IMPROVEMENTS IN SPOOLING MACHINE
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Willey West, of Boston, in the County of
Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, one of the United States of America,
Salesman, for the Invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN SPOOLING MACHINE
Sealed the 29th June 1875, and dated the 6th March 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Willey West
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 6th March 1875.
I, JOHN WILLEY WEST, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, State of
Massachusetts, one of the United States of America (Salesman), do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SPOOLING MACHINES," as follows :—
According to this Invention I construct a machine with a main frame,
which consists of a head connected by cross beams. A series of spool
holding rods provided with pulleys are disposed in the arc of an oblate
spheroid in the heads in such a manner as to be casily revolved therein,
the ends of the rods projecting a short distance through one head to
receive the spool. Between each pair of the spool holding rods there is a

page_text: sliding rod projecting through the same head and carrying upon its outer
end the polishing thread guide.
Centrally arranged in each of the heads thero is an upright or standard,
and in these standards there is a sliding rod carrying an annular head-
stock. This headstock is provided with a series of radial arms or spokes,
one of which is connected with each of the sliding rods in such a manner
that the rods may be partially revolved in but do not slide through tho
spokes, this operation is accomplished by means of a lateral slot in the
rods and the pin in the spokes. Rods are also connected with each other
and with two pivoted levers by means of screw eyes inserted in the rods
and suitable wires.
Beneath the said sliding rod in the standards there is a fixed rod, and
arranged to slide on this rod there is a vertical bar, the upper end of
which is attached to the sliding rod, and in whose lower end a horizontal
rocking lever is pivoted provided with arms and laterally projecting studs.
The one arm has upon its lower surface a segmental screw corresponding
with the left-hand screw, and the other arm has a screw corresponding
with the right-hand screw on a shaft disposed horizontally under a rod
in the heads.
Pivoted to one cross beam are two horizontal levers, whose inner ends
are flattened and whose outer ends work in slots in inclined bars.
Beneath the flattened ends of the said levers are two horizontally arranged
springs, whose lower ends aro attached to the said bar, and whose free or
upper ends rise between the adjacent edges of the flattened ends of the
said horizontal levers with which they are also in contact.
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A rocker shaft provided with a vertically arranged bent lever and with
two horizontal arms is journaled in the heads. These arms carry a
slotted bar, in which the inclined bars are disposed, and are made
adjustable laterally.
The said slotted bar is vertically slotted at each end for the guides or
ways, which project inwardly from the heads of the machine, and
beneath the bar are two coiled springs, which act expansively to force
the same against the said arms.
Pivoted to the outer side of one head and near the base of the same
is a series of gravitating levers provided with vertical needles having
thread guides or eyes. Upon the same stud with these levers there is a

page_text: gravitating lever, whose short arm is in contact with the belt shipper or
rod. Near the said series of levers and pivoted to the same head of the
machine are also a series of corresponding gravitating levers provided
with drop wires or eyes.
A series of bobbin holders or spindles project laterally from the head,
and near them are two tension clamps, composed of jaws and thumb-
screws. The fingers have a slot and shoulder for guiding the thread to
the spool, and also act to compress and polish the same as the spools
fill.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Willey West in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 4th September 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WILLEY WEST, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, State of Massa-
chusetts, one of the United States of America (Salesman), send
greeting.
¨ WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria; by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of March, in the year.
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and. seventy-five, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said John Willey West,
Her special licence that I, the said John Willey West, my exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Willey West, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and law-
fully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man,
an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPOOLING MACHINES," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said John Willey West, my
exccutors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and scals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the

page_text: Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Willey West, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawing forming a part of this Specification, in which-
Figure 1 is an isometrical perspective view showing the actuating
mechanism herein-after described; Figure 2 is a like view showing the
stop motion and regulating mechanism; Figure 3 is a sectional view
showing the shifting mechanism; and Figure 4 illustrates details of the
said Invention.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the Drawing.
A is the main frame of the machine, which consists of the heads B, B',
connected by the cross beams C¹, C¹. A series of spool holding rods C
provided with the pulleys D I dispose in the arc of an oblate spheroid in
the heads B, B', is such a manner as to be easily revolved therein, the
ends of the rods projecting a short distance through the head B to receive
the spool.
Between each pair of the spool-holding rods there is a sliding rod K
projecting through the head B and carrying upon its outer end the
polishing thread guide M. Centrally arranged in each of the heads B, B',
there is an upright or standard G, and in these standards there is disposed
a sliding rod I carrying the annular headstock I. This headstock is
provided with a series of radial arms or spokes J, one of which is con- 2
nected with each of the sliding rods K in such a manner that the rods
may be partially revolved in, but do not slide through the spokes, which
is accomplished by means of the lateral slot in the rods and the pin =
in the spokes, as shown in Figure 4. The rods K are also connected
with each other and with the two pivoted levers X by means of the 3
screw eyes L inserted in the rods and by means of the wires X'.
Beneath the rod H in the standards G there is a fixed rod i, and
arranged to slide on this rod there is a vertical bar S, the upper end of
which is attached to the rod H, and in the lower end of which is pivoted
a horizontal rocking lever provided with the arms a, a¹, and the laterally 3
projecting studs b, b. The arm a¹ is provided upon its lower surface

