IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARNS OR THREADS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN ASHWORTH of 432 Liverpool Road Patricroft in the county of Lancaster,
Foreman do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARNS OR THREADS to be as follows:-
My invention consists in improvements in machinery or apparatus for winding
yarns or threads upon bobbins or spools.
My invention consists in arrangements for arresting the motion of the bobbins or
spools upon which the yarns or threads are to be wound upon the breakage of one
or more of the yarns or threads above referred to.
To accomplish the purpose aforesaid I mount the drums by which the bobbins or
spools are driven loosely upon a revolving shaft extending lengthwise of the
winding machine-Each of such drums I provide with a sliding bolt forced longi-
tudinally by means of a spring so as to pass within range of a projecting part fast
upon the revolving shaft aforesaid so that rotary motion is imparted to the drum
above named and the bobbin or spool resting thereon-Upon the revolving shaft
above named I mount loosely a collar provided with a projecting part or incline
which at certain times I cause to arrive in contact with a projecting part or incline
formed upon the sliding bolt above referred to-The collar above named I prevent
from moving longitudinally by means of a collar or collars formed upon the
revolving shaft previously mentioned.
Upon one of the yarns or threads above named becoming broken or severed rods
or levers previously supported thereby are permitted to fall and by so falling to
bring a projecting part of one of the rods or levers aforesaid into contact with
a projecting part formed upon the collar mounted loosely upon the revolving shaft
previously mentioned so as to arrest its motion thereby withdrawing the sliding
bolt above referred to out of contact with the projecting part fast upon the revolving
shaft before named thus arresting the motion of the drum and bobbin or spool
driven thereby-After the broken or severed yarns or threads have been pieced the
rods or levers abovementioned are again supported by the yarns or threads aforesaid
so as to be clear of the projecting part upon the collar above-named the spring upon
the sliding bolt is thereby allowed to force the said sliding bolt into the path of the

page_text: projecting part upon the revolving shaft above referred to when rotary motion will
be again imparted to the drum above mentioned and the bobbin or spool driven
thereby.
Another arrangement which I propose to employ in order to arrest the motion of
the drum employed in machinery or apparatus for winding yarns or threads upon
bobbins or spools is as follows:-The drum above named I mount loosely upon
a shaft to which rotary motion is imparted-Fast upon the said shaft is a disc
provided with ratchet teeth which teeth drive the drum above mentioned by means
of a catch turning upon a stud carried by the drum aforesaid-Mounted loosely
upon the shaft previously referred to is a disc or plate in which is formed a slot
into which passes a projection formed upon the catch above referred to-Upon the
side of the disc or plate above named are formed one or more projecting parts-The
yarns or threads to be wound upon the bobbin or spool resting upon and driven by
the drum aforesaid while being wound upon the said bobbin or spool support rods
or bars which keep one end of a lever turning upon a stud clear of the projecting
parts upon the plate or disc before named but upon one or more of the yarns or
threads above named becoming broken or severed the motion of the said plate or disc
is arrested and by means of the slot formed therein such plate or disc moves the
previously-named catch clear of the teeth of the ratchet wheel before mentioned
thus arresting the motion of the winding-on-drum and the bobbin or spool resting
thereon and driven thereby After the broken or severed yarns have been pieced
the rods or bars aforesaid will hold the lever above mentioned clear of the projections
upon the plate or disc previously referred to and thus allow the teeth of the ratchet
wheel aforesaid to act against the catch above named so as to again transmit rotary
motion to the winding on drum and the bobbin or spool resting thereon and driven
thereby.
In place of causing the catch before mentioned to act against the teeth of
a ratchet wheel I propose in some cases to cause a lever mounted in the same or a
similar way as the catch aforesaid to act upon the circumference of a plain or
grooved disc fast upon the shaft previously mentioned so that the winding on drum
will be driven by friction.
Although I have above described certain arrangements of parts for arresting the
motion of the winding-on-drum and the bobbin or spool resting thereon and driven
thereby it will be readily understood that any ordinary and suitable arrangement
of "stop motion" may be employed for acting upon the mechanism above described
for arresting the rotation of the winding on drum.
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page_text: I JOHN ASHWORTH of 432 Liverpool Road Patricroft in the County of
Lancaster Foreman do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE.
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARNS OR THREADS and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My invention consists in improvements in machinery or apparatus for winding
yarns or threads upon bobbins or spools and consists more particularly in arrange-
ments for arresting the motion of the bobbins or spools upon which the yarns or
threads are to be wound upon the breakage of one or more of the yarns or
threads.
