Textile spindles

Claim 1

A TEXTILE SPINDLE COMPRISING A RIGID MOUNTING BASE ADAPTED TO BE SO DISPOSED AS TO HAVE AN UPRIGHT PORTION AND VERTICALLY SPACED APART ARM PORTIONS TERMINATING IN GENERALLY SEMI-CYLINDRICAL COPLANAR CAVITIES OPEN IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE UPRIGHT PORTION, A BLADE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN ELONGATED BLADE MEMBER HAVING TWO AXIALLY SPACED APART, SELF CONTAINED AND SEALED ANTIFRICTION BEARING UNITS THEREON, EACH HAVING A CIRCULAR RIGID OUTER RACE AND A RESILIENT NON-METALLIC FLANGED COLLAR RADIALLY AND AXIALLY EMBRACING THE RACE, SAID COLLARS FITTING RESPECTIVE SAID COPLANAR CAVITIES, AND RIGID CAPS HAVING SIMILAR CAVITIES MATCHING THE BASE CAVITIES AND ADAPTED TO COOPERATE THEREWITH SNUGLY TO EMBRACE THE COLLARS RADIALLY, THE CAPS HAVING RIGID ARM PORTIONS SNUGLY EMBRACING RESPECTIVE COLLARS AXIALLY AND RADIALLY OF THE BLADE ASSEMBLY, SAID BLADE ASSEMBLY FURTHER INCLUDING A DRIVING WHORL ON THE BLADE MEMBER DISPOSED BETWEEN THE ARM PORTIONS OF THE BASE, THE ARM PORTIONS OF THE CAPS BEING BIFURCATED TO FORM SLOTS OPEN TOWARD THE BASE, LOOSELY EMBRACING THE ASSOCIATED PORTIONS OF THE BLADE MEMBER AND EXTENDING THEREBEYOND TOWARD THE BASE MEMBER.