IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPINNING AND DOUBLING FRAMES
Year: 1885

page_text: Frames.
We, HENRY ASHWORTH of Ollerton, Eagley near Bolton, Cotton Spinner, and
ELAM EAVES of 70 Cooper Street, Bolton, Mechanic, both in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPINNING AND DOUBLING FRAMES," to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of what are known as ring spinning
frames and ring doubling frames employed for spinning and doubling cotton and
other fibrous substances, and consists in disposing in any convenient manner in the
travelling rail a ring, the underside of which is provided with a warve driven by
bands from a movable or adjustable cylinder, or by other equivalents, such as,
bevel wheels, friction and skew gearing. The spindle is mounted in the ordinary
footstep or bolster rails and provided with a warve driven by bands or other
equivalents from tin or other cylinders. The ring is fitted with a curl through
which the yarn passes from the delivery rollers to the spindle on which the cop is
being wound, and regulated differentially in speed to effect the necessary winding,
which is effected by a faller rod and gearing operated by conical drums or other
equivalents, or the ring and curl can be driven at an uniform speed; the winding
being effected by giving a differential or variable speed by suitable gearing. The
faller rod is fixed on the front of the frame and disposed to operate on the yarn
immediately it leaves the delivery rollers which enables the latter to be placed in a
perfectly horizontal position similar to those employed in a mule. The faller rod
is connected by suitable levers and rods to the differential gearing effected by the
aforesaid conical drums. The travelling rail carrying the rings and travellers or
curls is moved up and down in the usual manner by the ordinary appliances.
In another arrangement the revolving ring mounted in the travelling rail before
described is constructed on its upper end so as to admit of the ordinary traveller
which revolves on and with the same for the purpose of assisting the traveller and
giving a differential motion when winding yarn on the bare spindle or otherwise,
and by which the "drag" is regulated according to the counts being spun or doubled.
This motion is effected by suitable gearing operated by a sliding strap on conical
drums or other equivalents.
The advantages of this invention are that yarns of the finest counts can be spun
on a bare spindle and an uniform " drag" maintained, being effected by the
differential motions given to the ring, traveller, and spindle, thereby producing
more even, stronger, and better yarns than hitherto.
Dated this 6th day of June 1885
E. CHADWICK,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We, HENRY ASHWORTH of Ollerton, Eagley near Bolton, Cotton Spinner, and
ELAM EAVES of 70 Cooper Street, Bolton, Mechanic, both in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPINNING AND DOUBLING FRAMES 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 the construction of what are known as ring spinning
frames and ring doubling frames employed for spinning and doubling cotton and
other fibrous substances, and consists in disposing in any convenient manner in the
travelling rail a ring the underside of which is provided with a warve driven by
bands from a driving cylinder or by other equivalents, such as, bevel wheels,
friction, and skew gearing. The spindle is mounted in the ordinary footstep and
bolster rails and provided with a warve driven by bands or other equivalents from
tin or other cylinders. The ring is fitted with a curl through which the yarn
passes from the delivery rollers to the spindle on which the cop is being wound, the
necessary winding which being effected by a faller rod and gearing operated by conical
drums or other equivalents. The faller rod is fixed on the front of the frame and
disposed to operate on the yarn immediately it leaves the delivery rollers which
enables the latter to be placed in a perfectly horizontal position similar to those
employed in a mule. The faller rod is connected by suitable levers and rods to the
differential gearing effected by the aforesaid conical drums. The travelling rail
carrying the rings and travellers or curls is moved up and down in the usual
manner by the ordinary appliances.
In order that our invention may be fully understood and carried into effect we
will now proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed, the same letters and
numerals of reference being used throughout all the figures to indicate the same or
corresponding parts of our invention.
Fig. 1 is a part front elevation of a ring spinning frame with our improvements
applied; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of same, and Fig. 3 an end sectional elevation
of our faller rod and its connections with the conical driving pullies or drums.
A is the main driving shaft on which is secured the fast pulley B driven by a
strap (not shewn) from any convenient position of the mill gearing. On the
shaft A is mounted the conical pulley C imparting motion to the conical pulley D
by the strap E. The conical pulley D is mounted on the shaft F and drives the
tin roller or cylinder G; the tin roller or cylinder H is driven from the shaft F by
the spur gearing 1, 2, and 3.
The spindles I are mounted in the footstep and bolster rails J and K respectively,
and are provided with the warves L driven by bands or other equivalents from the

