Textile spindles

Claim 1

A TEXTILE SPINDLE ASSEMBLY, COMPRISING (WHEN DISPOSED VERTICALLY) A BOLSTER CAST HAVING A MAIN GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL AXIAL BORE OR CAVITY, THE CAVITY HAVING AN UPPER COUNTERBORE PORTION AND A BOTTOM REDUCED DIAMETER PORTION TERMINATING DOWNWARDLY IN AN AXIALLY AND UPWARDLY FACING SHOULDER, A ROTARY SPINDLE BLADE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A BLADE MEMBER HAVING ANTI-FRICTION BEARING UNITS FIXED THEREON IN THE COUNTERBORE AND IN THE REDUCED DIAMETER BORE PORTIONS RESPECTIVELY, RESILIENT CUSHIONING RINGS OF CHANNEL-SHAPED CROSS SECTION SNUGLY EMBRACING RESPECTIVE BEARING UNITS PERIPHERALLY AND AXIALLY THEREOF, THE CUSHIONING RING OF THE LOWER BEARING UNIT RESTING UPON SAID UPWARDLY FACING SHOULDER, A BEARING RETAINER SHELL DEVICE HAVING A LOWER PORTION OF ONE DIAMETER AND HAVING A LARGER DIAMETER UPPER ANNULAR RIM PORTION WHICH IS DETACHABLY SECURED IN SAID COUNTERBORE PORTION AND SNUGLY EMBRACES THE CUSHIONING RING OF THE UPPER BEARING UNIT, AND AN ELONGATED SEGMENTAL SPACER SLEEVE ASSEMBLY HAVING MUTUALLY COMPLEMENTARY RADIALLY SEPARABLE PARTS DISPOSED AROUND AND IN SPACED RELATION TO THE BLADE MEMBER IN SAID BORE OR CAVITY AND HAVING UPPER END PORTIONS IN RADIAL CONTACT WITH THE SMALLER DIAMETER PORTION OF THE RETAINER SHELL, EACH OF SAID PARTS HAVING ITS LOWER AND UPPER END PORTIONS OPERATIVELY IN AXIAL ABUTMENT RESPECTIVELY WITH THE CUSHIONING RING OF THE LOWER BEARING UNIT AND A DOWNWARDLY FACING SURFACE OF THE RETAINER SHELL DEVICE.