CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING, BALLING, OR SPOOLING THREAD, YARN, OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1848

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
YOUNG, of the Firm of Henry Bannerman and Sons, of Manchester, Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Second day of December, in the twelfth year of Her reign, and in
the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, did, for Her-
self, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said William Young.
Her special license, full power, sole privilege, and authority, that I, the said
William Young, my exors, adñors, and assigns, and such other as I,
the said William Young, my exors, adññiors, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the
term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within England and Wales and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
and in all the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, and
also within all Her Majesty's Colonies and Plantations abroad, my Invention
of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING, BALLING,
OR SPOOLING THREAD, YARN, OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said William Young, shall
cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be enrolled in Her Majesty's High

page_text: Court of Chancery within six-calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the, said
William Young, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
-the-manner in which the same is to be performed, is particularly described
and ascertained in and by the Drawings hereto annexed, and the following
explanation thereof (that is to say):-
My Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Winding, Balling, or
Spooling, Thread, Yarn, or other Fibrous Materials, consist,―
First, in the novel construction and arrangement of self-acting machinery
designed for the purpose of winding or balling (at one operation) a number of
balls of sewing cotton, sewing thread, silk, worsted, or other fibrous material,
whereby much more regularity and uniformity are ensured than can be
obtained in winding them separately, as hitherto practised, and by means of
which, also, a considerable economy of both time and labor is effected.
The second part of my Invention consists in the novel construction and
arrangement of self-acting machinery for winding or spooling sewing cotton,
sewing thread, silk, or other similar fibrous materials on to reels, bobbins, or
spools, whereby a number of reels or bobbins are wound at one and the same
operation, and in a much more even and uniform manner than can be done by
hand.
The practical application of the first part of my Invention will be readily
understood from the following explanation, reference being had to Sheet 1 of
the Drawings annexed, in which Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of a
machine for "balling" sewing cotton, sewing thread, &c. Fig. 2 is an end
view, and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of the apparatus, taken through
about the line A, B, in Fig. 1. Both this and the subsequent machine are
drawn upon a scale of about three inches to the foot, and a small number only
of spindles and spools are represented, as they may be increased at pleasure.
a, a, is the main framing of the apparatus, supporting in suitable bearings the
main driving shaft b, b. c, c, is the driving pully,, and d, d, is a cylindrical
drum for driving the flyers e, e,. by means of the bands ff, passing around it,
and also around the wharves g, J. The spindles h, h, upon which the balls of
thread, &c. are to be wound, are caused to revolve by the following means. g
Upon the end of the main driving shaft b, b, spur change pinion i is keyed,
giving motion to a spur wheel k, fixed upon a shaft l, upon the other end of
which a pinion m is keyed, driving spur wheel n, fast upon the cam
shaft o, o.
Upon the extreme end of this shaft o is keyed a spur wheel p,

