IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR WINDING COTTON AND OTHER YARN AND THREAD "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Cheetham Hill, of Stalybridge in the County of
Chester, Cotton Spinner, and Henry Hill Brown, of the same place, Mechanic,
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR
WINDING COTTON AND OTHER YARN AND THREAD
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Cheetham Hill and
Henry Hill Brown at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
27th November 1883.
HENRY CHEETHAM HILL, of Stalybridge, in the County of Chester, Cotton
Spinner, and HENRY HILL BROWN, of the same place Mechanic, "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR WINDING COTTON AND OTHER YARN AND
THREAD,"
Our invention relates to mechanism which is intended more particularly for
winding yarn or thread, either in a cylindrical or conical form on to spools without
heads, in which a quick traverse or to and fro distribution of the yarn or thread, is
required to bind the coils together, prevent ravelling, and build the ends straight
and square to the axis of the spool.
Our improvements are made upon those described in the specification of Letters
Patent granted to us Numbered 2196, dated the 10th day of May 1882, and
illustrated by figs 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings.
Our present invention consists in improved combinations arrangements and
construction, namely:-We apply a fixed straight edge or blade to come between
the surface of the hollow traverse drum and the thread winding on to the spool, as
near as possible (without touching the drum or surface of the spool) to the point
of contact between the outer cylindrical surface of the hollow traversing drum and
the surface of the thread on the spool-This fixed edge acts to compel the yarn or
thread to wind on the spool at a point, as near as possible to the surface of the
drum, and to be distributed to the extreme limit of the traverse produced by the
reversed helical slit between the two parts of the hollow drum, as without the
above mentioned improvement there is more or less angle in the thread between
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page_text: the surface of the hollow drum and the point at which it winds upon the spool, and
this angle has more effect to prevent the thread from being distributed to the full
limit or traverse as the spool increases in diameter, owing to the increasing length
of thread between the hollow drum and the point at which it winds on to the
spool. In place of the fixed edge or thin blade a small roller may be substituted
which rotates in suitable guides upon the cylindrical surface of the hollow drum,
the spool having the thread wound upon it is supported upon and is rotated by the
small roller.
The thread which is being wound passes through the traversing slit in the hollow
drum, round the small roller and then to the spool.
Another improvement consists in covering the axis within the hollow drum with
a guard or shield which does not rotate with the shaft and this is effected by
suspending a thin plate on the axis of the hollow drum extending the length of its
interior, coming nearly close to its ends, the bosses being arranged by preference, on
the outside of the ends of the drum.
The weight of the plate suspended below the axis prevents the plate from
rotating with the axis and the guard thus acts to prevent the end of a thread
when it breaks from accidentally winding upon the shaft in the interior of the
drum.
The spool is or may be carried on a frame arranged to oscillate on an axis, and is
or may be provided with a latch to hold up the frame when the thread is being
pieced.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Cheetham Hill and Henry Hill Brown in the Patent Office
on the 27th May 1884.
HENRY CHEETHAM HILL of Stalybridge in the County of Chester, Cotton
Spinner, and HENRY HILL BROWN of the same place, Mechanic "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR WINDING COTTON AND OTHER YARN AND
THREAD.
Our invention relates to mechanism which is intended more particularly for
winding yarn or thread either in a cylindrical or conical form on to spools without
heads (though also applicable to spools with heads) in which a quick traverse or
to and fro distribution of the yarn or thread is required to bind the coils together,
prevent ravelling, and build the ends straight and square to the axis of the spool.
Our improvements are made upon those described in the specification of Letters
Patent granted to us Numbered 2196 dated the 10th day of May 1882 and
illustrated by figs 5, 6, and 7 of the drawings.
Our present invention consists in improved combinations, arrangements and
constructions, namely; We apply a fixed straight edge or blade to come between
the surface of the hollow traverse drum and the thread winding on to the spool, as
near as possible (without touching the drum or surface of the spool) to the point of
contact between the outer cylindrical surface of the hollow traversing drum and
the surface of the thread on the spool-This fixed edge acts to compel the yarn or
thread to wind on the spool at a point, as near as possible to the surface of the drum,
and to be distributed practically to the extreme limit of the traverse produced by
the reversed helical slit between the two parts of the hollow drum, as without the
above mentioned improvement there is more or less angle in the thread between
the surface of the hollow drum and the point at which it winds upon the spool,
and this angle has more effect to prevent the thread from be distributed to the full
limit or traverse as the spool increases in diameter owing to the increasing length
of thread between the hollow drum and the point at which it winds on to the
spool.
In place of the fixed edge or thin blade a small roller may be substituted which
rotates in suitable guides upon the cylindrical surface of the hollow drum, the
spool having the thread wound upon it is supported upon and is rotated by the
small roller.'
