CERTAIN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS OF SPINDLES, FLYERS, AND BOBBINS, APPLICABLEINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND DOUBLING FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Champion, of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Machine Maker, for the Invention of "CERTAIN
IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS OF SPINDLES, FLYERS, AND BOBBINS, APPLICABLE TO
Sealed the 12th June 1860, and dated the 14th December 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Champion, at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th December 1859.
I, JAMES CHAMPION, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS OF SPINDLES, FLYERS, AND BOBBINS, APPLICABLE
TO MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND DOUBLING FIBROUS
MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates, firstly, to an improved arrangement of the ordinary
throstle or doubling spindles, and flyers, and consists in fixing to the top lifting
rail a bolster or tube forming a support for the spindle, which tube enters
the interior of the bobbin to about half its length, the bobbin at that part
being bored larger so as not to touch the tube, its upper part being bushed in
order to fit the spindle and keep the bobbin steady, a drag being placed under
it in the usual manner.
Secondly, to a modification of the same, in which I employ a similar
bolster or tube attached to the lifting rail for forming a support to the spindle,
over which tube is placed another tube having a projecting seat which carries

page_text: the bobbin by means of a pin fixed in it or the seat, the upper part of the tube
fitting the spindle, and the lower part being perfectly clear of the inner tube.
Below the projecting seat is a circular groove which is intersected by a band
on each side kept tight by a weight or other contrivance so as to give an
uniform drag for winding the yarn on to the bobbins.
And, thirdly, to an improved arrangement of spindle bobbin and tubes in
connection with an inverted flyer. To the upper spindle rail, which is
stationary, I fix a bolster or tube for each spindle and flyer, which bolster
projects upwards into the interior of a second tube on which the flyer is fixed;
the upper part of the outer tube, for about half an inch in length, fitting the
spindle, which is the only part where it is held, except at the foot, which fits
an ordinary step in the bottom lifting rail, the spindle revolving freely in the
bearings. The top of the bobbin is attached to the spindle in any convenient
manner and transverses over the outer tube which projects nearly the entire
length of the flyer. The drag is given to the bobbins by passing a band on
each side of a grooved projection fixed to each spindle, the friction being
regulated by a weight attached to one end of the band or by any other means,
the other end of the band being fixed to a stud.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Champion in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 13th June 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
CHAMPION, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machine
Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said James Champion, Her special licence that I, the said James Champion,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
James Champion, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS OF SPINDLES, FLYERS, AND BOBBINS, APPLICABLE TO

page_text: MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, AND DOUBLING FIBROUS MA-
TERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James Champion,
my executors, or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Champion, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates, firstly, to an improved arrangement of the ordinary
throstles or doubling spindles, and flyers.
Secondly, to a modification of the same.
And thirdly, to an improved arrangement of spindle, bobbin, and tubes, in
connection with an inverted flyer.
These improvements will be clearly understood by referring to the figures
and letters on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings. Fig. 1 is a vertical
section of my improved arrangement of the ordinary throstle or doubling spindle
and flyer, and consists in fixing to the top lifting rail a, the bolster or tube
6, which forms a support for the spindle c.
The said tube b enters the interior
of the bobbin d, to about half its length or to any other suitable distance, the
bobbin at that part being bored larger so as not to touch the tube, and its
upper part bushed with a bush e, of metal or other suitable material in order
to fit the spindle and keep the bobbin steady, a dragf being placed under it
in the usual manner.
Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of a modification of the foregoing
improvements. To the top lifting rail g is attached the bolster or tube h,
forming a support to the spindle i. Over the bolster or tube is placed another
tube k, having a projecting seat 1, which carries the bobbin m, by means of a
pin n fixed either to the seat or the bobbin. The upper part of the said outer
tube k, fits the spindle as at o, and the lower part either fits or is clear of the
bolster or tube h. Below the projecting seat is a circular groove p, which is
intersected on each side by a band kept tight by a weight or other contrivance
so as to give an uniform drag for winding the yarn on the bobbin, but
when desired the groove may be dispensed with and the drag obtained by the
ordinary washer in the usual manner. When employed for rovings a toothed
wheel is fixed to the tube k, which carries the bobbin.

page_text: Fig. 3 represents an improved arrangement of spindle, bobbin, and tubes in
connection with an inverted flyer. To the upper spindle rail q, which is
stationary, I fix a bolster or tube r, for each spindle and flyer, which bolster
projects upwards into the interior of a second tube s, on which the flyer t
is fixed. The upper part of the said outer tube s fits the spindle u, for
about half an inch as at v, which is the only part where the said spindle is held
except the foot, which fits an ordinary step w, in the bottom of the lifting rail
2. The top of the bobbin is attached to the spindle in any convenient
manner, and traverses over the outer tube which projects nearly the entire
length of the flyer. The drag is given to the bobbins by passing a band on
each side of a grooved pulley or projection y fixed to each spindle. The
friction being regulated by a weight attached to one end of the band the other
end of which is fixed to a stud, but when desired the drag may be obtained in
any other suitable manner.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be distinctly understood that
I do not confine myself to the precise details herein set forth, but I claim
as my Invention.
First, the bushing of the bobbin to about half its length, as shewn at e,
Figure 1.
Secondly, the employment of an outer tube for carrying the bobbin as shewn
at o, Figure 2.
And, thirdly, the governing of the spindle at the top and bottom only, as
shewn at v and w, Figure 3, and also the drag as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Champion, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named James Champion, in the presence
of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.
JAMES CHAMPION. (L.S.)