Improvements in Ring Spinning Frames.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ring Spinning Frames.
I, JOSEPH COOK, of Norwich Street Mill, Rochdale, in the County of Lancas-
ter, Spinning Master, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the thread boards or thread rails and thread guides
of ring spinning frames and is designed to provide for the adjustment of the
thread guides horizontally in relation to the spindles.
Hitherto in the construction of ring spinning frames it has been considered
essential that the eye of the thread guide should lie in the same vertical plane
as the vertical and longitudinal axis of the spindle and that the drag should
be varied as required for various counts of yarn by changing the travellers.
I have found that by altering the position of the thread guide and throwing it
out of line with the axis of the spindle the drag may be increased without alter-
ing or changing the travellers.
My invention consists essentially in constructing the thread boards or rails so
that all or a number of the thread guides can be simultaneously moved in a hori-
zontal plane so as to set them in any desired position in relation to the spindles.
The invention can be carried out in a number of ways.
In one arrangement the bar rail or shaft to which the thread boards or thread
rails are pivoted may be hinged or pivoted to the beam so as to be drawn out or
away from the beam any desired distance with an adjusting slide or bracket at-
tached to the beam by a screw or bolt. In this case the boards or rails may in
normal position be set with the guide eyes perpendicularly above the spindles
so as to be drawn out or forward to any desired distance or the boards or rails may
be placed in advance of the board so as to be moved backwards.
In another arrangement the hinges or pivots may be dispensed with and rods
or brackets be provided which will carry or support the thread boards or rails
upon which they can be slid or moved to or from the beam any required distance.
In another arrangement the thread boards or rails may be connected to a shaft
or spindle with one, two or more eccentrics or cams placed at intervals the rota-
tion of which will move them in or out as required.
In another arrangement the thread boards or rails may be connected to the
beam by vertical pivots or hinges which will permit of their being moved later-
ally in a direction longitudinally of the frame, or they may be mounted upon
brackets or on a shaft which will permit of a similar movement.
In another arrangement the thread guides may be connected to eccentrics or
cams by which they can be moved or adjusted but at present I prefer to obtain
the desired adjustment by a movement of the thread board or thread rail to which
the thread guides are affixed.
Other arrangements being a combination or modification of these may be
adopted which will give a horizontal movement to the thread guides either with
or without a vertical movement.
By this arrangement and construction I consider I shall be able to obtain an

page_text: increased drag upon the yarn as may be required for spinning different counts
of yarn without changing the travellers.
Dated this 18th day of Varah 1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
Improvements in Ring Spinning Frames.
I, JOSEPII COOK, of Norwich Street Mill, Rochdale, in the County of Lancas-
ter, 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 ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the thread boards or thread rails and thread guides
of ring spinning frames and is designed to provide for the adjustment of the
thread guides horizontally in relation to the spindles.
Hitherto in the construction of ring spinning frames it has been considered
essential that the eye of the thread guide should lie in the same vertical plane
as the vertical and longitudinal axis of the spindle and that the drag should
be varied as required for various counts of yarn by changing the travellers.
I have found that by altering the position of the thread guide and throwing it
out of line with the axis of the spindle the drag may be increased without alter-
ing or changing the travellers.
My invention consists essentially in constructing the thread boards or rails se
that all or a number of the thread guides can be simultaneously moved in a hori-
zontal plane so as to set them in any desired position in relation to the spindles.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying draw-
ings in which as an example one method of adjusting the thread boards and
guides is illustrated.
Fig. 1. Transverse sectional elevation through thread board and beam with the
thread guide in vertical line with the axis of the spindle.
Fig. 2. Plan.
Fig. 3. Front elevation.
Fig. 4. Transverse sectional elevation showing thread guides out of line with
the axis of the spindle.
The thread boards A which carry the guides a are secured or attached to a
rail B running longitudinally of the frame. The rail B may extend the full
length of the frame or may be divided into lengths or sections as found desirable.
It rests upon and is supported by a number of brackets ('placed at intervals along
the beam 1 preferably one opposite each spindle. To the rail B are attached a
number of hinges E the other side of which is provided with a slot e which fits
upon the top of the beam and is secured by a screw or bolt F. By slackening the
screw or bolt F the rails B may be slid or drawn forward from the beam to any
desired extent upon the bracket C to assume the position shown in Fig. 4. In
normal position the guide eyes a are in a line with the axis of the spindle as in
Fig. 1, but when desired to increase the drag they are drawn forward out of line
as in Fig. 4. This arrangement may be reversed by setting the rails away from
the beam when in normal position and moving them back to increase the drag.
Instead of a wooden rail such as shown a shaft or bar may carry the guide eyes
such shaft being supported in sliding brackets in which it is free to swivel.
In another arrangement the hinges E may be dispensed with and the thread
boards be connected to a shaft or spindle with cams or eccentrics placed at in-

page_text: tervals by the rotation of which the thread boards and guides can be moved in
and out as required.
In another arrangement the thread boards or rails may be connected to the
beam by vertical pivots or hinges which will permit of their being moved later-
ally in a direction longitudinally of the frame or they may be mounted upon
brackets or on a shaft which will permit of a similar movement.
In another arrangement the thread guides may be connected to eccentrics or
cams by which they can be moved or adjusted but at present prefer to obtain
the desired adjustment by a movement of the thread board or thread rail to which
the thread guides are affixed.
Other arrangements being a combination or modification of these may be
adopted which will give a horizontal movement to the thread guides either with
or without a vertical movement.
By this arrangement and construction I consider I shall be able to obtain an
increased drag upon the yarn as may be required for spinning different counts
of yarn without changing the travellers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A ring spinning frame having the thread boards constructed so that all or
a number of the thread guides can be simultaneously moved in a horizontal plane
out of line with the longitudinal vertical axis of the spindle to vary the tension
or drag upon the yarn substantially as described.
2. In a ring spinning frame a thread board and thread guide constructed and
arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.
A D
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON &
1.,
Manchester, Liverpool, & London, Patent Agents.
WM. P. THOMPSON & 1.,
Manchester, Liverpool, & London, Patent Agents.