A Novel Appliance for Spinning Wet Yarns such as Flax or Hemp on Tubes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 15th Aug., 1830-Accepted, 20th Sept, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Novel Appliance for Spinning Wet Yarns such as Flax or Hemp
on Tubes.
JOHN MCFERRAN, of Barnageeha, Fort William Park, Belfast, Merchant, and JOHN
BARBOUR PIRRIE, of Green Edge, Carrickfergus, Ireland, Mill Manager, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This novel appliance for spinning wet yarns on tubes of paper or other suitable
material consists of elastic or compressible taper bobbins or sockets upon which the
tubes are placed when being covered with yarn in the spinning process.
This appliance is designed to facilitate the removal of the taper bobbin or socket
from the tube before the drying process instead of allowing the taper bobbin or socket
to remain in the yarn covered tube during the drying process.
The elastic or compressible iaper bobbin or socket is removed from the tube
which has yarn on it by simply compressing the bobbin or socket which can then
be withdrawn from the tube.
By removing the tapered internal socket from the tube the operation of drying
the yarn is hastened as both the inner and outer surface is exposed to the heated air
of the drying chamber and fewer sockets are required for the same number of
spinning spindles owing to those in the drying process as described in Application
No. 15,206 89 being dispensed with.
Dated this 14th day of Novembar 1820
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Novel Appliance for Spinning Wet Yarns such as Flax or Hemp
on Tubes.
JOHN MCFERRAN, of Barnageeha, Fort William Park, Belfast, Merchant, and Joux
BARBOUR PIRRIE, of Green Edge, Carrickfergus, Ireland, Mill Manager, 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 novel appliance for spinning wet yarns on tubes of paper or other suitable
material consists of elastic or compressible taper bobbins or sockets upon which the
tubes are placed when being covered with yarn in the spinning process.
This appliance is designed to facilitate the removal of the taper bobbin or socket
from the tube before the drying process instead of allowing the taper bobbin or
socket to remain in the yarn covered tube during the drying process.
This appliance is illustrated in the drawing herewith, Fig. 1 shewing the form
of compressible socket for carrying the thin flexible paper tubes in wet ring spinning
frames for flax and such like fibres. Fig. 2 shews the form of compressible socket
for carrying the thin flexible paper tubes in wet spinning frames with flyers for flax
and such like fibres.
The compressible socket is made of copper brass or other suitable elastic substance
and has a slit or opening the entire length which acts as a key to the flexible paper
tube upon which the yarn is wound during the spinning process and prevents the
tube from turning round upon the socket.
The elastic or compressible taper bobbin or socket is removed from the paper tube

page_text: which has yarn on it by simply compressing the bobbin or socket at the thick end it
can then be withdrawn from the paper tube.
By removing the tapered internal socket from the paper tube the operation of
drying the yarn is hastened as both the inner and outer surface is exposed to the
heated air of the drying chamber and fewer sockets are required for the same number
of spinning spindles owing to those in the drying process as described in Application
No. 15,2068 being dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
Compressible bobbins or sockets for carrying flexible paper tubes in the process of
wet spinning flax and such like fibres.
Dated this 13th day of August. 1890.