Improvements in or relating to Thread Winding, Ticketing, and Stamping Machines.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 15th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 5th Feb., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Thread Winding, Ticketing, and
Stamping Machines.
I, JOHN BOOTH of Marsden Road Iron Works, Bolton in the County of
Lancaster, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved method of ticketing, and stamping
the ends of spools in a thread winding, ticketing, and stamping machine after
spooling and nicking and fastening has taken place. After nicking and fastening
has been performed the spools are carried by a spring bobbin carrier mounted on
a lever or arm placed between cutters and stamps supported in suitable fixings,
adjustable or otherwise, and fixed to any convenient part of the machine. On a
fixing is mounted a reel or reels containing strips of adhesive or other paper,
which passes between guide and damping rollers or other equivalents; the latter
being for the purpose of damping or wetting the adhesive side of the tickets. In
case plain paper is employed the same is gummed by suitable means immediately
before it is placed between the cutters and stamps. The body or ground color of
the paper or tickets may be of various colors, either single or variegated, which
will admit of various colors of letters being stamped or printed thereon to give
effect. The ticket paper passes between the ends of the spools and the cutters and
stamps, when they are cut off and pressed onto the ends of the spools. The ticket
paper is drawn forward from the reel or reels by suitable friction or other rollers
driven from the cam shaft by a cam, lever, ratchet, or other convenient motion.
The ticket paper is damped before being passed between the cutters and stamps
by a suitable damping arrangement supplied with water or liquid from a well or
other equivalents suitably mounted in close proximity to the same; the water or
liquid being fed automatically or otherwise. The ticket is cut out of the ticket
paper and is placed on the bobbin or spool by the action of the cutters and stamps,
during which the same is printed in one or more colors at once or otherwise as
desired.

page_text: In the case of stamping the ends of the spools instead of ticketing suitable stamps
are provided in lieu of the cutters and tickets, the former being mounted in the
centres carrying the cutters before mentioned. The stamps are supplied with ink
or its equivalent from suitable pads carried on a swivelling arm or lever attached
to the machine. The said pads are provided with one or more ink cups to supply
the stamps with various colors for printing or stamping the ends of the spools, the
same being operated by a cam or other motion from the cam shaft. The pads are
moved radially and laterally by a cam or cams to place them in and out of action
with the stamps. To ensure the correct position of the ink pads being attained
and for regulating the same according to the number of colored inks employed
suitable or other picces or their equivalents are mounted on the head of the
machine and the centre carrying the ink pads, the motion being reversed by a
spring or its equivalent.
To release the ticketed or stamped bobbin before the back centre of the machine
is moved to release the unstamped bobbin a can on the cam shaft operates a lever
and shaft or centre and slides the cutters and stamps sideways, which allows the
bobbins to fall away to make the way clear for the spring bobbin carrier on the
arm or lever to rise and take hold of the unticketed or unstamped bobbin between
the driving centres.
The unticketed or unstamped bobbin is removed from the driving centre by
the knife hook and bobbin carrier operated by a double or other cam on the cam
shaft, after which the bobbin carrier and its connections are brought back to the
correct position for feeding the bobbin or spool between the adjustable cutters and
stamps by a cam, dise or discs, and inclined planes.
The guide stocks for guiding the thread onto the spools are provided with
yielding joints to compensate for irregularity in the diameter of the body of the spools
or other causes.
To compensate for varying diameters of spools the carriers for lifting the empty
ones from the shoots to the centres are mounted on a swivelling bar pivoted to the
operating lever worked from the cam shaft.
To enable the broken ends of thread to be pieced without stopping the machine the
knife hook is provided with an additional hook to receive the broken end and more
effectually hold the same until required to be placed across the bobbin centre; the
cams for working the same being altered to suit.
To ensure the locks at the gearing end of a thread winding machine reversing the
guide plates and locks are provided with square ends; each lock being provided
with a spring or its equivalent to allow of a yielding movement when necessary
for the passage of the catch on the reversing frame. The stay or slide containing
the locks extends across the top of the machine head and acts as a stay thereto.
To ensure a definite number of rows of thread being wound onto a bobbin or spool
I provide the strap fork cam described in my patent No. 10729 of the year 1885
with an adjustable projection to operate the starting apparatus.
To facilitate the threading of the yarn guides I construct them with a taper or
bell-mouthed end on the leading side.