One method of carrying my invention into effect is shewn by Figs 1. 2 and 3 of
Sheet 1 of the drawings hereunto annexed. Fig 1 is an end elevation partly in
section of so much of a drum winding frame as is requisite to illustrate this
method of carrying my invention into effect Fig: 2 is a plan of the portion of a
drum winding frame shewn in Fig: 1 with certain parts omitted to avoid confusion-
Fig 3 is a detached view partly in section of one of the drums of the drum
winding frame aforesaid-To corresponding parts throughout the whole series of
Figures I shall affix the same letters of reference. a is one end frame of the
machine which end frame a supports one end of a rail b which rail b supports cross
brackets cone only of which cross brackets c is shewn-Carried by the cross
bracket c is a shaft d which shaft d extends throughout the length of the machine
and loosely upon which shaft da drum e is mounted-Mounted upon the shaft d
is a tube f fast upon which tube f is a disc g.
The tube f has a slit f¹ formed longitudinally therein as shown in Fig: 3-—
Surrounding the tube ƒ is a hoop f' which hoop f' is provided with a set screw f³
by means of which set screw f³ the tube fis secured upon the shaft d-One end
of the drum e is supported by the boss e¹ and arms e³ and the other end of such
drum e is provided with a boss which boss e³ rests upon the tube f and which
boss e is provided with arms e* which arms e' support the other end of the drum e-
The drum e is prevented from moving longitudinally in one direction upon the
shaft d by means of the collar h which collar h is secured to the shaft d by a set
screw h¹ and the said drum e is prevented from moving longitudinally upon the
shaft d in a direction opposite to that above referred to by abutting against the
boss or collar g¹ of the disc g-Mounted loosely upon the shaft d is a plate i which
plate i is provided with a boss k which boss k abuts against the face of the disc g.
Secured to the shaft d by means of a set screw is a collar I, which collar and the
disc g prevent the plate i from moving longitudinally upon the shaft d Secured
to the arm e is a stud m Upon which stud m so as to be capable of being rotated
thereon is mounted a catch n the end n¹ of which catch n at times abuts against
the end of a slot or notch o formed in the disc g which slot or notch o is shewn
more clearly in the detached view Fig: 4 Fast with the catch n is an arm n²
which arm n is provided with a pin n³ which pin n³ passes into a slot formed

page_text: in the plate i-The catch n with its arm n' and pin n³ are shown more clearly in
the detached views- Figs 5 and 6-Fig: 5 being a front view and Fig: 6 a side
view of the catch n, with its arm n² and pin n³-Upon the plate i are formed
projections which projections are shown more clearly in the detached view
Fig: 7. When the parts are in the position shown in the drawing the shaft d is
being rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow A and will by means of the
disc g catch n and stud m cause the drum e to be also rotated in the direction
indicated by the arrow A-p is the bobbin or spool upon which the yarn or thread
is to be wound which bobbin or spool p is supported upon and driven by the
periphery of the drum e.
The bobbin or spool p rotates upon a spindle p¹ the ends of which spindle pl
pass into recesses på formed in arms 7³ jointed to a shaft p which extends
throughout the length of the machine-Secured to the cross brackets c are
brackets which brackets q support rods or bars r. r which rods or bars r. 1
extend throughout the length of the machine-Carried by and secured to the
rail bare brackets 8. 8¹ which brackets 8. 81 support a bar or rod t mounted upon
which bar or rod t and capable of being turned thereon are levers u. u¹ u² u³
Supported by the brackets 8. 8¹ and capable of being rotated therein is a bar or
rod v fast upon which bar or rod v are arins w. w which arms w. w¹ carry a rod x-
Secured to the bracket 8 is a stud y mounted upon which study and capable of
being vibrated thereon is a lever z from which lever z projects a stud or
projection which at times rests upon and is supported by a projection w' formed
upon the arm w-The levers u. u¹ u³ u³ are provided with pulleys u u³ u³ u³
respectively.
The yarns or threads from the bobbins or cops 1, of which bobbins or cops 1 one
cop only is shown are carried each through one of the guide wires 2 over the bar r
carried
under the pulleys u u³ uº u over the bar and through guide wires
ly the copping or traverse rail 4 by means of which copping or traverse rail 4 the
yarns or threads are distributed evenly upon the bobbin or spool p and from the
guide wires 3 the yarns or threads aforesaid are carried to the bobbin or spool p-
The machine shown in the drawing hereunto annexed is arranged to wind from
four cops 1 but as the manners in which the yarn or thread from each of the said
cops 1 acts upon the levers u. u¹ u³ u³ are similar to each other-I shall hereinafter
refer to one only of such yarns or threads.
