Improvements in Machinery and Apparatus for Reeling Hanks or Skeins of Yarn or Thread.
Year: 1886

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery and Apparatus for Reeling Hanks or
Skeins of Yarn or Thread.
I THOMAS COLEBY, of Barton Square, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Yarn Agent, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR REELING HANKS OR SKEINS OF YARN OR THREAD
to be as follows:-
The first part of my improvements relates to the machine for which Letters Patent
No. 3070 were granted to me on the 17th day of October 1872. According to my
present Invention I form and arrange the rails or bars for carrying the cops, bobbins,
or tubes in such manner that the same machine can be readily changed to reel from
either cops, bobbins or tubes as required, to effect this I secure to the cop rails
additional rails in which the bobbin or tube spindles are supported and the rails are
fixed upon one central frame or support by which means the end frames or supports
of the machine are dispensed with, floor space is economised and the cost of
constructing the machine is reduced.
The second part of my Improvements relates to the reeling of yarn from tubes,
bobbins, or cops formed upon the ring spinning frame. In this case I mount the
tubes bobbins or cops on spindles free to revolve (preferably vertically) and I cause
the yarn to be drawn off in a direction at right angles or thereabouts with the axis of
the tube, bobbin, or cop instead of parallel to that axis and from the end as heretofore
and I arrange a tension apparatus to prevent snarls in the process of roeling, to take
up the slack, and to obtain an equable tension upon the yarn. The yarn passes over
or behind a wire placed near the bobbin which wire is free to swivel, its movement
being controlled by an adjustable spring, weight, or other suitable means and a light
brake is made with or secured to the wire to act on the bobbin or spindle as required.
The third part of my improvements consists of a stop motion arranged so as to give
greater facility for adjusting the thread than those now in use. In reeling from the
ordinary throstle bobbin I employ a detector plate or lever pivoted on the frame and
moving freely. This plate is so balanced that when the yarn is passed over one arm
on the plate in the process of reeling that end of the plate is kept down by the

page_text: tension of the thread but when the thread breaks the plate tilts up and allows the
other end either directly, or by a drop wire connected to it to act upon an eccentric
mounted upon a shaft connected in any convenient manner to the driving mechanism
and to stop the machine. In place of the eccentric on the shaft other means may be
employed for stopping the driving mechanism.
I modify the above arrangement when reeling from a tube or cop to suit the
different direction of the yarn as it is being drawn off.
The second and third parts of my Invention are applicable to reels of the ordinary
construction although more especially adapted to the patented form of construction
referred to above.
H. B. BAKLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery and Apparatus for Reeling Hanks or
Skeins of Yarn or Thread.
I THOMAS COLEBY, of Barton Square, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Yarn Agent do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR REELING HANKS OR SKELNS OF YARN OR THREAD
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in machinery for reeling hanks or skeins of
yarn or thread and consists-
First. In certain improvements in the construction of the machine for which
Letters Patent No. 3070 were granted to me on the 17th day of October 1872.
Secondly. In a tension apparatus to take up the slack in the yarn and maintain an
equable tension thereon when reeling from tubes bobbins or cops formed on the ring
spinning frame and revolving or placed on revolving spindles the yarn being
drawn off at right angles, or nearly so to the axis of the tube bobbin or cop.
Thirdly. In a stop motion arranged so as to give greater facility for piecing up
and adjusting the thread than those now in use.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying three Sheets of Drawings, reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a reeling machine made according to my said
Patent and to which my present improvements have been applied.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on the plane of the line A B,
Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a back elevation. Figure 5 a transverse section and Figure 6 a plan
of the additional rails which I employ as arranged for supporting the spindles of
throstle bobbins.
Figures 7, 8 and 9 are similar views respectively to Figures 4, 5 and 6 showing
the additional rails as arranged for supporting the spindles of ring frame tubes and
also the tension apparatus.
Figure 10 is a front elevation on an enlarged scale of one of the spindles shown in
Figure 7 with a tube of yarn thereon.
Figure 11 is a plan of Figure 10.
Figures 12 and 13 are detailed views of the stop motion which I employ in this
case shown applied to yarn from a throstle bobbin.
Figure 14 is an elevation of a reeling machine supported on one central frame or
pedestal according to my Invention and with the cops placed diagonally to the frame.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
In carrying out the first part of my improvements I fix the rails a of the machine
upon one central frame or pedestal b. The rails a are drilled with holes to receive

