IM- PROVEMENTS IN WINDING OR COPPING FRAMES
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN WINDING OR COPPING FRAMES."-A communication from
abroad by Jean Jacques Bourcart, Engineer, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin,
Paris.
Sealed the 29th August 1863, and dated the 27th March 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th
March 1863.
I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING OR COPPING FRAMES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in self-acting and other winding or
copping frames for spinning and twisting textile matters.
The first improvement consists in replacing the sector or other apparatus
for regulating the winding by a curvilinear section of cone, independent or
depending from the movable carriage and movable on its axis. A chain
passes round this cone which winds or unwinds in proportion to the speed to
be imparted to the spindles for producing the necessary number of turns.
This improvement is represented in the annexed Drawing in Fig. 1, which
is an elevation of the curvilinear section of cone, and Fig. 2, vertical section of
The same letters of reference indicate like parts in the two Figures.
C is the cone mounted on the axis A, B; L, wheel gearing for imparting

page_text: rotary motion to said axis; T, slide groove in cone; n, forks and points
of attachment fixed to axis A, B, and engaging in grooves T; D, movable
support or carriage, the position of which is regulated by a screw E, F, and
carrying cone C; Q, nut; R, fixed support carrying shaft A, B; S, drum on
the movable carriage, by means of which the spindles are set in motion
during the winding. The cone is caused to turn by means of gearing L
during the return movement of the carriage, and any chain wound on C will
be unwound at a speed produced by the radius of the cone in contact with the
chain, and if its section varies in radius with regard to the axis of rotation A, B,
it is evident that the speed at which the chain is taken up or given out will
vary in proportion. In order to regulate the length of the chain the cone is
rendered movable in the direction of its axis, for example, by means of a
screw E, F, nut Q, and movable sliding support D, while the axis A, B,
remains in position; said axis is furnished with several forks for guiding the
chain when unwinding from the cone; these forks take in the slides T of said
cono as before mentioned and so carry it round with them during the rotation
of the axis, at same time permitting it to move longitudinally when required,
either by means of screw E, F, or other apparatus. The Drawing represents
the cone mounted on an horizontal axis, instead of which it may be placed
vertically; the cone may also be fixed to the carriage.
The second improvement consists in replacing the rule or copping plato
conducting the faller in such machines by an apparatus similar to that before
described, but instead of having a chain to wind on and off the cone, the latter
has a curvilinear surface in contact with an intermediate part suitably adjusted
for imparting the necessary movement to the faller during the winding at the
height necessary for the formation of the bobbin.
The third improvement consists in replacing the scrolls or apparatus serving
to produce the return motion of the carriage during the winding by an
apparatus which permits of imparting a variable speed to the carriage by
means of a cord or chain in connection with a combination of parts, to which
is attached the one end of the cord or chain, the other end of said cord
being acted on by suitable means for imparting a uniform speed thereto.
This third improvement is represented in the accompanying Drawing at
Fig. 3, which is an elevation of the apparatus, and Fig. 4 plan of same.
The letters apply to both Figures. A, driving pulley or drum; B, grooved
pulley, fixed eccentrically on a grooved pulley C, turning on axis o; D,
pulley, similar to B; K, cord or rack, fixed at L and M, and acting
on C, in order to turn it; f, pulley; N, intermediate chains or cords
between motor A and and the point of attachment to carriage at B, D, C ;

page_text: the pulley D is not only fixed to o, as seen in the Drawing, but is
also fixed in the same position as B, only on the other side of C. The
pulley A has two cords, one of which winds on and the other off it
during the return motion of the carriage; one cord is fixed to B after
having made one turn round the pulley, the other end being fixed at D without
passing round it; pullies B and D are fixed to C, turning eccentrically on
shaft o.
The drum A in turning acts on the carriage by means of B, C is
then turned by means of K, and gives off chain from B and A, continuing to
rotate at a uniform speed; the combination of parts B, C, D, K, will thus
ensure to the carriage a continually decreasing speed; the pullies B and D
may be replaced by scrolls or eccentrics. The drum A instead of being
cylindrical may be made conical or of other form; it may also be mounted on
the carriage, as also M and L, and B, C, D, be independent of the carriage,
or A, L, and M may be independent of the carriage, and B, C, D, fixed
thereto. The apparatus B, C, D, may be replaced by another arrangement,
represented at Figs. 5 and 6. B, C, D, are here all movable on an axis,
being connected together simply by a system of slide grooves, e, the parts
B, C, D, may also be replaced by a combination in which D is dispensed with,
and the cord wound off as well as that taken up are both fixed to B. In the
case of two movable pullies B, C, they are connected together by a slide
and pin e, although each turns on its own centre.
The fourth improvement of this Invention consists in imparting what I term
a recoil movement to the carriage during the pointing or turning of the
spindles, in order that the thread shall remain stretched without using a faller;
this I effect by means of the apparatus shown at Fig. 7. B is a drum, placed
near the carriage; A, book; Q, stop; D, pulley; f,f, straps, cords, chains,
racks, or other equivalents; R, roller; M, stop; N, nose-piece; L, chain,
strap, or cord. The parts Q, M, f, R, are fixed to the carriage. The drum
B turns during the pointing, and transmits motion to the spindles by means of
f, n, M, R, the part K being placed on the shaft of the spindles, so as to act
during the pointing only; the cord f extends to D, which gives a recoil move-
ment to A, and draws Q, and with it the carriage, until the pointing is
completed. The recoil movement may also be effected by using the shaft of
the spindle drams as a motor and transmitting its motion to the carriage by
means of a drum wheel or excentric M, Fig. 8, having a hook A, acted on by
f, which may be a cord, chain, rack, or otherwise; in this case Q is a part
fixed to the carriage towards which the hook A draws it. In these two cases
the gearing of the hooks, ratchets, and couplings is effected in the usual
manner at the time of commencing and finishing the pointing operation.

