IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WINDING YARN COPB
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Oldham, of Meadow Foundry, 8, New
Lane, Meadow Lane, Leeds, in the County of York, Engineer and
Machinist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
WINDING YARN COPB"
Sealed the 27th February 1866, and dated the 7th September 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Oldham at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th September 1865.
I, WILLIAM OLDHAM, of Meadow Foundry, 8, New Lane, Meadow Lane,
Leeds, in the County of York, Engineer and Machinist, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WINDING
YARN COPS," to be as follows:-
The main framing of the machine supports in suitable bearings the main
driving shaft, carrying at one end fast and loose driving pulleys outside the
frame, and a suitable number of band pulleys inside the frame to drive the
vertical spindles upon which the cops are to be wound. There are three
horizontal longitudinal rails bolted or otherwise secured to the end framings
of the machine. The lower rail is provided with a series of standards or
uprights, (one to each spindle) on each of which works in V-grooves a slide

page_text: carrying a footstep or bearing which supports the lower end of the spindle.
The middle rail carries the mechanism for driving the spindle, consisting
principally of a clutch box, which can be thrown into and out of gear with
facility. The lower half of this clutch box is fixed at the upper end of a tube
which passes loosely through a boss or socket in the middle rail, and carries
at its lower end beneath the latter a whirl or wharve, round which passes
an endless band, which is constantly revolving from one of the pulleys on the
main driving shaft. The whole of this arrangement is fitted loosely on the
spindle. The upper half of the clutch box is fitted with a key which works
in a groove in the side of the spindle, so that the latter can rise and fall
through it, but will only revolve when the two halves of the clutch box are in
gear; the upper half of the clutch box is thrown out of gear so as to stop
the revolution of the spindle whenever a thread breaks or when a cop is
finished by means hereafter described. The upper rail carries a series of
cups, which form the cop bottoms, and through the centres of which the
upper ends of the spindles pass; these cups are each provided with a vertical
opening or slit at the side, through which the threads pass to the spindles.
The upper rail also carries the creel with the drag pulleys, and the spindles
upon which the bobbins of yarn are placed. The threads of yarn pass over
a rod, and thence under the stop rod pulleys (which they support) through
guide wires, and then through the slits in the cups to the respective spindles.
When one of the threads breaks, its stop rod pulley falls over and allows the
stop rod to descend, and the end of the latter coming into contact with a
weighted catch releases a lever, the weighted end of which falls and causes
the lever to disengage the upper part of the clutch box (which it embraces)
from the lower part, and thus instantaneously stops the revolution of the
spindle. The slide which carries the foot of the spindle is also provided
with a stop piece, which, as soon as the spindle has risen a sufficient
distance to complete the winding of the cop, comes into contact with the
weighted catch before-mentioned, and thus stops the spindle. The guide
wires are mounted in a rocking shaft in which they are adjustable by means
of set screws, and the proper motion for guiding the threads on to the
spindles so as to form the cops is imparted to the rocking shaft by means
of a lever and connecting rod actuated by an excentric keyed upon the
main driving shaft. The upper part of the spindles is slightly tapered to
allow the cops to be drawn off easily, and a small collar is fitted on to the
top of each spindle, being held by a pin, which is to be withdrawn when
the cops are to be taken off the spindles.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Oldham in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th March 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
OLDHAM, of Meadow Foundry, 8, New Lane, Meadow Lane, Leeds, in the
County of York, Engineer and Machinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Oldham, Her special licence that I, the said William
Oldham, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said William Oldham, 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 Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WINDING YARN COPS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I,the said William Oldham, my executors or administrators, 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 mouths next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Oldham, 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 in writing, and on reference to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, that is to say:-
The main framing of the machine supports in suitable bearings the main
driving shaft, carrying at one end fast and loose driving pulleys outside the
frame, and a suitable number of band pulleys or toothed gearing inside the
frame to drive the vertical spindles, upon which the cops are to be wound.
There are three horizontal longitudinal rails bolted or otherwise, secured to
the end framings of the machine. The lower rail is provided with a series of
standards or uprights (one to each spindle) on each of which works a slide
carrying a footstep or bearing, which supports the lower end of the spindle.

page_text: gear so
The middle rail carries the mechanism for driving the spindle, consisting
principally of a clutch box, which can be thrown into and out of gear with
facility. The lower half of this clutch box is fixed at the upper end of a tube,
which passes loosely through a boss or socket in the middle rail, and carries
at its lower end beneath the latter a bevil pinion in gear with a similar wheel
keyed upon the main driving shaft,or a whirl or wharve round which passes
an endless band from one of the pulleys on the main driving shaft, which
shaft is constantly revolving. The whole of this arrangement is fitted loosely
on the spindle. The upper half of the clutch box is provided with a key,
which works in a groove in the side of the spindle, so that the latter can rise
and fall through it, but will only revolve when the two halves of the clutch
box are in gear. The upper half of the clutch box is thrown out of
as to stop the revolution of the spindle whenever a thread breaks, or when a
cop is finished by means hereafter described. The upper rail carries a series
of cups which form the cop bottoms, and through the centres of which the
upper ends of the spindles pass. These cups are each provided with a vertical
or slightly inclined opening or slit at the front through which the threads pass
to the spindles. The upper rail also carries the creel with the drag pulleys,
and the spindles upon which the bobbins of yarn are placed. The drag is
given to the bobbins by means of bell crank levers, one end of which bears
against the periphery of the drag pulley, and the other carries an adjustable
weight to regulate the amount of drag. The threads of yarn pass under the
stop rod pulleys (which they support) through guide wires, and then through
the slits in the cups to the respective spindles. Then one of the threads
breaks its stop rod pulley falls over and allows the stop rod to descend, and
the end of the latter coming into contact with a catch releases a lever, the
weighted end of which falls and causes the lever to disengage the upper part
of the clutch box (which it embraces) from the lower part, and thus instanta-
neously stops the revolution of the spindle. The slide which carries the foot
of the spindle is also provided with a stop piece, which, as soon as the spindle
has risen a sufficient distance to complete the winding of the cop, comes into
contact with the catch before-mentioned, and thus stops the spindle. The
guide wires are mounted in a rail, in which they are adjustable by means of
set screws, and the said rail being connected by rods and levers to a rocking
shaft, the proper motion for guiding the threads on to the spindles so as to
form the cops is imparted to the rocking shaft by means of a lever and con-
necting rod actuated by an eccentric keyed upon the main driving shaft.
The upper part of the spindles may be slightly tapered to allow the cops to be

