Improvements in Fliers for Spinning Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 25th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fliers for Spinning Machines.
I, WILLIAM HENRY ASHLEY, of 496, Market Street, in the City of Hackettstown,
County of Warren, and State of New Jersey, U.S.A., Silk Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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The invention relates to that class of fliers which are used for spinning silk, and
which are free to rotate independently of their respective spindles.
The object of this invention is to provide a flier which can be quickly and readily
attached to and detached from a bobbin, and is carried thereby, of simple, strong
and durable construction, and reliable in operation.
The invention consists in the improved flier, its means for removably securing
the same to a bobbin, and in the combination and arrangements of the various
parts thereof, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figs. Fig. 1 is a side elevation
of my improved flier; Fig. 2 a sectional view through the same and through the
bobbin to which it is attached; Fig. 3 a detail view illustrating the connection
between the loop carrying wire and the eye or hub, and Fig. 4 an enlarged
sectional view on the line x x of Fig. 1.
In said drawings, a represents a bobbin, 6 the central bore therein, and c the
top portion of a spindle carrying said bobbin.
The flier consists of the hub or eye d and the arms e, which latter carry on their
free ends the loops f, and which arms are preferable formed of one piece of wire
curved or looped in its central portion as at g and resting with said looped or curved
portion within an annular groove h of the hub d, and secured thereto by a series of
pins i, all as clearly illustrated in the drawings.
The hub d is revolubly mounted upon the upper portion of the peg or pink, the
lower portion of which is adapted to be inserted into the central bore b of the
bobbin a. An annular flange m is arranged on said pin i and is adapted to rest
upon the top of the bobbin, to thus separate the hub from the flange of said
bobbin.
The lower portion of the pin or peg k is provided with two diametrically opposite
arranged vertical grooves n and is penetrated by a spring wire o, having its ends o¹
bent upwards and adapted to firmly hold said pin or peg within the bobbin, as will
be manifest.
The top portion of the pin k is internally threaded and is adapted to receive the
headed screw p, by means of which latter the hub d of the flier is prevented from
flying off its supporting pin or peg.
When a broken thread is to be tied up, the bobbin can be readily and quickly
removed from the spindle, without the necessity of removing the flier, and said flier
needs only to be taken off the bobbin when said bobbin has been emptied. The
flier can then be quickly attached to a fresh bobbin.
Dated this 29th day of December 1897.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, WILLIAM HENRY ASHLEY, of 496, Market Street, in the City of Hackettstown,
County of Warren, and State of New Jersey, U.S.A., Silk Manufacturer. 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 :-
The invention relates to that class of fliers which are used for spinning silk, and
which are free to rotate independently of their respective spindles.
The object of this invention is to provide a flier which can be quickly and readily.
attached to and detached from a bobbin, and is carried thereby, of simple, strong
and durable construction, and reliable in operation.
The invention consists in the improved flier, its means for removably securing
the same to a bobbin, and in the combination and arrangements of the various
parts thereof, substantially as will be, hereinafter more fully described and finally
embodied in the clauses of the claims.
Referring to the drawings filed with the Provisional Specification, in which like
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figs.; Fig. 1,
is a side elevation of my improved flier; Fig. 2, a sectional view through the same
and through the bobbin to which it is attached; Fig. 3 a detail view illustrating
the connection between the loop carrying wire and the eye or hub; and Fig. 4,
an enlarged-sectional view on the line x x of Fig. 1.
In said drawings, a represents a bobbin, 6 the central bore therein, and c the top
portion of a spindle carrying said bobbin.
The flier consists of the hub or eye d and the arms e, which latter carry on their
free ends the loops f, and which arms are preferable formed of one piece of wire
curved or looped in its central portion as at y and resting with said looped or curved
portion within an annular groove h of the hub d, and secured thereto by a series of
pins i, all as clearly illustrated in the drawings.
The hub d is revolubly mounted upon the upper portion of the peg or pin k, the
lower portion of which is adapted to be inserted into the central bore b of the
bobbin a. An annular flange m is arranged on said pin i and is adapted to rest
upon the top of the bobbin, to thus separate the hub from the flange of said
bobbin.
The lower portion of the pin or peg k is provided with two diametrically opposite
arranged vertical grooves n and is penetrated by a spring wire o, having its ends o¹
bent upwards and adapted to firmly hold said pin or peg within the bobbin, as
will be manifest.
The top portion of the pin k is internally threaded and is adapted to receive the
headed screw p, by means of which latter, the hub d of the flier is prevented from
flying off its supporting pin or peg.
When a broken thread is to be tied up the bobbin can be readily and quickly
removed from the spindle, without the necessity of removing the flier, and said
flier needs only to be taken off the bobbin when said bobbin has been emptied.
The flier can then be quickly attached to a fresh bobbin.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1 The combination with a spinning flier and with the hub carrying the
of a hollow pin or peg penetrating the hub of the flier and provided with
same,

page_text: an annular flange for supporting the same and having its top portion internally
threaded, a headed screw removably arranged in said internally threaded portion
of the pin or peg to limit the upward movement of the hub, and a spring wire
passing through the lower portion of the peg and having its projecting ends
bent upward, all said parts, substantially as and for the purposes described.
2: The combination with a spinning flier and its hub, of a hollow pin or peg
penetrating the hub of the flier and provided with an annular flange supporting
said hub, and below said annular flange with two diametrically opposite arranged
vertical grooves, and having its upper portion internally threaded, a headed screw
removably arranged in said internally threaded portion of the hollow pin or peg to
limit the upward movement of the hub, and a spring wire passing through the
lower portion of said hollow pin or peg and having its projecting ends bent upward
and adapted to be partly engaged by said vertical grooves, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
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Dated this 25th day of Febru 1908
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.