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To produce the necessary "drag on the thread in its passage from the creel to
the bobbin or spool I provide a tension rod round which it is wound and from whence
it is conducted to a tension rod provided with an eye and knob to prevent the thread
lashing round and locking itself.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
92, St. George's Road, Bolton,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Thread Winding, Ticketing, and
Stamping Machines.
I, JOHN BOOTH of Marsden Road Iron Works, Bolton in the County of Lancaster,
Machinist, 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 :-
This invention relates to a new or improved method of ticketing and stamping
the ends of spools in a thread winding, ticketing, and stamping machine after
spooling and nicking and fastening has taken place. After nicking and fastening has
been performed the spools are carried by a spring bobbin carrier mounted on a lever
or arm placed between cutters and stamps supported in suitable fixings, adjustable
or otherwise, and fixed to any convenient part of the machine. On a fixing is
mounted a reel or reels containing strips of adhesive or other paper, which passes
between guide and damping rollers or other equivalents; the latter being for the
purpose of damping or wetting the adhesive side of the tickets. In case plain paper
is employed the same is gumined by suitable means immediately before it is placed
between the cutters and stamps. The body or ground color of the paper or tickets
may be of various colors, either single or variegated, which will admit of various
colors of letters being stamped or printed thereon to give effect. The ticket paper
passes between the ends of the spools and the cutters and stamps, when they are
cut off and pressed onto the ends of the spools. The ticket paper is drawn forward
from the reel or reels by suitable friction or other rollers driven from the cain shaft
by a cam, lever, ratchet, or other convenient motion. The ticket paper is damped
before being passed between the cutters and stamps by a suitable damping arrange-
ment supplied with water or liquid from a well or other equivalents suitably mounted
in close proximity to the same; the water or liquid being fed automatically or
otherwise. The ticket is cut out of the ticket paper and is placed on the bobbin or
spool by the action of the cutters and stamps, during which the same is printed in
one or more colors at once or otherwise as desired.
In the case of stamping the ends of the spools instead of ticketing suitable stamps
are provided in lieu of the cutters and tickets, the former being mounted in the
centres carrying the cutters before mentioned. The stamps are supplied with ink or
its equivalent from suitable pads carried on a swivelling arm or lever attached to the
machine. The said pads are provided with one or more ink cups to supply the
stamps with various colors for printing or stamping the ends of the spools, the same
being operated by a cam or other motion from the cain shaft. The pads are moved
radially and laterally by a cam or cams to place them in and out of action with
the stamps. To ensure the correct position of the ink pads being attained and for
regulating the same according to the number of colored inks employed suitable V or
other pieces or their equivalents are mounted on the head of the machine and the
centre carrying the ink pads, the motion being reversed by a spring or its
equivalent.
To release the ticketed or stamped bobbin before the back centre of the machine is
moved to release the unstamped bobbin a cam on the cam shaft operates a lever and
shaft or centre and slides the cutters and stamps sideways, which allows the bobbins to

page_text: fall away to make the way clear for the spring bobbin carrier on the arm or lever to
rise and take hold of the unticketed or unstamped bobbin between the driving centres.
The unticketed or unstamped bobbin is removed from the driving centre by the
knife hook and bobbin carrier operated by a double or other cam on the cam shaft ;
after which the bobbin carrier and its connections are brought back to the correct 5
position for feeding the bobbin or spool between the adjustable cutters and stamps by
a cam, disc or discs, and inclined planes.
The guide stocks for guiding the thread onto the spools are provided with yielding
joints to compensate for irregularity in the diameter of the body of the spools or other
causes. To enable the broken ends of thread to be pieced without stopping the
machine the knife hook is provided with an additional hook to receive the broken end
and more effectually hold the same until required to be placed across the bobbin
centre; the cams for working the same being altered to suit.
To ensure the locks at the gearing end of a thread winding machine reversing, the
guide plates and locks are provided with square ends; each lock being provided with
a spring or its equivalent to allow of a yielding movement when necessary for the
passage of the catch on the reversing frame. The stay or slide containing the locks
extends across the top of the machine head and acts as a stay thereto.
To facilitate the threading of the yarn guides I construct them with a taper or bell-
mouthed end on the leading side.
