Spinning and twisting rings

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A SPINNING RING OF POROUS MATERIAL ADAPTED TO ABSORB A LUBRICANT, SAID RING COMPRISING AN ANNULUS FOR RECEIVING AND GUIDING A TRAVELLER THEREON AND A CIRCULAR FLANGE CONNECTED TO SAID ANNULUS AND DEPENDING WITH RESPECT THERETO FOR AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID ANNULUS, A SUPPORTING BASE INCLUDING INNER AND OUTER WALLS AND BOTTOM CONSTITUTING AN OIL RESERVOIR AND SAID FLANGE BEING POSITIONED THEREIN, SAID RESERVOIR BEING OF GREATER VOLUME THAN THE SAID FLANGE POSITIONED THEREIN, SAID ANNULUS BEING SUPPORTED BY THE INNER WALL OF SAID BASE, SAID FLANGE INCLUDING AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING HORIZONTAL PORTION FOR SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSING THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER WALLS AND TO ACT AS A COVER FOR THAT PART OF THE SAID RESERVOIR THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE OPEN, SAID FLANGE ACTING AS MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING OIL IN SAID RESERVOIR TO SAID ANNULUS, SAID SUPPORTING BASE BEING MODIFIED OVER THE FRONT SECTOR OF SAID RING WHERE THE OPERATOR NORMALLY PLACES HIS FINGER TO POSITION A BROKEN YARN UNDER SAID TRAVELER SO AS TO ELIMINATE THOSE PORTIONS OF SAID BASE THAT WITHOUT SUCH MODIFICATION WOULD NORMALLY EXTEND FORWARDLY FROM SAID RING AT SAID SECTOR WHEREBY SAID OPERATOR MAY POSITION HIS FINGER IN CLOSER RELATION TO THE OUTER HOOK END OF SAID TRAVELER.