Improved Apparatus for Spinning and Twisting Wool
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 16th Sept., 1887.
Improved Apparatus for Spinning and Twisting Wool, Cotton,
I, SAMUEL BURNLEY BARKER, of 6 Holdsworth's Terrace, Halifax, Yorkshire,
Solicitors Clerk, 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 the spinning of yarn upon a spinning frame, similar in
construction and principle to the ring spinning frame.
Heretofore the spinning of yarn has been accomplished by two well known forms
of mechanism, one of which is on the flyer process, and the other on the ring and
traveller, both of which have been in use for some years, and have worked with a fair
amount of success. My invention is an improvement upon the flyer and the ring
processes, and to a certain extent embodies the principle of both those two well
known systems of spinning.
In carrying out my invention I employ a cup having a flange at its upper edge,
the
carrying two or more eyelets for conducting the yarn onto a bobbin or spindle;
bottom edge of such cup is connected to or forms part of a wharle which is driven by
a band from any ordinary tin cylinder. The bottom edge of the cup rests upon a
bolster fixed in a stationary rail. A spindle resting in suitable footsteps in another

page_text: stationary rail is employed, such spindle passing up through the centre of the cup
and being caused to revolve by another wharle independently of the cup and at a
different speed. On the spindle I place a hollow metallic tube, preferably having
flanges at both ends, which tube is placed upon the spindle, and rests upon a lifting
rail, whilst the bobbin upon which the yarn is wound is also placed upon the spindle
and rests upon the flange of the metallic tube. When, therefore, the eyelets and cup
and spindle are rotating, the lifting rail lifts the bobbin up and down within the
cup, and the yarn is built thereon in a regular and uniform manner.
A modification of the cup consists in making it without bottom, so that the
bobbin can pass through as it is lifted up and down by the lifting rail. In this case the
wharle is formed at the upper part instead of the lower part, and the eyelet is carried
by the wharle, which eyelet is made with a vertical elongation, and is employed for
the purpose of guiding the yarn to the eyelet and also prevents the yarn ballooning.
Such being the nature and object of my invention, I will now proceed to describe
the same more fully, and for that purpose make reference to the accompanying sheets
of drawings illustrative thereof, wherein Fig. 1 is elevation partly in section of
apparatus constructed according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of
the same.
a is a cup having a wharle 6 formed on its bottom end; but its upper edge
is made with the flange c and carries eyelets d and e, two of which are on each side of
the flange for the sake of convenience, and also for the purpose of balancing the cup.
fis a stationary rail placed full width of the machine, in which are placed bolsters g,
suitably shaped to receive the bottom of the cup and is formed so as to receive
lubricant for the purpose of freely lubricating the cup; which cup is steadied at the
upper part by another stationary rail h. The spindle is shewn at i resting in suitable
footsteps in the bottom rail j. The wharle k is fastened to the foot of the spindle and
is caused to rotate by means of a band from any convenient source. 1 is the lifting
rail upon which rests the metallic tube m, which tube passes through the bolster g and
into the cup a.
n is a bobbin or spool resting upon the upper flange of the said
tube, and it is filled with yarn as the cup and spindle revolve, the building up of the
yarn equally thereon being effected by the lifting rail, which is caused to rise and fall
in the ordinary manner by any well known mechanism. The metallic tube is made
with a slot in it as shewn in black line Fig. 2, and the spindle carries a peg or pin o,
which enters the said slot, causing the tube to rotate with the spindle, but the slot
allows the tube to rise and fall, as will be understood.
By the employment of mechanism as above described, the parts run very smooth
and light, and I am enabled to run the frame at a very great speed, and as the cup is
driven separately from the spindle and at different speeds, the apparatus becomes at
once a tension and twist regulator; and by varying the speeds of either the cup or
the spindle, a great variety in the qualities of fibre can be spun.
Sheet 2 shews a slight modification of my invention, wherein the upper part of
the cup a is removed. In this case the spindle i is stationary, being fastened to the
rail w.
The wharle b carries the eyelets, which is elongated, as the drawing
illustrates, for the purpose of preventing the yarn ballooning by the centrifugal action
of the said wharle, and also for the purpose of keeping the yarn clear of the bobbins.
The lifting rail carries the short double flanged metallic tube m, as previously
explained, upon the upper flange of which tube the bobbin rests, and as the lifting rail
rises and falls the bobbin passes up through the wharle, and the yarn is wound or
built thereon as it is carried around by the eyelets and wharle b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
I declare that what I claim is :
Firstly. In a spinning frame, the combination of cup a, wharle b, flange c, carrying
eyelets d and e, which cup is caused to rotate independently of the spindle, in manner
substantially as described.

page_text: slotted tube m, and bobbin n, the latter of which rotates within the cup, which cup
revolves at a different speed to the spindle.
Thirdly. In a spinning frame, the cup a, metallic tube m, lifting rail l, revolving
spindle i, all arranged substantially as described.
Fourthly. In a spinning frame, the employment of a hollow rotating wharle b,
carrying an eyelet with an elongated part, for the purpose of preventing the
ballooning of the yarn, as described and shewn in Fig. 3.
Lastly. In a spinning frame, the combination of lifting rail l, metallic tube m, and
rotating wharle b, all arranged as described and shewn in Fig. 3.