Improvements in or applicable to Machines used for Winding, Gassing, or the like Operations on Thread or Yarn.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 27th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 11th Nov.. 1890
Improvements in or applicable to Machines used for Winding, Gassing,
or the like Operations on Thread or Yarn.
I, JAMES HORROCks, of Parker Street Mill, Ashley Lane, Manchester, Machine
Maket, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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My said invention relates to improvements in that class of machines for winding
gassing or the like operations on varns and threads in which the rotation of the
bobbin on tube on which the thread or wain is wound is effected by rolling
contact with a diving or winding drum and is more particularly applicable
to the machines known as cross winding machines in which the yain or thread
has imparted to it a rapid longitudinal to and fro tiaverse while the winding
proceeds
I mount the bobbin or tube in a hinged came having its fulcrum in or on
& swing frame
A downward prolongation of the bobbin caner is pulled or
pushed by a spring or weight in such a manner as to normally cause the bobbin
to bear in an approximately horizontal direction against the winding dium
The swing frame carving the bobbin holder 18 prevented from falling by a
strut held in position by a tilting or oscillating detector plate or box somewhat
in the manner described in the Specification of Patent No 3132 of A D 1881
On the breakage of a thread the corresponding detector wire is struck by a
spider shaft whereupon the detector plate being tilted releases the strut and
the swing frame and bobbin carrier fall bringing the bobbin away from the
winding drum against a fixed brake
To remove and keep the bobbin from contact with the brake the upper part
of the bobbin carrier is pulled outwards when a cential hinged tongue falls behind
or in front of a fixed stop which protrudes through the swing fiame when the
latter falls
In replacing the bobbin against the winding druma the swing fiame is lifted
away from the fixed stop so that the hinged tongue rides over it.
In some cases I combine with the mechanism just described means for auto-
matically arresting the winding when the bobbin has attained any predetermined
diameter To this end I arrange a catch or other device in such a manner as to
tile the detector plate and release the strut when the bobbin 18 full
In one form of this part of my said invention I use a finger mounted on a
slide ha provided with a spring to keep it normally away from the detector plate
until a stop o catch preferably on the downward prolongation of the bobbin
carlier acting on the finger diaws the slide bai in such a manner that a pio-
jection or spur therefiom tilts the detector plate and releases the strut thereby
enabling the bobbin to leave the winding dium The finger and or the stop or
catch on the bobbin care are made adjustable ao as to become operative when
the bobbin has attained any desired diameter
In another form I use an excentric roller or bowl (suitably supported in a
bracket or cauer provided with means for adjustment to suit different diameters)

page_text: against which the bobbin beats when the icquned diameter is reached T'he
olling contact of the bobbin causes the excentric bowl or roller to rotate and
thereby to lift or remove the bobbin from the winding dium A pin o catch
lts the rotation of the excentric bowl or roller Where this latter device
is applied to a machine provided with the herein before described stop motion &
controlled by detector mechanism the slackening of the thread on the bobbin
being removed from the dium will cause the detector mechanism to come to
action in the ordinary way
In such a combination the bracket carrying the excentic bowl or roller
(which may be fluted or otherwise fashioned to "bite" against the bobbin)
19 supported by the swing frame or bobbin calier so as to fall away when the
bobbin falls An incline on the swing frame or bobbin caue lifts the bracket
back into the working position when winding has to be resumed
This part of my said invention may however be used independently of any
particula stop motion or on a machine without an automatic stop motion
Dated this 27th day of December 1898
ET WHITELOW, A M Inst CE.
0, Deansgate, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or applicable to Machines used for Winding, Gassing, 2
or the like Operations on Thread or Yarn.