page_text: the skewers, or stationary spindles on which the cops are mounted when the machine
is employed to reel from mule cops. When it is required to reel from throstle bobbins
or from ring frame tubes hobbins or cops I secure to the rails a by bolts c or other-
wise additional rails d d which are provided with suitable bearings for the spindles e.
Figures 4, 5 and 6 show the additional rails d d and spindles e as arranged for
throstle bobbins shown in Figures 3, 12 and 13 and Figures 7, 8 and 9 show the
rails & d¹ and spindles e as arranged for tubes g shown in Figures 10 and 11 and with
the tension apparatus hereinafter more fully described which constitutes the second
part of my improvements. The rails d d' are kept the right distance apart and are
secured together by bolts i as shown or otherwise.
When it is desired to change the machine to reel say from throstle or other bobbins
to reel from tubes or cops it is only necessary to release the bolts c remove the
additional rails & d' and spindles e shown in Figures 4 to 6 and substitute therefor the
rails d d with the spindles e and tension apparatus as shown in Figures 7 to 9.
I would have it understood that I do not tie myself to the particular form
construction or arrangement of the rails d d' as the saine may be varied or modified
without departing from the nature of this part of my Invention.
The chief advantages obtained by employing the rails a and supporting them and
the other parts of the machine on the central pedestal bare that the ordinary end
frames or supports are dispensel with, floor space is economised, and the cost of
constructing the machine is reduced.
If it be desired to have the cops or tubes placed diagonally to the frame as now
customary I vary the position and by preference the form of the rails a in the manner
illustrated by Figure 14.
The tension or drag apparatus which I employ for cach spindle when drawing off
yarn from tubes bobbins or cops formed on the ring frame is most clearly illustrated
by the enlarged views Figures 10 and 11.
In the Drawing a tube is shown on the spindle e and the yarn is being drawn off at
right angles to the axis of the spindle and passes behind and partly round a wire k
which is fitted and free to swivel in the rails d . The wire k runs parallel to the
spindle e until it comes opposite the flange on the bottom of the tube where it is bent
at right angles and runs a short distance parallel to the rail d when it is again bent at
right angles passing through the rail d and terminating in the lower rail. On that
portion of the wire which runs parallel to the rail d is or may be secured a piece of
leather or other suitable substance which forms a brake shoe and is kept normally
pressing against the flange on the tube by means of a spiral spring which is coiled
on the wire k and is secured at one end to the rail d and at the other to a collar k
secured adjustably on the wire by a thumb screw k³.
-As the yarn is drawn off
The tension apparatus operates in the following manner
the tube the strain overcomes the resistance of the spring and causes the wire k to
swivel more or less thereby moving the brake k¹ away from the flange of the tube;
but if the yarn runs off too freely and becomes slack the spring is at once free to act
and immediately swivels the wire back and presses the brake k¹ against the flange of
the tube thus taking up the slack in the yarn and checking the rotation of the tube.
The chief advantages of this arrangement are that snarls are prevented the slack in
the yarn being instantly taken up and an equable tension or drag is maintained during
the process of reeling.
The tension of the spring may be readily adjusted by slackening the screw and
shifting the position of the collar and any other suitable form of spring or a weight
or other equivalent may be employed in place of the spring 1.
The stop motion which I employ according to the third part of my improvements is
shown in Figure 3 but most clearly in the detailed views Figures 12 and 13.
When reeling from bobbins or from yarn on tubes I bolt or otherwise secure on the
rail a opposite each spindle a bracket m or other suitable support on which is pivoted
a detector lever or wire n over the front arm n' of which the yarn passes from the
When reeling from cops on spindles or
bobbin or tube to the revolving swift o.
skewers e¹ the yarn being drawn off nearly parallel to the axis of the spindle as shown

page_text: on the right hand side of Figure 3 the detectors n are preferably placed directly over
the spindles e¹ and the yarn taken first through a guide eyep then over the front
arm of the detector n and then through a second guide eye pl to the swift.
At the back of the detector n is suspended a drop wire which
rail a and when the yarn is being reeled properly rests just clear of an eccentric &¹ on
passes through the
a shafts which is suitably supported and free to move endwise.
The shafts is driven by a bands from the swift o which receives its motion from
the pulley t by means of a band t¹ whenever the said band is tightened by the tension
pulley The tension pulley is carried by a spring lever u which is secured at the
lower end to the pedestal band at the upper end is provided with a handle or starting
lover ; this lever is pivoted to the spring lever u and has a rack formed on its
under surface and this portion of the lever passes through a slot formed to receive
it in a stationary bracket one of the tooth in the rack engaging with a knife edge at
the bottom of the slot whenever the starting lever u is drawn forward to tighten the
band and start the swift o. One of the studs or axos s³ on which the shaft s is
supported is opposite one end of an elbow lever w pivoted at w¹ and from the other
end of the lever wo is suspended a link or curved arm w³ which comes under the rack
end of the starting lever u².
The stop motion operates as follows:-When the yarn breaks and releases the
arm n of the detector n the drop wire g falls by gravitation and comes in the path
of the eccentrics causing the shafts to move endwise in its bearings; the effect of
this movement of the shafts is to bring the studs against the end of the pivoted
elbow lover w which with the curved arm w³ is moved into the position indicated by
dotted lines, Figure 13 and as the arm is raised it lifts and unlatches the starting
lever thus allowing the spring lever u to fly back carrying with it the tension
pulley whereby the band t' is slackened and ceases to drive the swift o.
In place of the means heroin shown and described other mechanism may be
employed for stopping the machine when the eccentric shaft s is moved endwise.
The second and third parts of my Invention are applicable to reels of the ordinary
construction although more especially adapted to the patented form of construction
referred to above.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
und in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is-
1. In a reeling machine dispensing with the end frames or supports and supporting
the rails and the other parts of the machine on one central, frame or pedestal
substantially as herein set forth.
2.-The combination with the rails a or other suitable supports, of rails such as d d'
whereby the machine can be readily changed to reel from either cops bobbins or tubes
as required substantially as herein shown and described.
3. In a reeling machine, the combination with a-bobbin or tube mounted and free
to revolve either on or with a spindle the yarn being wound and drawn off at right
angles or thereabout to the axis of said bobbin or tube of the tension or drag apparatus
substantially as and for the purposes described and as illustrated by the Drawings
annexed.
4. In a reeling machine the use and application of a stop motion constructed
rranged and operating with drop lever and eccentric substantially as herein set forth.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.