The tension of the yarns or threads will keep the levers u. u'u'u³ in the
position shown in the drawing so long as all such yarns or threads are intact but
as soon as any one of such yarns or threads such as for instance, the yarn or
thread supporting the lever u breaks the lever formerly supported by such yarn or
thread will turn in the direction of the arrow B and by so doing will cause the
projecting part u upon the said lever to act against the rod x so as to turn the
arms w. w in the direction of the arrow C and thus remove the projection w³ from
underneath the stud or projection 2¹ whereupon the end of the lever z being no
longer supported the end of the said lever will ascend until it arrives in
contact with one of the projections and thereby arrests the motion of the plate i
which plate i will by means of the slot cause the catch n to be turned in the
direction indicated by the arrow D by the rotation of the drum e until the end n¹
of the catch n is carried clear of the part gl of the disc g and the pin n³ arriving
at the end of the slot 1 will arrest the rotation of the drum e and bobbin or
spool p.
When the attendant has pieced the severed yarn or thread and after
passing such yarn or thread under the pulley u* raises the lever z by means of the
handle formed by the end 2 thereof the plate i will be at liberty to revolve and
will by so doing allow the catch n to be again acted upon by the part g¹ of the
disc g whereupon rotary motion will be again imparted to the drum e and bobbin
or spool p resting thereon and driven thereby and the tension of the yarn or thread
acting upon the lever u will allow the arms w. w to return to the position shown
in the drawing so as to again support the lever z-In order to ensure that the
catch n. passes into the slot or notch o when required to do so I in some cases

page_text: employ a spring no one end of which spring n is secured to the drum e by means
of a screw nex and the other end nexx of which spring no acts against the catch n
and tends to turn such catch n in a direction opposite to that indicated by the
arrow D.
I have above described the disc g as having one alot or notch o for acting upon
the end n of the catch n but two or more of such slots or notches may be
employed if desired.
In some cases instead of forming the disc g with slots or notches I form the
circumference of the said disc g plain so that rotary motion is transmitted from
the shaft d to the drum & by friction-This arrangement is shown in Fig: 8 which
is a detached view of such arrangement and in which Figure, g is the disc the
circumference of which disc g is formed plain and n is the catch fast with which
catch n is a part n the end n of which part n' is formed inclined so that when
the disc g is turned in the direction of the arrow E the inclined end n³ of the
part n will be caused to bind upon the circumference of the disc g and thus
transmit rotary motion from the shaft d to the drum e-In some cases instead of
forming the circumference of the disc g plain-I form a groove or rib around the
circumference of such disc g and form the end n of the arm n of the catch n to
correspond with the contour of the periphery of the disc g or I cover the circum-
ference of the disc g or the end n of the part n' or both the circumference of the
disc g and the end n³ of the part n' with leather or other suitable material to
increase the friction between the circumference of the disc g and the end n³ of the
part n' of the arm n.
Another method of carrying into effect my invention of arrangements for
arresting the rotary motion of the bobbin or spool p is shown by Figs. 9 and 10
of Sheet 2 of the accompanying Drawing. Fig 9 being an end view of so much
of a drum winding frame as is requisite to illustrate this modification of my
invention and Fig: 10 being a plan of the portion of a drum winding frame shewn
in Fig: 9 with certain parts omitted to avoid confusion. a is one end frame of
the machine which end frame a supports rails b one only of which rails b is shown
and which rails b extend throughout the length of the machine-The rails b
support brackets 5 which brackets 5 support the shaft d upon which shaft d are
mounted the drums e by which the yarn or thread is wound upon the bobbins or
spools p-Secured to the rail b is a bracket 6 which bracket 6 is provided with
arms 7. 7 which arms 7. 7ª support a bar 8. Mounted upon the bar 8 so as to be
capable of being rotated thereon are levers 9. 9 9 9-10 is a bolt or bar capable
of being at times slidden longitudinally within openings formed through the
ends 6, 6b of the bracket 6 respectively-Secured to the bolt or bar 10 is a
projecting stud 11 to which stud il is secured one end of a coiled spring 12 the
other end of which coiled spring 12 is secured to a stud 13 projecting from the
end 6b of the bracket 6.
The spring 12 tends to draw the bolt or bar 10 in the direction indicated by the
arrow F To the levers 9, 9a 9b 9° are secured studs 9d 9e 9f 9g respectively upon
which studs 9d 90 9f 68 are mounted bowls or pulleys 9h 9i gk 91 respectively From
the studs 9d, 9, 9f 9g depend rods or wires 9m 9a 9° 9P respectively-Secured to
the bracket 6 is a stud 14 which stud 14 carries a lever 15 which lever 15 is
capable of being rotated upon the said stud 14. Upon one end of the lever 15 is
formed a hook or catch 15 which hook or catch 15 at times engages with a pin 16
which pin 16 projects from the bolt or bar 10-The remaining end of the lever 15
is formed with a projecting part 15 in which projecting part 15 are formed holes
through which the lower ends of the rods or wires 9m 9a 9° 9p pass-Carried by
the end frames a of the machine are brackets 17 which support a shaft 18 capable
of being rotated in such brackets 17 in the direction indicated by the arrow G.
