Ring/traveler system noise reduction
AssigneeBurlington Industries, Inc.
InventorB. Dean Lassiter
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Abstract
A spinning or twisting ring assembly and method of utilization thereof provide for unexpectedly reduced noise. The ring assembly includes a metal ring for mounting a traveler, a rigid holder support, and an annular ring holder of resilient material operatively connecting the ring and support. The support has two openings formed therein radially outward of the ring, and spaced about 180.degree. apart. Each opening receives a fastener, the fastener extending through the opening and connecting the support to a ring rail. Between the support and the ring rail is a bushing of resilient material which isolates the support from the ring rail so that no portion of the support touches the ring rail and no metal portion of the fastener touches the ring rail. The assembly allows slight movement of the ring with the traveler.
Claims14
A spinning or twisting ring assembly for mounting a traveler, and adapted to be mounted to a ring rail, said assembly comprising
- a metal ring for mounting a traveler thereon;
- a rigid holder support having a plurality of openings formed therein for receipt of fasteners for attaching it to a ring rail;
- an annular ring holder of resilient material operatively connected between said metal ring and said rigid holder support;
- a plurality of fasteners for receipt by said openings in said rigid holder support;
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- bushing means of resilient material for cooperation with said fasteners to attach said rigid holder support to a ring rail while isolating said support from the ring rail, so that no portion of said support touches the ring rail and no metal portion of said fasteners touches the ring rail.
A method of mounting a metal ring, adapted to mount a traveler, in an opening formed in a metal ring rail, the ring rail having a plurality of bores formed therein extending between two parallel flat surfaces thereof;
- utilizing a first structure comprising the metal ring, a support having a plurality of fastener-receiving openings formed therein, and an annular ring holder of resilient material connecting the ring and support;
- and also utilizing a plurality of fasteners, each fastener including a shank, head, and shank-holding component, and, a bushing of resilient material for each fastener, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing the bushings in operative association with the bores in the ring rail, each bushing lining the bore in which it is disposed and engaging the rail surfaces;
- inserting a fastener shank through each opening in the support, and mounting the support, so that the shank extends through a bushing to the opposite side of the ring rail with the head of the fastener operatively engaging the support, and with a portion of the bushing disposed between the support and ring rail;
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- effecting relative movement between each fastener shank and the fastener shank-holding component associated therewith so that the support is held tightly to the ring rail with a portion of each bushing between the ring rail and shank-holding component.
A spinning or twisting ring assembly including:
- a ring for supporting a traveler;
- a rigid holder support having means defining first and second openings therein, both openings spaced radially outwardly from said ring, and being spaced about 180.degree. apart;
- first and second fasteners for fastening said support at, and only at, said first and second openings to a ring rail, the fasteners extending through corresponding openings in the ring rail;
- and
- first and second bushing means of resilient material for disposition between said support and a ring rail for mounting said support and ring at only said first and second fastener-receiving openings, so that the ring is allowed to move slightly with the traveler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.