page_text: with a segmental screw corresponding with the left-hand screw d and the
arm a, with a like screw corresponding with the right-hand screw e on a
shaft disposed horizontally under the rod i in the heads B, B.
Pivoted to the cross beam C¹ are two horizontal lever f,f¹, whose inner
ends are flattened, as shown in Figure 3, and whose outer ends work in
the slots h, h, of the inclined bars P. Beneath the flattened ends of the
levers f,f¹, are two horizontally arranged springs g, g', the lower ends
of which are attached to the bar c¹, and the free or upper ends of which
rise between the adjacent edges of the flattened ends of the levers f¹,f,
with which they are also in contact, as seen in Figure 3.
A rocker shaft W provided with the vertically arranged bent lever Y
and with two horizontal arms 17 is journaled in the heads B, B¹. The
arms 17 carry the slotted bar Q, in which the inclined bars P are dis-
posed, and are made adjustable laterally.
The bar Q is vertically slotted at each end for the guides or ways 13,
which project inwardly from the heads of the machine, and beneath
the bar are two coiled springs 10, which act expansively to force the same
against the arms 17.
Pivoted to the outer side of the head B and near the base of the same
are a series of gravitating levers U provided with vertical needles 6,
having thread guides or eyes 7. Upon the same stud with these levers
there is a gravitating lever 11, the short arm of which is in contact with
the belt shipper or rod 9, the rod being kept in contact with the lever by
the spring 16. Near the levers U and pivoted to the same head of the
machine are also a series of corresponding gravitating levers T provided
with the drop wires or eyes t.
Bobbin holders or spindles p, p, project laterally from the head B, and
near them are two tension clamps composed of the jaws m, O, and thumb-
screws 72. The fingers M are provided with a slot w and shoulder " for
guiding the thread to the spool, and also act to compress and polish the
same as the spools fill.
In the use of my improved spooler the bobbins from which the yarn,
thread, or silk is to be taken are first placed upon the spindles p, p. The
threads are then carried over the rest V through the eyes 7, and wires t,
and around the spool on the end of the shaft R. Thence the threads are
divided, ono half being carried through each of the tension jaws m, O,

page_text: and to spools on the outer ends of the rods C, sufficient tension being
given by the screws n to elevate the levers T from contact with the
lever 11, and to properly wind the thread upon the spools.
If when the parts are as seen in Figure 3 power is applied to the
pulley E on the main shaft F, motion will be communicated through
the pulleys 1, 2, 3, 4, to the screws d, e, which being caused to rotate
the bar S, rod H, headstock I, spokes J, and rods K. will be caused to
travel towards the head B by means of the segmental screw in the arms a¹
engaged with the screw d until the stud passes out from under the
flattened end of the lever f and up the inclined end of the spring g
sufficiently far to cause the stud to pass beyond the flattened end of
the arm f', disengage the screws a¹, d, and engage the screws a, e; then
'the movements of the headstock I and spool rods K. will be reversed, and
'so on until all of the spools are filled in a manner which will be readily
understood by all conversant with such matters without a more explicit
description.
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It will be obvious that the travel of the rods K, and consequently the
length of the layers of thread wound upon the spools will depend upon
the distance between the flattened ends of the levers ff. This length
is automatically regulated by the thread on the spool nearest the bent
lever Y. The head of the spool being flaring the shortest layer is wound
first, but as the spool fills the thread presses outwardly against the
finger M, and that in its turn against the lever Y, causing the shaft W
to be partially.rotated, depressing the arms 17 and bar Q, drawing down
the inclined bars P with their converging slots h, h, and thus gradually
separating the flattened, ends of the levers f,f¹, by causing their outer
´ends to be moved towards each other.
When the frame is doffed or the filled spools removed from the rods C,
the pressure on the finger M being relieved, the spring 10 will elevato
the bar Q, preparing the machine to wind a short layer of thread on the
next set of spools. The spool rods C are designed to be actuated by a
continuous belt passing around the pulleys D and main pulley E, the
speed being graduated by the pulleys or cones 1, 2, 3,
4.
The design of the aforesaid levers U is to prevent the winding of
knotted threads upon the spools. The knots being unable to pass, the
eyes 7 cause the levers to trip, and thus actuate the shipping rod 9 to
stop the machine. The object of the levers T is to cause the machine

page_text: to stop on the breaking of a thread, the lever connected with the broken
thread falling upon the lever 11, and through it actuating the rod 9.
The object of the levers X, X, eyes L, and wires X', in connection with
the rods K is to partially rotate said rods simultaneously, and thus remove
the guides from the spools for doffing the frame and bring them into
contact with the same again as required.
Having thus fully described my said Invention and the manner
of performing the same, I wish it understood, that I claim,—
First. The headstock I, rods K, bar S, rod H, screws d, e, and arms
a, a', in combination with a device for automatically changing the move-
ments of the rods K, as herein set forth and for the purpose specified.
Second. The arms a, a¹, provided with the studs 6, 6', in combination
with the leversƒ, ƒ¹, springs 9, 9', and screws d, e, as herein set forth and
for the purpose specified.
Third. In combination with the finger M, the rocking shaft W, bar Q,
and slotted bars P for actuating the levers f, f¹, as herein set forth.
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Fourth. In combination with the rods K, the wires ×³, eyes L, and
lever X, as herein set forth and for the purpose described.
Fifth. The rod K provided with the slot V, and the spoke J provided
with the pin z, combined and operating as herein set forth and for the
purpose specified.
Sixth. The stop mechanism, consisting of the levers U provided with
the needles 6, the levers T provided with the eyes t, and the lovers 11,
combined and operating with the shipper 9, as herein set forth.
Seventh. The spool rods C, provided with the pulleys D, and arranged
in the arc of a circle alternately with the rods K, provided with the
fingers M, in combination with devices for conjointly rotating the rod O
and producing reciprocating rectilinear movements of the rods K, as
herein set forth and for the purpose specified.
J. W. WEST. (10)
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