IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYERS EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON AND OTHER FIBRES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Whitworth, of Halifax, in the County of York,
Cotton Spinner, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYERS EMPLOYED
IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON AND OTHER FIBRES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Whitworth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th January 1880.
HENRY WHITWORTH, of Halifax, in the County of York, Cotton Spinner.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYERS EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING
COTTON AND OTHER FIBRES."
The object of this Invention is to keep the thread off the upper rim or flange of
the bobbin as it is being wound thereon. When the bobbin is approaching its
highest lift in the present construction of flyers, the thread comes in contact with
and bears against the upper rim or flange of the bobbin, and as it is frequently
snipped and cracked the thread is broken thereby. To remedy this defect I solder
or otherwise fasten a hooked projection on the flyer towards the top upon which
the thread bears instead of upon the flange of the bobbin, and thus the breakages
complained of are prevented. Or instead of using the hooked projection a groove
may be made in the flyer for conveying the thread to the eye of the flyer clear
of the bobbin flange.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Whitworth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 24th July
1880.
"
HENRY WHITWORTH, of Halifax, in the County of York. IMPROVEMENTS IN
FLYERS EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON AND
OTHER FIBRES."
The object of this Invention is to keep the thread off the upper rim or flange
of the bobbin as it is being wound thereon during the process of spinning.
And in order that the Invention may be better understood, reference is given
to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof; Fig. 1 is a front view
of a flyer; Fig. 2 is plan view, and Fig. 3 is an end view of same shewing the
application of my improvements thereto.
It will be seen that when the lifting rail A is approaching its highest lift that
the thread a (see Fig. 4) comes in contact with and bears against the upper rim
or flange of the bobbin B, and as it is frequently snipped and cracked the thread
is broken thereby. To remedy this defect I solder or otherwise fasten a booked
projection b on the flyer towards the top upon which the thread bears instead of
upon the flange of the bobbin, and thus the breakages complained of are
prevented.
Or instead of using the hooked projection a groove may be made in the flyer
for conveying the thread to the eye of the flyer clear of the bobbin flange.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this my Invention,
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, I would have it understood that what I claim as of my
Invention is,--
The hooked projection b solder'd, rivetted, or otherwise fastened onto a flyer, for
the purpose substantially as herein shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Whitworth, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twentieth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
HENRY WHITWORTH. (L.S.)