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| Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. Only the patent drawing is available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
"The drawing and references which accompany this description, render it unnecessary to give the specification at length; we, therefore, will briefly state the nature of the invention.
The common flyer is dispensed with in this improved mode of spinning, a ring being substituted for it, for the purpose of distributing the yarn upon the bobbin. The ring is sufficiently large to admit of the bobbin, with the yarn wound thereon, passing through it. Upon the surface of this ring the yarn revolves, being drawn by the bobbin it twists, and receives it, and serving at the same time to keep the yarn at a proper distance from, and to distribute it upon, the bobbin. The ring is placed in a circular groove, in a circular plate, H, Fig. 4. This plate encompasses the bobbin and may be made to vibrate over it by the motion of the rail to which it is attached, or the spindle and bobbin may be made to vibrate, as may be preferred. The lips that form the groove are of a circle smaller in diameter than the ring, in order to retain it in its place. The depth of the groove is such as to allow the ring to yield to the pressure of the yarn. The ring thus fitting loosely, permits it to yield on either side, so as to allow a space for the revolving of the thread between it and the groove, whilst the friction which it sustains, causes it to wind sufficiently tight upon the bobbin.
The plate is opened on the front by a narrow saw kerf, running obliquely through it from right to left, which allows a free passage of the yarn from the outside of the plate to the ring.
The spindles differ from others only in their being shorter above their upper bearing; they have a collar on them, on which the bobbin sets, and with which it is connected by two pins, or studs, extending upward, and entering two corresponding holes in the base of the bobbin. Either a common, or weaver's, bobbin may be used, and may be readily taken off and put on to the spindle. When constructed for a weaver's bobbin, the collar on which the bobbin rests has a spiral spring under it, and when the yarn breaks it can readily be pressed down, and joined, without taking the bobbin off. When on a common spinning bobbin, the yarn breaks above the plate and ring, it must be taken off, in order to mend, or piece the yarn.
The bobbin that is intended for the shuttle, has its shaft in two parts, being split nearly from point to head, which causes it to bind well when crowded on to the tongue of the shuttle.
References to Fig. 4, Plate 1.
A, is the bobbin-rail,
B, the spindle rail,
C, the foot rail,
D, the spindle.
E, the bobbin, connected with the collar,
F, by pins, or studs.
of a common spinning frame.
F, a collar which slides on the spindle, and is connected with it by the spiral spring, I, which being confined to the collar at the top, and to the spindle at the bottom, causes the collar and spindle to turn together.
G, a box which forms the upper bearing of the spindle, D, and in which it turns.
H, the circular plate, bolted to the rail, A, and which has in it a groove, in which the ring (represented by the white line,) is loosely placed, allowing the yarn to revolve around its surface. The opening of the plate is also seen. The shaft of the bobbin, E, is seen split for the purpose of spreading and tightening it.
The yarn is shown as it comes down from the rollers of a common spinning frame.
The detached figure, H, represents a ground view of the circular plate, and of the ring resting and playing upon J."
Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 4, Jul. 1829 pgs. 66-68
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