Improvements in Mules.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 23rd Nov., 1894-Accepted, 5th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mules.
THOMAS FREDERICK FURBER 74 Manchester Road Oldham County of
Lancaster Mechanic and JOHN JORDAN 21 Green Street Oldham County of Lancaster
Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
Our invention is improvements in mules for spinning and consists of an apparatus
for stopping the bobbins in the creel when the mule arrives at the end of the stretch.
This is accomplished by means of a hinged lever, this lever has an inclined part,
which is lifted by a sliding bar on which is an inclined projection or pin that engages
with the inclined part of the lever, or it may be without an incline, this lifts it from
the top of the bobbin when the mule is spinning. The lever may also be lifted by
a lever on a shaft. The sliding bar or shaft may be actuated by any part of the
mule such as the cam shaft back shaft or carriage so that the levers are off the
bobbins when spinning and on when winding. The hinged lever is made with
the end of a circular or curved shape, or it may be made with a projecting piece to
drop into the nick of the bobbin.
Dated this 26th day of February 1894.
THOMAS FREDERICK FURBER.
JOHN JORDAN.

page_text: a. is a sliding bar carried or supported by brackets or any suitable bearings,
arranged at convenient distances from each other and bolted or otherwise secured
to the creel.
b. Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is a hinged lever or tumbler, one end 6' which is made a
circular or curved shape, the other end 62 being bent upward, downward or outward,
as the sliding bar may be fixed. This hinged lever or tumbler, is free to move in
the bracket or bearing.c which carries or supports it.
The sliding bar a is notched a¹ Fig. 2 to suit the end 62 of the hinged lever or
tumbler, so that when movement is given to the sliding bar a in one direction the
curved shape 6' of the hinged lever is allowed to drop against the bobbin, stopping
it from revolving, and' when the sliding bar a is moved in the other direction, the
curved shaped end 6' of the hinged lever is raised away from the bobbin allowing it
to revolve. Instead of a notch, a bracket or peg may be used for the same purpose,
or a hole may be made in the sliding bar a which receives the end 6* of the hinged
lever or tumbler, and thus moves it up or down by the movement of the sliding bar.
The sliding bar a may be placed as shown in Fig. 5 or as shown in the other figures,
or in any other convenient position.
The hinged lever may also be placed loose on a shaft d Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9. The
small lever e is screwed or otherwise fastened to shaft d.
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When
When the bobbin is revolving the hinged lever or tumbler 6³ is in position shown
in Fig. 7. but when the bobbin is required to stop, the hinged lever or tumbler falls
against the bobbin as shown in Fig. 9. When time for the bobbin to revolve the
hinged lever or tumbler is lifted from the bobbin by the revolving of shaft d.
the revolving movement is given to the shaft d the lever e comes into contact with
the hinged lever or tumbler 63 and thus raises it from the bobbin.
for the bobbin to stop, the shaft d revolves back again allowing the tumbler 6³ to
fall against the bobbin again.
When time
The sliding bar (or shaft) may be actuated by any part of the mule, such as the
cam shaft, back shaft or carriage, so that the hinged lever b is allowed to drop or
be raised at any convenient time. The hinged lever or tumbler may be made
without a curved end and may have a projecting piece to drop into the nick of the
bobbin.
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
A binged lever or tumbler in combination with a sliding bar, or shaft, all as and
for the purposes described.
Dated this 21st day of November 1894.