To produce the necessary "drag" on the thread in its passage from the creel to the
bobbin or spool I provide a tension rod round which it is wound and from whence it
is conducted to a tension rod provided with an eye and knob to prevent the thread
lashing round and locking itself.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a part sectional elevation of so much of my
patent thread winding machine as is necessary to illustrate my present invention with
my improvements applied thereto for the purpose of ticketing and stamping the ends
of bobbins or spools after spooling and nicking and fastening has been performed
Fig. 2 is a plan through line A'B' in Fig. 1-Fig. 3 is a part front elevation of a thread
winding machine with my improvements applied,--Fig. 4 Sheet 4 is a part plan of
same Fig. 5 Sheet 2 is a front view of the cams and levers shown in Fig. 6, the
latter being a side view of same.
In all the figures the same letters and numerals are used to indicate corresponding
parts.
The machine is held and supported on the side frames I provided with bearings
to carry the shafts B, C, D, and Z, and other parts as described and shown in my
Specification No. 10729 of 1885.
I will now proceed to describe the working of my invention when ticketing and
stamping is to be performed.
When a spool of thread has been wound and nicking and fastening has been
performed the adjustable spring bobbin carrier 1 mounted on the shaft 8 is raised,
as in Fig. 1, by the bowl or roller 2 on the cam 3 operating on the point 26 on
the lever 4 pivoted to the frame I by the pin 77 as in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6.
When the bowl or roller 2 depresses the lever 4 the tail end 5 operates the bowl
or roller 6 on the quadrant 7, and twists or turns the shaft 8 in the direction indi-
cated by the arrow in Fig. 6, thus placing the "pawl" 9 in position for actuating
the ratchet wheel 10 fixed on the shaft 11. The "pawl" 9 is pivoted to the quadrant 7
by the pin 78, and is held in position against the ratchet wheel 10 by the weight 79.
The shaft 11 is mounted in the bearings 81 attached to the bar S, and is pro-
vided with the bevel wheels 12 gearing into the bevel wheels 13. The bevel wheels 13
are fixed on the shafts or centres 80 mounted on the bar 82. On the upper end
of the shafts or centres 80 are fixed the spur or friction wheels 14 gearing into o
working in conjunction with the spur or friction wheels 15 on the shafts or centres 83
The adhesive or other paper 29 from which the tickets are to be formed is mounted

page_text: on the reels 16 on the front of the machine and is drawn therefrom by being passed
between the spur or friction wheels 14 and 15.
After the adjustable spring carrier 1 has taken hold of a bobbin or spool betwen the
centres 20 and 76 the shaft C is slid sideways to release the bobbin or spool from the
centres 76, which is effected by the portion A¹ of the cam B¹, shown in Figs. 27, 29,
and 30, operating on the bowl or arm 17. When the shaft (has almost completed
this side movement the lever or arm 18 on the shaft C, shown in Figs. 7 and 32,
pushes the lever 19 on the shaft & and causes the latter to slide sideways to carry the
bobbins or spools by means of the adjustable spring bobbin carriers 1 clear of the
driving centres 20. When the adjustable bobbin carrier 1 is raised, as in Figs. 1
and 3, to take hold of the bobbin or spool 84 by means of the bowl or rollor 2 on the
cam 3 and the quadrant 7 is lowered the weight 21 is raised by the cord or chain 22
passing over the pulley 23 attached to the side of the frame I of the machine by the
centre 85; the opposite end of the cord or chain 22 is secured to the quadrant 7 by
the pin 24. The lever 4 is kept in contact with the bowl or roller 2 by the weight 21
holding the bowl 6 against the tail end 5 of the lever 4. When the bowl or roller 2
bas passed the point 25 on the lever 4 by the revolving action of the cam 3 on
the shaft Z the weight 21 raises the quadrant 7 and operates and raises the lever 4
so that the adjustable spring bobbin carrier 1 takes the bobbin or spool 84 and
places it between the cutters S6 and stamps 87 as in Fig. 7. During this operation
the shaft 8 is moved back to its original position laterally from which it was
removed to clear the bobbins or spools 84 from the driving centres 20 by the pin 27
operating in the slot 28 in the quadrant 7, as in Figs. 3 and 4. When the
quadrant 7 and the shaft 8 are being moved by means of the weight 21 the "pawl" 9
operates the ratchet wheel 10 and causes the shaft 11 to revolve, which imparts
motion to the wheels 14 and 15 by the spur wheels 12 and 13 and causes the
adhesive or other paper 29 to be drawn from the reels or rollers 16, shown in