The thread which is being wound passes through the traversing slit in the
hollow drum about half round the small roller and then to the spool.
Another improvement consists in covering the axis within the hollow drum with
a guard or shield which does not rotate with the shaft and this is effected by
suspending a thin plate on the axis of the hollow drum extending the length of its
interior, coming nearly close to its end, the bosses being arranged by preference ou
the outside of the ends of the drum.
The weight of the plate suspended below the axis prevents the plate from
rotating with the axis and the guard thus acts to prevent the end of a thread when
it breaks from accidentally catching and winding upon the shaft in the interior of
the drum.
The spool is or may be carried on a frame arranged to oscillate on an axis, and
is or may be provided with a latch or lever to hold up the frame when the thread
is being pieced.
Fig 1 is a side elevation, and fig 2 a top plan view showing our invention
according to one modification
Ticio a side elevation of the clit drum detached.

page_text: and fig 4 is a section of the same in the line of its axis showing also a section of
an empty spool resting upon its periphery the spool having a detachable spindle
through its hollow axis the figure also showing the shield plate-Figs 5 and 6 show
respectively a flat and edge view of the thin plate forming the guiding edge and
figs 7 and 8 show respectively an end and flat view of the shield for the interior
axis of the slit drum detached.
Fig 9 is a side elevation and fig 10 a top plan view with the frame carrying the
spool removed, of the other modification of our invention where a roller is used
between the slit drum and the spool being wound.
Fig 11 is a side elevation, and fig 12 a top plan, showing the cone drum modifica-
tion of our invention.
Fig 13 is a section, in the line of the axis, of a slit cone drum detached showing
a filled spool resting upon its periphery with a detachable spindle passing through
its hollow axis.
a is a beam supposed to pass from end to end of a machine, and 6 are brackets
secured to the beam a.
The upper ends of these brackets have each a fork to carry the ends of the axis c¹
of the slit drum.c (see figs 3 and 4) c² being the slit in the drum.
Each bracket b is or may be arranged to carry the ends of the shaft of two
adjacent slit drums Each slit drum c has a grooved pulley c³ formed on or attached
to it for an endless band x to work upon which also works on a cylinder or grooved
pulley on a shaft passing from end to end of the machine and driven at the
required speed in any convenient manner.
There is also a rod d, extending from end to end of the machine, and carried in
brackets d or in any other convenient manner.
This rod d forms the axis for a frame d³ formed by two side bars connected by a
cross bar holes being formed in each side bar to fit the rod d at one end and
grooves in each side bar at the other end to form the bearings for the two ends of
the spindle e¹ that passes through the hollow spool e which is formed of paper,
wood or other suitable material. Between the side bars of the frame d² and upon
the rod d an arm f is secured by a set screw f1 and to this arm the thin plate f³ is
secured shown detached by figs 5 and 6. The edge f³ figs 5 and 6 comes into the
space between the spoole and slit drum c as close as is practicable without touching
either.
A hand lever g is jointed to the bracket b at g, and this hand lever has a
projecting g on one side that will come under one of the side bars of the frame d²-
There is also a projection from the lever g near its fulcrum g¹ to come against the
bracket and prevent the lever from falling further back than the position in which
it is shown in fig 1 in full line.
The thread y passes upwards from the cop or bobbin arranged in any ordinary
and convenient manner, and passes through a slit in a thin plate or wire curl h
secured on or in a rod h¹ which is carried in any convenient manner and then
passes through the slit in the drum against the guiding edge f³ and then to the
surface of the spool e.
In passing through the slit drum c the thread y comes and rubs against the thin
shield suspended upon the interior axis c' of the slit drum c but so as not to
rotate with it.
要
When a thread breaks, or at other times, the hand lever g is pulled into the
position shown in dotted line in fig 1, when the projection g³ on its side comes
under one side of the frame d² and lifts and holds it and the spool carried by it in
the highest position shown in dotted line in fig 1 so that the spool may be freely
rotated to find the end of the thread, and when pieced the rotation of the drum
(being driven by the friction of a band) is easily arrested by hand until the thread
is placed in the slit in it then the hand lever pushed back and the surface of
the spool e is allowed to rest upon and be rotated by that of the slit drum c.
The frame d is shown in fig 1 in full line in the position it occupies when the
spool is empty, and in dotted line a little above in the position which it occupies

page_text: when the spool is full, and resting upon the slit drum, the highest dotted position
shown being that in which it is lifted by the hand lever g clear of the surface of
the slit drum c.
.
The modification illustrated by figs 9 and 10 is the same as that shown by figs 1.
and 2 with the following exceptions.
