IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING AND DOUBLING MACHINERY
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Bastow, Spinner, and William Woodhead, Over-
looker, both of Halifax, in the County of York, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING AND DOUBLING MACHINERY."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Bastow and William
Woodhead at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th January
1880.
"
JOHN BASTOW, Spinner, and WILLIAM WOODHEAD, Overlooker, both of Halifax,
in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENts in Spinning and Doubling Machinery.”
The object of the Invention is to obtain higher speed in spinning and doubling
machinery of the throstle or ring spinning class, and is applicable both to the
spinning and doubling of cotton, silk, wool, flax, or other fibres, and is a con-
tinuation of our Invention for "lmprovements in Spinning and Doubling," for which
we applied for Letters Patent on September 29th, 1879, and which application was
numbered 3916.
To carry into effect these our present improvements we employ a short stationary
hollow tube or socket, upon which the spinning bobbin is held by means of a collar
affixed thereto.
On the aforesaid stationary tube or socket, and by preference underneath the
stationary collar, a loose running flyer is fitted. This flyer is in such case inverted,
and has a small traveller fitted to one of the wings which is capable of sliding up
and down the same. The turning spindle passes through the aforesaid stationary
tubo or socket, and is extended to the desired length.
A ring spaus the flyer and actuates the traveller by being attached to a suitable
bar, which is caused to rise and fall by means of the traversing motion.
The two wings of the flyer are bridged over by a suitable bridge which is
attached temporarily during the time of spinning to the turning spindle, and made
capable of detachment for the purpose of doffing, &c.
Any suitable guides for the yarn can be applied both to the traveller and bridge,
and the method is applicable to the spinning, doubling, or preparing of various
fibres, and can be varied in detail without departing from the peculiar character
of the Invention, which mainly differs from our former improvements as follows:-
That whereas our former Invention, for which we have applied for Letters Patent,
as hereinbefore stated, has for a leading feature the fact that the turning spindle
is driven by the flyer by means of the bridge attachement, in the present case a
method is adopted wherein the flyer is driven by the spindle by means of a bridge
attachment, as already described; or a modification thereof may be adopted,
wherein a bridge attachment is used in conjunction with the ordinary flyer
spindle, in which case the bridge attachment runs loosely upon the fixed tube or
socket aforesaid, and below the stationary collar upon which the bobbin is held.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Bastow and William Woodhead in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 10th July 1880.
JOHN BASTOW, Spinner, and WILLIAM WOODHEAD, Overlooker, both of Halifax, in
the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING AND DOUBLING MACHINERY."
The object of the Invention is to obtain higher speed in spinning and doubling
machinery of the throstle or ring spinning class, and is applicable both to the
spinning and doubling of cotton, silk, wool, flax, or other fibres, and is a con-
tinuation of our Invention for "Improvements in Spinning and Doubling," for
which Letters Patent have been granted us bearing date September 29th, A.D.
1879, No. 3916.
To carry into effect these our present improvements we employ a short stationary
hollow tube or socket, upon which the spinning bobbin is held by means of a collar
affixed thereto. On the aforesaid stationary tube or socket, and by preference
underneath the stationary collar, a loose running "flyer" is fitted. This "flyer" is in
such case inverted, and has a small traveller fitted to one of the wings, which is
capable of sliding up and down the same. The turning spindle passes through the
aforesaid stationary tube or socket, and is extended to the desired length. A ring
spans the "flyer" and actuates the traveller by being attached to a suitable bar
which is caused to rise and fall by means of the traversing motion. The two wings
of the "flyer" are bridged over by a suitable bridge, which is attached temporarily
during the time of spinning to the turning spindle, and made capable of detachment
for the purpose of doffing, &c. Any suitable guides for the yarn can be applied
both to the traveller and bridge, and the method is applicable to the spinning,
doubling, or preparing of various fibres, and can be varied in detail without
departing from the peculiar character of the Invention, which mainly differs from
our former improvements as follows :-
That whereas our former Invention, for which Letters Patent have been granted us
as herein before stated, has for a leading feature the fact that the turning spindle is
driven by the "flyer" by means of the bridge attachment; in the present case a
method is adopted wherein the "flyer" is driven by the spindle by means of a
bridge attachment, as already described. Or a modification thereof may be adopted
wherein a bridge attachment is used in conjunction with the ordinary "flyer
spindle, in which case the bridge attachment runs loosely upon the fixed tube or
socket aforesaid, and below the stationary collar upon which the bobbin is held.
"
But that the improvements may be better understood we will, by the aid of the
accompanying Drawings, proceed inore fully to describe means employed by us
Fig. 1 shews an elevation of portions of our Invention, and
Fig. 2 an elevation of the modification thereof, and
Figs. 3 and 4 are plans of the same.
The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.
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a, a, is the stationary tube or socket upon which the bobbin b, b, is held by
means of the collar a¹, a', affixed thereto; c, c, is the spindle, and c², c¹, the loose
running "flyer;" d, d, is the traveller fitted to one of the wings of the "flyer," and 4
actuated by means of the ring e, e, which is in connection with the traversing
motion; ff, is the bridge attachment, which may be capable of total or partial
detachment for doffing purposes.
Having now described our Invention, and means we adopt in carrying the same
into effect, we would have it understood that we do not confine ourselves to the 5

page_text: exact details shown and described, as variations may be made without departing
from the peculiar character of our Invention.
But what we do claim is, 1st, the forming of a "flyer," whether inverted or not,
in such manner that the same is capable of turning upon a stationary tube or
socket, and having motion communicated to such "flyer" from the turning spindle
by means of a bridge attachment, together with the combination of parts, for the
purpose indicated and substantially as shewn and described.
2nd. The forming of a bridge attachment in such manner that the same is
capable of turning upon the stationary tube or upon the spindle, and having motion
communicated to such bridge attachment from the turning spindle by means of the
"flyer," together with the combination of parts, for the purpose indicated and
substantially as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Bastow, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
Witness,
WILLIAM GADD,
Consulting Engineer,
G4, Barton Arcade,
Manchester.
JOHN BASTOW. (L.S.)