page_text: The Invention thus consists, 1st, in the application of a cone, truncated or
otherwise, with a curvilinear surface, turning loosely on an axis, also capable
of moving in the direction of the same, and mounted on the carriage or other-
wise, which takes up or gives off a certain length of cord or chain, according
to the sections of the cone, which are successively brought into action, either
by hand screw or other apparatus, in order to regulate the motion of the
spindles during the winding, or for effecting the movement of the faller by
placing the apparatus either in direct contact or in connection by means of
intermediate parts with the faller in order to impart movement thereto during
the winding, and to determine its height for the formation of the bobbins.
2ndly, in the application of a combination of parts adjusted in such manner
that the carriage may receive a variable speed by means of a chain, cord, or
strap, one end of which is fixed to an improved arrangement of parts, and the
other end to a drum or other apparatus with a uniform motion, to be thence
transmitted to the carriage.
3rdly, in the application of a combination of cords, straps, or chains, and
other parts, adjusted so as to effect the pointing and recoil of the carriage
simultaneously, with or without friction, by means of a hook independent of
or fixed to the carriage.
These improvements are applicable to all kinds of self-acting or other
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Clark in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th
September 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer and
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Clark, Her special licence that I, the said William Clark, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Clark, 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 lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the

page_text: Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING
OR COPPING FRAMES," a communication to me from abroad by Jean Jacques
Bourcart, Engineer, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Clark, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, 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 Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Clark, do hereby declare tho
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates to improvements in self-acting and other winding or
copping frames for spinning and twisting fibrous matters.
The first improvement consists in replacing the sector or other apparatus
for regulating the winding by a curvilinear section of a cone independent of
or depending from the movable carriage and moveable on its axis; a chain
passes round this cone, which is wound or unwound in proportion to the speed
imparted to the spindles for producing the necessary number of turns.
The second improvement consists in replacing the rule or copping plato
conducting the faller in such machines by an apparatus similar to that before
described, but instead of having a chain to wind on and off the cone, the latter
has a curvilinear surface in contact with an intermediate part suitably adjusted
for imparting the necessary movement to the faller during the winding at the
height necessary for the formation of the bobbin.
The third improvement consists in replacing the scrolls or apparatus
serving to produce the return motion of the carriage during the winding by an
apparatus which permits of imparting a variable speed to the carriage by means
of a cord or chain in connection with a combination of parts, to which is
attached the one end of the cord or chain, the other end of the cord being
acted on by suitable means for imparting a uniform speed thereto.
The fourth improvement of this Invention consists in imparting a recoil
movement to the carriage during the pointing of the spindles, in order that the
thread shall remain stretched without using a faller.
These improvements are represented in the accompanying Drawings.
Fig. 1 is a section of the apparatus on line a, a¹; Fig. 2 is a front view of

