Improvements in Portable Apparatus for Placing Cop Tubes upon the Spindles of Mules, Twiners, Ring-frames, and other similar Machines.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 15th Jan., 1889
Improvements in Portable Apparatus for Placing Cop Tubes upon
the Spindles of Mules, Twiners, Ring-frames, and other similar
Machines.
I, ELI JAGGER, of Tomlinson Street, Lee Street, Oldham in the County of
Lancashire, Tin-plate Worker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
These improvements relate to an invention for which Letters Patent were granted
to me bearing date 3rd day of July 1886, and numbered 8728, and in which an
intermittent rotating cylinder or sliding flat is employed for holding cop tubes, in
conjunction with a suitable number of tapered shoots and guides depending from
below the casing or frame in or on which the said cylinder or flat is intermittently
rotated or slid by suitable mechanism for the purpose of discharging the cop
tubes through the said tapered shoots on to the spindles of the respective
machine.
The object of my present invention in the first place, is to improve the mechanism
which effects the intermittent rotation of the cylinder, by dispensing with the volute
spring hitherto used, and by providing means whereby the said cylinder is more
certain in each action, can be locked in position and thus prevented from accidentally
rotating.
To this end I employ at one end of the said cylinder two discs formed with ratchet
teeth projecting cylindrically towards each other, in such a manner that the incline of
each tooth extends past the point of the tooth opposite to it, and the two circles of
ratchet teeth form a cam, the number of ratchet teeth being made to correspond with
the number of rows of holes, and the blank space formed in the said cylinder.
Above the said ratchet teeth or cam I formi a slot in the cylinder casing over which
1 employ a slide suitably guided, carrying a stud projecting through the said slot, into
the ratchet teeth or cam.
The said slide in or about its middle is formed with a small boss which serves to
receive the aforesaid stud and facilitates the sliding of the latter by means of the
fingers of the user of the apparatus, each end of the said slide being also formed with
a proiection.

page_text: At one end of the said slide I suitably employ a latch, or catch which when brought
over the said slide, locks it & consequently the cylinder in position, so that no
accidental rotation of same can take place, and when raised with the fingers
will permit the slide to be moved to & fro for the purpose of rotating the
cylinder.
The said stud on leaving one circle of ratchet teeth, pushes against the incline of
the opposite tooth, thus causing the cylinder to make a partial turn, and the respective
row of cop tubo holes to come over the tapered shoots. The said stud then passes the
point and enters the bottom of the respective tooth, thus retaining the cylinder
securely in position, until the motion of the stud or slide is reversed, when
the stud repeats its action and rotates the cylinder as described.
I would hero remark that the mechanism described for intermittently rotating the
said cylinder can be used either for a non sliding or a sliding cylinder, in the latter
case the sliding of the cylinder is effected simultaneously with the intermittent
rotation of the same by means of tho said stud & cam.
The object of my invention in the second place, is to improve the capacity of the
said cylinder, so as to hold as many cop tubes as possible and consists in arranging
the cop tube holes therein in double rows, viz., zig-zag like as near together
as the material will allow, so that each double row of holes will be opposite one of the
tapered shoots and discharge its cop tubes into the same.
The same object may be attained by forming the cop tube holes in the cylinder as
close together as possible in single rows and the upper parts of the tapered shoots
with a division so as to prevent the tubes from falling crosswise into the tapered
shoots & thereby stopping up the same.
The cylinder casing instead of being formed with a longitudinal slot over the
tapered shoots, in this case is formed with a zig-zag like or double row of holes
corresponding with the said shoots, so that to empty one row of the cop tube holes
completely, two partial turns of the cylinder are required, each time every alternate cop
tube being permitted to drop through the respective orifice in the cylinder casing into
the tapered shoot.
In order to utilize as much of the surface of the cylinder as possible for
machines having a wide spindle-gauge, and instead of forming the double rows
of cop tube holes in the cylinder apart from cach other according to the spindle
gauge, I interpose between the same another double row of cop tube holes, 50
that after one set of the double rows of cop tube holes has been emptied, the second
set in the cylinder can be brought over the tapered shoots.
To this end I make the said cylinder capable of sliding in its bearings and form
the end, which is provided with the ratchet teeth or cam, with an annular groove.
Above the said cam and groove 1 form a slot in the cylinder casing and employ over
it a slide suitably guided thereon.