page_text: whiċli is furnished with teeth upon two thirds of its periphery only, and which
teeth take into those of the spur pinion q, upon the back of the spur wheel Pi
opposite to the blank space on the periphery' there is a toothed segment 1, 1,
of shorter radius than the wheel p, and which gears into the spur pinion s.
The spúr 'pinions and s are attached together, revolving loosely upon a
pin or stud, and driving the shaft t in the following manner:-A carrier
wlieel q* connects tlie pinion s with the change pinion u; for altering the lap of
the cotton on the ball, which pinion is fixed on the end of a small shaft passing
through the pivot of the frame x. On the other end of this small shaft is a
bevil wheel driving another bevil wheel on the intermediate shaft ut, on the
other end of which is another bevil wheel driving the bevil wheel 7, which is
connected with the shaft t by means of catch box v+, and thus drives all the
spindles h, h, by means of the askèw bevil geering w, w.
The frame,
which supports the spindles, "swings upon a pivot at each end, and is cause
to' vibrate thereon, so as to give the required form, size, and various lengths
to the balls of cotton, &c. by means of the cam y fixed upon the shaft o, o,
which acts upon a. friction roller, connected by the levers 1; 1, to the,
frame x. 2, 2, is a lever by which the drum d, and consequently the flyers,
may be turned round by hand when required by means of the ratchet wheel 3
and click 4: When the lever 2 is pulled forward an inclined plane upon the
aré 5 ácts against the end of the bar 6, causing it to move in the direction of
the arrow. The pall 4 then comes into contact with the ratchet wheel 3,
thus causing the flyers to revolve until the small catches, which are placed at
the back of the wharves, come into contact with the catches upon the bar 6,.
which will cause all the flyers to stop in the reverse or opposite position to
that in which they are shewn in the Drawing, that is to say, with the eye of
the same in its lowest position. The spindles may be turned by hand when
necessary by means of the winch handle J. 7, 7, is a frame for supporting
the bobbins 8, 8. The operation of the machine is as follows:-Before
setting the machine in motion, the cam shaft o must be turned by hand until
the part marked' of the spur wheel P is in geer with the pinion q, the ends
of the threads being then wound by hand a few turns around their respective
spindles; the machine may then be set in motion. When the wheel phas
performed about two thirds of a revolution, the blank part of its periphery
will' arrive opposite the pinion q; and the segment r, r, will come into geer
with the spur wheel 8, and so reduce the speed of the spindles h, h, to suit
the increased diameter of the balls. As soon as the wheel p has completed a.
revolution a projecting piece 9 on the back thereof comes into contact with a
pin 10, attached to the lower end of the lever 11, and thus releases the upper

page_text: end tliereof from a notch in the setting-on rod 12, and allows the weight 13
to exert its force and throw the strap on to the loose pulley, and other pro-
jecting pieces may be attached to the wheel p, which, by acting on the
lever 11, will cause the machine to stop at any required time to place labels
-upon--the balls: The falling of the weight 13 applies a break 14 to a
pulley 15 upon the main driving shaft (and thus stops the whole of the
machine instantaneously) as represented in the detached view Fig. 4. The
lever 2 is then pulled forward by hand, thus bringing the eyes or guides of
all the flyers into their lowest position. The spindles are then caused to.
make a few revolutions by turning the winch handle j, and thus wind on a
few coils of thread below the full ball, which may then be removed, the thread
severed, and the machine again set in motion. In order to prevent as much
as possible the liability to wind unequal lengths upon the several 'spindles,.
owing to some of the bands f, f, being looser or slipping more than the others,
and also to ensure the flyers all maintaining the same relative position, the
flyers may be coupled together by spur gearing, as represented in the
detached view Fig. 5, in which case the bar 6 and the arc 5 are not
required.
In Sheet 1, Fig. 6 shews an elevation of another description of spindle
which may be employed in the above machine. The spindle a is furnished
with a sliding boss b, which is constantly pressed against the shoulder c by the
spiral spring d. When the balls are finished, the boss 6 must be pressed down
by hand, as represented in the Drawing. The thread must then be passed
between the boss 6 and shoulder; and upon releasing the boss b, the spring d
will cause it to nip the thread between it and the shoulder c, as represented by
dotted lines in the Drawing, when the thread may be severed, and the finished
balls removed. The machine may then be set in motion, and the operation
proceed as before.
The second part of my Invention is exhibited in Sheet 2 of the Drawings,
which represent several views of an arrangement of mechanism for winding
sewing cotton, thread, silk, or other fibrous material, on to bobbins or reels,
Fig. 1 being a plan or horizontal view of the apparatus, as seen from above;
and Fig. 2 a front élevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through
about the line A, B, in Fig. 1. a, a, is the main framing of the apparatus;
b, b, the main driving sliaft; and c the driving pulley. Upon the shaft is
mounted a pulley d, which, upon pressure being applied to the pedal e, gives
motion by fiction of contact to the pulley f, which is imparted by means of
the band to the shaft h. Upon this shaft h are keyed a series of bevil
wheels i, i, i, driving a series of similar wheels k, k, l, keyed upon the ends of

