IMPROVE- MENTS IN INDICATORS FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY
Year: 1884

page_text: We DANIEL ORME And FRANCIS HEANS ORME of the firm of George Orme and
Company of the Atlas Meter Works Oldham in the County of Lancaster, Meter
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN INDICATORS FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY" to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to apparatus for application to Throstles and other
machines employed in the spinning and preparation of cotton and other textile
materials for the purpose of indicating the amount of work performed. The
apparatus at present in use for the purpose is difficult to read as the numbers of
hanks are indicated on a circular dial by means of a revolving index the indicating
marks consisting of lines close together. In our indicator the number of banks is
distinctly indicated in numerals and there is the additional advantage that
fractional parts of a hank are indicated. A worm wheel in the apparatus gears
with a worm upon the front roller of the machine and on the worm wheel shaft is
a worm which gears with a worm wheel which is within the casing and is connected
with the first indicating wheel. The indications are marked in numerals on the
peripheries of short cylinders each of which has on one side a spur wheel and on
the other side a plain wheel provided with a single tooth. On a pinion shaft are
mounted a number of pinions which gear with the spur wheel on one cylinder and
are acted upon in each revolution by the single tooth on another cylinder so that
at a point in each revolution of the one cylinder the next cylinder is caused to
make a tenth of a revolution. The indications are seen through a slot or opening
or openings in a dial. We do not confine ourselves to the indication of fractions
or decimal parts of a single hank. We prefer to use white earthenware indicating
cylinders but we may use any other suitable material in the formation of the said
cylinders.

page_text: We DANIEL ORME and FRANCIS HEANS. ORME of the firm of George Orme and
Company of the Atlas Meter Works Oldham in the County of Lancaster, Meter
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN INDICATORS FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, and accompanying drawings:-
"
Our Invention relates to apparatus for application to Throstles and other
machines employed in the spinning and preparation of cotton and other textile
materials for the purpose of indicating the amount of work performed. The
apparatus at present in use for the purpose is difficult to read as the numbers of
hanks are indicated on a circular dial by means of a revolving index the indicating
marks consisting of lines close together. In our indicator the number of hanks is
distinctly indicated in numerals and there is the additional advantage that the
fractional parts of a hank are indicated. A worm wheel in the apparatus gears
with a worm upon the front roller of the machine and on the worm wheel shaft is
a worm which gears with a worm wheel which is within the casing and is
connected with the first indicating wheel. The indications are marked in numerals
on the peripheries of short cylinders each of which has on one side a spur wheel
and on the other side a plain wheel. On a pinion shaft are mounted a number of
pinions which gear with the spur wheel on one cylinder and are acted upon in each
revolution by another cylinder so that at a point in each revolution of the one
cylinder the next cylinder is caused to make a tenth of a revolution. The
indications are seen through a slot or opening or openings in a dial.
In the sheet of drawings which accompanies this specification Fig: 1 represents
a front view of our improved counter with the hinged door opened or raised to
show the dial; Fig: 2 represents the same counter with the dial removed to show
the interior and Fig: 3 is a sectional view taken on the line A, B, in Fig: 2. The
said Figs are drawn about double the linear dimensions of the example selected for
illustration. In the said Figs a is a cylindrical case which encloses the indicating
apparatus and is provided with a hinged door or cover band with a dial c which is
protected by means of a glass disc d. The back of the case e is cast or formed
with a papf which is bored to receive a short shaft g. On the outer end of this
shaft is fixed a worm wheel h which is protected by a casing partly formed by and
partly secured to a disc which is cast upon the pap f. On the inner end of the
shaft is formed a worm which gears with a second worm wheel i which revolves
upon a spindle which is carried by brackets e' which are formed on the back of the
Upon a second spindle are mounted three pinions ; which gear with spur
wheels on three indicating cylinders . These pinions are sufficiently broad to
extend across the edges of three plain wheels m with which the worm wheel i and
two of the cylinders are provided. A portion of every other tooth of each
pinion is cut away as seen in Fig: 2 and the periphery of each wheel m enters
one of the enlarged spaces formed by the removal of portions of teeth in the manner
indicated in Fig: 4 the pinion being thereby prevented from rotating. In each of
the wheels m a notch n is formed and at this point the thickness of the wheel is
increased the projection cast or formed upon each wheel at the point named being
indicated by dotted lines in Fig: 4. It will be seen that when the projection is
cut through by the notch n the top of the projection is formed into two spurs
which are adapted to act as teeth to turn the pinion the notch permitting the
pinion to turn to the extent of two teeth only. One of these two projecting teeth
case.

page_text: may be dispensed with but the one retained must be in advance of the notch as the
wheel rotates. The effect of this construction and arrangement is that the first
pinion is moved to the extent of two teeth once during each revolution of the worm
wheel and as the spur wheel on the first cylinder has twenty teeth the said
cylinder is moved through a tenth of a revolution. During one of each ten
movements of the first cylinder the second cylinder is moved to the extent of a
tenth of a revolution the third cylinder being moved once for each hundred move-
ments of the first cylinder. The cylinders are marked with numerals and are by
preference made of white glazed earthenware The dial is formed with a slot or
opening which exposes the three numerals which are brought into line in a central
position on the three cylinders as seen in Fig: 1 in which the indication is fifteen
and one fifth hanks that is to say 152 hanks in decimal notation. In some cases
we may not arrange for the indications of fractions of a hank. It will be seen that
the indication is very clear and distinct and can be seen at a glance without the
eye being confused by a number of marks upon a dial as in the case of the ordinary
counter. When applied to the frame the counter is fixed so that the worm wheel h
is in gear with a worm upon the front roller as hereinbefore mentioned. We do
not confine ourselves to any particular number of indicating cylinders in one
counter. Although in order that the construction of our apparatus might be fully
understood we have described the nature and action of the parts j, k,l and m we
do not claim these parts by themselves as similar parts have been used in apparatus
other than yarn counters previously to the date of our application.
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. The combination of parts forming the complete apparatus substantially as and
for the purpose set forth and indicated hereinbefore and in and by the accompanying
drawings.
2. In hank counters used for the purposes herein set forth the combination of
cylinders mounted on a common axis and marked with numerals with integratory
apparatus and with worm and worm wheel connections substantially as and for the
purpose set forth and indicated.