IMPROVEMENTS IN MOUNTING THE BALLOONING PLATES OR WIRES OF RING SPINNING AND DOUBLING FRAMES AND IN MECHANISM FOR ACTUATING THE SAME
Year: 1884

page_text: We BENJAMIN ALFRED DOBSON, Machine Maker, of Kay St Works, Bolton in
the County of Lancaster and EDWARD GILLOW, Foreman of the same place, do
hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MOUNTING THE
BALLOONING PLATES OR WIRES OF RING SPINNING AND DOUBLING FRAMES AND IN
MECHANISM FOR ACTUATING THE SAME, to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to the ballooning plates or wires of ring spinning or
doubling frames.
In spinning and doubling when the spindles commence to run the ballooning
plates or wires are required to prevent the yarn ballooning on account of the
distance from the thread guide to the bottom of the bobbin, but as the bobbins fill,
the ballooning plates or wires are no longer necessary: our Invention consists in
an improved method of mounting the balloon plates or wires and in mechanisın for
causing the ballooning plates or wires to move out of the way automatically when
not required.
To effect this we employ a rod or shaft extending the whole length of the frame
and fitted in stationary bearings: the ballooning plates or wires are fixed on this
rod and are held in their working position by a suitable catch: as the ring rail
ascends when the bobbins are about half full or more or less an incline on a
bracket secured to the ring rail comes in contact with and displaces the catch
thereby releasing the ballooning plates or wires which are turned upward out of
the way beneath the thread boards by means of a weighted lever secured to the
rod.
To return the ballooning plates or wires automatically to their working position
after the bobbins have been filled and the ring rails lowered for the purpose of
doffing, we fit a shaft that extends from the frame end to the first spring piece and
near one end of the shaft we fix a lever which is actuated by the finger which
forms the cop bottom and on the other end of this shaft we fix another lever con-
nected to a lever fixed on the rod which carries the ballooning plates or wires, so
that when the finger which forms the cop bottom is moved back into position for
the next set to be started it operates the first named lever and so communicates

page_text: motion to the rod which carries the ballooning plates or wires, causing it to turn
partly round and so move the latter into position ready for working.
The
The rod which carries the ballooning plates or wires may be connected to the
ring rail if desired, or to other convenient part of the machine, preferably to the
spring piece. We fit one of these rods on either side of the frame and connect
them together by levers or otherwise to insure their simultaneous action.
operative may at any time release and swing the ballooning plates or wires out of
the way when necessary, for piecing or for other purposes and move them back
again into the working position.
When the distance from the fluted roller to the point of the spindle is great, such
as in machines for spinning or doubling certain yarns, our ballooning plates or
wires may be attached to the motion for actuating the ring rail to form the cop
and may be unlatched at a certain height or distance.
We may also fix the ballooning plates or wires on pivoted L levers (which may
or may not be connected by a longitudinal shaft) to admit of the ballooning plates
or wires being moved out of the way.
BENJAMIN ALFRED DOBSON.
EDWARD GILLOW.
H. B. Barlow,
Agent for Applicants.

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We BENJAMIN ALFRED DOBSON, Machine Maker, of Kay St Works, Bolton, in
the County of Lancaster, and EDWARD GILLOW, Foreman, of the same place, do
hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MOUNTING
THE BALLOONING PLATES OR WIRES OF RING SPINNING AND DOUBLING FRAMES,
AND IN MECHANISM FOR ACTUATING THE SAME, 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 the ballooning plates or wires of ring spinning and
doubling frames.
In spioning and doubling when the spindles commence to run the ballooning
plates or wires are required to prevent the yarn ballooning on account of the
distance from the thread guide to the bottom of the bobbin, but as the bobbins fill
the ballooning plates or wires are no longer necessary.
Our invention consists in an improved method of mounting the ballooning plates
or wires and in mechanism for causing the ballooning plates or wires to move out
of the way automatically when not required.
To effect this we employ a rod or shaft extending the whole length of the frame
and fitted in stationary bearings; the ballooning plates or wires are fixed on this
rod and are held in their working position by a suitable catch; as the ring rail
ascends when the bobbins are about half full, or more or less, an incline on a
bracket secured to the ring rail comes in contact with and displaces the catch
thereby releasing the ballooning plates or wires which are turned upward out of
the way, beneath the threadboards by means of a weighted lever secured to the
rod.
To return the ballooning plates or wires automatically to their working position
after the bobbins have been filled and the ring rails lowered for the purpose of
doffing, we fit a shaft that extends from the frame end to the first spring piece and
near one end of the shaft we fix a lever which is actuated by the finger which
forms the cop bottom and on the other end of this shaft we fix another lever con-
nected to a lever fixed on the rod which carries the ballooning plates or wires so
that when the finger which forms the cop bottom is moved back into position for
the next set to be started it operates the first named lever and so communicates
motion to the rod which carries the ballooning plates or wires, causing it to turn
partly round and so move the latter into position ready for working.
The rod which carries the ballooning plates or wires is connected preferably to
the roller beam or spring piece. We fit one of these rods on either side of the

