Abstract: A spinning or plying spindle assembly comprising a spindle shaft rotatably mounted in two bearings mounted in a bearing tube arranged in a bearing housing having a rigid portion so that it can be clamped. First resilient means, e.g. circumferential slots in an intermediate tubular member, in the bearing housing, or a helical slot in the bearing-tube, to allow wobble of one of the bearings adjacent the drive of the spindle, and second resilient means, e.g. longitudinally-spaced webs in the intermediate member or the bearing housing to allow lateral displacement of the bearing adjacent the drive of the spindle in a direction perpendicularly to the axis of the rigid portion of the bearing housing.

Abstract: A textile spindle comprising a spindle housing supporting a collar bearing and a footstep bearing through the agency of elastic bearing elements formed of a yieldable or resilient material. The elastic bearing elements support a rigid bearing tube which houses the collar bearing and the footstep bearing.