A roller is used in place of the edge fƒ³ and this roller has its bearings carried
in a hand lever g having its fulcrum g¹ on a bracket g* from the beam a. The
hand lever g has a hole in it to form the bearing for one end of the roller j and
there is a projection g³ from the hand lever having a fork to form the bearing for
the other end of the roller; the surface of which when in the position shown in
full line in figs 9 and 10 rests upon and is rotated by the periphery of the slit
drum c.
There is an arm from this hand lever g having a pin or projection g' that will
come under one side of the frame d³ and lift and hold it up (as shown in fig 9)
when the hand lever g is pulled into the position shown in dotted line, which
movement of the lever takes the roller j away from the slit drum and leaves space
to pass the thread between the roller; and slit drum c so that when the lever g.
is pushed back the roller j pushes against the thread and the frame d³ is lowered
at the same time to bring the spool e to rest upon and be rotated by the roller j.
The slit drum c in this modification is shown carried in a forked bracket b¹, one
being used for each drum.
Figs 11 and 12 illustrate the conical slit drum modification for winding yarn or
thread in the cone form.
The arrangement is the same as that shown by figs 1 and 2 except that a
swivelling frame is used to carry the bearings of the spool.
In the illustration given, the thread is supposed to begin to wind on a cylindrical
spool and that the thread is wound on the spool so as to make it conical.
To do this the slit in the cone drum will have to be shaped to traverse more
quickly at the small than at the large end of the spool.
But when cone shaped spools are required they are in most cases required to be
wound on a spool which is of cone form when empty and the same proportion in
the form of the cone is kept throughout the winding.
In such case provision for swivelling the spool frame is not absolutely required,
but if provided it is not a disadvantage as it allows the spool to bed truly upon the
periphery of the slit cone.
In figs 11 and 12 the frame for carrying the bearings of the spindle for the spool
is formed in two parts, one d² is jointed on the rod d, and this latter is jointed to
the other d by an axis dª at a right angle to the rod d as shown thus permitting
the surface of the cone wound spoole to bed and accommodate itself to the periphery
of the slit cone c.
The edge or plate f³, f³ is used as in figs 1 and 2 adjusted to the arrangement,
and a hand lever is used similar to that (g) shown in figs 1 and 2 except that it
acts upon the frame d³ jointed to the rod d and not directly upon the frame d³.
The surface of the slit drums or cones c hereinbefore described are in some cases,
fluted, roughened or serrated to give more frictional adhesion or hold to rotate the
spool.
When the roller j modification is applied to the cone slit drum the roller is coned
in the same proportion as the cone slit drum the small end of the cone roller j
coming over the small end of the cone drum c.
The slit or groove in the slit drums is shown in the illustrations as making one
traverse each way for each revolution of the drum, but if desired it may make two
or more traverses to and fro for each revolution of the drum.
We have now particularly described the nature of our said invention and the
mode of carrying the same into effect and claim as our invention.
1. In mechanism for winding yarn or thread on to spools or bobbins by a
cylindrical or conical drum having an oblique slit in it for distributing the thread

page_text: the combination of an edge or surface fixed as near to both the drum and spool as
practicable, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. In mechanism for winding yarn or thread on to spools or bobbins by a
cylindrical or conical drum having an oblique slit in it for distributing the thread,
the combination of a shield with the interior axis of the slit drum or cone substan-
tially as and for the purpose specified.
3. In mechanism for winding yarn or thread on to spools or bobbins by a
cylindrical or conical drum having an oblique slit in it for distributing the thread,
the combination of the edge (f³) and shield (i) substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
4. In mechanism for winding yarn or thread on to spools or bobbins by a
cylindrical or conical drum having an oblique slit in it for distributing the thread,
the combination of the frame for carrying the bearings of the spindle for the spool
on which the thread is wound with a hand lever for holding up the frame, substan-
tially as and for the purpose specified.
5. In mechanism for winding yarn or thread on to spools or bobbins by a
cylindrical or conical drum having an oblique slit in it for distributing the thread,
the combination of a roller between the slit drum and the spool or bobbin,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
6. In mechanism for winding yarn or thread on to spools or bobbins by a
cylindrical or conical drum having an oblique slit in it for distributing the thread,
the combination of a roller having its bearings on a hand lever substantially as and
for the purpose specified.
7. In mechanism for winding yarn or thread on to spools or bobbins by a
cylindrical or conical drum having an oblique slit in it for distributing the thread,
the combination of a roller (j) hand lever (g) and frame (g') substantially as and
for the purpose specified.
8. In mechanism for winding yarn or thread on to spools or bobbins by a
conical drum having an oblique slit in it for distributing the thread, the combina-
tion of a swivel frame d³ and d² for carrying the bearings of the spindle for the
spool or bobbin substantially as and for the purpose specified.
In Witness whereof we the said Henry Cheetham Hill and Henry Hill Brown
(or one of us) have hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty first day of
May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty four.