page_text: driving cylinders G and H. The travelling rail M is moved up and down in the
usual manner by the ordinary appliances in which are mounted the rings N with
the warves O and are driven by bands or their equivalents from the cylinders P.
The cylinders P are driven by the spur wheels 4, 5, 6, and 7, from the shaft Q, the
latter being driven from the shaft A by the bevel wheels 8 and 9 communicating.
motion to the shaft 10, on the bottom end of which is secured the bevel wheel 11
driving the wheel 12 on the said shaft. The wheel 12 gears into the wheel" 13 and
drives the shaft 14 with the wheel 15, the latter gearing into the wheel 16 on, the
shaft 17, from whence the conical pulley S is driven by the intermediate gearing 18.
The conical pulley T is driven by the strap U from the conical pulley S and drives
the delivery rollers W by the spur wheels 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23.
The rovings are mounted as usual in a creel (not shown) on the top of the frame
from whence they are directed through the delivery rollers W, over the faller V,
and through the eyes X of the thread board to a curl or eyelet in the rings N and
on to the bare spindles I on which the cop is to be wound.
In forming a cop it will be seen that winding is not uniform being reduced when
forming the bottom and nose, consequently to produce a delivery equal to the rate
of winding on or thereabouts as well as maintaining an uniform "drag" the delivery
rollers must be regulated differentially, which is effected by means of the faller V
and its connections. The faller V is composed of any suitable materials and of the
form shewn in Fig. 4, or of other polygonal forms, or if desired may be circular as
in Fig. 5. The faller V may be made in one or more pieces in the length of a
frame provided with centres at convenient distances and mounted in the levers Y
attached to the shaft Z fixed on the front of the frame. The faller shaft Z and its
attachments are balanced by the lever m and weight n shewn in Fig. 2, the "drag,"
or tension on the yarn passing over the faller V being regulated by the weights a
attached to the quadrants b on the faller shaft Z.
Immediately the delivery of the yarn from the rollers W exceeds the speed of
winding and the "drag" or tension of the yarn in passing over the faller V is
altered in the least the weights a and quadrants 6 operate the shaft Z and raises
the levers Y with the faller V when the slack is immediately taken up, by which
the "drag" or tension is maintained.
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When the faller V rises or falls the lever c on the shaft Z operates the fork or
strap lever & mounted on the bolster rail K, and alters the position of the strap U
on the conical pullies S and T, thereby differentially regulating the speed of the
delivery rollers W through each and every progressive stage of the formation of
the cop.
The faller rod V can be fixed in the levers Y or mounted so as to revolve; in
the latter it is provided on one end or otherwise with the pulley f driven by the
band g from the pulley h mounted loosely on the faller shaft Z: the pulley h is
driven by the band from the pulley m¹ on the delivery rollers, by which an
uniform or a proportionate speed is maintained between the delivery rollers and
the revolving faller rod V.
The faller rod V travels in contra-direction to the travel of the yarn and
operates on it immediately it leaves the delivery rollers, thereby throwing the
twist into the bite or nip of the delivery rollers; the latter being placed in a
perfectly horizontal position similar to those employed in a mule or otherwise.
In mounting the faller rod on both sides of a frame they may be driven
separately or connected by means of levers and rods or other equivalents, such as,
by a shaft and bevel wheels, or by pullies and bands, thereby operating and
regulating both sides from one set of differential gear.
We would have it understood that we do not confine or restrict our invention to
the kind of machine shewn on the drawing as the same may be used with advantage
in the ordinary ring spinning and ring doubling frames and other spinning frames
(other than mules) wherein the ring is substituted by a shell or tube extending the
length of the cop or otherwise.

page_text: 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. In a ring spinning, ring doubling, or other spinning or doubling frames (other
than mules, flyer throstles and doublers) the use and application of a faller for
the purpose specified.
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