Mounted fast upon the shaft 18 is a toothed ratchet wheel 19. Supported by
the brackets 5 are rods 20, 20ª which rods 20, 20ª extend throughout the length of
the machine. 1 is a cop from which the yarn or thread is to be wound on to the
bobbin or spool p-The machine shewn in the drawing hereunto annexed is

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arranged to wind from four cops but as the manners in which the yarn or thread
from each of the said cops acts upon the levers 9 9a 9b 9° are similar to each other
-I shall hereinafter refer to one only of such yarns or threads-The yarns or
threads pass from the cops 1 through guide wires 21 carried by the rail 22 then
over the bar 20 and each under one of the bowls or pulleys 9h 91 91 91 then over
the rail 20ª through guide wires 23 carried by the copping or traverse rail 24 by
means of which copping or traverse rail 24 the yarn or thread is distributed evenly
upon the bobbin or spool p. and from the guide wires 23 the said yarns or threads
pass to the bobbin or spool p-So long as all the said yarns or threads remain
intact the parts will remain in the position shown in the drawing and the said
yarns or threads will continue to be wound upon the bobbin p but as soon as one
of such yarns or threads such as for instance the yarn or thread supporting the bowl
or pulley 9h becomes broken or severed the end 9* of the lever 9 being no longer
supported will turn in the direction indicated by the arrow H and thereby bring
the lower end of the wire or rod 9m into the path of the teeth of the toothed ratchet
wheel 19 which will cause the end 15 of the lever 15 to be turned in the direction
indicated by the arrow J and the end 15% of the lever 15 to be raised clear of the
stud or pin 16 whereupon the bolt or bar 10 will be at liberty to be drawn by the
spring 12 in the direction indicated by the arrow F so that the end 10 of the bolt
or bar 10 will be brought into the path of the projecting studs so as to arrest the
rotation of the plate i and thereby arrest the motion of the drum e and bobbin or
spool p as above described in reference to Figs 1 and 2.
When the attendant has pieced the severed or broken yarn or thread and again
passed the said yarn or thread under the bowl or pulley 9h the bar is drawn clear
of the stud or projection into the position shewn and as soon as the yarn or thread
commences to be wound upon the bobbin or spool p the end 15% of the lever 15
will again engage with the stud or pin 16 and retain the bolt or bar 10 clear of
the projections upon the plate i.
Although I have above described certain arrangements of apparatus for arresting
the rotation of the plate i upon the breakage or severance of the yarn or thread
I would have it understood that such arrangements of apparatus for arresting the
rotation of the plate i upon the breakage or severance of the yarn or thread form
no part of my invention and that I therefore lay no claim to such arrangements of
apparatus for arresting the rotation of the plate i upon the breakage or severance
of the yarn or thread and that other arrangements of stop mechanism brought into
action by the breakage or severance of the yarn or thread may be employed to
arrest the rotation of the plate i upon the breakage or severance of the yarn or
thread.
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
Firstly Mounting the drums of drum winding frames loosely upon the shafts
from which such drums receive rotary motion and transmitting rotary motion to
each of such drums by means of a disc g provided with a slot or notch o or any
equivalent for such slot or notch o, catch n with an arm n² and pin or stud n³ and
plate i provided with slot and projections i³.
Secondly In drum winding frames the apparatus hereinbefore described by
means of which apparatus motion is transmitted from the shaft d to the drum & and
the bobbin or spool p resting upon and driven by the said drum e, so long as the
yarns or threads being wound remain intact which apparatus consists in the disc g
provided with its slot or notch o, or other equivalent for such slot or notch o, in
the catch n with its arm n' and pin or stud n³ and in the plate i provided with a
Blot such parts being constructed arranged and operating substantially in the
manner herein before described and shown.
Thirdly: In drum winding frames the apparatus herein before described by which
the rotation of the drum e and the bobbin or spool p resting upon and driven by
such drum e is arrested upon a breakage or severance of the yarn or thread being

page_text: wound which apparatus consists in the disc g with its slot or notch o or other
equivalent for such slot or notch o, in the catch n with its arm n³ and pin or stud
in the plate i provided with its slot and projections such parts being
constructed arranged and operating substantially in the manner herein before
described and shown.