AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING SPINNING RINGS
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR
REPAIRING SPINNING RINGS."-A communication from abroad by
Charles Albert Shaw, of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of
America.
Sealed the 11th May 1875, and dated the 27th November 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 27th November 1874.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS
for Repairing SPINNING RINGS," a communication, to be as follows :—
This Invention relates to the repairing of spinning rings which have
become unfitted for use by wear or breakage, is carried into practise by
) having a race or top constructed as herein-after more fully set forth, and

page_text: attached to the neck or body of the ring by means of ordinary soft solder,
the object being not only to facilitate and cheapen the process of
repairing, but to preserve the base or body of the ring when once fitted
to the rail.
It is well known to all conversant with the art of cotton spinning that 5
the rings in ring spinning frames are soon destroyed by the action of the
traveller, and also frequently become injured from various causes,
rendering them unfit to perform good work. In repairing such rings it
has heretofore generally been found necessary to throw away nearly all
of those having much worn or badly damaged races or tops, the results 1
being great pecuniary loss and other disadvantages, as when a ring is
once perfectly fitted to the rail it is of great importance not to change
it for another where it can be avoided, the difficulties and objections in
that respect being obvious.
.
In repairing a spinning ring according to this Invention the broken or 1
imperfect race or top is first removed in any convenient manner by
suitable tools, leaving a perfectly smooth and even surface. A new racc
or top is then applied and secured in position by means of ordinary soft
solder.
The new race is preferably constructed of sheet metal of suitable 2
thickness, either iron or steel (fine fibrous iron being best), by
stamping the same out with proper dies or punches, and of the right size
to fit the neck of the ring. The race so made is then polished and
"tinned" upon one side, the upper edge or surface of the reduced ring
being correspondingly tinned or covered with a thin coating of soft 2
solder, and the base and race being then united by heat.
In cutting down the ring preparatory to applying the new race I prefer
to leave a portion of the old race attached to the neck of the ring when-
ever the condition of the parts will admit of the same, as it gives a greater
bearing surface or firmer seat to the new race.
It is important that the races and bodies of rings repaired by my
improved method should be concentric, and to ensure this result, and as
affording means for rapidly and properly performing the operation of
attaching the races to the bodies by solder as described, I make use of
the following device. A circular iron or metal stock has its lower portion 3
inserted in a proper furnace or fire-pot for keeping the same hot. Rising
3

page_text: from the centre of the said stock there is a standard, in the top of which
is disposed a removable key or cross bar. A sleeve or collar threaded
with a male screw is fitted to slide over the standard, and upon this sleeve
there is screwed a nut provided with a handle.
In using this device to attach the base and race of the ring, the key,
sleeve, and nut are removed from the standard. The race being first
tinned upon one side is then slipped over the standard and dropped upon
the stock, the tinned side of the race being uppermost. The base, first
having its upper surface properly tinned, is then passed over the standard
with its tinned side downward, or in such a manner that the tinned
portions of the base and race shall be brought into contact. The sleeve
and its nut are then.placed upon the standard, and the key is inserted
above them, when by turning the nut by means of the said handle the
race and base will be brought forcibly together and held firmly in position,
the heat from the furnace in which the part is inserted being sufficient to
melt the solder and unite the parts of the ring in a manner which will
be readily obvious without a more explicit description.
When the parts are properly joined they may be cooled and the ring
removed in any convenient manner.
After a ring has been once repaired by my improved process it may be
very easily repaired a second time, a slight degree of heat applied to the
ring being all that is necessary to cause the parts so joined to separate,
when a new top or race may be applied as in the first instance.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 26th May 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give

page_text: and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special licence
that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert Lake, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during t
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
"AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING SPINNING RINGS," a
communication to me from abroad by Charles Albert Shaw, of Boston, 1
Massachusetts, United States of America, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Robert Lake, 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 1
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 William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the 2
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawing forming a part of this Specification :--
This Invention relates to the repairing of spinning rings which have
become unfitted for use by wear or breakage, and is carried into practise
by having a race or top constructed as herein-after more fully set forth,
and attached to the neck or body of the ring by means of ordinary soft
solder, the object being not only to facilitate and cheapen the process of
repairing but to preserve the base or body of the ring when once fitted
to the rail.
It is well known to all conversant with the art of cotton spinning that
the rings in ring spinning frames are soon destroyed by the action of the
traveler, and also frequently become injured from various causes,
rendering them unfit to perform good work. In repairing such rings it
has heretofore generally been found necessary to throw away nearly all
of those having much worn or badly damaged races or tops, the results
being great pecuniary loss and other disadvantages, as when a ring is

