A New Form of Apparatus for Indicating the Weight of Yarn as it is being Spun on Spinning Frames.
Year: 1893

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Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 19th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 21st Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Form of Apparatus for Indicating the Weight of Yarn as it
is being Spun on Spinning Frames.
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We, JOSHUA SMITH PEEL, of Hollings Mill Yard, Greetland, Yorkshire,
Engineer, and THOMAS GARFORTH, of Hollings Mill Yard, Greetland, aforesaid,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention consists in combining with a spinning frame a new or improved
apparatus or device for indicating the weight of yarn which has been spun by the
frame.
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In carrying out our invention we mount a worm upon the end of the shaft of
the front drawing roller and in gear with this worm is a worm wheel mounted on a
short stud which is also provided with a worm gearing with a worm wheel on
another short stud also carrying a worm for imparting a slow rotary motion to a
third worm wheel and which forms a dial plate on the stud of which is a pointer.
The dial plate is marked to indicate pounds or other weights, therefore on
machine being set in motion the weight of all the threads of yarn wound upon the
bobbins will be indicated on the dial.
the
The following is an example:-If spinning yarn of 42 counts on a frame with
164 spindles, one tooth on the dial worm wheel will represent two pounds of yarn.
The worm wheel driven from the front drawing roller in the above example
would have 42 teeth and if the count of yarn is changed either more or less, the
teeth in the latter worm wheel must vary accordingly, a 42 wheel being adapted
for 42 counts, a 43 wheel for 43 counts, and so on and if the apparatus is put onto
to be
frames of more or less spindles, the teeth in the second worm wheel will have
varied.
By the employment of the apparatus herein described the weight of yarn spun
on a frame can be very accurately weighed and indicated on the dial plate, and
this is done self actingly.
This 5th den of Anril 1893
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TASKER & CROSSLET,
Halifax, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Form of Apparatus for Indicating the Weight of Yarn as it
is being Spun on Spinning Frames.
We, JOSHUA SMITH PEEL, of Hollings Mill Yard, Greetland, Yorkshire,
Engineer, and THOMAS GARFORTh, of Hollings Mill Yard, Greetland, aforesaid,
Manager, 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 :-
This invention consists in combining with a spinning frame a new or improved
apparatus or device for indicating the weight of yarn which has been spun by the
frame.
Such being the nature and object of our invention we will describe the same:
more fully by means of the annexed sheet of drawings, wherein
Fig. 1 is end elevation of a spinning frame having our improvements applied
thereto.

page_text: Fig. 2 an enlarged elevation of our improved apparatus, Fig.
same, and Fig. 4 vertical section.
plan view of
A represents the end frame of the machine, B the bobbins from which the
yarn is unwound, and C the bobbin or spool onto which the yarn is wound after
being spun.
We will now describe our improvement which comprises a dial D having
100 teeth formed on it, such dial receiving a continuous but predetermined speed
through the medium of the worms and wheels E, F, G, H, which-receive their
rotary motion from the shaft of the bottom drawing roller 1. The dial is provided
with a stationary pointer J and for each single revolution of the dial 100 lbs. of
yarn will have been spun and the nut c raised one degree up the pointer J.
The front of the pointer J is slotted at a through which passes a pin projecting
from the nut c which works on the screw thread d rising up above the dial D so
that as the dial revolves, the nut which is held stationary by the pin b, rises and
falls on the screwed part. Each revolution of the dial indicates 100 lbs. of yarn
spun and as the face of the dial is graduated the indicator as shewn in the drawings
will register over 100 lbs. of weight. The speeds of the wheels will vary according
to the counts of yarn being spun but the following is one example. When spinning
yarn of 42 counts on a frame of 164 spindles one tooth on the dial of the wheel D
will represent 1 lb. of yarn. The roller I is 4 inches in diameter and worm
wheel G driven from the front drawing roller in the above example, will have
42 teeth and the wheel F half that number-viz. 21 teeth, and if the count of yarn
is changed for more or less, the teeth in the worm wheel G must vary accordingly,
the 42 wheel being adapted for 42 counts, a 43 wheel for 43 counts, and so on.
The addition to or substraction from that wheel, of one tooth, makes a difference of
one in the counts, and if the apparatus is put on a frame of more or less spindles
the teeth in the second worm wheel F will have to be varied.
When our improved apparatus is used for indicating small weights of yarn say
less than 100 lbs. we connect therewith apparatus which will automatically stop
the frame when the desired weight has been spun, and this is done in the following
manner.
and
On the bottom of the stud K upon which the dial D is mounted, is also a disc L
which when more than 100 lbs. of yarn is being spun the said disc L and stud K
are stationary, but when the machine is required to knock-off when a given weight
of yarn has been spun the nut e is screwed down so as to bind the collar or boss f
against the disc L. This boss falso carries a finger g, which finger is set with
regard to the dial at a point when a predetermined weight will have been spun
at which point the frame must knock-off. Under the dial D is a projecting finger /
and as the dial revolves the finger / will strike against the finger g and thereby
oscillate the disc L, in doing which the connecting rod M attached to the underside
of the said disc will be moved, such movement being transmitted to another disc N
which by a short connecting rod O (see plan view Fig. 5,) is attached to the lever
arm P the top of which is in contact with a stud or catch Q on the face of the
wheel R thus when the connecting rod M has been operated in the manner
described, the lever arm P is withdrawn from the catch Q whereupon the weight S
which by chain T is attached to the wheel R revolves the said wheel and this
rotary motion transfers the strap from the fast driving pulley to the loose pulley
whereby the frame is stopped without the attention of the workman. By the
employment of the apparatus herein described the weight of yarn spun on a frame
can be very accurately ascertained and indicated on the dial plate and the frame
can be made to stop automatically at a given time when spinning small weights.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
Firstly. In spinning frames, the use of a dial D operated substantially in the
manner shewn and for purposes specified.

page_text: Secondly. In a spinning frame, the use of a dial D in combination with a nut e
operated in the manner described when indicating the weight of yarn being spun.
Thirdly. In a spinning frame, the use of a dial operated in the manner shewn in
the drawings, in combination with knocking-off devices for stopping the frame
when a predetermined weight of yarn has been spun, all substantially as described.
Dated this 18th day of January 1894.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.