improvements in Preparing, spinning, Doubling, Twisting, and Winding Cotton and other Fibre, and in the Machinery therefor.
Year: 1885

page_text: improvements in Preparing, spinning, Doubling, Twisting, and
Winding Cotton and other Fibre, and in the Machinery
therefor.
We HUGH STEVENSON, of 21 Silver Street, Portland Street, Box Manufacturer,
JOHN WEBB, of 112 Grosvenor Street, All Saints, Manufacturer, and SAM HALLAM,
of 29 Clitheroe Street, Slade Lane, Longsight, Engineer, all in Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PREPARING, SPINNING, DOUBLING, TWISTING AND WINDING COTTON AND
OTHER FIBRE AND IN THE MACHINERY THEREFOR; to be as follows :―
In performing our Invention we dispense with the ordinary flyer, or ring
and traveller for putting twist into the roving or yarn under operation and
substitute therefor a revolving sleeve or tube supported by a bolster secured in
the spindle rail; on the upper part of the tube is a hollow cup or ferrule or its
equivalent which has a slit or hole, or may have a wire or other device fixed
across its opening near the top; the roving or yarn is passed preferably twice
through the slit, or over the wire to obtain the drag required as the roving or
yarn passes through the central hole in the tube and bolster where, it is twisted;
below the bolster is a grooved or plain tension guide pulley or wharve driven
preferably rather quicker than the front drawing rollers in order to keep a slight
tension on the yarn which passes one or more times round the pulley. When the
yarn is to be wound upon bobbins we prefer to employ a separate winding or
driving drum for each bobbin placed transversely to the frame and in order to
enable large bobbins and drums to be used we propose to place the driving drums
in two rows in different horizontal planes.
Below the spindle rail and tension pulley is a winding or thread rail with the
usual guide eyes for the yarn; the winding rail traverses in a horizontal plane to
and from the centre of the machine and over the winding drums on which the
bobbins rest the bobbins being driven by the frictional contact between the drums
and the yarn being wound on. The tension pulleys and the driving drums are
driven preferably by positive gearing from the front drawing roller shaft and thus
the yarn guided by the winding rail is wound on the bobbins at a uniform speed
irrespective of the increasing diameter of the bobbins as more yarn is wound
on them.

page_text: When the machine is constructed to spin or wind on to cops, the winding drums
are replaced by spindles or skewers, and a suitable motion in connection with the
winding rail is employed; the necessary varying speed of the spindle is effected
preferably by a frictional driving motion consisting of a disc bearing on a circular
plate, the disc being moved to and from the centre of the plate as required in order
to maintain a constant speed of winding to suit the shape and diameter of the cop.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Preparing, Spinning, Doubling, Twisting, and
Winding Cotton and other Fibre, and in the Machinery
therefor.
We, HUGH STEVENSON, of 21 Silver Street, Portland Street, Box Manufacturer,
JOHN WEBB, of 112 Grosvenor Street, All Saints, Manufacturer, and SAM HALLAM, 1
of 29 Clitheroe Street, Slade Lane, Longsight, Engineer, all in Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PREPARING, SPINNING, DOUBLING, TWISTING, AND WINDING COTTON AND
OTHER FIBRE AND IN THE MACHINERY THEREFOR, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
In performing our Invention we dispense with the ordinary flyer, or ring and
traveller for putting twist into the roving or yarn under operation and substitute
therefor a revolving sleeve or tube supported by a bolster secured in the spindle
rail; on the upper part of the tube is a hollow cup or ferrule or its equivalent
which has a slit or hole, or may have a wire or other device fixed across its opening
near the top; the roving or yarn is passed one or more times through the slit or
over the wire to obtain the drag required as the roving or yarn passes through the
central hole in the tube and bolster where it is twisted; below the holster is a
grooved or plain tension guide pulley or wharve driven preferably rather quicker
than the front drawing rollers in order to keep a slight tension on the yarn which
passes one or more times round the pulley. When the yarn is to be wound upon
bobbins we prefer to employ a separate winding or driving drum for each bobbin
placed transversely to the frame.
Below the spindle rail and tension pulley is a winding or thread rail with the
usual guide eyes for the yarn, the winding rail traverses in a horizontal plane to
and from the centre of the machine and over the winding drums on which the

