Improvements relating to the Ballooning Wires of Ring Spinning Frames.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Apr., 1890-Accepted, 3rd May, 1890
·PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Ballooning Wires of Ring
Spinning Frames.
I JOHN MUIR HETHERINGTON of the Vulcan Works Pollard Street Manchester
in the County of Lancaster Machine Maker do hereby declare the nature of this
Invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the method of mounting the ballooning wires of ring
spinning frames and to the means for straining the same and for moving them
out of the way at the required times. I mount the ballooning wires upon levers
which are arranged to turn upon vertical axes and I connect together the levers
or sets of levers on the two sides of the frame by means of connecting rods or
parts in such a manner as that both wires or sets of wires are tightened simul-
taneously and to an equal extent the strain upon the wire on one side being
counterbalanced by the strain upon the wire upon the other side of the frame....
The tightening may be effected by shortening the connecting rod or each rod;
by means of a right and left hand screw or by means of a screw and, swivel or
by suitable means. At a point in the rising of the ring rail the said rail or a
part attached thereto lifts a catch and permits a spring or load to turn the levers
upon their axes whereby the wires are moved out of the way so as to allow of the
continued ascent of the ring rail or the turning of the levers may be effected by
means of an incline or of inclines or by means of suitable parts. whereby the rising
rail is caused to turn the levers upon their axes so as to withdraw the wires out of
the way. In some cases the lovers which carry the wires may be mounted to turn
upon horizontal or it might even be upon inclined axes. In such cases I should
connect the levers on the two sides of the frame by means of levers and rods or of..
gearing or of suitable parts so that the strain upon one side would be counterbalanced
by the strain upon the other the wires upon both sides of the frame being tightened
by operating upon the same parts. The connections are so effected as that in the
case of the levers turning upon vertical axes the turning of one lever moves both
wires inward or outwards whilst their parallelism is maintained and in the case of the
levers turning upon horizontal axes both wires are raised simultaneously when the
lever ends are raised. In the latter case it is only necessary for the ring rail or
a part thereon to raise the ends of the levers on one side of the frame but if pre-
ferred the levers on both sides might be acted upon, or the levers on each side of the
frame might, be carried by one shaft. In modifications the strain of the, balancing,
wires is counterbalanced by special wires or connections which do not act as :
ballooning wires.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Ballooning Wires of Ring
Spinning Frames:...
1 JOHN MUIR HETHERINGTON of the Vulcan Works, Pollard Street, Manchester
in the County of Lancaster Machine Maker 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 and accompanying
drawings:-
My Invention relates to the methods of mounting the ballooning wires of ring
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page_text: spinning frames and to the means for straining the same and for moving them out of
the way at the required times. I mount the ballooning wires upon levers which are
arranged to turn upon vertical axes and I connect together the levers or sets of levers
on the two sides of the frame by means of connecting rods or parts in such a
manner as that both wires or sets of wires are tightened simultaneously and to an
equal extent the strain upon the wire on one side being counterbalanced by the
strain upon the wire upon the other side of the frame. At a point in the rising of
the ring rail the said rail or a part attached thereto lifts a catch and permits a
spring or load to turn the levers upon their axes whereby the wires are moved out
of the way so as to allow of the continued ascent of the ring rail. In some cases
the levers which carry the wires may be mounted to turn upon horizontal or it
might even be upon inclined axes. In such cases I should connect the levers on the
two sides of the frame by means of levers and rods or of gearing or of suitable
parts so that the strain upon one side would be counterbalanced by the strain upon
the other the wires upon both sides of the frame being tightened by operating upon
the same parts. The connections are so effected as that in the case of the levers
turning upon vertical axes the turning of one lever moves both wires inward or
outwards whilst their parallelism is maintained and in the case of the levers turning
upon horizontal axes both wires are raised simultaneously when the lever ends are
raised. In the latter case it is only necessary for the ring rail or a part thereon
to raise the ends of the levers on one side of the frame but if preferred the levers
on both sides might be acted upon or the levers on each side of the frame might be
carried by one shaft. In modifications the strain of the ballooning wires is counter-
balanced by special wires or connections which do not act as ballooning wires.
In order that the nature of my Invention may be clearly understood I will describe
the same more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. In Sheet 1 of
the said drawings Fig. 1 is a plan view representing such of the parts of a ring
spinning frame as are necessary to the proper illustration of my Invention. Fig. 2
drawn within Fig. represents a vertical section of part of one side of the frame.
In Fig. 1a a are portions of the ring rails on the two sides of the frame. In Fig. 2
a represents a ring rail b, a spindle rail ca spinning tube or bobbin and d the
ordinary roller beam. To this roller beam and near each end of the same are attached
brackets which carry the ballooning wire levers. In each bracket is mounted a
vertical shaft ff¹ for f³ upon which is fixed a lever g or g' and to the outer ends
\of these levers the ends of the two ballooning wires hh are secured. Upon the
shaft is fixed a second lever i which is connected by means of a link rod j with a
lever upon the shaft fs and upon the shaft is fixed a lever * which is connected
by means of a link rod with a lever upon the shaft f. The rod j¹ is formed in
two parts connected together by screwing one part into the other so that the length
of the rod can be increased or diminished or if preferred a right and left hand screw
coupling shackle might be employed for the purpose. It will be seen that for shortening
the rod both ballooning wires can be strained tight. The wires may be otherwise tightened
by well known or suitable means. Aspiral spring k tends to turn the shaft fin the direction
indicated by the arrow but this tendency is restrained by a locking lever / which is
mounted upon a fulcrum at and engages with an arm ga upon the lever g and holds the
said lever in the position indicated by the full lines in the drawing. One arm 1 of
the locking lever / extends over the ring rail a and is so situated with relation to
the ballooning wire as that the said rail raises the arm and thereby unlocks the
arm g of the lever g.before the rail or any part carried thereby reaches the ballooning
wire. When the lever g g is thus unlocked the spring pulls the levers over into
the positions indicated by the dotted lines. It will be seen that owing, to the con-
nection of the levers g g they move in unison and as a consequence the two ballooning
wires are moved inward away from the spindles and clear of the rising ring rail
each wire maintaining its parallelism with the ring rail as the wire moves away.