This slide is formed with a projection and carries a forked stud which passes
through the said slot and into the annular recess formed in the respective
cylinder end.
In conjunction with the said projection a latch or catch is suitably attached to
the cylinder casing, which when raised will permit the projection on the slide to pass
either to the right or left of it, and when lowered over the slide, will retain and
prevent the slide or cylinder from moving longitudinally, thus retaining either
one or the other sets of double rows of cop tube holes in position over the
tapered shoots.
On the aforesaid slide a supplementary slide is arranged to be moved to
and fro.
This last named slide carries the stud which passes through a slot formed in the
first named slide & actuates the ratchet teeth or cam of the cylinder, and is
provided with a small latch arranged to hook on to suitable pegs or projections formed
on the cylinder casing for the purpose of preventing the cylinder from rotating
accidentally in the various longitudinal positions.
The various ways of forming the cop tube holes in the rotary cylinder, and mode of

page_text: bringing the same over the tapered shoots as well as the formation of the ratchet
teeth or cam are equally applicable to a sliding flat holding the cop tubes, instead
of a rotary cylinder, but instead of employing only one set of ratchet teeth or cam,
two will be necessary, one at or near each end of the sliding flat, so that the sliding
flat will move perfectly straight, and the cop tube holes therein will be brought on the
tapered shoots accurately.
When a sliding flat is used the ratchet teeth or cam can either be arranged to move
with the sliding flat or the same may be arranged stationary on the sliding flat. In
the latter case, the studs working in the ratchet teeth or cam are attached to the
sliding flat, and the latter is moved simultaneously sideways as well as forwards on its
frame by means of the finger of the person using the apparatus.
My invention has for its object in the last place to make the core in the cylinder on
which the cop tubes rest, removable, and interchangeable, for the purpose of
facilitating the cleaning of the interior of the cylinder, adapting the saine for various
lengths of cop tubes, and also to make the cam end of the cylinder casing removable,
instead of being soldered thereto, in order to facilitate inspection of the interior, and
lubrication of the pivots of the cylinder.
To this end I preferably form one end of the said core with a flange, the respective
end of the cylinder I form with a hole, large enough to admit the said core and of
being screwed to the end of the cylinder, the other end of the core fitting into a
suitable socket, in the respective cylinder end.
By this means cores of various diameters can be interchanged, thus altering the
distance from the surface of the core to that of the cylinder, so that one apparatus will
serve for placing cop tubes of various lengths.
The end of the cylinder casing I make removable by forming the same with a
flange, so as to receive, and to be secured to the cylinder end by means of screws.
Dated this 7th day of March 1888.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Portable Apparatus for Placing Cop Tubes upon
the Spindles of Mules, Twiners, Ring-frames, and other similar
Machines.
1, ELI JAGGER of Tomlinson Street, Lee Street, Oldham in the County of
Lancashire, Tin Plate Worker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
These improvements relate to an invention for which Letters Patent were granted
to me bearing date 3rd day of July 1886, and numbered 8728, and in which an
intermittent rotating cylinder or sliding flat is employed for holding cop tubes, in
conjunction with a suitable number of tapered shoots and guides, depending from
below the casing or frame in or on which the said cylinder or flat is intermittently
rotated or slid by suitable mechanism for the purpose of discharging the cop
tubes through the said tapered shoots onto the spindles of the respective machine.
The object of my present invention in the first place, is to improve the
mechanism which effects the intermittent rotation of the cylinder, by dispensing with
the voluto spring hitherto used, and by providing means whereby the said cylinder is
more certain in each action, can be locked in position, and thus prevented from
accidentally rotating.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. is a side elevation of the complete apparatus.
Fig. 2 a vertical cross section at A—B.
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the apparatus showing the cam end of the
cylinder casing removed and cop tube cylinder in view.
Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the cam end detached, and Fig. 5 is a vertical cross
section at C-D. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the cop tube cylinder, and
Fig. 7 a detached view of the core of the same.
Fig. 8 is a plan of the cam slide.
Fig. 9 is a side view, Fig. 10 an end view, with the end of the cylinder casing
removed, Fig. 11 a plan, & Fig. 12 a longitudinal section of a modification of the
cam part of the apparatus.
Fig. 13 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 14 a plan of a portion of the cop
tube cylinder & the tapered shoots in connection therewith, showing a modification
thereof.
c¹ represents a portion of the spindles of a mule, etc., and when forming the
cop tube holes el around a revolving axis, the cylindrical casing a, see Figs. 1 & 2,
with its hinged tapered shoots b, guides c, and handles d, constitutes the framework
of the apparatus.
