Improvements in or relating to Self Acting Spinning Mules.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 18th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Self Acting Spinning Mules.
I JOSEPH MOORHOUSE of 15 Oak Street Shaw near Oldham Lancashire
Mill Manager do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention refers to improvements on an invention for which Letters Patent
were granted to me on the 29th August 1892 and numbered 15,484 and has for its
object a more perfect arrangement of the "bell-crank" lever action described in
the said Specification whereby the action is not so sensitive to the perfect adjust-
ment of the incline referred to. I have found that if the said "incline" is set too
high either intentionally or by accident the "bell crank" lever being forced too
far over causes a pull on the counter-faller chain and brings on au inconvenient
rising of the counter-faller wire. To obviate this I form the bell-crank lever with
an additional lever and projecting stud the said stud being designed to lie under
the "salmon head lever," and I continue the chain from the copping faller round a
stud or roller on the salmon head lever and round the boss of the bell crank lever
whence it is connected or joined on to the counter faller pulley. A bolt is passed
through the chain to attach it to the vertical arm of the bell crank lever. The
effect of this combination is that any undue elevation of the inclined lever simply
causes the salmon head to be lifted bodily instead of as at present a very
inconvenient pull coming onto the counter faller chain. As soon as the salmon
head lever is released by the lowering of the counter faller chain the bell crank
lever comes to rest on the incline and the action of the bell crank lever in taking
up the faller shaft chain is substantially the same as described in my previous
Specification.
Datel this 17th day of November 1892.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Self Acting Spinning Mules.
I, JOSEPH MOORHOUSE of 15 Oak Street, Shaw near Oldham, Lancashire,
Mill Manager, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
"
My improvements refer to an invention for which Letters Patent were granted
to me on the 29th day of August 1892 and numbered, 15,484 and have for their
object a more perfect arrangement of the "bell-crank " lever action described in
the said Specification, whereby the said action is not so sensitive or dependent on
the perfect adjustment of the incline therein referred to. I have found that if the
said "incline" is set too high either intentionally or by accident the "bell crank"
lever causes the vertical arm to be forced over, thus creating a pull on the counter
faller chain which brings on an inconvenient rising of the counter-faller wire. To
obviate this I continue the chain from the copping faller round a stud or roller on
the "salmon-hend" lever and round the boss of the bell crank lever whence it is
connected or joined on to the counter faller chain. A bolt is passed through the
chain to attach it to the vertical arm of the bell crank lever. I further provide
the bell crank lever with an additional arm or lever having a projecting stud, the
said stud being designed to lie under the salmon head lever. The effect of this
combination is that any undue elevation of the inclined lever simply causes the
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page_text: salmon head to be lifted bodily instead of as at present a very inconvenient pull
coming onto the faller chain. As soon as the salmon head lever is released by the
lowering of the copping faller chain the action of the bell crank lever in taking
up the counter faller shaft chain is substantially the same as described in my
previous Specification.
And in order that my improvements shall be readily understood and carried into
practical effect I have hereunto annexed a drawing and will now proceed to
describe the same with the assistance of the various figures and letters of reference
marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a side view of so much of the salmon lead lever of a self acting mule
as is sufficient to shew my improved apparatus applied thereto. Fig. 2, 3, and 4
are front, side, and plan views respectively of my improved lever.
In accordance with my invention parts A, A¹ and boss A² constitute the lever
described in my former Specification which is mounted on a pin or bolt B affixed
to the salmon head lever C see Fig. 1. D is the copping faller chain which passes
under the runner or pulley E mounted loosely on a stud F on the lever C and also
passes under the boss A2 of my improved lever which is made wider to receive the
said chain and continuing upward is secured at A³ to the arm or part A of the
improved lever and connected to the counter faller chain G. H is the additional
arm or lever aforesaid which also forms part of the boss A2. Said additional
lever H is provided at its extremity with a projecting stud I which is designed to
extend or take under the salmon head lever Ċ as illustrated in Fig. 1.
It will be readily seen that in accordance with my previous invention should the
incline J be set to an excessive inclination the lever arm A' would come in contact
with the incline earlier than required and therefore cause the lever to tilt over in
the direction of the arrow 1 causing the very inconvenient and untimely pull on the
counter faller chain aforesaid.
It will therefore be obvious that by continuing the chain D in the manner
aforesaid the tension of said chain in the direction of the arrow 2 will cause the
bell crank lever to remain stationary the inclined lever simply lifting the salmon
lead lever bodily when set too high, whilst any tendency for the said lever to tilt
forward beyond its normal and vertical position is checked by the projection I
coming under the salmon head.
It will be understood that the stop may be arranged in various ways without
departing from my invention, for example, the stop or projecting stud may be on
the salmon head or on a plate fixed to the side of the salmon head with the arm H
left plain and arranged to come against the said projecting stud when its movement
in the direction opposite to that of the arrow 1 is to be arrested.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
As an improvement of my former invention described in the Specification of
I. tters Patent No. 15484 year 1892 continuing the copping faller chain round a
stud E and the boss of the bell crank lever, connecting said chain with the vertical
arm of said lever and to the counter faller chain, in combination with a lever arm H
and stop I or their equivalent substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 17th day of August 1893.
JOSEPH MOORHOUSE,
By John G. Wilson & Co.,
Agents.