Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 22nd Aug., 1887..
Complete Accepted, 27th Sept., 1887.
and Twiners.
We WILLIAM THOMAS WATTS, and WILLIAM STORRS, of the firm of Taylor,
Lang & Co. Limited, of Castle Iron Works, Stalybridge, in the County of Chester,
Machine Makers, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as
follows:-
the " winding
Firstly. Our invention relates to automatic mechanism for acting upon
on chain," to cause it to give more rotary motion to the spindles as the cops build and
the spindles diminish in diameter, which mechanism constitutes what is commonly
termed an automatic "nosing motion," and our invention consists in a combination
and arrangement or in combinations and arrangements of mechanism for the said
purpose.
"
A lever formed by two arms has its fulcrum or shaft on a bracket upon the "radial
arm one arm (hereinafter termed the "chain arın ") of the two armed lever carries a
"chain more and more as
stud, pin or bowl to act upon and bend the "winding on
the cop builds when the mule carriage "goes in."
The two armed lever is free to oscillate upon its fulcrum but when the radial arm
oscillates inward with the carriage the other arm of the two armed lever (hereinafter
termed the "stud arm") comes against a stud or projection on the framing and this
causes the chain arm, to act upon the winding on chain.
The stud arm of the two armed lever (both arms being on the same fulcrum or
axis) is loose upon the fulcrum or axis, but it is so arranged and connected with the
fulcrum of the chain arm that the angle between the arms can be reduced from time
to time, and so that when the chain arm is acting upon the winding on chain both
arms are as if rigidly attached together, in one direction, to resist the strain of the
winding on chain. This adjustable connection is effected by a ratchet segment and
pawl or by crown ratchet clutches or by frictional clutches or other arrangements
capable of moving one way but holding against movement in the opposite direction.

page_text: To the free end of the stud arm one end of a chain is attached the other end of
which passes through a loop guide or slot attached to the framing and then passes
through suitable guides to the copping rail.
As the cop builds the chains is drawn up and when the radial arm oscillates as the
carriage moves outward the chain is tightened, and when the carriage is fully out it
acts to move the stud arm nearer to the chain arm the latter being held rigid at the
time against the radial arın, consequently the chain arm gets more and more depressed
by the stud on the framing acting upon the stud arm as the cop builds.
When a fresh set of cops is to be commenced the two arms are brought to that
angle at which they are to be apart at the beginning of a fresh set of cops.
The connection between the copping rail, and the stud arm, may be varied and
instead of the latter being attached to the chain the chain or other connecting
mechanism from the copping rail is arranged to act upon a slide on the framing having
a projection or upon a lever or segment upon a stud in the framing having a projection,
which projection will come against the stud arm when the radial arm moves outward
more and more as the cop builds and will thus reduce the angle between the stud and
chain arms of the two armed lever.
Secondly. Our invention relates to automatic mechanism for stopping the mule
carriage when the cops are full, at the required position for doffing and consists in a
combination and arrangement or in combinations and arrangements of mechanism.
The mule carriage is "taken in " by the ordinary friction clutch arrangement which
can be put out of gear to stop the "going in" of the carriage when required by
mechanism provided for the purpose. We combine mechanism with the ordinary stop
mechanism for acting upon the taking in friction clutch; namely a treadle lever having
its fulcrum on a bracket on the floor or framing.
This treadle lever when oscillated as hereinafter stated will come in the way of a
bowl on the carriage which will depress it as the carriage passes over in going in.
The point at which the bowl shall act upon the treadle lever, can be varied by
making the treadle lever adjustable in length or by adjusting the position of the bowl
on the carriage which is to act upon the treadle lever.
This treadle lever has an arm from it to which an adjustable rod is jointed the end
of the rod coming towards the front of the headstock, and there resting upon a
projection on a slide or arm which slide is at one end jointed to an arm on a lever on
the framing.
An adjustable collar on the chain, hereinbefore mentioned under the first head of
our invention or other connection with the copping rail will come against the slide
lever, and move it and the slide when the cops are full, this allows the end of the rod
from the treadle lever to fall so that when the carriage first comes out immediately
after it has fallen the rod is moved to elevate the treadle and latch the rod
upon a catch
upon the stopping rod, which is moved by the treade being depressed when the carriage
next moves in and thus stops the mule.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1886.