page_text: frame and connect them together by levers or otherwise to ensure their simul-
taneous action. The operative may at any time release and swing the ballooning
plates or wires out of the way when necessary for piecing or for other purposes
and move them back again' into the working position.
We may also fix the ballooning plates or wires on pivoted L levers (which may
or may not be connected by a longitudinal shaft) to admit of the ballooning plates
or wires being moved out of the way.
And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect we will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
reference being bad to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 an end view of part of a spinning or
doubling frame to which our Invention is applied and Figs: 3 and -4 are views of a
modification of our Invention.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
In Figs. 1 and 2.-a a are the rods or shafts fitted in the stationary bearings a¹
secured to the roller beam a²: bb are the ballooning plates or wires fixed on the
shaft a and held in their working position by the catch c which is pivoted to the
frame;
d is the ring rail on which is secured the adjustable inclined bracket e
which as the ring rail ascends when the bobbins are about half full comes in
contact with and displaces the catch c moving it into the position shown in dotted
lines, thereby releasing the ballooning plates or wires b which are turned up out of
the way beneath the thread boards into the position shown in dotted lines by.
means of the weighted lever f secured to the rod a. The rods aa which are fitted
one on either side of the frame are connected together by the levers g in order to
insure their simultaneous action; is the shaft which we fit in suitable bearings.
in the lower part of the frame and which extends from the frame end to the first
spring piece i; near one end of this shaft is fixed a lever h¹ and near the other end
the slotted lever j which is connected by the rod k to the slotted lever fixed on
the rod a. The shortening finger m which forms the cop bottom is mounted on
the boss of the worm wheel n which is driven by the worm o fixed on the shaft o'
so that when the finger m is moved back into position ready for the next set to be
started by turning the handle o' of the worm shaft o the finger m comes in contact
with and moves the lever h¹ thereby communicating motion to the shaft h, lever j,
and rod k and so turning the rods a a partly round and moving the ballooning
plates or wires b back into the position shown in full lines on the Drawing,
i.e. ready for working. The rod k is jointed at k and provided with a handle k so
that the operative may at any time by releasing the catch c and pushing the
handle swing the ballooning plates or wires b out of the way.
Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate a modification of our Invention in which we fix the
ballooning plates or wires b on pivoted L levers p which may (or may not be con-
nected together by the longitudinal shaft q as shown in the Drawings, one arm of
the lever p is connected by a rod k to a slotted lever ; (see Figs. 1 and 2) and
the motion is the same as that already described.
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 method of mounting ballooning plates or wires and the mechanism for
actuating the same whereby the said ballooning plates or wires are automatically
moved out of the way when no longer required and are automatically returned to
their working position when the shortening finger is moved back into position
ready for the next set to be started, substantially in the manner herein shown and
described, for the purposes specified.
2. The method of mounting ballooning plates or wires and the mechanism for
actuating the same whereby the said ballooning plates or wires may at any time be

page_text: turned up out of the way and moved back again into their working position by
the operative, substantially in the manner herein shewn and described, for the
purposes specified.
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent for Applicants,
4, Mansfield Chambers,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.