AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF GUARDS OR COVERS FOR WINDING MACHINES
Year: 1885

page_text: WILLIAM JOHNSTON GAMBLE of 50 Divis Street, Belfast, Ireland Tinsmith do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF
GUARDS OR COVERS FOR WINDING MACHINES to be as follows
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This improved arrangement of covers is specially applicable to and designed for
what are known as the Anderson Foundry pirn winders which wind yaru on to
pirns from hanks on reels
The object being to guard or cover the shafts and dises for driving the spindles
so that there is no liability of the attendants being injured when putting the yarn
on the reels, and yet ready access 18 obtained to the shafts and discs for cleaning
oiling or other purposes.
This is accomplished by making a curved bottomed trough of suitable sheet
metal extending the lengthway of the machine underneath the shafts and driving
discs, the front portion of this trough like cover is hinged so that when it is
required to have access to the shafts and discs the front portion of the cover is
opened being on hinges and so the shafts and discs are exposed
The front portion of the covers may be carried on slides and so made removable
but it is thus liable to be damaged, whereas my object is to make a thorou_hly
secure cover or guard not liable to damage or get out of order and yet affording
ample facilities for getting at the discs and shafts when required

page_text: An Improved Arrangement of Guards or Covers for Winding
Machines.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON GAMBLE of 50 Divis Street Belfast Ireland Tinsmith do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF
GUARDS OR COVERS FOR WINDING MACHINES and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
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This improved arrangement of covers 18 specially applicable to and designed for
what are known as the Anderson Foundry pirn winders which wind yarn on to
pirns from hanks on reels
This arrangement is shewn on the drawing herewith in which Fig 1 is a section
of so much of the machine as is necessary to explain the application and Fig 2 is a
front view shewing part of one cover open and part of another closed
The object being to guard or cover the shaft and discs (a) for driving the
spindles (b) so that there is no liability of the attendants being injured when
putting the yarn (e) on the reels (d) and yet ready access is obtained to the shafts
and discs (a) for cleaning oiling or other purposes
This is accomplished by making a curved bottomed trough (c) of suitable sheet
metal extending the lengthway of the machine underneath the shaft and driving
disos (a), the upper front portion (c¹) of this trough like cover (c) is hinged so
that when it is required to have access to the shaft and disos (a) the upper front
portion (c) of the cover (c) is opened as shewn in dotted lines in fig 1, and in one!
portion of fig 2 thus the shaft and discs (a) are exposed.
When the upper front or hinged portion (c¹) of the cover (c) is closed it is held
in position by suitable catches or buttons passing through slots.
The upper front portion (c¹) of the cover (c) may be carried on slides and so be
made removable but it is thus liable to be damaged, whereas my object is to make
a thoroughly secure cover or guard not liable to get out of order and yet affording
ample facilities for getting at the shafts and discs (a) when required
The covers (c) are made to extend lengthways from one bearer (f) to the other
and are carried at the back by being attached to the rail (g) behind the shafts and
driving discs (a) the front of the covers (c) are supported by a rod (c³) extending
the entire length from centre to centre of the adjacent bearers and resting on the
framing (f)
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
The application and arrangement of hinged guards or covers to winding machines
as described
Dated this 4th day of February 1886