Spindle bolster

Claim 1

A textile spindle assembly including a tubular cylindrical bolster case having an open upper end and an end wall closing its lower end, means on the exterior of the case for mounting it to a rail, a radial spindle bearing supported on the case adjacent said open upper end, a footstep bearing axially spaced from said radial bearing in the case, an elongated damping coil spring in said case having its lower end adjacent to said case end wall and its upper end below said radial bearing, an outer coil of said damping spring engaging the inner wall of the case, said footstep bearing being laterally supported in and in engagement with the inner coil of the damping spring, a lower end of said footstep bearing being axially spaced in said damping spring from said end wall and an upper end of said footstep bearing terminating within said damping spring, a footstep bearing locating spring in said damping coil below said footstep bearing, said locating spring rigidly engaging the lower portion of said footstep bearing at one of its ends and rigidly enGaging the case end wall at the other of its ends, the rigid engagement of said spring with said end wall and said footstep bearing and the stiffness of said spring permitting said spring to laterally center said footstep bearing in said case, to provide resilient vertical support for said footstep bearing, and to prevent rotation of said footstep bearing in said case.