Improvements in Anti-ballooning Motions for Ring Spinning or Doubling Frames.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 16th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Anti-ballooning Motions for Ring Spinning or
Doubling Frames.
We, JOSHUA HOYLE, Cotton Spinner, of Bacup, in the County of Lancaster,
and BENJAMIN ALFRED DOBSON, Machine Maker, of Bolton, in the same County,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to improve the method of controlling the motion
of anti-ballooning plates, or thread guides as applied to ring spinning or doubling
frames.
In some cases the anti-ballooning plates or thread guides have been fixed at an
intermediate position and automatically taken out of the way when the ring rail
rose to a certain height.
In another arrangement the anti-ballooning plate or thread guide was fixed to the
ring rail and moved by the same reciprocal motion.
Neither of these arrangements have proved quite satisfactory, particularly where
the bobbins are built in parallel layers to wind off the side, so we have designed a
method by which the anti-ballooning plates or thread guides can be controlled or
adjusted whilst using the same motion as that of the ring rail thereby avoiding the
necessity for a lifting shaft or extra motion.
In carrying our improvements into effect in those ring frames where we have
lifting pokers and rocking shafts we place between the poker and the centre of the
rocking shaft an additional poker which has an angular or L bracket so as to clear
the ring rail and which holds the anti-ballooning plate or thread guide in position
above the ring rail.
The foot of this lifting poker is provided with a shoe which is prolonged in the
direction of the centre of the rocking shaft and on the arm of the ordinary lifting
lever which is attached to the rocking shaft and which lifts the ring rail poker in
the ordinary way we have a sliding bracket rounded on its upper surface and
fastened by a set screw. This bracket can be moved so as to act upon any part of
the shoe of the anti-ballooning plate or thread guide poker; thus by placing it
further from or nearer to the centre the course of the motion of the anti-ballooning
plate or thread guide can be regulated at will.
We may also attach an additional lever at each end of the rocking shaft and this
lever may be made in two parts to allow of adjustment or each may carry a sliding
bracket similar to that hereinbefore described to act upon the shoe of the additional
poker.
The angular or L bracket which carries the anti-ballooning plate or thread guide
is made in two parts which slide for the purpose of adjusting the exact position of
the anti-ballooning plate or thread guide.
We e may also employ the motion of the lifting shaft in those frames where the
lift is thus given and use the same in conjunction with a lever and sliding bracket.
Dated this 12th day of March 1891.
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent for Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Anti-ballooning Motions for Ring Spinning or
Doubling Frames.
We, JOSHUA HOYLE Cotton Spinner, of Bacup, in the County of Lancaster,
and BENJAMIN ALFRED DOBSON, Machine Maker, of Bolton, in the same County,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manuer the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of our invention is to improve the method of controlling the motion
of anti-ballooning plates or thread guides as applied to ring spinning or doubling
frames.
In some cases the anti-ballooning plates or thread guides have been fixed at an
intermediate position and automatically taken out of the way when the ring rail
rose to a certain height.
In another arrangement the anti-ballooning plate or thread guide was fixed to
the ring rail and moved by the same reciprocal motion.
Neither of these arrangements have proved quite satisfactory, particularly where
the bobbins are built in parallel layers to wind off the side, so we have designed a
method by which the anti-ballooning plates or thread guides can be controlled or
adjusted whilst using the same motion as that of the ring rail thereby avoiding the
necessity for a lifting shaft or extra motion.
In carrying our improvements into effect in those ring frames where we have
lifting pokers and rocking shafts we place between the poker and the centre of the
rocking shaft an additional poker which has an angular or L bracket so as to clear
the ring rail and which holds the anti-ballooning plate or thread guide in position
above the ring rail.
The foot of this lifting poker is provided with a shoe which is prolonged in the
direction of the centre of the rocking shaft and on the arm of the ordinary lifting
lever which is attached to the rocking shaft and which lifts the ring rail poker in
the ordinary way we have a sliding bracket rounded on its upper surface and
fastened by a set screw. This bracket can be moved so as to act upon any part of
the shoe of the anti-ballooning plate or thread guide poker; thus by placing it
further from or nearer to the centre the course of the motion of the anti-ballooning
plate or thread guide can be regulated at will.
We may also attach an additional lever at each end of the rocking shaft and this
lever may be made in two parts to allow of adjustment or cach may carry a
sliding bracket similar to that herein before described to act upon the shoe of the
additional poker.
The angular or L bracket which carries the anti-ballooning plate or thread guide
is made in two parts which slide for the purpose of adjusting the exact position of
the anti-ballooning plate or thread guide.
And in order that our invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect we will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference being had to
the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a side view of part of a ring spinning or doubling machine to which our
improvements are applied.
Figs. 2 and 24 are sectional end views of part of Fig. 1 and
Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of parts.
In the drawings, a represents the spindle rail of the machine, 6 the spindles on
which are mounted bobbins c, d the ring rail shown in two positions in Fig. 2 and
e the pokers for actuating the same.
The anti-ballooning plate fis mounted on pivots g mounted adjustably on specially
shaped angular brackets / so as to clear the lifting or ring rail d and the brackets h
are mounted on additional pokers i supported in the spindle rail a and each
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page_text: carrying at its foot a shoe ¹ the projecting portion of which rests upon an adjustable
bracket secured by a set screw to the usual lifting levers k mounted on the rocking.
shaft 1.
The brackets can be adjusted on the levers k so as to act upon any part of the
shoes whereby the course of the motion given to the anti-ballooning plate f can
be regulated at will and quite independently of the lifting motion given to the
lifting or ring rail d by means of the rounded end or bowls m on the lifting levers k
and the pokers e.
The pivots y on which the ballooning plate f is mounted are held at each end of
the frame in a split bracket g¹, see Fig. 2, to prevent it coming out of its position
and the middle pivots or some of them are in open brackets g' as shown in Fig. 2^,
and by means of a slot in gl and g³ and a bolt for securing these parts to the angular
brackets the ballooning plate can be adjusted relatively to the ring rail d; or
in place of separate pivots g a continuous round or square shaft could be employed
to support the anti-ballooning plate.
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In place of mounting the adjustable brackets j on the lifting levers k we may
employ separate levers and mount the brackets j thereon or we may dispense with
the brackets; and employ separate double levers n, n' see Fig. 3, one part n of
which is secured on the rocking shaft I, and the other part n' is secured adjustably
to the portion n so as to bring its rounded end to bear upon any desired portion of
the shoes on the pokers i.
We may also employ the motion of the lifting shaft I to those frames where the
lift is thus given and use the same in conjunction with a lever and sliding
bracket.
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 combination with the anti-ballooning plates or thread guides and
additional pokers or equivalents, of the adjustable brackets or their equivalents
mounted upon the lifting levers substantially as and for the purposes herein set
forth.
2. The combination with open anti-ballooning plates or thread guides arranged
to be turned or moved out of the way to facilitate doffing, of additional pokers
actuated by adjustable brackets or equivalents from the rocking shaft by which the
ordinary pokers receive their reciprocating motion substantially as and for the
purposes herein set forth.
3. The combination with anti-ballooning plates or thread guides and additional
pokers i, of the angular brackets h arranged substantially as and for the purposes
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. The combined arrangement of parts embodying our improvements in ring
spinning and doubling frames substantially as and for the purposes herein described
and as illustrated by the drawings annexed.
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H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for Applicants.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for Applicants.