An Improvement applicable to Ring-spinning and Doubling Frames.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 27th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 3rd May, 1898
TRUVIDIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement applicable to Ring-spinning and Doubling
Frames.
We, GEORGE HENRY THOMSON, of 3, Gorrell Street, Rochdale, and WILLIAM
THOMSON, of 40, Goat's Shaw, near Oldham, both in the County of Lancaster,
Mill Mechanics, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
follows:-
as
This invention is applicable to ring-spinning and doubling frames and the object
of the invention is to prevent the "ballooning" of the yarn or threads when
commencing to wind-on a fresh set of cops.
Our invention consists principally of a rail provided with a series of fingers
projecting over the ring-rail between the spindles at such a height above the
ring-rail as will be best suited to prevent the "ballooning" of the yarn. These
rails are cranked downwards at each end, and are provided with pivots supported
in suitable brackets.
When commencing a fresh set of cops the finger-rail is maintained in such a
position that the fingers project horizontally between the spindles, but as the.
formation of the cops is proceeded with and the ring rail rises higher, it lifts up.
the fingers out of the horizontal position, gradually tilting them further until the
cops are so far formed that danger of "ballooning
ceases, when by the
increased rise of the ring rail the fiuger rail becomes tilted so far back that it is
overbalanced by its own weight and falls back and removes all the fingers out of the
way of the cops.
The fingers may be permanently attached to the rail but I prefer to provide
their back ends with a slot and bolt them each separately to the rail so that they
can be adjusted to suit requirements.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicants, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
An Improvement applicable to Ring-spinning and Doubling
Frames.
We, GEORGE HENRY THOMSON, of 3, Gorrell Street, Rochdale, and WILLIAM
THOMSON, of 40, Goat's Shaw, near Oldham, both in the County of Lancaster, Mill
Mechanics, 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 is applicable to ring-spinning and doubling frames. and the

page_text: object of the invention is to prevent the "ballooning" of the yarn or threads when
commencing to wind-on a fresh set of cops.
The nature of our said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference
to the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation
thereof.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation and
Fig. 2 a plan view of our improvement, and
Fig. 3 is an end view shewing the application thereof to a ring spinning
frame.
Referring to Fig. 3, a is part of the framing b the spindle rail, c the ring rail
and d the spool upon which the cop e is being wound.
Our invention consists principally of a rail f (see also Figs. 1 and 2) provided
with a series of fingers y projecting over the ring-rail c between the spindles at
such a height above the ring-rail as will be best suited to prevent the " ballooning
of the yarn whilst winding-on the bottom part of the cop e.
"
These rails are cranked downwards at each end as shown at the left hand
on Fig. 1, and are provided with pivots h supported by suitable brackets i, or the
rails may be made straight at the end and be rivetted or bolted to cranked
brackets f, as shown at the right hand on the said Fig. 1.
When cominencing a fresh set of cops the finger-rail is maintained in such a
position that the fingers g project horizontally between the spindles, as shown at
Fig. 3, the weight of the fingers causing a small stop pin k on the cranked end
off (or on the cranked bracket f*) to bear against a small neb ix on the supporting
bracket (see also side view of this bracket detached at Fig. 1A).
"2
The finger rail remains in the horizontal position so long as there is a tendency
to too much "ballooning" of the yarn, but as the formation of the cops e is
proceeded with and the ring-rail crises higher, it lifts up the fingers gout of the
horizontal position, gradually tilting them and the rail further back at each lift
until the cops e are so far formed that all danger from "ballooning"
ceases, when
by the increased lift of the ring-rail c the finger-rail becomes tilted so far back
that it is over-balanced by its own weight and falls over backwards (as shown by
dotted lines at Fig. 3) removing all the fingers 9 out of the way of the
cops.
The fingers g may be permanently attached to the rail f by rivetting or otherwise
(as shown at the right hand on Figs. 1 and 2) but we prefer to provide them with
slots and to fix them with screws as shown at the left hand of the said figs. or to
attach them in any other couvenient manner so that they can be adjustable on
the said rail to suit requirements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The improvement applicable to ring-spinning and doubling frames consisting in
the construction and adaptation thereto of a rail provided with fingers projecting
horizontally above the ring-rail between the spindles, the said rail being so situated
cranked and pivotted that as the formation of the cops is proceeded with the
increasing lift of the ring-rail causes it to lift the fingers and tilt the finger-rail
backwards until it becomes over-balanced and falls over, removing the fingers out
of the way of the cops, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by
the drawings annexed.