In carrying out the first part of my invention I employ at one end of the said
cylinder e, to rotate with it, see Figs. 2. 3. 4. 5 & 6, two discs & f¹ kept a
suitable distance apart from each other preferably by a short tube soldered
thereto. The disc is centrally formed with a pivot k, and the discs f & ƒ³
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page_text: with ratchet or cam teeth f2, f³, projecting cylindrically towards each other, in
such a manner that the incline of each tooth extends past the point of the
opposite tooth, and the two circles of teeth form a cam, the number of ratchet
the blank space formed in the said cylinder & sera slot a¹ in the cylinder
teeth, being made to correspond with the number of rows of holes e¹, and
Fig. 5.
Above the said ratchet teeth f2, ƒ³, or cam,
casing a, over which a slide 7 is employed carrying a stud g¹, suitably projecting
through the said slot into the ratchet teeth f2, for cam.
The said slide 9 is guided over the slot a¹, in the grooves as formed on the
casing a, and has in or about its middle a small boss g³ which serves to receive
the aforesaid stud ¹ & facilitates the sliding of the latter by means of the
fingers of the user of the apparatus, each end of the said slide g being also formed with
a projection 9.
At one end of the said slide g I suitably employ, on the cylinder casing a, a latch
or catch h, which when brought over the said slido g, locks it and consequently tho
cylinder e in position, so that no accidental rotation of same can take place, and when
raised with the fingers will permit the slide g to be moved to and fro for the purpose
of intermittently rotating the cylinder e.
I
The said stud g' on leaving one circle of ratchet teeth f2, 3, pushes against the
incline of the opposite tooth, thus causing the cylinder e to make a partial turn, and
the respective row of cop tube holes e¹ to come over the tapered shoots b.
The said stud then passes the point and enters the bottom of the respective tooth,
thus retaining the cylinder e securely in position, until the motion of the stud 7' or
slide 9 is reversed, when the said stud g' repeats its action and rotates the cylinder e
as described, without the aid of a spring.
I would here remark that the mechanism described for intermittently rotating the
said cylinder can be used either for a. non-sliding or a sliding cylinder, in the latter
case the sliding of the cylinder would be effected siniultaneously with the intermittent
rotation of the same by means of tho said stud g', & cam or ratchet teeth f" & ƒ³.
The object of any invention in the second place is to improve the capacity of
the said cylinder e, so as to hold as many cop tubes as possible and consists in
arranging the cop tube holes e¹ therein in double rows, viz., zig-zag liko,
as shown in Fig. 3, as near together as the material will allow, so that cach
double row of holes will be opposite one of the tapered shoots b and discharge
its cop tubes into the same.
The same object may be attained by forming the cop tube holes e¹ in the
cylinder e, as, close together as possible, in single rows, see Fig. 13, with diagonal
shoots b, and the upper parts thereof being formed with a division o, so
as to
prevent the cop tubes from falling crosswise into the tapered shoots 6 & thereby
stopping up the same.
1
The cylinder casing a, instead of having a longitudinal slot 6' over the tapered
shoots b, see Figs. 3 & 4, in this case is formed with a zig-zag like or doublo
row of holes n see Fig. 14, corresponding with the said shoots b, so that to
empty one row of the cop tube holes e completely, two partial turns of the
cylinder are required, each time every alternate cop tube being permitted to
drop through the respective orifice or holen in the cylinder casing a into the
tapered shoots b.
In order to utilize as much of the surface of the cylinder as possible for
machines having a wide spindle gauge, and instead of forming the double rows of
cop tube holes e¹, see Figs. 3, 5 & 6, in the cylinder e apart from each other
according to the spindle gauge, I interpose between the same, another double row
of cop tube holes e, so that after one set of the double rows of cop tube
holes has been emptied, the second set in the cylinder e can be brought over the
tapered shoots b.
To this end I make the said cylinder e capable of sliding in its bearings or on
pivots, and formn the end which is provided with the ratchet teeth f³, or cam,
with an annular groove p.

page_text: Above the said cam, and groove p I form a slot pl in the cylinder casing a and
employ over it a slide p², suitably guided thereon in grooves. a³.
