction to the ring plate, as in the ordinary ring frame.
The top
of this pillar 5 is recessed, the body of the pillar being bored larger or clear
of the spindle 4. In this recess a bush 7 is placed, in which is formed a chamber
for the lubricant, the inside of the chamber may have two shoulders, on the
lower one, a light ring 8 is placed, the inside face of which is bevelled, thus
forming a space or division.
On the top shoulder, or, on the top of the above mentioned ring 8, if only
one shoulder is made, a bush 9 of hardened steel or other material is placed,

page_text: this bush being bored in such a way as to form a ball race or frictionless bear-
ing, the balls being adjustable to the spindle by a cap 10 screwed and carried on
a fine thread cut on the outside of the pillar or bolster 5, and secured in
position, by a locking bush or nut on the under edge, the inside of the cap
being formed correspondingly to the bore of the said steel bush and forming
the top side of the ball race, as the bush 9 forms the bottom.
In the recess formed between the bevelled face of the bottom ring, S, and
the said bush 9, I place a strand of cotton wick or worsted, the top fibres of
which project into the ball race, the ends being placed in the lubricant beneath,
or preferably, the wick or worsted may be held in slight contact with the balls,
by a coil of very light spring wire placed beneath it."
The balls may be placed round the spindle, 4, or the spindle may have a fixed
collar the under side of which is formed correspondingly to the bottom of the
bush or ball race, and the weight of the spindle carried thereon, the bottom
or foot of the spindle being parallel and the end flat or coned, the diameter of
this foot may be one third that of the spindle or less, the bush or bearing for
the foot being adjustable in height, so that the weight may be carried entirely
on the top or bottom or may be distributed on both. Where this collar is used,
the stop 11 (Fig. 6) fixed on the spindle to prevent its being lifted out in doffing,
can be made removable.
For producing the necessary drag on the yarn or fibre being spun a variable
friction is applied to the spindle in the following manner:-In the space between
the foot and top bearing of the spindle, and preferably about the middle of this
length the pillar or bolster 5 is slotted in two or (preferably) three equally
divided spaces, from the outside to the interior bore, the said slots being of
suitable length in which are placed small bell cranks or levers 12 (see Figs. 5, 5ª,
and 6), these levers being pivoted or carried on pins drilled through the body
of the pillar or bolster 5. The top end of these bell-crank levers being slotted
or grooved to carry a friction pad of leather, felt, or other suitable material,
which is made to grip the spindle 4 centrally and with equal pressure, the
bottom or shorter leg of these bell crank levers 12, projecting from the body of
the pillar
horizontally and resting on a ring 13 which is free to slide on the
outside of the pillar or bolster.
The ring 13 is pivoted directly across its centre and on each side to levers
having a common centre or fulcrum, or preferably to a forked lever 14 the centre
or fulcrum being carried on the flange or foot on which the pillar or bolster 5
stands. On the outer end of these levers, or of the lever, 14, which projects
horizontally from the back of the pillar or bolster 5, and towards the inside
of the frame, and on the top edge is placed a roller or grooved pulley 15, from
which is suspended a weight 16 adapted to the drag required; this roller and
weight being moved backwards and forwards and gradually further from the
fulcrum or centre at every rise and fall of the bolster rail until the full diameter
of the cop is attained, this movement is then repeated, until the cop being finished
and the rail lowered the operation is recomnienced.
The movement of the pulley 15 and weight 16 along the lever or levers 14 is
obtained in the following manner. From the back of the bolster or spindle
rail 3 and at suitable distances in the length of the frame, projects a series of
arms or brackets, which carry a light rod or bar 17 running the whole length
of the frame, from this rod a light loop or fork 18 embraces the ends of the
pivot of each roller or pulley 15 keeping them all in line. This rod 17 may be
made adjustable, so as to move the weights over the required distance, but
nearer to or further from the fulcrum, thus varying the drag, without altering
the weights. The motion or movement of the rod being obtained by suitable
mechanism from the rise and fall of the builder.
It will be seen on Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 that the lever 19, on the rocking
shaft 20, is connected to the builder 21 by the link 22 and stud 23, the motion

page_text: of the lever 19, and consequently the movements of the drag weights 16, will
thus synchronize with the movement of the spindle rail 3, and the laying of the
yarn.
