called a Gypsey, for Spinning Hemp and Flax. 367 
that they will be separated to a considerable distance. In this 
case when the clutch-boxes on the shaft ff are brought against the 
collars of the wheels g and 4a, so that the slide o o cannot pass 
any further to the left, the spring wu yields as the arm ¢ rises, on 
the separation of the rollers; and as soon as the tow or other 
matter has passed, and the upper roller falls, the spring uv returns 
by its elasticity to its former state. When the filament has been 
reduced to the proper size, the upper roller must, consequently, 
fall to the place which that size of filament determines. This 
motion being communicated to and modified by the various parts 
connecting the upper roller with the slide 0 0, as heretofore de- 
scribed, the slide-bar must move to the right, as seen in fig. 5, 
and the pall or click 40, being, by the action of the stop, fixed, as 
heretofore described, upon, the top of the slide-bar, carried from 
under the corner of the lever 6a, the weight 5d will cause the 
arm of the lever, to which it is attached, to fall, by which the 
comb will be raised, and the false bottom of the gatherer will be 
depressed ; and thus no further interruption will be offered to 
the passage of the roving to the drawing-rollers. 
The only parts of the drawing-frame remaining to be described 
are the cone-pulley 7d upon the shaft 6; the shaft 8d, and the 
pulleys 9d and le, upon the same; and the stopping-guide 2e 2e 
Qe. But as these parts are connected in their use with the bob- 
bin-frame, I shall notice them as may be necessary hereafter. 
Having then described the construction and mode of opera- 
tion of the principal parts of the drawing-frame, I shall proceed 
to describe the second part of the Gypsey, viz. the bobbin-frame 
by which the filament is twisted and wound up. Fig. 14 rep- 
resents an elevation of this frame in its position, as connected 
with the drawing-frame. Fig. 15 is a plan of the bobbin-frame, 
and fig. 16 an elevation, as seen in the end next the drawing- 
