Improvements in the Manufacture of Bobbins.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Bobbins.
We ARTHUR SUTCLIFFE of 26 Summer Street, Blackburn in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, and GEORGE JOHNSON GRIME, of 5 Bank Street, Darwen,
in the County aforesaid, Cotton Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of wooden bobbins or
reels such as are used in winding, and warping and which are made of two or more
pieces of wood, that is the flanges of the bobbin are formed separately and after-
wards fixed onto the barrel. Heretofore the barrel ends have been turned down and
forced into holes in the flanges, and sometimes glued therein, and when a flange
was damaged, or broken, or knocked off, the whole bobbin was rendered useless,
and the yarn thereon was often damaged by the rough or jagged end of the barrel.
According to this invention a boss is formed on each flange, and this boss is
chased or threaded. Each end of the barrel has a "she" thread formed in it, and
the bosses on the flanges are screwed into the barrel. By this means, if one of the
Hanges is damaged it can readily be removed, and a new flange placed in position
without damaging the yarn wound on the barrel.
Dated this 7th day of February 1895.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Bobbins.
We, ARTHUR SUTCLIFFE, of 26 Summer Street, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, and GEORGE JOHNSON GRIME, of 5 Bank Street, Darwen,
in the County aforesaid, Cotton Spinner, 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 improvements in the manufacture of wooden bobbins or
reels such as are used in winding and warping, and which are made of two or more
pieces of wood, that is, the flanges of the bobbin are formed separately, and after-
wards fixed onto the barrel. Heretofore the barrel ends have been turned down
and forced into holes in the flanges, and sometimes glued therein, and when a flange
was damaged, or broken, or knocked off, the whole bobbin was rendered useless,
and the yarn thereon was often damaged by the rough or jagged end of the barrel.
The object of this invention is to construct a bobbin, the ends or flanges of which
when broken can readily and economically be replaced without removing or
damaging the yarn on the barrel of the bobbin, so that a great saving is effected.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of one of the improved bobbins, one of the

page_text: flanges being shewn removed from the barrel in order to clearly shew the
construction.
Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1, but the chased boss is shewn as forming a part
of the barrel of the bobbin.
According to this invention, and referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, a boss or
plug is fixed in each flange 2, and the boss portion of the plug 1 is chased or
threaded. Each end of the barrel 3 has a "she" thread formed in it, as at 4, and
the bosses 1. 1 on the flanges 2. 2 are screwed into the barrel 3. By this means, if
one of the flanges 2 is broken or damaged, it can readily be removed and a new
flange placed in position without damaging the yarn wound on the barrel 3.
The plug is driven into the flange from the outside, and glued therein, the
dovetail portion 5 effectually preventing the plug being drawn out when screwing
the barrel onto the boss.
In Fig. 2 the boss or plug 1 is shewn as screwed into the end of the barrel 3,
and the flange 2 has a chased hole 6, by which the said flange is screwed to the
barrel 3.
The boss or plug 1 may be part of the barrel 3, if the latter is turned down at
its ends, and then threaded or chased.
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 :-
(1.) Wooden bobbins or reels, the flanges of which are provided with a chased
plug to be screwed into a chased recess in the end of the barrel, as and for the
purpose herein described, and substantially as illustrated by Fig. 1 of the annexed
drawings.
(2.) Wooden bobbins or reels, the flanges of which are secured to the barrels of
same by screwed plugs or bosses, and chased recesses or holes, as and for the
purpose herein described.
Dated this 6th day of November 1895.
ARTHUR
SUTCLIFFE,
GEORGE JOHNSON GRIME,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.