The movement of the levers 19, being coupled together as shown is dependent
on the position of the stud 23, on the builder and the distance of the link 22,
from the rocking shaft 20, which with the shaft 24, runs the whole length of the
frame, whatever the movement decided upon, it does not vary, and the same
applies to the shaft 25 which is carried in the ends of the levers 19, at intervals
in the length of the frame, preferably at every spring piece, the shaft 25 being
continuous and coupled together in lengths and sliding in slots in the spring
pieces, or it may be allowed to swivel in the ends of the levers 19.
The shaft 25 has at the gearing end (and at every spring piece) a lever 26.
The stud in the upper end of the lever at the gearing end, passes through
the slot in the leg of the slide 27, and into the slot in the geared quadrant 28.
The slide 27 will have no movement, as long as the slot in the quadrant 28
is in a vertical position, in which it is placed at the commencement of the cop,
but at each lift of the builder 21, the rod 29, with the lever and pawl 30, will
move the ratchet wheel 31 and worm, 32 thus moving the slot in the quad-
rant 20 gradually to the position shown in dotted lines, when the pawl 30
is thrown off the ratchet wheel 31, by a catch plate fixed in a suitable position
on the quadrant (not shown on the drawings).
The position of the slot in the quadrant 28 will now correspond to the full
diameter of the cop bottom which has been formed, and the movement of the
slides 27 will continue until the whole of the cop has been built, the rise and
fall of the rod 17 (which is carried on brackets see Figs. 1 and 3, placed at
intervals in the length of the spindle rail 3, the said rod 17 sliding freely on
the brackets and rising and falling in the slot, and long leg of the slides 27,
with the rise and fall of the spindle rail) thus moving the drag weight 16 along
the levers 14 and varying the drag from bare spindle to full diameter of the
cop, the movements or position of the weight corresponding to the part of the
chase on which the yarn is being laid whether rising or falling. The ratchet
wheel 31 may be replaced and varied in number of teeth, to correspond with
the counts of yarn being spun and the number of layers required to form the
cop bottom.
The slotted leg of the slide 27 may be made moveable on the slides, so that
the drag may be increased or diminished by making the movement of the
weights 16 further from or nearer to the spindles, thus putting more or less
twist in the yarn and altering the drag without the necessity of altering the
whole of the weights.
The traveller or traveller ring (see Nos. 5, 5, 5b, and 5°) is made in the form
of a circular plate or flange 333 and fixed on the end of a short length of steel
tubing 34 the orifice or bore of which is large enough to admit the full cop
passing easily through. From the edge of this plate flange 333 and at right
angles to the diameter, to near the edge of the bore and opposite to each other,
two slits 36 are cut (see No. 5b) from either of which the yarn passes to the
spindle, or, preferably the upper face may carry two or it may be three loops
or guides of wire 35 (see Nos. 5 & 5ª and Fig. 7). The steel tube 34 being of
sufficient length to pass through the driving warve or braid 37 the body of such
tube being perforated or slit, in the direction of its length and to within a
short distance of each end, by a series of slits or cuts in such a way as to allow
of the body being compressed in the manner of a spring (see Nos. 5ª and 5º).
The driving warve or braid 37 is made to admit of this tube or spring 34
being easily pressed into it, and yet gripping it sufficiently so as to be carried
round by it. The outer circumference of the warve or braid 37 is formed into
a groove for the driving band, leaving at each side of the groove a square edge,
and projecting beyond these square faces, a slight bevelled rim 48 is formed (see
Figs. 5 and 6, and No. 1, Fig. 7). This driving warve or braid may be driven
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page_text: by the ordinary band, being placed in the centre of four other carriers or guides 38
the band passing from the carriers or guides of one warve or braid 37 to the
next, and so on round a complete box of spindles or number of boxes, as shown
by the thick line, on Fig. 7, or it may be carried the whole length of the frame
or side, when it returns in the same manner, that is, on the outside of the
driving warve and inside the carriers. The said carriers or guides 38 having
flat or square edges, on each side of the band groove, and just in contact with
the square edges of the driving warve 37 and sufficiently wide to come easily
within the slight bevelled rim 48 aforesaid.
These square edges on the carriers or guides 38 and the driving warve or
braid 37 must be in the same exact proportion to each other, as the bottom
of the relative band grooves, so that I have a perfect rolling contact in one
case and a driving surface without slip in the other.
