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G. L. MEYERS ETAL
IOUNTING FOR SPINNING RINGS AND THE LIKE
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Patented Nov. 23, 1948
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George L. Meyers, Willoughby, and John C. ‘Shutt. ‘
Wickli?'e, Ohio, auignors to The Ohio Rubber
gili‘rinpany, Willoughby, Ohio, a corporation of
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Application August 23, 1948, Serial No. 692,850. _
6 Claims. (01. 51-122)
The present improvements, while speci?cally
relating as indicated to spinning ring mount
ings, i. e. to the provision of improved means for
supporting a spinning or twisting ring or ring
holder in a ring rail, are not limited to such Gil
particular application but may be utilized to' se
cure other forms of "rings" in corresponding
openings, as for example to secure window “sur
rounds” in automobile bodies.
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reception of each such ring 2 the rail is formed
- with a circular opening 4 of somewhat larger
diameter than the exterior diameter of the ring
body although the latter may have a radiallyv
projecting ?ange I of the same or slightly larger
diameter than such opening. In addition, the
body of said ring is formed with an encircling
groove 6 located in spaced relation below suc -
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One principal‘object of the invention is to pro
vide a resilient mounting, i. e. one which will
permit a certain amount'of yielding on the part'
of the ring under operating conditions and at
the same time act as a dampener to reduce vibra
tion and noise. A further object is to provide
For the purpose of mounting the ring in the
opening in the ring rail a grommet or gasket 1
of special cross-sectional form, as will now be
described, is provided, such grommet being com
posed of resilient material, e. g. ofrubber, either
natural or synthetic, vulcanized to the desired
a mounting which will permit of the ready place- >
degree, or of equivalent resilient, compressible, '
ment of a ring in the supporting member without
requiring the use of any tool, while at the same‘
time a ?rm and secure mounting is provided for.
material. This grommet is interposed between
the outer face of the ring {body and the edge of
the opening l in the ring rail and constitutes the
said ring under operative conditions.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and
related ends, said invention, then, consists of
the means hereinafter fully describd and par
ticularly pointed out in the claims;
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The annexed drawing and the following dej
scription set forth in detail certain mechanism '
embodying the invention, such disclosed means
constituting, however, but one of various me
chanical forms in which the, principle of the
invention may be used.
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In said annexed ‘drawing:
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Fig. 1 is a plan view of a typical spinning ring
shown as supported by our present improved
mounting in a ring rail;
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Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the foregoing,
sole connecting means between the two parts in
question. As best shown in Fig. 3, said grommet
is formed with an inwardly directed rib 8 that‘
is adapted to seat in the recess 6 in the ring body
and with a peripheral groove 9 that is adapted '
to engage the. edge of the opening 4 in the ring .
' rail.
While such groove is formed so as to em?
on the grommet in the construction under con-;
sideration is of less depth, or cross-sectional area,
than recess-i. The latter, it will be noted, is
located substantially opposite. the edge of the '
opening which isthus engaged by the peripheral _
groove on the grommet, but may be slightly dis- '
placed andthe corresponding edge of the recess
in the grommet may be slightly rounded as shown
the plane of the section being indicated by the
in Fig. 3.
line.2—2, Fig. 1;
In the assembled condition of the parts the rib
or ?ange I on the body of the ring rests on the
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Fig. 3 is a sectional view on a larger scale of
‘one portion ‘of such ‘ring and‘ the mounting
therefor; and.’
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Fig. 4 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 3 but
showing a modi?cation in construction.
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upper face of the grommet and such ring is addi
tionally held in place relative to the grommet by
the'engagement between recess 6 therein with
the inwardly directed rib I on the grommet.
The ring rail i, as shown in Figs. 1‘ and 2, is ' ' Finally, the latter is secured in place by engage-
of usual construction, consisting of a channel
form member. pressed from sheet metal‘ and of‘
any desired length so as to support a series of
spinning rings aligned lengthwise thereof. How
ever, a separate support may be provided for the
individual rings, the particular form of such sup
port being no part of the present invention. The
individual rings 2 are likewise of usual construc-v
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brace such edge more or less closely, the rib l’ I
ment of the peripheral groove in its'outer face
with the edge. of the opening in the ring rail;
However, due to the resilient, compressible, char
acterof said grommet, upon forceful movement
of'the ring‘ in a downward direction axially of
such opening a portion of the grommet adjacent
rib l'tliereon will be squeezed into the space
normally remaining between such' rib and the
tion, being in the form of‘ an annulusmprovlded
bottom of groove tin the ring. ' This space will
on its inner face with one or more circular track
be 'su?lcient'to accommodate the volume of such‘
ways 3 whereon the spinning or twisting device '
displaced material and the. latter will be'suf- -'
(not illustrated) is rotatably supported. For the
?cient to permit the grommet to slide past the
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in such an opening. Thus said ring, and the
opening wherein it is mounted, may be of other
than circular form and be ‘designed for other
edge of opening 4, so that the grommet, together
with the ring, to which it is previously attached,
may be readily inserted in the ring rail. Con
_ use than to support a spinning or twisting device.
versely, when it is desired to remove the ring.
pressure is applied thereto in the opposite direc
tion, whereupon similar displacement of the
grommet occurs and the lower portion thereof is
folded suiiiciently to permit it to snap past the
Finally, it should be, noted that‘. depending on
‘therelative extent axiallyof the (edge of the
opening in the supporting member" and of the '
juxtaposed outer face of the ring the disposition
of grooves and ribs on the grommet‘may be re
opening in the support. when the ring is thus
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removed, the grommet may in turn be stretched 10 versed.
radially outwardly sufilciently to disengage it“ - ? Other modes of applying the principle of our
from the ring, if desired.