This slide 2 is formed with a projection p³ and carries a forked stud pʻ which
passes through the said slot p' and into the annular recess p formed in the respective
cylinder end.
In conjunction with the said projection a latch or catch is suitably attached to
the cylinder casing a, which when raised will permit the projection p³ on the slide p²
to pass either to the right or left of it, and when lowered over the slide 2 will retain
and prevent the slido or cylinder e from moving longitudinally, thus retaining either,
the one or the other sets of double rows of cop tube holes e in position over the
tapered shoots b.
On the aforesaid slide p² a supplementary, slide is arranged to be moved
to and fro.
This last named slide carries the stud po, which passes through the slot p' formed
in the first-named slide p², and actuates the ratchet teeth or cam of the
cylinder e, and is provided with a small latch, arranged to hook onto suitable pegs
or projections, forined on the cylinder casing a for the purpose of preventing the
cylinder e from rotating accidentally in the various longitudinal positions.
The various ways of forming the cop tube holes e in the rotary cylinder e, &
mode of bringing the same over the tapered shoots b, as well as the formation of the
ratchet teeth or cam, are equally applicable to a sliding flat holding the cop tubes,
instead of a rotary cylinder. but instead of employing only one set of ratchet teeth or
cam, which in this case will be formed straight, two will be necessary, one at or near
each end of the sliding flat, so that the sliding flat will move perfectly straight &
the cop tube holes therein will be brought on the tapered shoots accurately.
When a sliding flat is used the ratchet teeth or cam can either be arranged to move
with the sliding flat or the same may be arranged stationary on the frame of the
sliding flat.
In the latter case the studs working in the ratchet teeth or cam are attached to the
sliding flat, and the latter is moved simultaneously sideways as well as forward on
its frame by means of the fingers of the person using the apparatus.
My invention has for its object in the last place to make the core in the
cylinder e on which the cop tubes rest, removable, and interchangable, for the
purpose of facilitating the cleaning of the interior of the cylinder e, and adapting
the same for various lengths of cop, tubes, and also to make the came end of
the cylinder casing a removable, instead of being soldered thereto, in order to
facilitate inspection of the interior, and lubrication of the pivots of the cylinder.
To this end 1 preferably form one end of the said core with a flange,
the respective end of the cylinder e, I form with a hole, large enough to admit
the said core i, & of being screwed to the end of the cylinder e, the other
end of the core i fitting into a suitable socket in the respective cylinder end.
By this means cores of various diameters can be interchanged, thus altering the
distance from the surface of the core to that of the cylinder, so that one apparatus
will serve for placing cop tubes of various lengths.
The end of the cylinder casing a, sco Figs. 1. 3. 4, 9, 11 & 12, I mako
removable by forming the same with a flange so as to receive and be secured to
the cylinder end by means of screws m, the latter passing through a ring l¹ soldered
inside the end of the casing a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
1 claim is
In apparatus for placing cop tubes upon the spindles of mules or like
machines:
1st. The combination of a cam consisting of two circles of cam teeth ƒ³, ƒ³
pointing towards each other, and fixed concentrically to the end of the cop tube
cylinder e or in a straight form to a sliding flat, with a slide 9 guided in

page_text: grooves as on the casing a & provided with a stud g', the free end of which
passes through the cylinder casing a and acts upon the cam teeth ƒ ƒ³, on
being slid to and fro, and causes an intermittent rotation or sliding of the cop
tube cylinder e or sliding flat, substantially as set forth.
2nd. The slide g having a stud g' acting upon the cam teeth f³, f³, in combination
with a latch or catch h attached to the cylinder casing a, which when lowered over
the slide g locks the same and the cop tube cylinder e in position, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
3rd. Forming one end of the cylinder casing a, removable substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
4th. Providing the cop tube cylinder e with removable and interchangable
core, one end of which is secured to the cylinder e, and the other end fitting
loosely into the disc f', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
5th. The cop tube holes e¹, Figs. 1, 3, 5, 6 & 7 arranged in the cylinder e in
double rows, zig-zag like, so as to cause each double row of cop tube holes to discharge
their tubes into the tapered shoots 6, opposite the same, substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
6th. Forming the tapered shoots b Fig. 13 & 14, diagonal with a division o
and two rows of inlets n, so as to discharge alternately into the same the contents
of a straight row of cop tube holes e¹, during the action of the cylinder e,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 8th day of December 1888.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester,
Agents to Applicant.