page_text: once perfectly fitted to the rail it is of great importance not to change it
for another where it can be avoided, the difficulties and objections in
that respect being obvious.
In repairing a spinning ring according to this Invention the broken or
imperfect race or top is first removed in any convenient manner by
suitable tools, leaving a perfectly smooth and even surface. A new race
or top is then applied and secured in position by means of ordinary soft
solder.
The new race is preferably constructed of sheet metal of suitable
thickness, either iron or steel (fine fibrous iron being best), by stamping
the same out with proper dies or punches of the right size to fit the neck
of the ring. The race so made is then polished and "tinned" upon one
side, the upper odge or surface of the reduced ring being correspondingly
“ tinned” or covered with a thin coating of soft solder, and the base and
race being then united by heat as herein-after described or in any
other convenient manner.
Figure 1 is a perspective view mustrating this invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a ring with the new race
attached, and Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same, also in
perspective.
Figure 4 is a vertical section of a device herein-after described.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the Drawing.
A represents the body or base of the ring after being cut down or
reduced; B represents the "tinned" surface of the old ring or the point
at which the race and ring are united by the solder; D is the shoulder
which rests upon the rail when the ring is in place; and C, the new
race or top ready to be applied.
In cutting down the ring preparatory to applying the new race I
prefer to leave a portion of the old race attached to the neck of the
ring whenever the condition of the parts will admit of the same, as
it gives a greater bearing surface or firmer seat to the new race.
It is important that the races and bodies of rings repaired by my
improved method should be concentric, and to insure this result, and

page_text: as affording means for rapidly and properly performing the operation
of attaching the races to the bodies by solder as described, I make
use of the device shown in vertical section, Figuro 4, in which K is a
circular iron or other metal stock designed to have its lower portion M
inserted in a proper furnace or fire-pot for keeping the same hot, the
dotted line x, x, representing the top of the furnace. Rising from
the centre of the stock K there is a standard K³, in the top of which
is disposed the removable key or cross bar H. A sleeve or collar G
formed with a male screw thread is fitted to slide over the standard K¹,
and upon this sleeve there is screwed the nut E provided with the
handle F.
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In using this devico to attach the base and race of the ring, the
key H, sleeve G, and nut E are removed from the standard K', the
race C being first tinned upon one side, is then slipped over the
standard K' and dropped upon the stock K, the tinned side of the
race being uppermost. The base A, first having its upper surface pro-
perly "tinned," is then passed over the standard with its "tinned" side
downward, or in such a manner that the "tinned "portions of the base and
race shall be brought into contact. The sleeve G and its nut E are then
placed upon the standard, and the key His inserted above them, then by
turning the nut by means of the handle F the race and base will be-
brought forcibly together and held firmly in position, the heat from the
furnace in which the part M is inserted being sufficient to melt the solder
and unite the parts of the ring in a manner which will be readily obvious
without a more explicit description.
When the parts are properly joined they may be cooled and the ring
removed in any convenient manner.
It will be understood that the standard K' is to be of suitable size to
"centre" the body or base A and annulus or race C, or to retain them
in a proper position with respect to each other while being united as
described.
This mode of repairing a ring allows the base or part fitted to the rail
to be preserved, and obviates all refitting, as in the case of new rings.
It will also be seen that after a ring has been once repaired by my
improved process it may be very easily repaired a second time, a slight
degree of heat applied to the ring being all that is necessary to cause the
parts so joined to separate, when a new top or race may be applied as in
the first instance.

page_text: Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I
wish it understood that I claim,―
First. The improved process of repairing spinning rings, consisting in
removing the worn or broken race and applying a new one formed of
sheet metal or its equivalent, the race and base or body of the ring
being united by soft solder, as above set forth and for the purpose
specified.
Second. The improved device for repairing spinning rings, consisting
of the stock K, standard K¹, sleeve G, nut E, and key H, or their equi-
valents, combined to operate with a furnace or fire-pot, as herein set
forth and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have herc-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of May, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.
Witness,
HY. JAS. NOONE.
W. ROBT. LAKE. (L.S.)