Patent GB-190126608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Winding Yarns, Threads, Tapes and the like.
Inventor: WARDWELL SIMON WILLARD
Filed: 1901-12-30
Granted: 1902-04-03
Abstract: 26,608. Wardwell, S. W. Dec. 30. Winding-machines.-The spindle shaft 9 and that of the traverse drum are driven through clutches 13, 13<a>, which are allowed to move into gear and are disengaged simultaneously by the movements of levers T, T' connected by an adjustable link and operated from the spring starting-shaft 21. The ends of the levers T, T' may be so formed that the first effect of their engagement with the bevelled flanges 13x is to disengage the clutches and then to act as brakes to stop the shafts. The spring shaft is held in the working position by a shoulder on the detent lever E which engages with a projection 45 on the starting-handle E<1>. The yarn is drawn from reels or swifts above the winding-apparatus, and in its course to the spindle is passed in a loop beneath a hook 91, and then through the ordinary tension apparatus c, d and the traversing thread-guide i. The hook 91 is carried by a socket 90, which can slide on the vertical rod 92 against the action of a spiral spring 96. Should the yarn not be properly delivered owing to an entanglement &c., the socket 90 rises on the rod 92 and engages the end 97<b> of the adjustable lever 97, and causes the upper hooked end 98<a> to disengage the detent lever E from the projections 45 and stop the machine. The spring hook 90 by its rise and fall serves to compensate for irregular delivery from the swifts. Each rod 92 is mounted at its lower end in swinging brackets to facilitate the replacement of the spiral spring for others of different strengths. The method of supporting the cop tube or core is shown in Fig. 10. One end of the core q is slotted, and engages a projection 109 on the end of a " driver " 108 screwed into the end of the spindle shaft 9. The opposite end of the core is carried by a removable and adjustable arm or bracket 101, 102 in the end of which is a spring sleeve 103<b>, within which is a flanged spindle or mandrel 104. When winding on shell tubes, a tube-holder such as that shown in Fig. 12 is used, which is provided with a curved slot in which is fitted a spring blade 10<f>. To prevent the guide-frame F from moving towards the spindle when it has once been moved therefrom by the increasing size of the bobbin, it is provided with a counterweighted wedge R, engaging with a bent strip Q, which is pivoted to the main frame A and passes between the wedge R and a projecting part of the frame F. A lever e', h is provided for re-setting the wedge R, the end h of the lever passing through a gap in the rim r<1> on the counterweighted end of the wedge R. The spindles are arranged side by side and project transversely on each side of the machine, the iutermediate gearing being protected on the top, ends, and sides by casings. The standards which carry the reels project from the arched top of the casing, which rests on longitudinal rods from which the side casings are suspended. As shown in Fig. 8, the driving-shaft 10 is connected directly by spur gearing with the longitudinal shaft N for driving the spindle shafts, and with the shaft U for driving the traversing-drums by means of an expansion pulley L and weighted frames g carrying a half pulley and spur-wheel which engages with a spur-wheel on the shaft U. The shafts 10, N, and U are lubricated by oil which is passed through the arched casing 75 by means of a duct 80 and passes to an oil cup or receptacle on the shaft 10, which it overflows, and passes by a duct in the frame successively to the bearings of the lower shafts. The waste oil from the bearings of the lowest shaft accumulates on the bedplate of the machine, and flows along longitudinal channels thereon to a catch basin at the end.