Figs. 1, 2, and 18. The reels or rollers 16 are mounted in the bearings 30 secured
to the plate 31 on the front of the machine. The adhesive or other paper 29 from
which the tickets have to be cut passes from the reels or rollers 16 through the
guides 32 and between the rollers 33 and 34. The rollers 33 are mounted in the well
or cavity 35 supplied with gum or other suitable liquid according to the class or kind
of paper employed to form the tickets. The rollers 33 can be of metal or other
materials and covered with india-rubber, cloth, or other suitable substances, or if desired
they can be of glass, or other similar substance covered or otherwise. The rollers 34
are employed to weight or put tension on the paper 29 as it is passing over the
gumming or damping rollers 33. In case adhesive paper is employed the cavity 35
is supplied with water, or water and other ingredients for simply damping the same
when passing between the said rollers. After the paper 29 has passed the
rollers 33 and 34 it slides into the spring guides 36 which are adjustable by the
screws 37 to allow for different widths of paper. The spring guides 36 are formed as
in Fig. 11 to allow of the passage of the bobbin or spool 84 when placed in position
for ticketing and stamping by the adjustable spring carrier L. Each side of the guides 36
is provided with the circular centres 38 as in Fig. 20 of which Fig. 21 is a sectional
view through line D', E. The centres 38 are of such a diameter as to allow the ticket
paper 29 to be pressed against the ends of the bobbin or spool 84. The adhesive or
other paper from which the tickets have been stamped or cut out is drawn between the
wheels or rollers 14 and 15, from whence it passes onto the drum or cylinder 39; the
latter being driven or turned by the cord or band 40 from the shaft 11.
To ensure the adjustable spring bobbin carrier 1 placing the bobbin in the correct posi-
tion for ticketing and stamping, as shown in Fig. 7, the shalt 8 is provided with the lever 19
to which is pivoted the double lever 41, one end of which is fitted with the screw 42 to
make the same adjustable. As the shaft 8 is being operated by the falling of the weight 21
the adjustable end 42 of the lever 41 is brought into contact with the side of the beam S,
as shown in Fig. 7, thereby locking the position of the bobbin or spool 84 and its
carrier 1 during the operation of stamping and ticketing. When the bobbin or
spool 84 is in the position shown in Fig. 7 for being ticketed and staniped the

page_text: shafts C and D with the arms 43 and 44 are slid in opposite directions so as to
cause the ends of the arms 43 and 44 to. compress the guides 36 with the paper 29
against the ends of the bobbin or spool 84 as in Fig. 2, at the same time causing the
cutters 86 and stamps 87 to operate and cut out the paper, stamp, and press the same
onto the ends of the bobbin or spool under operation, this being effected by the
bowls 17 and 45 being operated by the parts C and D on the cam B' on the shaft Z.
The arms 43 and 44 are fitted with the cutters 86 and stamps 87 as in Figs. 16 and 17.
In the case or bush 88 is mounted the cutter 86, the end of which is fitted with
the sliding or yielding block 89 recessed to hold the stamp 87. The block 89 is
fitted with the threaded bolt 90, which extends through the solidi end of the cutter 86, and
is provided with the spring 91 to admit of the stamps 87 yielding when pressed against
the ends of the bobbin or spool 84 to allow the cutters 86 to cut the paper pressed
thereon. As soon as the bobbin or spool is ticketed and stamped the bowl or
roller 46 on the cam 47 operates on the inclined fixing 48 attached to the slide 49;
the latter being mounted on the pins 92 attached to the frame side 1, as in
Figs. 4, 7, 9, and 10. As the slide 49 is pushed forward by the bowl or roller 46
the pin 50 presses against the hent tail end of the double lever 41, and lowers or
releases the adjustable screw 42 and lever 41 from the beam S, which at once
places the shaft 8 and its appendages again under the control of the weight 21,
causing the lever 4 to be in contact with the bowl or roller 2 on the cam 3, which
drops the adjustable carrier 1 to the position shown in Fig. 8, at the same
time leaving the bobbin or spool 84 between the cutters 86 and stamps 87.
At this point the part E of the cam B¹ operates on the bowl or roller 45 on the
shaft D and releases the arms or fixings 44 carrying the cutters 86 and stamps 87,
during which the bobbin carrier 1 is placed at its lowest point, which causes the
arm 51 on the shaft 8 to rise into the slotted end 2 of the slide 53 and pushes the
latter with the guiding jaw 54 forward, to ensure the ticketed and stamped bobbin
or spool falling into the collecting trough or box 55 on the front of the machine.