I, JAMES HORROCKS, of Paikei Street Mill, Ashley Lane, Manchester, Machine
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same 18 to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement
1
My said invention relates to improvements in that class of machines for winding
gassing or the like operations on yarns and threads in which the rotation of the
bobbin or tube on which the thread or yain 18 wound is effected by rolling
contact with a diving on winding dium and is more particularly applicable
to the machines known as cross winding machines in which the yarn or thread f
has imparted to it a rapid longitudinal to and fro traverse while the winding
proceeds
I mount the bobbin or tube in a hinged carrier having its fulcrum in or on
a swing frame
A downward prolongation of the bobbin carier is pulled or
pushed by a spring or weight in such a manner as to normally canse the bobbin 3
to bear in an approximately horizontal direction against the winding drumm
The swing fiame carrying the bobbin holder is prevented from falling by a
strut held in position by a tilting or oscillating defector plate or box somewhat
in the manner described in the Specification of Patent No 3132 of A D 1881
On the breakage of a thread the corresponding detector wire is struck by a 4
spider shaft whereupon the detector plate being tilted releases the strut and
the swing frame and bobbin carier fall bringing the bobbin away from the
winding drum against a fixed brake
To remove and keep the hobbin from contact with the brake the upper part
of the bobbin carrier is pulled outwards when a central hinged tongue falls behind 4
o in front of a fixed stop which protrudes through the swing frame when the
latter falls
In replacing the bobbin against the winding drum the swing frame 18 lifted
away from the fixed stop so that the hinged tongue rides over it
In some cases I combine with the mechanism just described means for auto- 5

page_text: matically arresting the winding when the bobbin has attained any predetermined
diameter
T'he
To this end I use an excentric rollei o bowl (suitable supported in a
bracket or carrier provided with means for adjustment to suit different diameters)
against which the bobbin bears when the required diameter is 1cached
rolling contact of the bobbin causes the excentric bowl or roller to rotate and
thereby to lift or remove the bobbin from the winding dium. A pin or catch
limits the notation of the excentic bowl or roller Where this latter device
18 applied to a machine provided with the herembefore described stop motion
controlled by detector mechanism the slackening of the thread on the bobbin
being removed from the drum will cause the detector mechanism to come into
action in the ordinary way
In such a combination the bracket carrying the excentric bowl or roller
(which may be fluted or otherwise fashioned to "bite" against the bobbin)
18 supported by the swing frame or bobbin carrier so as to fall away when the
bobbin falls An incline on the swing frame lifts the bracket back to the
working position when winding has to be resumed
In order that my said invention may be more clearly understood I will describe
the same with reference to the accompanying diawings in all the figures of which
the same letters refer to the same paits
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section showing my invention in its
working position.
Figuie 18 a side elevation partly in section showing the bobbins or tubes
of thread or varn out of contact with then respective diving drums
Figure 3 illustrates to a larger scale an excêntic 1oller or bowl to be herein-
after described
The night hand side of Figures 1 and 2 shows my invention when used in
combination with a detector stop motion The left hand side of these figures
shows its application to a winding machine not provided with such a motion
I will first describe my invention as applied to a winding frame or machine
provided with the herenbefore descubed stop motion controlled by detector
mechanism as shown at the night hand side of Figure 1 and Figure 2 of the
accompanying drawings
In this case I mount the bobbin or tube a in a hinged carrier 6 having its
fulcrum in or on a swing frame e The swing frame has its fulcrum at cl
on a bracket e secured to the frame d of the machine. A downward projection e
of the bobbin caner is pulled or pushed by a weighted cham (or by a
spring) in such a manner as to normally cause the bobbin to hear in an approx1-
mately horizontal dnection against the winding dium f the friction of which
produces the rotation of the hobbin. The weighted chain ¹ is connected at e
to the downward projection e of the bobbin carrier and passes over loose
pulleys ee
The vain or thread passes in the ordinary way as indicated in chain dotted
lines from the cop on the like over a diag g or other tension device through an
eve in the detector wie h over a guide pulley to the bobbin or tube a
The swing frame cauying the bobbin holder or carrier b 18 prevented from
falling by a stiut & held in position by a tilting or oscillating detector plate or
loose box / On the breakage of a thread or when the bobbin has reached the
required diameter the corresponding detector wie 7 falls and is then struck
by a rotating spider shaft whereupon the detector plate 7 being tilted releases
the stint when the swing frame and the bobbin carrier fall binging the
bobbm away from the winding dium f against a biake m fixed to the
bracket secured to the frame of the machine The bobbin and carer then
assume the position shown in dotted lines at the right hand side of Figure 2.
When in this position a cential hinged tongue n lies at the back or over a fixed
stop which protrudes through a slot in the swing frame ¢ when the latter
falls,

page_text: To remove and keep the bobbin from contact with the brake the upper part
of the bobbin carrier 6 is pulled further outward or forward to the position shown
in full lines at the right hand side of Figure 2 when the central tongue (which
is hinged at n' to the bobbin carrier ) falls in front of the protruding fixed
stop o.
