USRE6386E - Improvement in spinning-rings - Google Patents

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W.T'. CARROLL.

Spinning-Ring.` "N0, 6,386, RessuedApri|20,1875.

resting on the surface of a ring-rail.

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEIOE.

AND WILLIAM F. DRAPER, OE HOPEDALE,

MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT'. IN SPINNING-RINGS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No.89,025, dated AApril 20,1869 lreissue No. 6,386, dated i April 20,1875 application filed March 17, 1875. i

' To all whom, it may coaeer-n:

Be it known that WILLIAM T. CARROLL, of the city and county ot' Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, did invent an Improved Ring for Spinning-Frame, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to rings of ring -aud traveler spinning machines orV frames; and consists in a ring made with two races, so that when one race is worn and unfit for use with a traveler the ring need only to'be inverted or turned over to bring uppermost the unworn race; also, in the combination, with a doubleraced ring, otl holding devices attached to the ring-rail, andv overlapping the edge of the unused race, to confine the ring to the ring-rail.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a top view of one of the improved double rings shown as Fig. 2 is a cross-section ot' the same.

A is the ring, c its body, and a bits two races, arranged at opposite ends, and adapted to receive and guide a traveler in the usual manner. The ring is herein shown as com- ,posed of a.y thin cylindrical body or aunulus, c,

of substantially uniform thickness, and having races a b projecting one from each end of the annulus. B is the ring-rail. The ring rests on therail B,`or within a shallow socket,

or a cavity, o', arranged therein, and the socket (a oror cavity receives that one ot' the races b) not in Ilse. This ring may-be moved laterally in order that it may be properly centralized with relation to the spindle turning therein, inthe usual manner. In the ring rail or supporter are placed holding` devices (shown as a series of clamp-screws) d d d,with heads or anges to project over and bear on the lower race,(shown in the drawing as`b,i and I these holding devices confine the ring to the rail or supporter, and permit the ready detachment and inversion of the ring when the upper race is worn, and alsoits adjustment.

The holders or screws d do not, by their movement, adjust the position of the ring cenot' weight, and consequently ot' metal, is ot" importance, because it is a savi ng in the cost ,of manufacture, andthe weight of the riugrail is decreased materially.

The cylindrical body c is preferably of a lengthA just sufficient to allow thetraveler, when running on race a or b, to pass freely, and this improved ring is very light and coinpact. y

What is claimed is- 1. A spinning-ring composedfot au annulus and two connected races,substantlally as de scribed.

2. The combination of a ring having two races with a ring-rail, and with holding devices carried by the rail, to operate in connection with the lower'or unused race, and confinethe ring to the rail and about the spindlereceiving passage through the rail', substantially asand for the purpose described.

3. The double-raced spinning-ring, combined with a ring-rail having spiudle-receivin g openings, and arranged Within'al socket at the top of the ring-rail, substantially as described.

GEORGE DRAPER.

WM. F. DRAPER. Witnesses: l

T. G. KENT, E. D. BANCROFT.

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