Winding, Reeling, Balling, and similar Machines.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1888
Specification Accepted, 20th July, 1888
Winding, Reeling, Balling, and similar Machines.
We, WILLIAM GALLIMORE of the Cornhill Street Mills, Leek in the County of
Stafford, Silk Manufacturer, and SAMUEL HERBERT BROOKS of the Union Iron Works
West Gorton, in the County of Lancaster Engineer and Machinist 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
This Invention relates to apparatus for measuring yarn and thread in Winding,
Reeling, Balling and similar Machines, and it has for its object to effect the stoppage
of the Machine or part of the Machine so soon as a pre-determined length of the yarn
or thread has been wound upon the bobbins, cops, spools or reels.
These Improvements consist in the construction, arrangement and adaptation of
measuring and counting devices which when a required length, weight or quantity of
thread or yarn has been wound, will operate to stop the further motion of the winding
mechanism.
We will describe our Improvements as applied to a cross-winding machine, but it
will be understood, that they may be similarly applied to other machines.
In the accompanying Drawings, to which reference is hereinafter made, Fig. 1
represents a front view, and Fig. 2 a sectional side view of part of a Cross-Winding Frame
having these Improvements applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a plan of the measuring device,
and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 represent details.
The Stop motion represented in the Drawings is that which is ordinarily employed
and need not therefore be particularly described.
A is a drum having any convenient known diameter but preferably with a circum_

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ference of half, a third or a quarter yard; B is a worm mounted upon the spindle of
the drum is a pair of worm wheels mounted upon a common axis D and both
gearing with the worm B. One of the wheels C has one tooth more than the other
so that in a given number of revolutions of the worm, depending upon the number of
the teeth in the wheels, one of the wheels will have gained a revolution or a part of a
revolution as compared with the other. Thus, if one wheel has 80 teeth, and the
other 81, then in 81 revolutions of the worm, the smaller wheel will have gained one
tooth advance over the other; therefore in 80 times 81 revolutions of the worm the
wheels will be respectively in the relative positions occupied by them at starting,
and if there are perforations through the wheels which are coincident at starting,
these perforations will again be coincident after 6480 revolutions of the worm and
drum. This system of gearing is well understood and is employed for various other
purposes.
E is a bracket carrying the bearings for the spindle D; F is an arm attached to
the spindle, and G is a vertical pin secured to the arm F. H is a grooved roller
which may advantageously be used as a thread guide. I is a collar secured to the
spindle D and carrying a hook or projection to which a chain or cord J is attached.
The other end.of. the chain. or cord. is attached to a detector wire K similar to the
detector wire L which is that usually employed in Cross-Winding Machines.
In the wheels C or in plates or a plate rotating therewith, a hole or holes are
formed in such a position as to permit the passage of the pin G.
We prefer to construct this part of the apparatus as represented by the detail
drawings Figs. 4, 5 and 6. The lower one of the pair of wheels is made with a cavity
as shown in Fig. 5. Upon the inner circumference of the cavity, a pin or feather M
is formed or secured.
Circular plates constructed as shown in Fig. 4 and having one or more holes N
formed therein, are adapted to fit within the cavity of the lower wheel, one at a time.
These plates have a groove in their circumference which fits upon the pin or feather M;
the plates are, by this means compelled to rotate with the. wheel. In the upper wheel
one hole only need be formed as shown at O Fig. 6.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-Assuming that the plate with four holes
as shown in Fig. 4 is in the lower wheel, and that one of these holes is coincident
with the hole in the upper wheel and that the yarn or thread is passed through the
detector wire, and two or three times around the measuring drum on its way to the
winding apparatus. The spindle D is lifted vertically by the operator and, the pin G.
being connected with the spindle, the pin is lifted out of the holes in the wheels by
the same action. The spindle is then turned until the arm F comes into contact with.
the projection R.on the inner angle of the fixing E (Fig. 2) so that the pin rests upon
the upper surface of the top wheel. The winding is then started and, by the revolution of
the wheels, the hole in the top wheel is brought beneath the pin which drops therein.
But the holes in the two wheels are not now coincident and consequently the spindle
cannot drop far enough to operate the stop motion, but it drops far enough for the
arm G to clear the projection on the inner. angle of the fixing E and the spindle and
pin may therefore now be rotated until the holes in the wheels are coincident, when
the pin will fall through the hole in the bottom wheel. Since the pin G is attached to
the arm upon the spindle D the spindle also falls and with it the cord or chain J,,thus.
liberating the detector wire K and operating the stop motion.
It is, thus obvious that the stop motion may be brought into action after: a greater
or less number of revolutions by employing a plate having one, or more than one
hole, and that the number of yards of thread wound may be governed by the diameter
of the drum and by the numbers of the teeth in the wheels. C.
When it-is-not desired to make provision for winding various lengths, the wheels C
may be substituted by a single wheel having one or more holes formed in it. If there
is one hole only in the wheel the stop motion will be operated once for every revolution
of the wheel and for as many revolutions of the drum as there are teeth in the wheel.
If the stop motion is required to be operated at more frequent intervals,.two.or more
holes are formed in the wheel.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
(1) An apparatus for measuring yarn and thread in Winding, Reeling, Balling and
similar Machines, constructed arranged and operated substantially as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
(2) In apparatus for measuring yarn and thread in Winding, Balling, and Reeling
Machines; in combination with the measuring apparatus, a device for operating the
stop motion, consisting of the pin and arm F, G, the rising and falling spindle D, a
cord or chain J, and a detector wire K; substantially as hereinbefore described and
as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th
n 1000
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants.