IMPROVEMENTS IN RING AND TRAVELLER APPARATUS
Year: 1884

page_text: We WILLIAM HENRY BRAMALL and JOSEPH WOLSTENHOLME, of Hawkins Street,
Cornbrook, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Steamnguage Makers, and
WILLIAM NAPIER of 9 Anchor Buildings, Paisley in the County of Renfrew,
North Britain, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN RING AND TRAVELLER APPARATUS" to be as follows:-
For
Our Invention relates to the rings and travellers used in machinery for spinning
cotton and textile materials. In such apparatus a traveller revolves with great
rapidity upon a ring or within a grooved ring and it is necessary to lubricate the
said ring but in consequence of the lubricant being often absorbed by the flying
outward of broken ends which in such cases come into contact with the lubricated
surface and otherwise by the flying off of the lubricant the lubricating matter
becomes quickly removed or dissipated so that it is necessary to renew it frequently
and the traveller wears away rapidly owing to the deficiency of lubricant. To
remedy these defects is the object of our invention. To this end we employ a
ring in which is a channel which has vertical or nearly vertical sides, so that
lubricating matter is better retained and also the wall of the channel nearest the
spindle acts as a shield to keep the yarn from coming into contact with the
lubricated surface. This shielding of the said surface is also of advantage_to
prevent or check rusting when twisting or spinning wet or damp yarn.
convenience of manufacture and to enable the ring to be readily cleaned and the
traveller to be removed and replaced we prefer to make the ring in two parts a
lower part containing the channel and an upper part which is formed as a cover
and which may be made of thin sheet metal stamped into form or be cast and
turned or be otherwise suitably formed. If preferred a downward projecting flanch
formed on the said cover may constitute the outer wall of the said channel. We
may secure the cover to the main portion of the ring by means of a bayonet joint
having a "bee-headed" slot or we may adopt any other suitable means for securing
the said cover or we may depend upon the tightness of fit of the two parts. Any
suitable form of traveller may be used as for example we may use a traveller
formed of light steel wire bent into a form which will furnish an elongated and
curved part to run in the channel and with an arm which projects over the inner
wall and has a suitable eye or curl for the yarn or a wire arm may be attached to
a thin curved steel or metal plate. Such a traveller would revolve in contact with
the inner side of the outer wall of the channel. Such travellers being quite free
have not the same tendency to lock or stick fast at times as the ordinary travellers.
DL: BOL

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We WILLIAM HENRY BRAMALL and JOSEPH WOLSTENHOLME of Hawkins Street,
Cornbrook Manchester in the County of Lancaster Steamgauge Makers and
WILLIAM NAPIER of 9 Anchor Buildings Paisley in the County of Renfrew
North Britain Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN RING AND TRAVELLER APPARATUS" and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement and accompanying drawings :-
:-
Our Invention relates to the rings and travellers used in machinery for spinning
cotton and textile materials. In such apparatus a traveller revolves with great
rapidity upon a ring or within a grooved ring and it is necessary to lubricate the
said ring but in consequence of the lubricant being often absorbed by the flying
outward of broken-ends which in such cases come into contact with the lubricated
surface and otherwise by the flying off of the lubricant. the lubricating matter
becomes quickly removed or dissipated so that it is necessary to renew it frequently
and the traveller wears away rapidly owing to the deficiency of lubricant. To
remedy these defects-is-the-object-of-our-Invention. To this end-we-employ-a-ring-
in which is a channel which has vertical or nearly vertical sides so that lubricating
-matter-is-better-retained-and-also-the-wall-of-the-channel-nearest-the-spindle-acts-
as a shield to keep the yarn from coming into contact with the lubricated surface.
-For-convenience-of-manufacture and to enable the ring to be readily cleaned and-
the traveller to be removed and replaced we prefer to make the ring in two parts.
Any suitable form of traveller may be used as for example we may use a traveller
formed of light steel wire bent into a form which will furnish an elongated and
curved part to run in the channel and with an arm which projects over the inner
wall and has a suitable eye or curl for the yarn or a wire arm may be attached to a
thin curved steel or metal plate.
In order that our Invention may be well understood we will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings wherein the several Figs :
are drawn about double the full linear dimensions of the examples selected for
illustration. In the said drawings Fig: 1 represents a vertical section taken
through the centre of one of our improved rings and Fig: 2 is a plan view of the
complete ring. Figs 4 and 5 are corresponding views representing a modification
in the formation of the ring. In Figs 1 and 2 the ring is composed of two
parts a. and b. which we will term upper and lower rings. The lower ring b. is
turned to fit in the ring rail c. or in a suitable ring holder as the case may be
Upon the outer side of this ring is formed a flange b¹ over which fits the upper
ring a. The upper part of this upper ring projects over the top of the lower ring
and is formed with a downward projecting flange or lip a' which corresponds with
an upward projection b³ on the lower ring. Between the two rings and covered by
the upper ring is an annular channel d. which retains a part of the traveller e.
which is separately represented by Fig: 3. It will be seen that the channel d. has
vertical walls and. that it is entirely enclosed with the exception of a slit f. which
is sufficiently wide to permit the arm e¹ of the traveller to extend through the slit
and to travel freely around the axis of the spindle. The traveller is formed with a

page_text: curved steel plate or foot e. which is retained within the annular channel. When
the traveller is revolving rapidly around the axis of the spindle this foot slides in
contact with the outer vertical wall of the channel that is to say with the inner
surface of the flange b' and as this surface is well shielded it can be freely
lubricated and as a consequence the friction and the wear and tear of the parts
are greatly reduced. As the channel d. is well suited to retain any lubricant
which may be supplied to it and as the surface with which the foot e. of the
traveller is in contact is well shielded the lubricant may be supplied at much
longer intervals than is usual. This shielding of the said surface is also of
advantage to prevent or check rusting when spinning wet or damp yarn. We do
not confine ourselves to the form of traveller shown in the drawings and may use
any suitable traveller. If preferred the upper ring a may be made from thin sheet
metal by the operation of stamping and might serve principally as a cover for the
lower ring in which the channel is formed. The upper ring or covering may be
held in place by the tightness of its fit upon the lower ring or may be secured by
means of a bayonet joint or by other suitable means. In the example illustrated
by Figs: 4 and 5 the lower ring or part b. is recessed to receive the upper ring a.
This formation is still more suitable to the retaining of the lubricant. In the
example the part b. is in the form of a square plate which can be adjustably secured
to the ring rail but we do not confine ourselves to this square formation.
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. The rings for use in spinning and doubling machinery of the formation
substantially as and for the purpose sot forth and indicated herein before and in
and by the accompanying drawings.
2. In a ring for use in ring spinning or doubling forming an annular channel in
which the sliding part of the traveller can travel the said clinnnel being enclosed or
shielded with the exception of a narrow slit through which the arm of the traveller
projects substantially as set forth and indicated.
3. The traveller e. in combination with a ring having an enclosed channel in
which the sliding foot of the traveller can travel upon a shielded lubricated surface
substantially as and for the purpose set forth and indicated.
BALL
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