Improvements in or connected with Spinning and Doubling. Frames.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in or connected with Spinning and Doubling. Frames.
We,' SAMUEL HERBERT BROOKS of the Firm of Brooks & Doxey, Union Iron
Works, West Gorton in the County of Lancaster, Machine Makers and THOMAS
GOODBEHERE, of the Union Iron Works aforesaid, Manager, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In doubling and similar frames it has hitherto been customary to fix the glass
(or other) guide rod but we now consider that considerable advantage will arise
by making the guide rod adjustable so as to bring the delivery edge of same perpen-
dicularly above the spindle.
For this purpose we provide a bracket or fixing formed in two parts one to be
bolted to the beam or other fixed part of the frame and the other to slide to and
fro thereon and secured by a set screw bolt or similar device.
We plane or mill out the top of the fixed bracket which is of L shape and plane
or otherwise fit the movable piece thereto.
The guide rod is fitted by its ends to two of these movable brackets and by
moving the brackets can be adjusted accurately until it is perpendicularly above
the spindle.
Dated this 12th day of Decembo 1896
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Spinning and Doubling Frames.
We, SAMUEL HERBERT BROOKS, of the Firm of Brooks & Doxey, Union Iron
Works, West Gorton in the County of Lancaster, 'Machine Makers and THOMAS
GOODBEHERE, of the Union Iron Works aforesaid, Manager, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
In doubling and similar frames as hitherto constructed, it has been customary
to make the guide rod (of glass or other material) over which the threads or yarn
pass on their way to the spindles, a fixture or without any means of adjustment.
We find that considerable advantage will accrue by making this guide rod adjust-
able, so as to bring the delivery edge of the same perpendicularly above the spindle.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying draw-
ings, in which sufficient of a doubling frame is shown for the purpose of
illustration.

page_text: Fig. 2. Transverse section.
To the front of the beam A we bolt or otherwise affix a number of brackets B
each carrying on its top, a sliding piece or second bracket C, capable of being
moved to or from the beam A, to be adjusted in any desired position and secured
by a set screw c.
The top of the bracket B which is preferably of L shape is planed or milled and
the movable bracket C is planed or otherwise accurately fitted thereto.
These brackets are affixed at intervals along the front of the beam A and each
pair carries a guide board D to which is attached the guide rod E. Thus each
section or length of the guide rod E may be adjusted or set, to bring it into the
desired position, preferably perpendicularly above the spindle.
If desired, the guide rod E may be fitted by its ends direct to the movable
brackets C, and the guide board D dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
In spinning and doubling frames the combination with the guide rod of a
movable bracket affixed to the beam by which the guide rod is carried, whereby
its position can be adjusted as desired substantially as described.
Dated this 7th day of July 1897.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool and London, Patent Agents.