Improvements in Anti-ballooning Plates for Spinning and Doubling Frames.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 26th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Anti-ballooning Plates for Spinning and Doubling
Frames.
We, DOBSON AND BARLOW LIMITED, of Kay Street Works, Bolton, in the
County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, and THOMAS HENRY RUSHTON, of the
same address, Governing Director, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in anti-ballooning plates for spinning
and doubling frames, and the object of our improvements is to construct a
strong and light anti-ballooning plate with curved smooth edges against which
the yarn when it balloons comes into contact.
It has hitherto been customary to make the anti-ballooning plates of cast
or wrought iron, in which cases the edges of the metal against which the yarn
may come into contact requires to be machined and got up round and smooth
to prevent chafing the yarn.
According to our improvements we take a plate of sheet metal, preferably of
steel, of suitable length and width and we stamp or cut this plate out approxi-
mately to the shape of a finished anti-ballooning plate, leaving however, sufficient
metal which according to our invention we flange or turn in round the openings
for the spindles either on the under or upper surface so that the curved smooth
edges are presented to the yarn.
As an alternative construction we employ a sheet metal plate, preferably of
steel, and stamp or cut this out approximately to the shape of a finished anti-
ballooning plate, but instead of flanging the openings in the plate we solder
or otherwise secure separate curved, flanged plates of metal along the edges
of the openings, the metal projecting either below or above or both below and
above; or, as a further alternative, we may take pieces of light sheet metal
and bend and fold them so as to clip over the anti-ballooning plates and to
form a hollow bead along the edges of the openings in the anti-ballooning
plate to which they are secured in any convenient manner.
In another arrangement we propose to take a piece or any number of pieces
of wire, round, half round, or of other suitable section, and braze or solder
this wire to the edges of the openings in the anti-ballooning plate, to present
a smooth curved surface to the yarn.
By either of these constructions. we produce strong and light anti-ballooning
plates with the desired curved and smooth edges.
1
L
1900
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Anti-ballooning Plates for Spinning and Doubling
Frames.
We, DOBSON AND BARLOW LIMITED, of Kay Street Works, Bolton, in the
County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, and THOMAS HENRY RUSHTON, of the
same address, Governing Director, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement: —
Our invention relates to improvements in anti-ballooning plates for spinning
and doubling frames, and the object of our improvements is to construct a
strong and light anti-ballooning plate with curved smooth edges against which
the yarn when it balloons comes into contact.
It has hitherto been customary to make the anti-ballooning plates of cast
or wrought iron, in which cases the edges of the metal against which the yarn
may come into contact requires to be machined and got up round and smooth
to prevent chafing the yarn.
According to our improvements we take a plate of sheet metal, preferably of
steel, of suitable length and width and we stamp or cut this plate out approxi-
mately to the shape of a finished anti-ballooning plate, leaving however, sufficient
metal which according to our invention we flange or turn in round the openings
for the spindles either on the under or upper surface so that the curved smooth
edges are presented to the yarn.
:
As an alternative construction we employ a sheet metal plate, preferably of
steel, and stamp or cut this out approximately to the shape of a finished anti-
ballooning plate; but instead of flanging the openings in the plate we solder
or otherwise secure separate curved, flanged plates of metal along the edges
of the openings, the metal projecting either below or above or both below and
above; or, as a further alternative, we may take pieces of light sheet metal
and bend and fold them so as to clip over the anti-ballooning plates and to
form a hollow bead along the edges of the openings in the anti-ballooning
plate to which they are secured in any convenient manner.
In another arrangement we propose to take a piece or any number of pieces
of wire, round, half, round, or of other suitable section, and braze or solder
this wire to the edges of the openings in the anti-ballooning plate, to present
a smooth curved surface to the yarn.
By either of these constructions we produce strong and light anti-ballooning
plates with the desired curved and smooth edges.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figures 1, 4, 7 and 10 are plans, Figures 2, 5, 8 and 11 are longitudinal
sectional elevations and Figures 3, 6, 9 and 12 are transverse sectional eleva-
tions of parts of four anti-ballooning plates constructed according to our present
improvements.
In each of these views 1 designates the plate of sheet metal stamped or
otherwise formed approximately to the shape of a finished anti-ballooning
plate.
In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 we flange or turn in the edges 2 round the openings
for the spindles so as to present smooth surfaces to the yarn.
In Figs. 4. 5 and 6 we attain the same object by soldering or otherwise
securing to the plate 1 a separate strip of half round tube along the edges
of the spindle openings,

page_text: In Figs. 7, 8 and 9 we attain the same object by soldering or otherwise
securing to the plate 1 the flanges 5 of a hollow bead 6.
In Figs. 10, 11 and 12 we attain the same object by soldering or otherwise
securing a round or half round wire 7 along the edges of the openings in the
plate 1.
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. An anti-ballooning plate formed out of sheet metal and having its edges
rounded by flanging, turning in or by securing a separate rounded part to them
in order to present smooth surfaces to the yarn substantially as herein set
forth.
2. An anti-ballooning plate formed out of sheet metal and having its edges
turned over in order to present smooth surfaces to the yarn substantially as
herein described and as illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
3. An anti-ballooning plate formed out of sheet metal and having a strip
of half round tube secured along the edges of the spindle openings in order
to present smooth surfaces to the yarn substantially as herein described and
as illustrated by Figs. 4, 5 and 6.
4. An anti-ballooning plate formed out of sheet metal and having the flanges
of a hollow bead secured along the edges of the spindle openings in order to
present smooth surfaces to the yarn substantially as herein described and as
illustrated by Figs. 7, 8 and 9.
5. An anti-ballooning plate formed out of sheet metal and having a round
or half round wire secured along the edges of the spindle openings in order
to present smooth surfaces to the varn substantially as herein described and
as illustrated by Figs. 10, 11 and 12.
1
1000
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.