Apparatus for Winding Yarn on Weft Bobbins or Spools employed in Looms applicable for Domestic Purposes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 29th Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Winding Yarn on Weft Bobbins or Spools employed
in Looms applicable for Domestic Purposes.
We, RICHARD LONGDEN HATTERSLEY, of North Brook Works, Keighley, in
the County of York, Machine Maker, and SIMEON JACKSON, of the same address,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of apparatus for winding yarn on the weft bobbins
employed in looms applicable for domestic purposes, such loom being described by
us in Specification No. 13196 of 1893.
The object of this invention, is to provide suitable apparatus, so that the users
of such looms can readily wind onto the small weft bobbins or spools employed in
these looms, the yarn which is received by them on spools or bobbins unsuitable
for use in this class of loom.
The apparatus we have provided for this purpose, may be driven, either, by
hand wheel, or from the loom by means of a band or tape; the driving shaft
of the latter being prepared with the requisite pulley to effect this, while
the winding apparatus is provided with a corresponding pulley of smaller
diameter.
Our apparatus consists of a horizontal driving shaft, which may be driven in
either of the ways above indicated.
A friction clutch slides on said shaft and is connected to a hand lever, whereby
the band or tape pulley may be coupled to the shaft when it is required to drive
the apparatus from the loom shaft.
The horizontal shaft carries one or more friction discs, the face of each disc
bearing against a spindle socket or wharl which is driven by frictional contact.
Each spindle socket or wharl, is prepared to receive a spindle, on the upper end of
which the weft bobbin or spool is fixed. By means of worm gearing attached to
one of the spindle sockets, motion is imparted to a cam which actuates a bell crank
lever, to which lever is attached a horizontal rod. This rod is carried in front of
the weft bobbins, and gives the yarn as it is being wound on the bobbins or spools,
the requisite travel for producing an evenly wound bobbin. Each spindle revolves
in a conical bush, whereby, when the bobbin or spool is fully wound, it is lifted off
the spindle.
A modification of our apparatus consists in driving a double ended horizontal
spindle by means of a band or tape from a hand wheel, or from the driving shaft
of the loom.
In this modification, a bobbin or spool is fixed onto each end of the spindle, and
by means of worm gearing revolving a cam, a to and fro motion is given to a rod
bearing the yarn, whereby the yarn is evenly wound on the bobbin.
Dated this 21st day of February 1894.
J. SIDNEY CRITCHLEY,
27, Kirkgate, Bradford, Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Winding Yarn on Weft Bobbins or Spools employed
in Looms applicable for Domestic Purposes.
We, RICHARD LONGDEN HATTERSLEY, of North Brook Works, Keighley, in
the County of York, Machine Maker, and SIMEON JACKSON, of the same address,
Manager, 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 consists of apparatus for winding yarn on the weft bobbins
employed in looms applicable for domestic purposes, such loom being described by
us in Specification No. 13196 of 1893.
The object of this invention, is to provide suitable apparatus, so that the users of
such looms can readily wind onto the small weft bobbins or spools employed in
these looms, the yarn which is received by them on spools or bobbins unsuitable
for use in this class of loom.
The apparatus we have provided for this purpose may be driven, either, by
: hand wheel, or from the loom by means of a band or tape, the driving shaft
of the latter being fitted with the requisite pulley to effect this, while the
winding apparatus is provided with a corresponding pulley of smaller diameter.
Our apparatus consists of a horizontal driving shaft, which may be driven in
either of the ways above indicated. This shaft carries one or more friction discs,
the face of each disc bearing against a wharl or socket, into which fit a like number
⚫ of vertical spindles, the said spindles being thus driven by the frictional contact of
the discs.
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A modification, or an alternative arrangement, consists in driving a double-ended
horizontal spindle by means of a band or tape from a hand wheel, or from the
driving shaft of the loom.
In order to fully explain our invention, we append hereto sheets of drawings
marked with letters of reference, wherein :
Fig. 1, represents a front view of our apparatus arranged with vertical
spindles, and,
Fig. 2, is an end view of same.