In the modified construction illustrated in Fig. "
4 the ring rail i and ring 2 are of substantially
the same construction as that described above,
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the only difference being that the peripheral
invention may be employed instead oi the one
explained. change being made as regards the
mechanism herein disclosed, provided the means
stated by'any, of 'the followingclaims or the
equivalent of such stated means be employed.
We therefore particularly point out and dis
groove iii in the body oi the ring is curved at its
tinctly claim as our invention;
bottom instead of being of rectangular cross-sec‘
1. In mechanism of the character described,
tion. Likewise, the grommet ii is of substantially "
the same construction as gasket 1 except that 20 the combination with a support having an open
ing and a ring adapted to be mounted in such ~
the rib l2 thereon, which is designed to engage
opening; of a grommet of resilient material inter
such groove I0, is of substantially the same con
posed between said ring and the ‘edge of such
formation so as to completely fill the latter. -'Also
opening, said ring being formed with an encircling
the outer face of the grommet in which is formed
a groove I! designed to engage the edge of the 25 recess and said grommet with an inwardly di
rected rib adapted to seat in such recess .and with
opening 4 in the ring rail more closely engages .
a peripheral groove adapted ‘to engage such edge.
both sides of the latter adiacent such‘ opening
2. In mechanism of the character described,
than in the case of grommet ‘I. Finally, said
the combination with a support having an open
grommet is iormed on its inner face immediately
below rib I! with an inwardly directed encircling 30 ing and a ring adapted to be mounted in such
opening, of a grommet of resilient material inter
groove M.
posed between said ring and the edge of such ‘
‘In the assembled condition of the parts the
openings, said ring being formed with an en
grommet ii obviously will function in identically
circling recess and said grommet with an inwardly
the same way as grommet ‘I to support the ring
1 in the opening in the ring rail. when it is 36 directed rib adapted to seat in such recess and
with a peripheral groove substantially opposite
desired to remove the ring, pressure is' applied
said rib adapted to engage such edge.
thereto as before. and the portion oI the grommet
3. In mechanism of the character described,
adjacent such last-mentioned groove ll will be
the combination with a support having an open
compressed and displaced to a suiiicient extent to
ing and a ring adapted to be mounted in such
permit the groove 13 in such grommet to be disf
' opening, of a grommet of resilient material inter
engaged from the edge of opening 4 in the ring
rail. Conversely. by corresponding compression ‘ posed between said ring and the edge of such
opening, an encircling groove being formed in
and displacement of such portion of the grommet
one of the juxtaposed faces of such opening and
the latter may be forced downwardly through
ring and said grommet being formed with a ra
such opening until the groove in question is again
dially projecting rib adapted to'seat in such recess
‘ ..rought into engagement with such edge.
and with an oppositely-directed groove adapted
It will be understood that in the operation both
to engage the other such juxtaposed face.
of removing and thus inserting the ring in place
4. In mechanism of the character described,
in its mounting the grommet will remain attached
the combination with a support having an open
thereto by engagement of rib II on the grommet
ing and a ring adapted to'be mounted in such
with groove iii in the ring. It will also be noted
opening, of a grommet of resilient material inter?
that the lower outer face of said grommet is
posed between said ring and the edge of such
beveled or inclined outwardly, which serves to
opening and constituting the sole connecting
facilitate placement oi’ the ring, with the grom
means between said parts. said ring being formed
met carried thereby, in the opening in the sup
porting member.
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As previously stated, in both of the two illus
trative forms of our improvedv spinning ring
mounting the grommet constitutes the sole con
necting means between the ring rail or equivalent
supporting member, i. e. there is nowhere any
metal-to-metal contact between the parts in ques
tion. At the sametime. owing to the unique form
and construction of the grommet. removal and
replacement of the ring may be readily accom
pllshed without detracting from the security with
which it is held in place in the assembled con
with an encircling recess and said grommet with
an inwardly directed rib adapted to seat in such
recess, the outer face of said grommet below such
rib being beveled and such rib not entirely illiing
such recess to'vpermit forcible insertion of said
ring and grommet in such opening by deforma
tion or said grommet.
5. In mechanism of the character described,
the combination with a support having an open
ing and a ring adapted to be mounted in such
opening, of a grommet of resilient material inter
posed between said rlng and‘ the‘ edge of such
A} likewise previously remarked, the ring rail 70 opening, said grommet having interlocking en
gagement with both said ring and said support
i is merely illustrative of a similar supporting
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member, in an opening in which it is desired to
mount a ring. Similarly the term "ring" as used
herein is to be understood as eonnoting any equiv
and a circumferentiaily extending portion of a
peripheral surface of said grommet opposed to
one of said ring and support being spaced there
alent, member'which it may be desired to mount ‘is from‘ to permit forcible insertion of said ring‘and
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grommet in such opening by deformation 01' said
grommet.
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from to permit forcible insertion of said ring and
grommet in such opening by deformation of said
grommet.
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6. In mechanism of the character described,
GEORGE L. MEYERS;
the combination with a support having an open.
JOHN C. SHUTT.
ing and a ring adapted to be mounted in such
opening,v of a grommet of resilient material inter
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posed between said ring' and the edge of such
opening, said grommet having interlocking en
‘.The following references are of record in the
gagement with both said ring and said support
?le of this patent:
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tween said parts, a circumferentialiy extending
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portion of the inner peripheral surface of said
grommet opposed to saidring being spaced there
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