The bearing or stud 39 on which the carriers or guides 38 run (see Fig. 5)
is made in the following manner: The stud 39 is formed with a collar which
stands on the ring plate or rail, 2 being held in position by a nut 40 on the
bottom end. In this collar a recess 41 is formed in which the lubricant is
placed, the body of the stud being bored through and having a thread inside
at the bottom, the top end being bevelled. A pin 42 having the head of the
same diameter as the stud 39, (the under side of the head bevelled to correspond,)
fits in the bore of the stud 39, the bottom of the pin being screwed or threaded
and projecting beyond the bottom of the stud sufficient to carry a lock nut.
The carriers or guides 38 are made from flat sheet steel and put together in
halves, in such a way as to leave a bevelled groove inside the hole or bore,
corresponding to the groove formed by the end of the stud 39 and the under
side of the head of the centre pin, 42 and also perfectly true and dispensing
with any turning or machine work.
I have now a frictionless and adjustable ball bearing, which is lubricated in
the following manner: Through the top end of the stud 39, that is, from the
inside of the recess formed in the collar and immediately below the bevelled
end, two small holes are drilled, side by side into the bore and from the end
of the stud, inside the bore a shallow groove is cut into each hole. A strand of
cotton wick or worsted is threaded through one of the holes, the end being left
in the bottom of the recess containing the lubricant and passed upwards in
one of the grooves, round the centre pin, in the bottom of the ball race, down
the other groove and through the corresponding hole, the end being left in the
recess same as the former one. The centre warve or braid 37 may be made in
the same manner of thin sheet steel in halves.
One of the four carrier studs 39 (preferably the left hand back one, is made
a fixture, in the plate or rail, 2, the right hand back one being carried in a
circumferential slot and against the collar of this stud a spring is placed, the
end of which bears against the flange of the ring-plate or rail, thus allowing for
the lengthening of the driving band. Or, the left hand back stud and the
right hand front one, may be fixed in a plate 43 (see No. 2 Fig. 7) having the
hole in the plate or rail 2 as a centre, the plate 43, with the studs and carriers
being free to move, the plate always maintaining the studs and carriers at the
same distance from the centre, the studs being drawn together by spiral
springs 44 attached to each alternate set. The other two studs are placed
in radial slots and can thus be readily adjusted, so as to maintain the centre
warve or braid 37 in a defined central position, perfectly free to revolve without
friction and maintained in a horizontal position by the small bevelled edge 48,
(see Figs. 5 and 6), overlapping the four carriers.
For stopping the traveller or ring 33 to piece the broken end or other required
purpose, I pivot at the back of the centre hole in the ring plate or rail 2 (and
in the space between the bottom of the driving warve or braid 37 and the inside
of the rail 2) a pair of curved clips or levers 45, which are hinged at the back

page_text: the ends or handles of which project through a slot in the front of the plate
or rail 2; in this slot a notch may be cut into which the handles when closed
and compressing the spring of the traveller, may be placed, or preferably a
catch 46 (see Figs. 5 and 6, and also at No. 3 Fig. 7) may be fixed on the front
of the rail which being pressed forward by a spring will retain the clips in
position and with the traveller stationary and free from friction, standing in
the centre of the driving warve and leaving both hands of the tenter at liberty
for the quicker picking up of the broken ends or other purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is: :-
1. In a ring-spinning or doubling frame, the combination with a spindle sup-
ported vertically in a pillar or bolster, of a ball bearing and lubricating cup
constructed arranged and adjusted substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by the drawings annexed.
2. In a ring spinning and doubling frame the combination with a spindle
supported vertically in a pillar or bolster (fitted with a ball bearing and lubricat-
ing cup) of three bell crank levers arranged radially around the same the vertical
arms of such levers being fitted with friction pads bearing against the spindle,
and their horizontal arms resting on a ring or fork carried by a horizontal
lever upon which is mounted a movable weight capable of adjustment thereon
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
3. In connection with the combination covered by the Second Claim above,
the sub-combination with the movable weight therein mentioned, of means con-
nected to the "builder" whereby the position of the said weight upon the
horizontal lever is automatically varied by the action of the said "builder" so
as to adapt the amount of friction given to the pads to the spindle in exact
correspondence with the particular part of the "chase" of the cop upon which
the yarn is at the time being wound, substantially as herein before described
and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
4. In connection with the combinations covered by the First and Second Claims
as above, the sub-combination of a traveller-ring formed with a vertical split
spring tube and fitted into a circular warve or braid without any central bearing
whatever, such warve or braid being formed with a circumferential groove
and driven by means of an endless band carried and held in contact therewith
by three or more circumferentially grooved carriers, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated by the annexed drawings.
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GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.