When replacing the bobbin against the winding drum f the swing frame
18 1aised or lifted away from the fixed stop o over which the hinged tongue n
now rides
To enable the swing frame e to be lifted when desired I provide it
with a projection or handle p of such a length as to be easily held by the
fingers.
In some cases I combine with the mechanism just described means for auto-
matically arresting the winding when the bobbin has attamed any predetermined
diameter. To this end I use an excentric roller or bowl g mounted in a bracket g¹
having an extension & passing through a hole in a hinged carrier q³ and provided
with a set screw 9 to enable the roller or bowl to be raised or lowered to suit
different diameteis of bobbins When the bobbin has reached the required
diameter at bears against the roller or bowl g and the rolling contact then causes
the excentric bowl or roller to partly rotate and thereby lift or
romove the
bobbin from the driving drun A pin q limits the rotation of the excentric
bowl or roller. While the bobbin is being lifted or removed from the diving
drum the thread becomes slack as shown at the right hand side of Figure 2
thus allowing the detector wire or wires to fall and to be struck by the spider
shaft whereupon the detector plate being tilted releases the strut k and allows
the swing frame and bobbin carrier to fall
In such a combination the hinged carrier carrying the excentric bowl or
roller (which is fluted or roughened to bite against the bobbin) is supported by
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the swing frame c so as to fall away when the bobbin falls. An incline formed
on the swing frame c lifts the hinged carer q' back into the working position
when winding has to be resumed
I will now describe my invention as applied to a machine without an auto-
matic stop motion as shown at the left of Figs 1 and 2
In this case the thread or varn X passes from the cop or the like over a guide
rod r and over guide pulleys to the bobbin A which is rotated by the drum F
in the usual way The bobbin A is mounted in a carrier B hinged on a fixed
longitudinal rod or shaft B¹ Secured to the fixed longitudinal rod or shaft B¹
is a bracket or carrier Q¹ having an excentric bowl or roller Q adjustable to
any height
When the bobbin A is wound to the required diameter the excentic bowl or
1oller 18 partly rotated thereby until the bobbin is pressed or pushed out of contact
with the driving drum F as shown at the left of Fig 2
The enable the bobbin to be removed and a fresh tube or bobbin placed in the
carrier the hinged carrier B 19 pulled forward in the direction of the airow y
until the end of a hinged catch plate s falls by gravity over the part B2 of the
bobbin carrier
The catch plates provided to retain the bobbin carier B in its most forward
position when desired is hinged at to a bracket t fixed to the longitudinal iod
or shaft B₁
The bobbin A is kept in contact with the diving dium F by means of the
weighted chain E¹ connected at E to the downward projection E of the bobbin
carrier and passes over loose pulleys on the shafts win as before described
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 18:-
1
In a machine in which a bobbin or tube is wound by rolling contact against
the au face of a drum the combination therewith of an excentric bowl or roller
which is caused to make a partial rotation (and thereby remove the bobbin fiom

page_text: contact with the drum) by the friction of the bobbin itself when the latter has
attained a predetermined diameter substantially as set forth and shown
2. In a drum winding machine the combination of a hinged bobbin cartier B
a biacket Q and an excentric 1oller or bowl provided with means for adjust-
ment for different diameters of bobbins substantially as and for the purpose set
forth and described with reference to the left hand side of Figures 1 and 2 of
the accompanying diawings.
3 In a drum winding machine the combination of the hinged bobbin carrier b
the swing fame the hinged tongue a and the stop o to protrude through the
swing frame c when the latter falls with detector mechanism operated by a
spider shaft substantially as and for the purpose set forth and described with
reference to the right hand side of Figs 1 and 2 of the accompanying diawings.
4. In a dium winding machine the combination with detector stop mechanism
for acting when a thread breaks or becomes slack of an excentric roller or bowl
held in such a position as to make a partial rotation by the rolling contact of
the bobbin when the latter attains a predetermined diameter substantially as
aud for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and described with reference to Fig. 3
and the right hand side of Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying diawings.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1899
E. T WHITELOW, A.M Inst.C E.,
70, Deansgate, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.