Improvements in or connected with the Weighting of the Rollers of Spinning or Preparing Frames for Fibrous Materials.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Dec., 1898-Accepted, 18th Feb.,
1899
Improvements in or connected with the Weighting of the Rollers of
Spinning or Preparing Frames for Fibrous Materials.
We, SAMUEL HERBERT BROOKS and FREDERICK GEORGE GOODBEHERE, of the
Firm of Brooks and Doxey, of the Union Iron Works, West Gorton, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, and JOSEPH Cook, of Norwich Street
Mill, Rochdale, in the said County, Spinning Master, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention relates to the applying of weight or pressure to the top rollers
of spinning and preparing frames and is designed to dispense with the dead weights
and levers which have hitherto been employed for the purpose.
In carrying out the invention we apply to the weight, hook or spring wire, a
spiral spring beneath the beam. A bar or rod is affixed to the spring piece or other
part of the frame and provided with a number of adjustable hooks to which the
springs are connected. Such hooks may be secured by passing through holes
drilled therein with a nut on the under side. Or a number of wire eyes may be
threaded on the bar or rod and the screwed end of the hook passed through eyes at
the other end of the wire and an adjusting nut be placed at the end. Or if desired
th hooked end of the spring may engage direct with the bar or rod.
Instead of the bar or rod a separate lug or bracket may be provided for each
spring or the spring may be secured to the end of a loose bracket or cup which
encloses it, a screw passing through the bottom end with an adjusting nut and the
top end of the cup or bracket resting against the under side of the beam the edge of
the hole therein being countersunk to receive it.
Tatad this 10th day of March 1808
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
Improvements in or connected with the Weighting of the Rollers of
Spinning or Preparing Frames for Fibrous Materials.
We, SAMUEL HERBERT BROOKS and FREDERICK GEORGE GOODBEHERE, of the
Firm of Brooks and Doxey, of the Union Iron Works, West Gorton, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, and JOSEPH Cook, of Norwich Street
Mill, Rochdale, in the said County, Spinning Master, 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 applying of weight or pressure to the top rollers of

page_text: spinning doubling and other preparing frames and is designed to dispense with
the dead weights and levers which have hitherto been employed for the purpose.
The invention consists essentially in the combination with the weight hook of
the rollers of an adjustable spiral spring one end of which is connected to the weight
hook by a connecting link or wire and the other to the spring piece or spring
rail or to a hook bar or rod connected thereto.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. Side elevation of roller stand with rollers and beam in section.
Fig. 2. Front elevation of same.
Fig. 3. Transverse section through beam showing a modified attachment for the
spring.
Fig. 4 shows three other modified arrangements of spring attachments.
The beam A roller stand B rollers C and weight hook D are all of the ordinary
or usual construction.
To the weight hook D by means of a connecting hook or link d we apply a spiral
spring placed beneath the beam A. A bar or rod F attached to the spring
piece or other part of the franre is provided with a number of hooks or eyes
to one of which the other end of the spring E is attached. The spring E takes
the place of weights and levers and gives the desired amount of pressure to the
rollers.
The hooks G are secured to the bar F by passing through holes therein with a
nut g on the under side or two nuts may be employed as shown.
Instead of a flat bar a round rod or bar G¹ as in Fig. 4, may be employed to which
the springs E are attached in any suitable manner as in Fig. 4.
Or a number of wire eyes or hooks may be threaded onto the rod G¹ and the
screwed end of a connecting wire attached to the spring project through the eye
and be adjustably secured thereto by a nut or nuts.
Referring to Fig. 3, the spring E may be inserted in a loose bracket or cup H
and be secured thereto by a screw wire e passing, through the bottom end with an
adjusting nut or the spring may be otherwise connected therewith. The top end
of the cup or bracket H rests against the under side of the beam A the edge of the hole
therein being countersunk to receive it.
Instead of the bar or rod a separate fixed lug or bracket may be provided for
each spring.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
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1. In a machine for spinning or doubling the combination with the rollers and
weight hooks of a spiral spring to give the desired pressure one end being con-
nected by link hook or otherwise to the weight hook and the other end by a hook
or eye to a fixed rod rail lug or bracket substantially as described and shown.
2. In machines for spinning and doubling the combination with the roller and
weight hooks of a spiral spring to give the desired pressure to the rollers and a
loose or swivelling bracket circling the spring and bearing against the under side
of the beam one end of the spring being connected by hook, link or otherwise to
the weight hook and the other to the end of the enclosing cup or bracket sub-
stantially as described and shown.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool & London, Patent Agents.