Improvements in Drawing Frames and other Machines for Treating Fibrous Materials in which Coiling Cans are Employed.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th July, 1897-Accepted, 21st Aug., 1897
VISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Drawing Frames and other Machines for Treating
Fibrous Materials in which Coiling Cans are Employed.
I, JOHN MUIR HETHERINGTON, of Vulcan Works, Ancoats, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in drawing frames and other machines
for treating fibrous materials in which coiling cans are employed, and the object
of my improvements is to mount the trays which carry the coiling cans as low
as possible without recessing the floor whereby the framing of the machine can
be made lower and the parts which it supports are rendered more accessible.
I accomplish this object by dispensing with the usual driving shaft and bevel
wheels below the tray and instead I mount each tray just above the floor level and
as near as it will turn freely without touching the floor. The tray is formed
with inclined sides so as to get the cans readily in and out. I form a ring of
teeth round the outside of each tray and drive it by means of a toothed wheel on
an upright stud having a bevel wheel above it driven by a bevel wheel on a
driving shaft conveniently placed on one side of the tray.
When there are a number of trays all may be driven as described, or one only,
and the remainder may be geared together by means of carrier wheels and driven
from the first or any other that is most convenient or the bevel wheels might be
dispensed with and a spur wheel placed on the bottom of the upright driving shaft
and all the trays connected with spur gearing and the upright shaft may be placed
in any convenient position so as to drive a certain number of trays on each side.
Dated this 16th day of October 1896.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in Drawing Frames and other Machines for Treating
Fibrous Materials in which Coiling Cans are Employed.
I, JOHN MUIR HETHERINGTON, of Vulcan Works, Ancoats, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in drawing frames and other machines
for treating fibrous materials in which coiling cans are employed, and the object
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page_text: of my improvements is to mount the trays which carry the coiling cans as low
as possible without recessing the floor whereby the framing of the machine can
be made lower and the parts which it supports are rendered more accessible.
I accomplish this object by dispensing with the usual driving shaft and bevel
wheels below the tray and instead I mount each tray just above the floor level and
as near as it will turn freely without touching the floor.
In the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings
On Sheet 1, Figure 1 is a plan of so much of the delivery head of a drawing
frame as is necessary for the illustration of my improvements in mounting and
driving the coiling can trays. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on a larger scale of
one of the trays with its coiling can in position and Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 2 with
some of the parts omitted for the sake of clearness.
On Sheet 2, Figure 4 is an elevation and Fig. 5 a plan of an alternative arrange-
ment for driving the trays and coiling cans, and Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of one
of the trays and coiling cans.
In the arrangement illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 each tray 1 is mounted and
free to turn in a ring shaped casting or support 2 just above the floor level. Each
tray 1 is formed with inclined sides as clearly shown in Fig. 2 so as to get the
coiling cans 3 readily in and out. I form a ring of teeth 4 round the outside of
each tray and drive it by means of a toothed wheel 5 on an upright stud 6 having
a bevel wheel 7 above it driven by a bevel wheel 8 on a shaft 9 conveniently placed
on one side of the tray and this shaft 9 has a bevel wheel 10 fixed on it which is
driven by a bevel wheel 11 on a vertical shaft 12 which is driven by a pair of bevel
wheels 13 and 14 from the driving shaft 15.
When there are a number of trays all may be driven as described and illustrated,
or one tray only may be driven and the remainder may be geared together by
means of carrier wheels and driven from the first or any other that is most
convenient.
In the alternative arrangement illustrated by Figs. 4, 5 and 6 the bevel wheels
are dispensed with and a snur wheel 16 is fixed on the bottom of the upright
shaft 13 and all the trays 1 are geared together by means of the toothed wheels 17
connecting the toothed rings 4.
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:
1. Dispensing with the usual driving shaft and bevel wheels below the tray and
instead mounting each tray just above the floor level and driving it by side
gearing substantially as herein set forth.
2. The combination with the trays mounted just above the floor level and pro-
vided with rings of teeth 4, of the gearing and driven side shaft 9 for driving the
same substantially as herein described with reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
3. The combination with the trays mounted just above the floor level and
provided with rings of teeth 4, of the gearing and upright shafts for driving the
same substantially as herein described with reference to Figs. 4, 5, and 6.
Dated this 14th day of July 1897.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.