page_text: A, A, is the carriage properly so called; B, B, cylinder carrier and bobbin frame;
C, C, intermediate frame; D, hook; E, nose, shown dotted in Fig. 1; F, shaft of
drums for moving the spindles; G, double barrels, on which are wound chains
H, I; K,double eccentric pulley and pinion; L, rack and movable rod supporting
hook D; M, double pulley, which may or may not be mounted eccentrically;
N, slide mounted on an upright rod, movable on two fixed supports; O, balance
lever, one end of which is connected to slide N, and the other to slide Q; P,
faller for guiding the thread during the winding; Q, horizontal slide forming
part of the intermediate frame C, also furnished with friction roller q; R, bar
supporting part M, and engaging in the teeth of pulley S; R', weight; S,
pulley T, chain; U, lever mounted in bearings u'; V, barrel used in winding;
v, v, cord of same; X, toothed wheel furnished with eccentric pulley y; Y,
fixed rack gearing with wheel X; a, a, shaft of same; 2, 3, bevil pinions to
axis 4; 5, adjustable bearing for regulating the height of one breadth from
another; 6, 6, slide for regulating position of part 5; 7, crank piece; 8, pinion
mounted on the axis of part 7; 10, bearing adjusted to the carriage by means
of parts 7 and 8; 9, 9, shaft furnished with a toothed wheel gearing in pinion 8,
and carrying a cone 11, furnished with four forks q' received in grooves therein,
said forks produce the rotation of the cone on its axis, and also act on cord 14
wound on said conc; 12, cone for forming the bobbin guiding the movements
of frame C and faller P; 13, bolts; 14, cord or chain; 15, toothed wheel and
drum; 16, wheel and catch; 17, cord, weight, and pulley, fixed either at
15 or 16 to a suitable barrel; 18, ratchet and scrow; 19, 20, 21, stops;
B, 8, 6, rail supports.
The carriage is supposed in the Drawing to have returned after having
effected the winding operation; after its return motion has been produced by the
ordinary mechanism, the hook D falls on E, which will be underneath said
hook at such period. Shaft F receives its return motion by the ordinary means
and transmits it to the spindles in order to effect the pointing; it also imparts
motion by means of a ratchet and pawl to the two barrels G, on which are
wound chain H, and connected by the double pulley K and rack L to hook D,
which draws back the carriage in proportion as the thread is wound; the chain I,
connected by means of double pulley M to slide N, acts on balance lever Q, and
at same time produces the descent of the faller P until frame C catching under
slide Q, which is actuated by lever O, permits of a backward movement of
part R, which further causes part S to turn, and by means of parts T, U,
raises hook D, and liberates the carriage. At this moment the pointing
ceases, and barrel V being set in motion draws its cord v, which is attached to
the carriage by wheel X, turning on axis a, ; this cord is passed twice

page_text: round pulley y fixed to wheel X, and is returned to barrel V by means
of a turning pulley. Pulley V in turning draws cord v, and with it tho
carriage, while wheel X is rotated by the rack y fixed to the flooring, thus
while the carriage receives a progressively increasing and decreasing speed
the axis, a", has a relative speed of rotation. On the shaft a¹, ", is mounted
a bevil wheel 2 gearing with a wheel 8, mounted on an axis 4 carried by
bearing 5, an arm from which enters a groovo in slide 6 and serves to keep
the bearings in position. The axis 4 carries a crank piece 7, which rotates
with it, piece 7 works in a fixed bearing 10, a toothed wheel 8 being mounted
on its axis gearing with a wheel on axis 9. On axis 9 are mounted two cones
11, 12, which receive rotary motion therefrom; each of these cones are
carried by bearings a, a, a, a, sliding on B, B. The cone 11 drives the
spindles by means of parts 14, 15 and 16, with cords and weights 17, 17.
The cone 12 actuates the faller by means of frame C, Q, O, and in this manner
the winding is effected. When the winding is completed the carriage reasumes
the position shown in Fig. 1, the ratchet 18 being turned a few teeth by the
stop 19, so as to advance slide 6, 6, by means of screw 18, as also the
bearings a, a, a, connected to the slide 6, and thus change the point of
operation of the curve, and two cones to the next breadth,. further the stop 21
abuts against rack L, and returns it to position, and stop 20 also abuts against
part R, and disengages the frame C, thus allowing the faller to rise while the
part falls into its original position. On these movements being effected the
carriage is again ready to perform the spinning operations.
Having described the nature of this Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by
the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
First, I claim the application of a cone, truncated or otherwise, with a
curvilinear surface turning loosely on an axis, also capable of moving in the
direction of the axis and mounted on the carriage or otherwise, which takes
up or gives off a certain length of cord or chain according to the sections of
the cone which are successively brought into action, either by hand screw or
other apparatus, in order to regulate the motion of the spindles during the
winding, or for effecting the movement of the faller by placing the apparatus
either in direct contact, or in communication by means of intermediate parts
with the faller, in order to impart movement thereto during the winding, and
to determine its height for the formation of the bobbins or cops.
Secondly, in the application of a combination of parts adjusted in such
manner that the carriage may receive a variable speed by means of a chain,
cord, or strap, one end of which is fixed to the improved arrangement of parts

page_text: described, and the other end to a drum or other apparatus with a uniform
motion to be transmitted to the carriage.
Thirdly, in the application of a combination of cords, straps, or chains, and
other parts, adjusted so as to effect the pointing and recoil of the carriage
simultaneously, with or without friction, by means of a hook independent of or
fixed to the carriage.
These improvements are applicable to all kinds of self-acting or other
winding or copping frames, either separately or combined.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Clark, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness,
W. G. E. SWINNOCK,
53, Chancery Lane,
London.
W. CLARK. (L.B.)