IMPROVEMENTS IN RINGS FOR RING AND TRAVELLER SPINNING FRAMES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark of the firm of A. M and
W. Clark of 53 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex Fellow of the
Institute of Patent Agents for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN RINGS FOR
RING AND TRAVELLER SPINNING FRAMES communicated to him from abroad
by Gilman Jaquith of Maysville in the County of Mason and State of
Kentucky, United States of America
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Melville Clark
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th March 1883.
ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK of the firm of A. M. and W. Clark of 53 Chancery
Lane in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN RINGS FOR RING AND TRAVELLER SPINNING FRAMES." "
municated to him from abroad by Gilman Jaquith of Maysville in the County of
Mason and State of Kentucky, United States of America]
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The object of this Invention is to provide a simple and cheap form of spinning
ring which shall automatically effect its own lubrication without the necessity of
frequently doing this by hand or otherwise. To this end the Invention consists in
a spinning ring having in its upper periphery, or flange around which the traveller
moves, an annular oil chamber or reservoir with openings only at the top or at a
point through which the oil cannot run out from gravity, and through which the
oil is introduced. With a spinning ring so constructed with an annular reservoir,
it is found that the upper portion of the spinning ring is constantly and uniformly
lubricated with a small but sufficient quantity of oil as long as the supply lasts.
The manner in which the oil passes from the annular chamber to the exterior of
the walls of the ring without special openings through which it may gravitate,
occurs in two ways, first, the oil penetrates the natural pores of the thin metallic
walls of the chamber and oozes out on the exterior as a thin sweat; and secondly, in
the rapid revolution of the traveller, its centrifugal action and induction effect on the
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page_text: air draws some of the vapors of the oil out through the inlet holes which condenses
on the exterior of the cold metal, or a small quantity of the oil adhering to the
walls of the inner chamber by surface adhesion is constantly drawn to the exterior
through the filling holes by the induction of the traveller.
The oil chamber or receptacle is constructed by grooving the top of the flange so
as to leave two upright thin metal walls with a small space between them, which
walls are then brought together at the top, thus forming the closed annular cavity
or oil receptacle on top of and all around the ring. Two or more small apertures
are made in the upper part of this close oil receptacle for the expulsion of air at
one of said apertures when replenishing the receptacle or cavity with oil at the
other

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Alexander Melville Clark in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
5th September 1883.
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ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK of the firm of A. M. and W. Clark of 53 Chancery
Lane in the County of Middlesex Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RINGS FOR BING AND TRAVELLER SPINNING FRAMES "
A communication to me from abroad by Gilman Jaquith, of Maysville, in the
County of Mason and State of Kentucky, United States of America
The object of this Invention is to provide a simple and cheap form of spinning
ring, which shall automatically effect its own lubrication without the necessity of
frequently doing this by hand, or otherwise. To this end, the invention consists
in a spinning ring having in its upper periphery, or flange, around which the
traveller moves, an annular oil chamber or reservoir with openings only at the top
or at a point through which the oil cannot run out from gravity, and through
which the oil is introduced. With a spinning ring so constructed with an annular
reservoir it is found that the upper portion of the spinning ring is constantly and
uniformly lubricated with a small but sufficient quantity of oil, as long as the
supply lasts.
The manner in which the oil passes from the annular chamber to the exterior of
the walls of the ring, without special openings through which it may gravitate,
occurs in two ways, viz: first, the oil penetrates the natural pores of the thin
metallic walls of the chamber and oozes out on the exterior as a thin sweat, and,
secondly, in the rapid revolution of the traveller its centrifugal action and
induction effect on the air, draws some of the vapors of the oil out through the
inlet holes, which condenses on the exterior of the cold metal or a small quantity
of the oil adhering to the walls of the inner chamber by surface adhesion is
constantly drawn to the exterior through the filling holes by the induction of the
traveller.
In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents in
perspective a spinning ring with a segment broken out of its periphery, the said
ring being in an unfinished state, and showing the first step of forming the annular
chamber by turning a groove in its flange or upper periphery. Figure 2 is a
similar view of the ring, having its annular chamber completed by the closure of
the walls of the groove, the ring being shown seated in a portion of the rail which
is here shown in section.
A indicates the ring and 6 bits flange on and around which the traveller B
moves. Said flange is made hollow or formed with an oil receptacle c in its upper
part. This receptacle is constructed by grooving the top of the flange, as in
figure 1, so as to leave two upright thin metal walls with a small space between
them. These two separated walls are then brought together at the top, thus
forming the closed annular cavity or oil receptacle c on top of and all around
the ring. Two, or more small apertures & must be made in the upper part of this
close oil receptacle for the expulsion of air, at one of said apertures when replenishing
the receptacle or cavity with oil at the other.
The oil contained in this receptacle serves to lubricate the ring as the traveller B
rapidly revolves around and over it, acting in the way heretofore indicated, and
thereby preventing the traveller from wearing, and giving a perfectly uniform
friction to it, and consequently uniform tension to the thread.
To explain the advantages of this construction of the ring, and method of
lubricating it for the traveller, it may be here briefly stated that the manner of

page_text: oiling heretofore practiced has been to put the oil on the outer surface of the top
of the ring, which oil the traveller (that moves with a velocity of five or six
thousand revolutions, a minute, more or less), almost immediately clears from the
ring, excepting the small quantity, if any, that penetrates the pores of the iron of
which the ring is made. This produces a very light friction of the traveller, when
the ring is freshly oiled and the frame is first started, but an increased one as the
oil is thrown off, and this increases the tension on the thread by which the traveller
is propelled. It consequently becomes necessary to replenish oil to the traveller
several times in the course of a day, and even then uniformity of tension or friction
is not secured. With the present improvement, on the contrary, fresh oiling need
not be resorted to oftener than once in four or five weeks, and a uniform
friction is obtained, also only a small proportion of the oil formerly used, is
required, and a great saving in cleaning the work and very much less of breakage
of "ends" and consequently bad places or piecings takes place,- besides a great
saving in waste.
.
Having described the nature of the said Invention and the manner of performing
the same I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the
herein before in part recited Letters Patent is:
A spinning ring having in its upper peripheral edge or flange an annular oil
reservoir with inlet orifices for introducing the oil, substantially as shown and
'described.
:
In witness whereof I the said Alexander Melville Clark, have hereunto set my
hand and seal this fifth day of September. A.D. 1883.