An Improved System of and Means for the Distribution of Weft in Weaving Sheds.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved System of and Means for the Distribution of Weft in
Weaving Sheds.
I; EIBEL GIORGIO, of Occhieppo, in the Kingdom of Italy, Engineer, 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 relates to a system of and means for the distribution of weft in
weaving sheds, and its objects are to prevent waste and fraud, and to trace loss,
mis-use or misappropriation of the weft to the proper persons.
I will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in
which similar parts in the various figures are indicated by similar letters of
reference.
Figure 1 shews a partial front view of the winding frame;
Figure 2 an end view of Figure 1 ;
Figure 3 a front view of the arrangement of the cops on the loom ;
Figure 4 a side view of Figure 3;
Figure 5 a side view of the truck employed to convey the cops to the looms
and to return the empty tubes or bobbins ;
Figure 6 a front view of Figure 5;
Figure 7 a front view of a storage frame;
Figure 8 an end view of Figure 7;
Figure 9 a vertical section of the pirn or bobbin on which the cops may be
wound;
Figure 10 a vertical section of a cop:
Figure 11 a plan of Figure 9;
Figure 12 a modified form of the frame or holder to be attached to the loom
for the support of the board on which the cops are placed; and
Figure 13 an end view of Figure 12.
In these drawings A indicates the boards on which the cop carriers a are placed
in the winding frame; bare pegs fixed in the cop carriers and upon which
the cops or the tubes or bobbins when empty are placed; and B B are the
full cops.
CC are the boards or frames on which the cop carriers a are placed on each
side of the loom. D is the truck for transporting the cops or the empty tubes
or bobbins, and d d are the shelves or boards thereon for the support of the cop
carriers. E is the frame in which the cop carriers with the cops thereon are
stored and ee are the different divisions of the frame.
A modified form of the frame or board on which the cop carriers are supported
on the loom is shewn in Figures 12 and 13 where e represents the part by means
of which the board is secured or screwed upon the loom, and c¹ represents
metallic carriers with hooked ends for supporting the cop carriers.
For every 100 looms about 1300 of the wooden cop carriers a are provided
each having 60 pegs fixed thereon for the cops as shewn in the figures. These
carriers may each be about 38 cm. long, 16 cm. wide and 2 cm. thick.
The pegs being unoccupied, the weaver places thereon her empty_tubes or
bobbins and they are then removed on the cop-carriers to be re-wound. After
re-winding they are again placed on the pegs of the cop carrier which is then,
with a numbers of others, taken to the store.
Since every winder uses only one colour and quality of weft it is easy to
ascertain the total number of cop carriers which have been placed at the disposal
of every operative, and it follows also that all the cops on one carrier must be of

page_text: the same colour and count. The attendant must of course take care that the
cop carriers are full upon each removal either with the empty tubes or bobbins or
with cops as the case may be, and in the event of any being missing he must note
the name or number of the operative to whom they are handed or from whom they
are received so that that person may be called upon to account, for the loss. A
ticket may be placed upon each cop carrier on which is entered the particulars of
the weft such as the colour and count and the name or number of the operative.
The workman who is employed in the distribution of the cops takes the cops on
their carriers to the stores where they are arranged in the frames represented in
Figures 7 and 8, and he may then take other cops as may be required on his truck
to the weaving shed and as he passes each loom, the weaver points out to him which
carriers they require to have re-filled in place of the empty tubes or bobbins, when
the distributor places on the carriers a full cop for every empty tube or bobbin
removed, or exchanges an empty carrier for a full one.
The cop carriers are supported on each side of the loom as shewn in
Figures 3 and 4 so that they do not in any way embarrass the weaver's action.
The cop carriers with the empty tubes thercon are taken to the winding frames to
be re-filled.
The winders when they receive the cop carriers must see that no cops or tubes
are missing from the carriers when received by them, which can be done at a
glance. Should any cop tubes or bobbins be missing, a note must be made of the
fact as well as of the particulars on the ticket upon the cop carrier, when the
weaver who is in default can be identified and called to account.
If cops are missing on the truck or in the store they are debited to the person
in whose charge they have been.
By this system a perfect control of the weft is effected in the winding department,
in the store, and in the shed, since no one can remove a cop or tube without dis-
covery and identification, and the loss of cops as at present is obviated. Again,
faulty cops are traceable to the operative by whom the defect, has been caused or
permitted. In addition to this, the existing expense of keeping boxes and skips
in repair is entirely avoided since no boxes or skips are used, and their absence
provides more space for other purposes. Further, the weaver always receives a
certain number of cops, and the different qualities are kept apart from each other
so that it is always easy to determine how many cops are required to finish; the
improved distribution renders it unnecessary to keep so large a reserve of stock ;
and, fewer persons are required for the distribution.
If the manufacturer does not wind his weft, the cops may be placed on the cop
carriers in the store as received.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The hereinbefore described system for the distribution of weft in weaving
sheds, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. As part of a means for distributing weft in weaving sheds, the cop carriers
constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described
and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination and arrangement with a loom of a board or frame on each
side of the loom, for supporting the cop carriers, substantially as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th day of February A.D. 1891
WILLIAM E. HEIS,
Agent for the Applicant