IMPROVEMENTS IN ROVING AND DRAWING OR FINISHING FRAMES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Farrar, of Halifax, in the County of York,
Machine Maker, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ROVING AND
DRAWING OR FINISHING FRAMES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Farrar at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd December 1880.
JOSEPH FARRAR, of Halifax, in the County of York, Machine Maker.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ROVING AND DRAWING OR FINISHING FRAMES."
This Invention relates to that class of machinery employed in the worsted trade,
technically called roving and drawing or finishing frames.
In these frames flyers attached to the top of long spindles have been employed,
and the bobbins have been traversed up and down the spindles by means of a
lifting rail. Now my Invention consists in dispensing with the flyer and long
spindle, and in substituting therefor "rings and traveller," and short spindles arranged
somewhat as follows:-A short spindle is employed, having a flange or collar fixed
thereon, upon which the bobbin rests, and as the spindle revolves the bobbin is
turned around either by frictional contact with the collar, or by means of pegs
fitting into corresponding recesses in the bobbin.
The rings and traveller are attached to a lifting rail, and as it moves up and
down the yarn or thread is wound around the bobbins.
By this arrangement of machine considerably more speed can be given to the
spindles, consequently producing more work.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Farrar in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd June
1881.
JOSEPH FARRAR, of Halifax, in the County of York, Machine Maker.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ROVING AND DRAWING OR FINISHING FRAMES."
This Invention relates to that class of machinery employed in the worsted trade,
technically called roving and drawing or finishing frames. In these frames flyers
attached to the top of long spindles have been employed, and the bobbins have
been traversed up and down the spindles by means of a lifting rail. Now my
Invention consists in dispensing with the flyer and long spindle, and in substituting
therefor "rings and traveller," and short spindles arranged somewhat as follows:-
A short spindle is employed, having a flange or collar fixed thereon, upon which
the bobbin rests, and as the spindle revolves the bobbin is turned around either by
frictional contact with the collar, or by means of pegs fitting into corresponding
recesses in the bobbin.
In order that my Invention may be better understood, reference is given to
the accompanying Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof. A are the short spindles.
having a flange or collar B fixed thereon, and C are the bobbins resting upon the
said flange and driven thereby. D is the lifting rail provided with rings and
travellers E, so that as the lifting rail is moved up and down the yarn or thread is
wound around the bobbins. F is a flange or collar placed on the top of each
bobbin for the purpose of keeping the yarn off the upper rim of the bobbin.
By this arrangement of machine, and the employment of short spindles, con-
siderably more speed can be attained than by the employment of the flyers and
long spindles, consequently more yarn is produced in a given time.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed or carried into practice, I would have
it understood that I claim as my Invention (when applied to roving and drawing
or finishing frames), the employment of short revolving spindles A and non-
traversing bobbins when used in combination with rings and travellers attached to
a lifting rail, substantially as herein shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Farrar, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty first day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.