The wire remains in position to check the ballooning of the yarn during the building
up of the yarn upon the lower part of the bobbin but when the bobbin is partly filled
and the ballooning wires are no longer necessary the ring rail by lifting the arm

page_text: unlocks the arm 92 and the wires fly inward in unison. The lever i is formed
with a handle so that the parts can be moved back into the positions indicated
by the full lines preparatory to the filling of a fresh set of bobbins. The details of
the apparatus may be varied so long as the concerted action of the ballooning wires is
retained as for example studs might be substituted for the shafts fand the lever g
and the corresponding levers might in each case be formed in one piece as a bell-crank
lever. Wires might be substituted for the rods jj but in such a case I should place
the wire substituted for j to the left of the shafts ƒ ƒ³ as indicated by the dotted
lines * so as to keep such wire in tension. In place of the sudden withdrawing of
the wires by the action of a spring or load I may use an incline or inclines or suitable
appliances for effecting the gradual moving back of the wires as the ring rail would.
rise. I may dispense with the connecting together of the parts which carry the
two wires. Fig. 3 in sheet 2 illustrates an arrangement which may be used when it
is not considered to be desirable or convenient to so connect the wires. In this
example the ballooning wire is attached to the outer ends of two double armed
straight levers g² g² which are mounted upon fulcra at f and have their inner ends
connected by means of a tension wire or rod m. The wire m is provided with a
screw coupling shackle whereby the wire can be strained to keep the ballooning wire
at the requisite tension. The releasing apparatus is the same as in the example
illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2. A further modification is illustrated by Fig. 4. In this
example the two levers g³ are mounted upon sleeves which are fitted to turn upon
studs n n which are secured to the framing of the machine. Each lever is mounted
to be free to rock upon its sleeve so that when the tension wire m is tightened the
ballooning wire h is put into a corresponding state of tension. As the two sleeves are
free to turn upon their studs the ballooning wire is free to rise out of the way when
the ring rail or parts secured thereto come into contact with the front ends of the
levers. If preferred the two levers might be fixed upon a horizontal shaft mounted to
turn in bearings. Figs. 56 and 7 illustrate a modification in the method of con-
necting together the two ballooning wires. In this example the levers 9 9 to which
the ballooning wires are attached are fixed upon horizontal shafts oo
which are
mounted to turn in bearings in the brackets e¹ which are fixed to the framing of the
machine at or near the two ends of the frame. The two shafts in each pair
are coupled together by means of spur wheels p. In the case of the shafts o' these
wheels do not appear but it must be understood that the connection of the two shafts
is the same in the case of each pair. It will be seen that the two shafts in each pair
when rotated are compelled to turn in opposite directions. The effect of this arrange-
ment is that the strain of one tightened wire is resisted and counterbalanced by the
strain of the other wire so that if one wire be tightened the other wire will be strained
in a corresponding degree and also that if one of the four levers is moved around its
axis the other three will move in unison. In the example one of the four levers
namely the lever 95 is longer than the others and carries at its outer end a stud r
which projects over the ring rail and which may be provided with an anti-friction
bowl. As the ring rail rises it lifts the lever 95 by acting upon the stud in the
manner indicated in Fig. 6 and as all the other levers move in unison with the
lever g it will be seen that the two ballooning wires will be carried upward and
whilst being kept clear of the rings and rail will still be useful in answering the
purposes for which they are intended. It will be seen that the rail or the two rails
might act upon more than one of the four levers if considered to be advisable. In all
the examples intermediate levers might be employed to assist in sustaining the wires
especially in the cases of long frames.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what
I claim is
1. As applied to a spinning frame the two ballooning wires carried by levers
which are connected together so that the tension strain of one wire is balanced by
the other and also so that the two wires move in unison the said levers being so

page_text: mounted and acted upon as that the said wires are moved out of the way as the said
ring rail rises substantially as set forth and indicated.
2. As applied to a spinning frame a ballooning wire attached to and carried by
levers and tightened by means of a straining wire or rod the levers or one of them
being acted upon by the ring rail or a part or parts attached thereto to move the
ballooning wire out of the way of the rising rail substantially as set forth and
indicated.
3. Attaching a ballooning wire or two ballooning wires to levers which are
connected to move in unison and locking the levers until the ring rail rises high
enough to unlock the same in combination with means for quickly withdrawing
the wire or wires when the levers are unlocked substantially as set forth and
indicated.
4. The combination of parts substantially as and for the purpose set forth and
indicated with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings hereto.
5. The combination of parts substantially as and for the purpose set forth and indicated
with reference to Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings.hereto.
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DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.