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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.
“A whirling, or rotary ring, and a revolving hook, are used in the place of the common flyer, to keep the yarn a proper distance from the bobbin, and to guide and distribute it thereon. The ring segment, or section, or piece to which the hook is confined to hold and steady it, moves in a circular groove, or grooves, formed in a circular plate, that encompasses the bobbin. Said hook is placed where the lower extremity of the flyer, in common spinning frames, moves. The bobbins, being connected with the spindles, and moving positive therewith, drag the ring, segment, or section, or piece to which the hook is confined, causing the hook and the piece to which it is confined, to revolve in said groove, or upon a lip, or rim, projecting from, and belonging to said plate, the friction of which produces that tensive draught requisite to wind the yarn on the bobbin. The above-mentioned ring may be made of small wire, the ends of which may be so doubled as to form the hook; or the hook may be made of a piece of steel, and confined to each end of the wire, or the piece of steel itself, of which the hook is formed, may be made to slide loosely around in said groove, or upon a rim or lip, and thereby dispense with the ring. The spindles have in them a collar, from which two studs, or pins, extend upward, containing a mortise, or hole, in the base of the bobbin, by which the spindle and bobbin are united, causing the bobbin to move positive with the spindle, twisting the yarn; and the yarn being placed in the book, the hook is dragged around in said groove, and falls back of the bobbin, winding the yarn on it as fast as delivered from the rollers of the machine. "The bodies of the bobbins must be half as large again as those of the common kind and may be greatly increased in length. The plate above-mentioned, in which the groove is formed, may be a ring, or else a hole through the plate, encompassing the spindle, through which the bobbin vibrates. The above improvement can be used in the common throstle frames, by confining said plate to what is called the bobbin, or vibrating rail; in which case the hook will rise and fall for the purpose of distributing the yarn upon the bobbin; or the plate may be attached to the spindle, or stationary rail, and if so attached, the spindles and bobbins must rise and fall for the purpose of distributing the yarn as aforesaid. It may be requisite, in some kinds of spinning, or twisting, to band the ring; in which case the plate will be unnecessary, and the rings made wide, say about an inch, and thin, and supported by friction pullies, so as to receive a band and motion from the cylinder or drum. In this case the hook is formed in the upper edge of the ring, to receive the yarn, and drag the bobbin, like the arms of the common flyer. The friction pullies are placed on studs, or pivots, which are arranged in a line, at equal distances, and are confined to either of the above-mentioned rails, and are equal in number with the rings, and an additional one at the end of the row, to secure the outer ring.
In forming the score in the pullies for the bands, two projecting rims are left, one at the top and another at the bottom of said pullies, which shut into two creases, or channels, formed in the ring, one at the bottom and the other about midway of the ring, serving to steady and keep said ring in its place. The score in the ring, which is intended for the band, being between the creases, and the pressure of the band on the ring being toward the pullies, also serves to keep the ring in its place. It is, however, necessary, where the rings are large, that they should have something to steady them in front, or opposite to said pullies, which may also be friction rollers, or studs. The objects of the above improvement are to dispense with the common flyer, and obtain greater speed than the arms of the flyer, and common operations of the bobbin will allow uf, and to increase the length of the bobbins, so that a greater quantity of yarn can be spun before they require shifting, and to produce a more constant, even, and tensive draught on the yarn, than is produced in the common mode of spinning, and to render the trembling of the spindle, occasioned by wear, less injurious.
References to Plate 1. A, Fig. 1 and 2, represent the spindle and bobbin. B, Fig. 1 and 2, a piece of the spindle, rail, and step-rail. C, Fig. 1 and 2, a part of a stationary rail. D, Fig. 1, a circular plate. E, Fig. 1 and 2, a whirling, or rotary ring. F, Fig. 1 and 2, the revolving hooks. H, Fig. 1 and 2, the yarn. I, Fig. 2, friction pullies. J, Fig. 2, the band. K, Fig. 1, the band and whorl. L, Fig. 2, the creases, or channels, in the rotary ring.
Description of Fig. 1. The spindle and bobbin, A, are connected by a couple of studs, or pins, extending upward from a collar on which the bobbin sets, entering a hole, or mortise, in the base of the bobbin, or it may be crowded snugly into the spindle. The rail, C, is a plate of cast-iron, having holes through it, in one of which the circular plate, D, is confined. In this last plate, is a groove, in which the rotary ring, E, is loosely placed, and allowed to revolve in said groove; to this ring, the hook F, is attached. The yarn being placed in the hook, F, and the bobbin turning positive with the spindle, drags said hook and the ring, E, causing them to revolve in said groove. The friction of the hook and the piece to which it is attached, produces that tensive draught requisite to wind the yarn on the bobbin.
Description of Fig. 2. The bobbin, A, stands loosely on the spindle, and allowed to turn on it, or the spindle turns, as the case may happen. The whirling, or rotary ring, E, has creases, or channels, in it, in which the projecting rims of the friction pullies shut, serving to steady and keep said ring in its place. The pressure of the band, J, on the ring, being toward the pullies, also serves to keep the ring in its place. Said ring receives motion from a cylinder, or drum. The hooks, F, receive the yarn, and drag the bobbin, like the arms of a common flyer. The spindle and bobbin, in both figures, must vibrate, in order to distribute the yarn over the whole length of the bobbins.
Fig. M, represents a form in which the rotary ring and hooks (in Fig. 1,) can be made of the same piece of wire.
Fig. N, ground view of said ring; it being heaviest at c, causes a greater centrifugal inclination at that place, equal in force to the counteracting draught of the yarn, which is from b to a; and as the bobbin fills, the counteracting draught diminishes, and friction increases, making the draught on the yarn more equal. Increasing or diminishing the weight of the hook, increases or diminishes the draught on the yarn.”
Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 4, Jul., 1829 pgs. 62-65
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