page_text: the shafts or spindles 1, 1, 1. Upon the other ends of these spindles 7, 7, (which
are reduced in diameter), the reels or bobbins m, m; m, are placed, and secured
by the winged nuts n, n, or. otherwise. 0, 0, 0, are guides, which have their
fixed centres attached to the travelling frame p, p, and which are kept con-
stantly bearing against the bobbins by means of the spiral spring 9, or other
pressing medium acting upon the rail r, which is furnished with pins taking
into slots in the lower ends of the guides o, o, o. s is the shaper which is
attached to the travelling frame, and moves with it, and which; as the bobbins
increase in diameter by the winding on of the cotton, is gradually withdrawn in
the direction of the arrow by the rail r acting upon the lever t. u, v, are two
right-handed screws, which are kept continually revolving in contrary directions
by means of the spur gearing w, w, and which, as the travellor x is thrown
alternately into gear with either of them, will cause the frame p to traverse to
and fro. The spur wheels w, w, are change wheels, for the purpose of adapt-
ing the speed of the traverse to the thickness of the thread to be spooled.
The method of throwing the traveller a alternately into gear with either of
the screws u or v is as follows:-As the frame p traverses, the inclined part of
the shapers comes into contact with a pin upon one end of the lever
3, and,
releasing the other end thereof from the catch z, allows the weight 1 to fali,
and by means of the ratchet and wheel 2 and bevil gear 3, to cause the
shaft 4 to perform half a revolution, until the catch 5 upon the opposite side
comes into contact with the end of the lever y. There is a cam 6 fixed upon
the shaft 4, which, acting upon the forked lever 7 at every half turn-of the
shaft 4, throws the traveller a alternately into gear with either of the screws u
or v. As the weight 1 falls, it turns the quadrant 8 partly round, and allows
the spring 9 to force the wheel 10 in the direction of the arrow. The wheel 10
is kept constantly revolving by means of the worm and wheel 11; and as soon
as the weight falls, the teeth of the wheel 10 catch hold of the pins upon the
quadrant 8, and raise the weight, causing the ratchet 2 to take a fresh hold,
and retain the weight in its position, until released by the opposite incline of
the shaper s coming into contact with the pin upon the lever y. Thus it will
be evident that the traveller æ is thrown alternately into contact with either of
the screws or v; by means of the shaper s, the distance which it travels
either screw, before being thrown on to the other, depending upon the
distance between the points where the shapers comes into contact with the
pin upon the lever y; and as the shaper s, as before stated, is gradually with-
drawn by the action of the guides as the diameter of the bobbins increases,
it will be evident that the distance between the points of contact, and conse-
quently the distance which the frame p, p, which carries the guides traverses,
upon

page_text: will gradually increase. When the bobbins are all full, the pressure must be
withdrawn from the pedal e, and all motion of the machine ceases. The
shaft-12-is turned part of a revolution by means of the handle 13, thus causing
the knives 14, 14, 'to sever all the threads. The. winged nuts n, n, may then
be 'unscrewed, the full bobbins withdrawn, and the ends of the thread fastened
in the ordinary manner.
Having thus described the nature and object of my said Invention, together
with the method of carrying the same into practical effect, I would remark, that I
do not intend to confine myself to the precise arrangements of mechanism shewn
in the Drawings, and above described, for winding, balling, or spooling thread
or yarn, as I am aware that several modifications of the same may be made
to effect the desired object without departing from the sprit of my Invention;
ás, for instance; in the last-described machine, the bobbins may be placed end
to end upon one long shaft or spindle. Various methods may be also easily
adapted for cutting the threads, and waxing the ends thereof; which waxing
inay also be caused to fix the ends of the threads.
But I desire it to be particularly understood that I claim as my Invention,-
First, the 'construction and arrangement of self-acting machinery for winding
or balling a number of balls of thread, yarn, or other fibrous materials, at one
and the same operation; and,
Secondly, I claim the construction and arrangement of self-acting mechanism
for winding or spooling a number of reels of bobbins' of cotton, &c. upon one
machine at the same time.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Young, have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Twenty-ninth day of May, One thousand eight
hundred and