A New Means or Method of Stopping Rabbeth and other like Spindles employed in Spinning Fibrous Materials.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1894
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FAL Cont
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10th Ont 1005
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Means or Method of Stopping Rabbeth and other like
Spindles employed in Spinning Fibrous Materials.
1, EZRA SYKES, of Turnbridge Iron Works, Huddersfield, in the County of
York, Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention refers to means to be employed for stopping rabbeth and other like
spindles when it is required to piece up broken ends or for other cause.
Hitherto there has been no mechanical means employed for stopping such
spindles, but it has been effected by the operative putting his or her knee or foot
against the spindle. This meth d of stopping the spindle is very un-atisfactory
for many reasons.
The object of my invention is to stop rabbeth or other like spindles by mechanical
means and this I propose to do as follows:—
I apply a brake to the spindle or wharle, such brake being connected to a vertical
rod, the opposite end of the said rod being attached to a small treadle which
can be operated by the foot of the person attending to the machine. This method of
stopping the spindle is easily performed whilst it leaves both hands of the operative
at liberty for finding and piecing up the broken ends.
Dated this 4th day of December 1894.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Patent Agents.
A New Means or Method of Stopping Rabbeth and other like
Spindles employed in Spinning Fibrous Materials.
I, EZRA SYKES, of Turnbridge Iron Works, Huddersfield, in the County of
York, Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
mauner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
My invention refers to means to be employed for stopping rabbeth and other
hke spindles when it is required to piece up broken ends or for other causes.
Hitherto there has been no mechanical means employed for stopping such indles,
but it has been eflected by the operative putting his or her knee or foot against the
spindle. This method of stopping the spindle is obviously unsatisfactory.
Such being the nature and object of my invention I will now make reference to
the accompanying sheet of drawings which fully illustrates the meaus I employ for
stuping the rotary motion of the spindle.
Fig. is side elevation and Fig. 2 front elevation of my improved mechanism.
A presents the spindle and B the wharle for driving same which is suitably
mounted upon the pille rai! C. To the base or other convenient part of the
spindle or spindle rail I mount a brake D capable of working upon a fulcrum E.
The outer part of the brake is attached to a vertical rod F connected to a treadle G

page_text: mounted upon a horizontal shaft H, therefore when it is necessary to stop the
spindle the operative puts his or her foot upon the said treadle, causing the brake
to bind against the wharle as shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 1, whereby the spindle
is immediately stopped. This method of stopping or arresting the rotary motion
of the spindle is easily performed, whilst it leaves both hands of the operative at
liberty for finding and piecing up the broken ends. It is obvious that instead of
the brake being applied to the wharle as shewn in the drawings, the said brake
may be applied direct to the spindle for stopping its rotary motion.
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 :-
In spinning and other like machines, the combination therewith of a brake,
operated by a treadle for stopping the rotary motion of the spindles, constructed,
combined and arranged substantially as shewn in the drawings and described
berein.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1895.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Patent Agents.