Patent GB-474667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to cop winding mechanism
Inventor: REINERS DR WILHELM
IPC: B65H54/14
Filed: 1936-04-01
Abstract: 474,667. Winding yarns. REINERS, W., (trading as SCHLAFHORST & CO., W.). April 1, 1936, Nos. 9675, 9676, 9677, and 9678. Convention dates, April 2, 1935, Aug. 17, 1935, Oct. 8, 1935, and Nov. 19, 1935. [Classes 120 (ii) and 120 (iii)] A cop-winding machine, having a number of spindles with a common drive has devices for each spindle for automatically stopping the winding on completion of the cop, independent automatic doffing mechanism and independent automatic donning mechanism for each spindle, and means for causing the yarn to be clamped automatically to each spindle, or between each spindle and the donned cop tube, for starting the winding of fresh cops ; the actuation of the doffing and donning mechanism at each winding point is adapted to be put into operation by mechanism operative for forming the cop, or by the completed cop itself and each winding point may be provided with a storage container for cop tubes which can be recharged without reference to the doffing and donning operations. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the cop tube 13 is held between the collar 4a of a stub spindle 4 and a counterhead 6. the spindle and the counterhead being mounted in bearings carried by a reciprocating rod 9, the thread guide 14 is fed along a screwed rod 16 to build the cop, the doffing and donning means are actuated bv cams on a shaft 39 common to the winding units, and the cams of each unit are automatically coupled to the shaft by means actuated from the thread guide sleeve 15 of the unit. The shaft 39 carries a clutch member 45 splined thereto and pressed by a spring 46 into engagement with a complementary clutch member 48 on a sleeve 40 carrying a disc 41 and cams 42, 43 and 44. During winding the cams are held stationary by a pivoted spring loaded detent lever 62, which engages a shoulder on the disc 41, but when the cop is completed, an abutment 76 on the sleeve 15 moves a rod 69, which pivots the lever 62 out of engagement with the disc 41 which, with the cams, is then driven by the shaft 39. The cam 42 actuates a sliding rod 65 which engages a pivoted catch 77 depending from the sleeve 15 and allows a spring 115 to disengage the pivoted lever 73 from the thread of the rod 16, a weight 80 connected to the sleeve 15 then returning the thread guide to its initial position, where a stop 86 contacts with the lever 73 and causes it to re-engage the thread of the rod 16 ready for the resumption of winding. The cam 43 actuates a pivoted lever 59, 60 which is moved to engage a lug 36 depending from the reciprocating rod 9 which is then held from movement by reason of a resilient connection 35 between the rocking shaft 30, which serves all the spindles, and the arm 31 pivoted to the rod while the cam also moves a second pivoted lever 56, 57 which actuates a lever 87, to retract the counter head 6, the completed cop being thus released to fall down a shoot 103 on to a conveyer 105. The thread from the supply to the doffed cop passes across the face of the collar 4a of the stub spindle 4, and between the blades 109, 110 of a cutter and the cam 44 actuates a pivoted lever 50, connected to a cop tube container 92, pivoted in the machine frame, to swing the bottom of the magazine between the spindle 4 and head 6, and allow the lowermost tube therein to be clamped between the stub spindle and head, and to clamp the thread from the doffed completed cop between the collar 4a of the stub spindle and the donned tube, as the cam 43 allows the return of the counter head, and the release of the rod 9 to resume the reciprocation of the spindle &c. ; a stop 96 on the magazine abuts against the movable blade 110 of the cutter so that the thread is guided over the stationary blade 109 and severed. The pile of tubes in the container is supported during winding by fixed blades 98, 99 which pass through slots in the side of container and, as the container swings, the lowermost tube is released to fall on to a pair of spring-controlled flaps 100, 101 while the pile above are supported by a second pair of blades 95, which enter the other side of the magazine through slots therein ; as the magazine swings back to its normal position the pile of tubes falls on to the blades 98, 99. and the detent lever 62 re-engages the disc 41 to render the doffing and donning means inoperative. An additional cam may be provided on the sleeve 40 and the rod 16 can be moved thereby a short distance against the action of a spring to wind a bunch on the cop tube before the commencement of the usual winding, or a pair of additional cams may be provided, one of which causes the rod 16 to be pushed beyond its initial position for the winding of a few turns in a groove at the base of the cop tube while the other cam controls the actuation of a clutch on the stub spindle 4. The rods 16 are driven through yielding clutches from a common shaft 