Fig. 3, is a front view of our apparatus arranged with a horizontal spindle, an 1,
Fig. 4 is an end view of same.
The letter, a, designates the frame of our apparatus which is carried on a
suitable stand or pedestal b. The horizontal driving shaft c, is fitted with a ha id
wheel d, and a grooved pulley e. The grooved pulley, is fitted loosely on the
shaft, and is connected thereto by means of a friction clutch f. The groovel
pulley is provided for the purpose of driving the shaft from the loom described i
the before named Specification, the main shaft of such loom being fitted with a
corresponding grooved pulley of larger diameter, which drives the pulley e by
means of a band. A spring g, keeps the friction clutch f in connection with the
pulley e, but when it is desired to stop the revolution of the shaft c, when the loom
is going, or revolve the shaft by means of the hand wheel d, when the band is
around the pulleys, the clutch ƒ can be uncoupled from the pulley e by means
of a lever h.
jare the friction discs fitted to the shaft c, the faces of which bear against the
wharls or sockets k, into which the spindles are fitted, the spindles being thus
driven by the friction of the discs j against the wharls k. The spindles are fitted
with detachable caps m prepared to revolve with the spindles, and also to carry
around, at the same time, the bobbins upon which the yarn is to be wound. Those
parts of the spindles which the bobbins encircle, revolve in conical bushes, n,

page_text: prepared with longitudinal slits, in order to allow the yarn to pass onto the
revolving bobbins. In front of the bushes, we mount a horizontal rod O, having
a rising and falling motion, on which the yarn, as it is being wound on the bobbins,
rests, whereby the yarn is evenly wound on the bobbins. The rising and falling
motion imparted to the rod O, is derived from the endmost spindle. This spindle
is elongated to carry a worm p, gearing with a worm wheel p, which is fixed onto
the same shaft as a cam 9. This cam actuates a bell crank lever r, the rod O,
being attached at one end to this lever, and at the other to a lever r, which is
coupled to the bell crank lever by a shaft s. When the requisite amount of yarn
has been wound onto the bobbins, the spindles and bobbins are automatically
raised owing to the increased diameter of the bobbins by the addition of the
yarn, which causes contact with the sides of the conical bushes, thereby
raising the spindles out of gear with their respective sockets, stopping the
further revolution of same and preventing overwinding of the yarn onto the
bobbins.
Our modified, or alternative apparatus, illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4 of the
drawings, consists of a double-ended horizontal spindle A, driven by means of a
pulley B, from a hand wheel C, or from a pulley on the loom's main motor shaft.
The spindle A is prepared to take two bobbins, one at each end. The spindle A
carries a worm D, which gears with a worm wheel D¹, mounted on a shaft E,
which also carries a cam F. This cam actuates, against the pressure of the spring G,
a lever H, which is fulcrumed on a pin H', the said lever being connected at its
upper end to a horizontal rod J.
By this means the rod J has imparted to it a to and fro motion, and carries
eyelets K, through which the yarn, as it is being wound on the bobbins
attached to the spindle A, passes, the yarn being thus evenly wound on the
bobbins.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
1. In conjunction with looms for domestic use, an apparatus for winding yarn on
the weft bobbins employed in such looms, characterised by the use of a horizontal
shaft driven either from the loom's motor shaft, or by means of a hand wheel,
motion being taken from this horizontal shaft to revolve vertical spindles arranged
to carry shuttle bobbins, a rising and falling rail for regulating the winding of the
yarn on the bobbins, and conical bushes for the purpose of raising the bobbins on
the spindles when the requisite amount of yarn has been wound thereon, substantially
as shown and described.
2. In conjunction with looms for domestic use, an apparatus for winding yarn on
the bobbins employed in such looms, characterised by the use of a horizontal
double-ended spindle driven either by a hand wheel, or from the loom's motor
sbaft, a horizontal rod having a to and fro motion and carrying eyelets for
regulating the winding of the yarn on the bobbins, substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1894.
J. SIDNEY CRITCHLEY,
27, Kirkgate, Bradford, Agent for the Applicants.