page_text: bobbins rest, the bobbins being driven by the frictional contact between the drums
and the yarn being wound on. The tension pulleys and the driving drums are
driven preferably by positive gearing from the front drawing roller shaft and thus
the yarn guided by the winding rail is wound on the bobbins at a uniform speed
irrespective of the increasing diameter of the bobbins as more yarn is wound
on them.
And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect we will describe the accompanying three Sheets of Drawings, reference
being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an end elevation of a spinning frame to which our improvements are
applied. Fig. 2 is a front elevation on an enlarged scale of part of the same. Fig. 3
is an elevation and Fig. 4 a sectional elevation of the sleeve or tube supported by
a bolster secured in the spindle rail which we employ.
For the sake of clearness we will first describe the construction of the revolving
sleeve or hollow spindle as illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4.
a is the tube or hollow spindle which is slit at the top at a¹ and across this
slit al is fixed a wire a'; the tube a is supported in the bolster 6 which is secured
in the spindle rail c by a nut d and in the bolster b is formed the oil reservoir b¹
which supplies lubricant to the tube a; e is a bush secured to the bolster b and
forming a bearing for the tube a; fis the wharve formed on the casing or sleeve ₤1
and by means of which the tube a is driven by a band from the tin roller as usual.
The yarn or roving passes from the front drawing rollers g, see Figs. 1 and 2,
which are driven as usual from the front roller shaft g¹, the roving passes from the
drawing rollers g to the wire a round which it is passed, say once, and then carried
down the interior of the tube a to the tension drag roller h which is driven by
means of the gears h¹ and h' and worm wheel h³ from a worm fixed on a vertical
shaft i which is driven by means of a bevel pinion and a bevel wheel j from the
drawing roller shaft g'. The yarn or roving passes from the tension drag rollers h
round which it may pass one or more times through guide eyes k¹ on the winding
or thread rail k which is suspended by arms / pivoted to the rail k at l¹ and to
stationary brackets m at ; on the winding or thread rail k are levers n, which
carry antifriction bowls or rollers n¹ which are held in contact with a heart shaped
cam o by means of the cords or chains p and weights p¹. The cam o is fixed on
the revolving shaft o' which is driven by the gear o from any convenient part of
the machine and thus the levers k³ with the rail k are reciprocated or moved to and
fro by the action of the revolving cam and weights and chains.
The yarn passes from the guide eyes on the reciprocating winding rail k to the
two rows of bobbins q q' where it is wound on. The axis of each pair of
bobbins q q¹ is supported in vertical guide slots r formed in the frame and each
bobbin rests upon and is driven by frictional contact with a winding or driving
drum a mounted on a spindle s¹. All the spindles 8 of the winding or driving
drums 8 are geared together by spur wheels 8 and some of them carry worm
wheels which are driven by means of worms t¹ fixed upon a shaft t. The shaft t
has a bevel wheel t* fixed upon it which is driven by a bevel wheel u fixed on the
vertical shaft i the gearing being so speeded that the winding drums & are driven
at a uniform speed to correspond with the surface speed of the tension drag
rollers h which are speeded to run at the same or at a fractionally quicker rate of
speed than the front drawing rollers.
In applying our improvements to a doubling frame we dispense with the
drawing rollers and substitute therefor the ordinary delivery and weighted rollers.
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 general construction, combination, and arrangement of parts embodying
our improvements in machinery for preparing, spinning, doubling, and twisting
cotton and other fibres, substantially as herein set forth.

page_text: 2. The use of the revolving sleeve or hollow spindle constructed and applied
substantially as herein described and as illustrated by the Drawings, as a substitute
for a flyer or ring and traveller for putting twist into the roving or yarn when
spinning doubling or twisting.
3. The combination with a hollow spindle or tube such as a, of the slit a¹ and
wire a³ substantially as herein shown and described for the purposes specified.