21 and should the yarn break or the supply fail during winding a detector lever 27 falls and causes a pawl 23 to engage a ratchet wheel 22 on the driven part of the clutch to arrest it and the rod 16 while the yarn is being pieced. In a modification, the rod 9 and cop are fed lengthways during the winding by the rod 16 and the yarn guide is oscillated to lay the yarn through resilient connections on a shaft common to all the spindles. In a further modification, the rod 9 and cop &c. are reciprocated as before and the yarn guides carried by a yoke embracing a feeler wheel fixed to the screwed rod 16 and causing it to rotate at the end of each traverse of the cop and thus feed the rod and yarn guide lengthwise through a fixed sleeve having a pivoted screw-engaging lever actuated by one of the cams on the shaft 39. In another modification, the cop is rotated only and the screwed rod 16 carries the sleeve 15 and thread guide to feed it longitudinally of the cop and the spindle is also reciprocated from a resilient connection from the shaft 30. The stub spindle 4, Fig. 11, may be provided with a slidable head 197 which is pushed forward by a spring 200, when the completed cop is doffed, and allows the yarn from the supply to the doffed cop to pass between the rear face of the head 197 and the collar or flange 202 on the spindle to which it is clamped when a new tube is secured between the head 197 and the counter head. The actuation of the doffing and donning means may be effected by a roller 208, Fig. 13, which is carried by a pivoted spring-controlled lever 206, and bears against the end of the cop on its completion, then causing the detent lever 62 to release the disc 41 ; the lever 206 may cause the actuation of an electromagnet which releases the detent lever and in this case the cam mechanism may be disposed away from the winding point In the form shown in Fig. 14, the yarn guides 14 are reciprocated from cams 303 on a shaft 302 geared to the spindle 4 and are fed along the spindle 16 by a feeler wheel 170 and the cams for the doffing and donning means are driven from shafts 282 individual to each spindle and driven therefrom. On completion of a cop, a lug 169 on the thread guide bracket moves the rod 314 and actuates the detent lever 62 to release the disc 41 and allow the cams on the shaft 282 to rotate, the cam 181a causing the withdrawal of the counterhead 6 and the doffing of the cop and the retraction of the yarn guide arm 322 from the threads of the spindle 16 which is then returned to its original position by a spring 323, and the yarn is clamped between the collar of the spindle 4 and the donned tube as before ; a cam 182a engages a lever arm 309 to stop the spindle 16. The clutches for the doffing and donning means may be of the sliding dog type and may comprise members connected to the members fixed to the shaft 39 by pins which shear if an overload occurs at any winding point. Each winding point may have a separate cam-shaft driven from the shaft 39 through an elastic coupling or shearable pins and the separate shafts may be movably held in yokes and the cams provided with toothed faces so that they may be adjusted in relation to one another to vary the timing of the doffing and donning operations. A conveyer 251, Fig. 22,may be provided to supply the containers 92 with cop tubes, the tubes 13 being carried in forked holders 252, 253, the part 252 being pivoted and opened to release a tube unless the container 92 is full, when a lug 252a on the part 252 engages the top of the container ; if the magazine is full a pivoted flap 254 on the conveyer, in passing through slots in the top of the magazine, is moved upwards to prevent a tube moving out of the corresponding holder 252, 253. In the form shown in Fig. 25, the yarn guide 14 is reciprocated by the screwed spindle 16 actuated by a resilient connection from the rocking shaft 525 and is fed along the spindle by reason of a pivoted latch 549 engaging the thread of the spindle which is also rotated through a friction disc and gear 517 on a shaft 518, the breakage or failure of the yarn causing the detector lever 27 to fall and bring a pawl into engagement with a ratchet wheel on the gear 517 and stop the feed of the sleeve 15 and yarn guide along the spindle 16. When a cop is completed the lug 531 on the sleeve 15 pushes the rod 532 and causes the lever 533 to release the cams on the shaft 39, and start the doffing and donning operations. The cam 541 releases a rod 542 which is then moved by a spring 543 to cause a lever 81 to move the latch 549 on the thread guide sleeve 15 from engagement with the threads of the spindle 16 and engage an abutment 548 to move the yarn guide back to its original position ; the cam 550 actuates the lever 87 to retract the counterhead and release the completed cop while a cam 561 rocks the lever 556, 557 and moves the tube container 554 laterally in line with the winding position so that the lowermost tube therein is forced into the jaws of pivoted grippers 562 which are then act