Improvements in Apparatus Employed for Spinning, Doubling, and Roving. Wool, Cotton, Silk, and other Fibres.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 21st Feb., 1890-4ccepted, 22nd Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus Employed for Spinning, Doubling, and
Roving. Wool, Cotton, Silk, and other Fibres.
I, PAUL WALLACE, of Berry Brow, near Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Worsted Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
--
My invention has reference to apparatus to be employed in spinning, doubling, and
roving wool and other fibres, the object being to wind the yarn upon a bare sleeve
composed of metal, paper, wood, or other suitable material. If the sleeve is composed
of metal, I place thereon a tube made of paper or other suitable material. By this
means I am enabled to produce cops or bobbins of various sizes by the same form of
apparatus in either hard or soft yarns.
In carrying out my invention, I employ a spindle working in suitable footsteps.
This spindle is attached to a long hollow tube or cup, the annular space between the
spindle and tube being occupied by the loose sleeve upon which the cop is wound. A
washer is placed around the outside of the outer tube, resting upon the ordinary
lifting rail, the said washer being provided with one or more studs or pins, which
work in one or more slots formed in the outer tube. The loose sleeve or tube rests
on the said pegs or studs so that as the lifting rail is reciprocated up and down, the
loose sleeve is carried up and down with it, so that the yarn is wound in the form of
a cop upon the said loose sleeve. On the top of the outer tube I place by any suitable
means a conical cup, on the upper edge of which is a flange or rim carrying a
traveller for the purpose of winding the yarn upon the loose sleeve, or instead of
forming a conical cup on the upper end of the said outer sleeve, the upper end may
be formed with a flange or rim on which the traveller may revolve for the purpose of
winding the yarn upon the loose sleeve. The wharle for driving the spindle and
outer tube is formed at the bottom of the said tube, or the said wharle may form part
of the spindle itself.
When the conical cup is employed, the nose of the cop is placed downwards, but
when the traveller is on the top of the parallel tube, the nose of the cop may be
formed either up or down.
Revolving or stationary brushes are employed to retard the velocity of the traveller
on the top of the cup, the arrangement being such that the cup travels quicker than
the traveller, consequently as the spindle revolves, the yarn is guided by the traveller
upon the sleeve, in which way
the cop
is built.
Instead of using the brush for retarding the speed of the traveller, the traveller is
provided with a wing which acts as a retarder in consequence of the resistance of the
atmosphere, by which means the speed of the traveller is less than that of the spindle,
so that the yarn is built up in a firm solid manner.
Dated this 10th dow of Man 1000
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus Employed for Spinning, Doubling, and
Roving Wool, Cotton, Silk, and other Fibres.
I, PAUL WALLACE, of Berry Brow, near Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Worsted 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 :-
My invention has reference to apparatus to be employed in spinning, doubling, and

page_text: roving wool and other fibres, the object being to wind the yarn upon a bare sleeve
composed of metal, paper, wood, or other suitable material. If the sleeve is composed
of metal, I may place thereon a tube made of paper or other suitable material.
In carrying out my invention I employ a spindle working in suitable footsteps.
This spindle is attached to a long hollow tube or cup, the annular space between the
spindle and tube being occupied by the loose sleeve upon which the cop is wound. A
washer is placed around the outside of the outer tube, resting upon the ordinary lifting
rail, the said washer being provided with one or more studs or pins, which work in
one or more slots formed in the outer tube. The loose sleeve or tube rests on the
said pegs or studs so that as the lifting rail is reciprocated up and down, the loose
sleeve is carried up and down with it, so that the yarn is wound in the form of a cop
upon the said loose sleeve. On the top of the outer tube I place by any suitable
means a conical cup, on the upper edge of which is a flange or rim carrying a traveller
for the purpose of winding the yarn upon the loose sleeve; or instead of forming a
conical cup on the upper end of the said outer sleeve, the upper end may be formed
with a flange or rim on which the traveller may revolve for the purpose of winding
the yarn upon the loose sleeve. The wharle for driving the spindle and outer tube is
secured to the bottom of the said tube, or the said wharle may form part of the spindle
itself.
For retarding the speed of the traveller, it is provided with a wing, which, when
revolving, acts as a retarder in consequence of the resistance of the atmosphere, by
which means the speed of the traveller is less than that of the spindle, so that the yarn
is built up in a firm solid manner.
In order that my invention may be better understood, I will now make reference to
the accompanying sheets of drawings illustrative thereof, wherein Fig. 1 is elevation
of my improved parts and Fig. 2 vertical section thereof. A represents the spindle,
resting in a footstep B, attached to the lower rail C, such spindle being secured in a
bush formed at the top of the tube D, rising up from the wharle E, by which the said
spindle is driven. There is also fixed to the tube D of the wharle, another tube F,
extending upwards, on the top of which is a conical cup G, made with one or more
rings or flanges H for receiving a traveller I. Onto the spindle I place loosely a
sleeve or tube J, upon which the cop is formed; the bottom of such said tube or
sleeve J rests upon or is taken hold of by a pin or stud a projecting from the loose
collar K and resting upon a washer L carried by the lifting rail M so that as the said
lifting rail is made to reciprocate up and down, the tube Jis made to rise and fall
with the said lifting rail, whereby the yarn is built thereon in the form of a cop. It
will be understood that the wharle E drives both the spindle A and the tube F with
its cup G, but the said tube F is made with a long slot b, through which the pin a
slides up and down as the lifting rail rises and falls. A rail N is employed to steady
the tube F and parts connected therewith.
By employing a conical cup such as G, the nose of the cop is formed in the said
cup, and what is usually called the cop bottom is in this case uppermost.
The traveller I is carried around on the ring or flange H by the yarn as it is being
wound upon the sleeve J, and in order to retard the speed of the said traveller, it is
made with a wing c so that when it is revolving at a high speed, it is resisted by the
atmosphere, by which means the speed of the traveller is less than that of the spindle,
consequently a tension or drag is placed upon the yarn, whereby a firm and solid cop
is built up.
Instead of forming a conical cup on the top of the vertical tube F, the tube may be
parallel as shewn at Fig. 3, in which case the nose of the cop may be formed on, the
top, as is usual.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
Firstly. In machines for spinning, doubling, and roving yarns, the employment of
the outer tube
howing
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page_text: tube extends near the bottom of the spindle, in combination with the reciprocating
tube J and the spindle A, all arranged as described and shewn.
Secondly. In machines for spinning, doubling, and roving yarns, the employment
of the outer parallel tube F, the bottom of which extends near the bottom of the
spindle, in combination with the reciprocating tube J and the spindle A, all arranged
as described and shown.
Thirdly. In spinning and other machinery, the use of a traveller I having a wing
or flap c for retarding the speed of the said traveller in manner substantially as
described.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.