Improvements in Winding Apparatus for Forming Balls of Fibre suitable for Combing and other Machines.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 16th May. 1889-Accepted. 22nd June 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Winding Apparatus for Forming Balls of Fibre
suitable for Combing and other Machines.
I, PATRICK KELLY, of Sutton Mill, Cross Hills, in the County of York, Combing
Overlooker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct winding machines in such a manner that,
the winding spindle may be driven by positive motion, and the fibre wrapped round
the said spindle or bobbin core so that it is tightest on the commencement of the ball,
and the tension on the fibre decreased as the ball increases in diameter; also to
operate the guiding flanges so that the balls can be removed with less labour and with
greater facility than when constructed in the ordinary manner.
I accomplish my object by connecting the driving and spindle shafts of the machine
by a train of change gearing, and mounting on a shaft a lever in an inclined position
and so arranged that one arm of the same carries a pair of adjustable pressure rollers
between which the fibre passes.
The lever is also arranged with another arm for carrying a weight and a roller,
the latter being in contact with the ball of fibre, and as the latter increases in
diameter, the position of the weight is so altered that less pressure is put upon the
ball.
The outer guide flange I mount on a horizontal swinging arm and when brought
into position for winding, the same is coupled to the winding spindle by a screw or
equivalent means; the other guiding flange being prepared with a long sleeve boss
and operated by a wheel and screw.
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JOHN WAUGH,
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Winding Apparatus for Forming Balls of Fibre
suitable for Combing and other Machines.
I, PATRICK KELLY, of Sutton Mill, Cross Hills, in the County of York Combing
Overlooker, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to construct winding machines in such a manner
that the winding spindle may be driven by positive motion, and the fibre wrapped
round the said spindle or bobbin core, so that it is tightest at the commencement of
the ball; and as it increases in diameter, for the hardness or tension on the fibre to
decrease proportionately; also to so operate the guiding flanges, that the balls may be
removed from the spindle or core with less labour, and with greater facility than when
constructed in the ordinary manner and consists in mounting on a shaft, a pair of
pressure rollers in a frame occupying an inclined position, and arranged for a portion
to rest against the circumference of the ball of fibre from the commencement to a full
ball; and for the said frame to carry one or more weights in such position that, as
the ball increases in diameter, less pressure is put upon the ball, thereby decreasing
the hardness. The guiding flanges are so arranged, that the outer flange is mounted
on a swinging arm, and can be readily moved to or from the spindle, whilst the inner
flange may be operated by a screw, or lever for forcing the ball some distance on the
taper spindle when removing a ball therefrom.
In describing my invention more in detail, reference is made to the accompanying
drawings, in which, Fig. 1. represents a front view of my improved apparatus.
Fig. 2. is an end view, and the remaining figures, details hereinafter referred to.

page_text: The spindle A. is driven from one of the pullies P. by a train of change gearing of
which wheel B. forms a part, and is keyed on the said spindle A. which is carried by
a journal C. and extends through the socket or sleeve D. of flange E. supported by
journal C₁.
On the shaft F. supported in suitable journals are secured two levers G. G. which
incline towards the spindle A. and have mounted between the same two pressure
rollers H. and H. pressed together by springs applied thereto in any of the ordinary
ways now in comnion use.
The levers G. G. have attached thereto two upright bars K. K. across the upper
portion of which is a cross bar K. of such length as to pass freely between the
flanges E. and E. and near the bottom of the said upright bars, is another cross
bar L. upon which are suspended weights W. by which the cross bar K¹. is made
to press against the fibre as it is being wound around the taper portion A². of the
spindle A.
The outer flange E¹. I form on, or attach to, a socket or sleeve mounted on a
horizontal swinging arm M. carried by a vertical pin M. and when the said flange is
brought into position for winding, it is coupled to the end of the spindle by a screw N.
engaging with the threaded recess shown in the centre of shaft P. by sectional details
Fig. 3. the said shaft being rotated for engaging and disengaging the threaded end by
the hand wheel P¹.
When the machine is in operation, the spindle A. is rotated in the manner herein-
before described, and the fibre fed through ordinary guides to the pressure rollers H.
and H. and from thence to the taper portion A'. of the rotating spindle A. the cross
bar K'. shown by details Figs. 4 and 5. being lowered into position for resting against
the fibre on the spindle, by removing the lever Q. out of the catch lever R. the
levers G. G. will then be nearer to the centre of said spindle, and of a more acute
angle than as shown on drawing, which represents a ball as completed ready for removing
from off the said spindle.
When the levers G. G. and upright bars K. K. are at an acute angle by the same
being lowered by lever Q. in the manner as before described, until the cross bar K¹. is
in contact with the first layer of fibre on the spindle, the cross bar L. on which the
weights W. are suspended, will be further from the centre of shaft F. than when
the ball is wrapped to the full diameter; therefore, the cross bar K¹. will compress the
fibre on the spindle to some extent, as it is being wound thereon; the pressure being
gradually reduced as the ball increases in diameter, and the levers G. G. become more
perpendicular, the weights W. being gradually moved towards the shaft F. therefore
the pressure on the fibre is decreased in the same proportion.
When a ball is wrapped to the full diameter, the machine may be stopped by any
suitable well known automatic stopping apparatus; the hand wheel P¹. is then turned
for disengaging the centre shaft P. from the screwed end of spindle, by which the
outer flange is liberated that it can be removed clear of the spindle by the swinging
of the horizontal arm M. on pin M². the other flange E. may then be operated for
some distance on the spindle by screwing the hand wheel T. that its boss presses against
the end of flange socket D. or the said flange and socket may be moved by
operating the lever U. one portion of which engages with the recess D¹. between the
collars.
By operating the flange E. in the manner described the compact ball of fibre is
moved some distance towards the end of the spindle, so that the ball can be readily
drawn therefrom by the attendant, and on the swinging arm being put back to the
position shown by Fig. 1. and the connection of the spindle and centre shaft P. made
as before described, the apparatus is ready for winding another ball.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. In a ball winding machine the combination of the cross bar K¹. levers G. and
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page_text: arranged substantially in the manner shown and described and for the purpose set
forth.
2. In a ball winding machine the combination of the swinging arm M. with the
centre of shaft P. and screwed end of rotating spindle substantially in the manner and
for the purpose set forth.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.