page_text: drawn off easily, and a small collar may be fitted on to the top of each spindle,
being held by a pin, which is to be withdrawn when the cops are to be taken
off the spindles.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "Improvements
in Machinery for Winding Yarn Cops," I will now proceed to describe more in
detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried
into practical effect; and in order that the same may be distinctly understood,
I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have
marked the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with
those in the following explanation thereof, that is to say :-
In the annexed Drawings Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of a
cop winding frame constructed according to my Invention, and Figure 2 is
a front view of the driving end of the same showing the arrangement for
one spindle.
a, a, b, b, c, c, are three horizontal rails bolted or otherwise secured to the
end framing d, d, of the machine; e, e, is the main driving shaft supported
in suitable bearings, and having at one end the fast and loose driving
pulleys f, f. The lower rail c, c, carries a series of pillars or standards g,g,
(one to each spindle) on each of which works a slide h, h, part of which slide
forms a footstep and supports the lower end of the spindle i, i, the slide
moving up the pillar with the spindle as the cop is formed. The middle
rail b, b, supports a clutch box k, k, the lower half k, of which is fixed to
the upper end of a tube 1, 1, passing loosely through a boss or socket in the
rail, and carrying at its lower end a skew bevil pinion m, m, in gear with a
similar wheel n, n, keyed on the main driving shaft e, e. The spindle i, i,
passes loosely through the whole of this arrangement, and the upper part k*
only of the clutch box is connected to the spindle by means of a key working
in a long groove in the spindle, so that the spindle can be moved up or down
through the tube 1, 1, (which is constantly revolving) but will only revolve
with the latter when the two parts of the clutch box k, k*, are in gear with
each other. The clutch box is thrown in or out of gear by means of the
weighted lever o, o, as hereafter described. The upper rail a, a, carries a
series of fixed cups p, p, which form the cop bottoms, and through the centres
of which the upper ends of the spindles i, i, pass, revolving freely and sliding
up and down. The cups are each provided at the front with an opening q, q,
through which the threads pass to the spindles. To the upper rail is also
fixed the creel r, r, with the drag pulleys *, *, the weighted levers s, s, and
the spindles carrying the .bobbins of yarn s*, s*. The threads from these

page_text: bobbins pass under the stop rod pulleys t, t, (which they support) and through
the guide wires u, u, and through the slits in the cups to the respective
spindles i, i. The pulleys t, t, are each placed at the end of a lever v, v, and
the tension of the thread keeps the same in the position shown in Figure 1,
but as soon as a thread breaks its stop lever falls on to the lever w, w, and
knocking back the catch x, x, releases the lever o, o, the weighted end of
which immediately falls and raises the upper half * of the clutch box out of
gear with the lower part, and thus stops the revolution of the spindle, until
the attendant pieces the thread and again adjusts the weighted lever and
catch. The slide h, h, which carries the foot of the spindle i, i, is also pro-
vided with a stop piece, which as soon as the winding of the cop is completed
comes into contact with the lower end of the rod y, y, and thus knocks off
the catch x, x, and stops the spindle. The attendant then places his foot
upon the step piece a*, a*, drawing the spindle down through the
cop,
can then be easily removed. The treadle b*, *, is connected by the link c*,c*,
to the slide h, h, and is for the purpose of pushing up the spindle to enable
the attendant to tie the thread when broken. The guide wires u, u, are fixed
in a rail z, z, which is connected by rods 1, 1, and levers 2, 2, to a shaft 3, 3,
to which a rocking motion is imparted by means of levers 4, 4, (one at each
end of the machine) each lever 4 being actuated by a connecting rod 5, 5,
and an eccentric 6, 6, keyed upon the main driving shaft e, e; 7, 7, is a
treadle for raising the spindle, and 8, 8, is a link to which is attached the
step piece a*, a*, by placing the foot upon which the spindle may be pulled
down to facilitate the removal of the cop.
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which
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for
'Improvements in Machinery for Winding Yarn Cops," together with the
manner in which the same is to be cr may be performed or carried into
practical effect, I would remark in conclusion that I claim as my Invention
the improved machinery for winding yarn cops as shown in the Drawing
annexed, and herein-before described, or any mere modification or imitation
thereof constructed and operating in substantially the same or a similar
manner, and more especially I claim,―
Firstly, the pulley and weighted lever for applying and regulating the
"drag" upon the bobbins.
_ Secondly, I claim the slide (which carries the foot of the spindle), together
with its stop piece for knocking off the catch when the cop is completed,
and its treadle and step piece for the purposes described.
And, thirdly, I claim the stop lever supported by the thread which (when

page_text: the latter breaks) falls down, withdrawing a catcb and releasing a weighted
lever, which lever, by throwing a clutch box out of gear, stops the revolution
of the spindle.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Oldham, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Third day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,
WILLIAM JOHNSON,
Agent,
8, East Parade,
Leeds.
WILLIAM OLDHAM. (L.s.)