The slide 53 is mounted under the beam S, and is secured by the plate 93. As
the cam 47 on the shaft Z revolves the bowl 46 operates the fixing 56 on the
slide 49 and resets it for the next operation of the machine. As soon as the bowl
or roller 2 on the cam 3 comes in contact with the point 26 on the lever 4 the
bobbin carrier 1 advances for a fresh bobbin or spool, and as the carrier 1 is fixed
on the shaft 8 the latter draws back the slide 53 and jaw 54 clear for the passage
of the bobbin carrier 1 as in Fig. 1; the same being kept in position by the curved
guide 57 to ensure of its not being operated until actually wanted.
When the part A¹ of the cam B has operated the bowl or roller 17 and the shaft C
the Losses 43 are opened or placed to the position shown in Fig. 9; and as the bowl
or roller 58 on the cam 3 advances, by the revolving of the latter, it operates the double
ended lever 59 pivoted by the pin 60 to the fixing 94 attached to the frame I of the
machine. When the lever 59 is depressed by the bowl 58 the slotted end of the double
lever 59 rises and lifts the levers 61 and 62 on the shaft 63 and tube 64 mounted thereon.
The slotted end of the lever 59 operates on the pin 95, one end of which is secured
to the lever 61 and the other end extending through a hole in the lever 62 to allow
of the lateral movements of the shaft 63 and tube 64. On the shaft 63 and tube 64
are mounted the levers 65 and 66 provided at their outer ends with a cavity or recess
to receive the ink or dye pads 67, which may be divided in any convenient manner
as in Fig. 14 when various colors of printing are required. The tube 64 is provided
with the slots 96 to allow of the levers 61 and 66 being secured to the shaft 63
passing through the same. Immediately the lever 59 has been depressed sufficiently
to place the ink or dye pads 67 opposite the stamps 87, as in Fig. 8 and 9, they
are pressed outwardly against the stamps 87 by the taper fixing 68 passing through
or between the taper lugs 69 secured to the tube 64 and the taper lugs 70 on the
shaft 63. The taper lug 70 passes through the slots 97 in the tube 64, as shown in
Figs. 12 and 13, to allow of the opposite movement of the latter. The taper fixing 68
is secured to the slide 49 and is operated by the bowl or roller 71 on the cam 47.
As soon as the stamps 87 have been inked by the pads 67, by the passage of the

page_text: taper fixing 68 through the openings between the lugs 69 and 70, the spring 72
re-places them in the position they occupied before being operated by the taper
fixing 68. To ensure the ink pads 67 being placed in the correct position for inking
the stamps 87 especially when various colors are employed the arms 44 are
provided with the V pieces 74, as shown in Figs. 9 and 31, which slide or operate in
the slots 75 in the ends of the arms 65 and 66 as shown in the enlarged view in
Figs. 14 and 15. When the lever 59 is released from the bowl or roller 58 on the
cam 3 the levers 65 and 66 carrying the ink pads 67 drop, as in Figs. 1, 5, 6,
and 7, of their own weight, which action places or twists the lugs 69 and 70 at
right angles and allows of the taper fixing 68 being slid backwards by the action of
the bowl 46 on the fixing 56 on the slide 49.
To compensate for various widths of bobbins or spools the shaft 63 and tube 64
are made adjustable, the same being effected by means of the nuts 98 on the tube 64
and the screwed end 99 and nnt 100 on the end of the shaft 63. The nut 100 is
mounted in the fixing 101 attached to the side I of the machine. The nut 100 is of
sufficient length to allow of the movement of the shaft. 63 in the fixing 101.
When my invention is intended to be used for stamping the ends of the bobbins
or spools without the use of paper or tickets I dispense with the reels or rollers 16,
guides 32, rollers 33 and 34, paper guides 36, pulley 39, spur or friction wheels 14
and 15 and the gear for operating them, by which the machine is very much
simplified as in Fig. 7. In this case the cutters 86 are dispensed. with as in
Fig. 33.
The guide stocks N for guiding the thread on the bobbins or spools 84 are
provided with the yielding joints 102. Between the ends 103 and 104 is disposed
india-rubber or other pliable material, as in Figs. 1 and 24, to allow the guides N¹
to yield according to any irregularity in the diameter of the body of the bobbin or
spool or other causes.
The knife hook shown in Figs. 25 and 26 is similar in every respect to that shown
in Figs. 21, 22, 23, and 24 in my Specification No. 10729 of 1885, with the excep-
tion of the additional hook 105, which is provided to receive the broken ends of
thread and more effectually hold the same until required to be placed across the
bobbin centre 20.
To ensure the locks 106 at the gearing end reversing, they are provided with
square ends. The slide 117 containing the locks 106 extends across the top of the
machine head and is operated as described in my Specification No. 10729 of 1885,
and is provided with the openings or cavities 107* to receive the square onded
locks 106 as shown in sectional plan Fig. 4A; the latter being a section through
line A B in Figs. 4 B and 4 C. Fig. 4 B is a sectional elevation through line Se Te
in Fig. 4 A. Each lock is provided with the stem 106* round which is mounted the
spiral spring 107 to allow the lock to yield when necessary for the passage of the
catch 108 from one side to the other. The catch 108 is mounted on the reversing
or oscillating frame 118 as shown in Figs. 4B and C. Fig. 4C is a sectional
elevation through line R V in Fig. 4 B. The reversing or oscillating frame 118 is
mounted as shown and described in my Specification No. 10729 of 1885. The
locks 106 are depressed by the sliding action of the slide 117, and as soon as the
lock that is holding the catch 108 is pressed back sufficiently the catch 108 passes
through or between the ends of the locks, after which it is locked in position by the
opposite lock springing forward after being released from compression by the altered
position of the catch 108. The slide 117 with the locks 106 and the springs 107 is
secured in position by the covering plate 110x; the latter extending over the top of
the slide 117, and is secured to the framing I by the bolts or set screws 111*. The
slide 117 although secured in the framing I by the covering plate 110x is free to slide
in either direction as required.
To facilitate the threading of the yarn guides N¹ I construct them with the taper
or bell-mouthed end 109 on the leading side as in Figs. 22 and 23.
To produce the necessary "drag" on the thread in its passage from the creel 110
to the bobbins or spools, the tension rod 111 is provided and mounted under the

page_text: empty spool box 112. The thread is passed from the tension rod 111 to the tension
rod 113 provided with the eye 114 and knob 115, the latter being to prevent the
thread lashing round and locking itself.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The method, substantially as herein described, of automatically ticketing and
stamping the ends of spools or bobbins in a thread winding or other machine.
2. For carrying out the method hereinbefore described and referred to in the
preceding claim, the construction, combination, and arrangement of apparatus, applied
and operating substantially as described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
3. The use of the rollers 33 and 34 and the gum or liquid well 35 for the purpose
specified.
4. The use of the guides 36 for the purpose specified.
5. The use of the waste paper reel 39 for the purpose specified.
6. The combination and arrangement of the recls 16 and the guides 32, sub-
stantially as described and as shown on the drawings.
7. The method, substantially as herein described, of automatically stamping the
ends of spools or bobbins in one or more colors without paper in a thread winding
or other machine.
8. For carrying out the method in the preceding claim the construction, combina-
tion, and arrangement of apparatus, substantially as described and as shown on the
drawings.
9. The combination of the cutters 86 and stamps 87 for the purpose specified.
10. For automatically inking the stamps 87 for stamping tickets on the ends of the
bobbins or spools, or the ends of the latter themselves without paper tickets, the
construction and arrangement of apparatus, consisting of the levers 65 and 66 with
the ink or dye pads 67, the shaft 63 and tube 64, with the means for adjustment, and
the mechanism for operating the same, substantially as described and as shown on the
drawings.
11. The use of the ✓ pieces 74 and the slots 75 in the ink or dye pad levers 65
and 66 for the purpose specified.
12. The use of a pad for supplying two or more colors of ink or dye to the stamps 87,
substantially as described and as shown on the drawings in Fig. 14.
13. The construction of the yarn guides N with the yielding joints 102, sub-
stantially as described and shown on the drawings in Figs. 1 and 24 for the purpose
specified.
14. In combination with the knife hook the use of the hook 105 as in Figs. 25
and 26 for the purpose herein set forth.
15. In combination with the yarn guide N¹ the use of the taper or bell-mouthed.
end 109 for the purpose specified.
16. The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts forming my
improvements for automatically ticketing the ends of bobbins or spools and stamping
the same, and for automatically stamping the ends of the bobbins or spools without
paper, and the means for supplying ink or dye to the stamps, substantially as described
and as shown on the drawings.
Dated the 10th November 1888.