page_text: We WILLIAM THOMAS WATTS and WILLIAM STORRS, of the firm of Taylor Lang
& Co. Limited of Castle Iron Works, Stalybridge, in the County of Chester, Machine
Makers, 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:
"
Firstly. Our invention relates to automatic mechanism for acting upon the
winding on chain," to cause it to give more rotary motion to the spindles as the cops
build and the spindles diminish in diameter which mechanism constitutes what
is commonly termed an automatic "nosing motion" and our invention consists
in a combination and arrangement or in combinations and arrangements of mechanism
for the said purpose.
A lever formed by two arms has its fulcrum or shaft on a bracket upon the "radial
arm."
One arm (hereinafter termed the "chain arm") of the two armed lever carries
a stud, pin or bowl to act upon and bend the "winding-on" chain more and more as
the cop builds when the mule carriage "goes in."
The two armed lever is free to oscillate upon its fulcrum but when the radial arm
oscillates inward with the carriage, the other arm of the two armed lever (hereinafter
termed the "stud arm") comes against a stud or projection on the framing and this
causes the chain arm, to act upon the winding on chain.
The stud arm of the two armed lever (both arms being on the same fulcrum or axis)
is loose upon the fulcrum or axis, but it is so arranged and connected with the
fulcrum of the chain arm that the angle between the arms can be reduced from time to
time, and so that when the chain arm is acting upon the winding on chain both arms are
as if rigidly attached together in one direction, to resist the strain of the winding
on chain.
This adjustable connection is effected by a ratchet segment and pawl (or by crown
ratchet clutches or by frictional clutches or other arrangements) capable of moving
one way but holding against movement in the opposite direction.
To the free end of the stud arm one end of a chain is attached the other end
of which passes through a loop, guide or slot attached to the framing and then passes
through suitable guides to the copping rail.
As the cop builds the chain is drawn up and when the radial arm oscillates as
the carriage moves outward the chain is tightened, and when the carriage is fully out
it acts to move the stud arm nearer to the chain arm the latter being held rigid at the
time against the radial arm, consequently the chain arm gets more and more depressed
by the stud on the framing acting upon the stud arm, as the cop builds.
When a fresh set of cops is to be commenced the two arms are brought to
that angle at which they are to be apart at the beginning of a fresh set of cops.
The connection between the copping rail, and the stud arm, may be varied, and
instead of the latter being attached to the chain, the chain or other connecting
mechanism from the copping rail is arranged to act upon a slide on the framing
having a projection, or upon a lever or segment upon a stud in the framing
having a projection, which projection will come against the stud arm, when the radial
arm moves outward more and more as the cop builds and will thus reduce the angle
between the stud and chain arms of the two armed lever.
Secondly. Our invention relates to automatic mechanism for stopping the

page_text: mule carriage when the cops are full, at the required position for doffing, and consists
in a combination and arrangement or in combinations and arrangements of
mechanism.
The mule carriage is "taken in" by the ordinary friction clutch arrangement
which can be put out of gear to stop the "going in" of the carriage when required by
mechanism provided for the purpose.
We combine mechanism with the ordinary stop mechanism for acting upon
the taking in friction clutch; namely, a treadle lever having its fulcrum on a bracket
on the floor or framing.
This treadle lever when oscillated as hereinafter stated will come in the way
of a bowl or incline on the carriage which will depress it as the carriage passes over in
going in.
The point at which the bowl shall act upon the treadle lever, can be varied by
making the treadle lever adjustable in length or by adjusting the position of the bowl
on the carriage which is to act upon the treadle lever.
This treadle lever has an arm from it to which an adjustable rod is jointed the end
of the rod coming towards the front of the headstock, and there resting upon a
projection on a slide or arm which slide is at one end jointed to an arm on a lever on
the framing.
An adjustable collar on the chain, hereinbefore mentioned under the first head of our
invention or other connection with the copping rail will come against the slide lever,
and move it and the slide when the cops are full, this allows the end of the rod from
the treadle lever to fall so that when the carriage first comes out immediately after it
has fallen, the rod is moved to elevate the treadle and latch the rod upon a catch upon
the stopping rod, which is moved by the treadle being depressed when the carriage
next moves in and thus stops the mule.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of so much of the headstock part of a self acting mule as
will be necessary for explaining our invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan of some of the parts shown in fig. 1 and
Fig. 3 is a partial end elevation of some of the parts shown in figs. 1 and 2.
a represents the framing of the headstock; b part of the ordinary mule carriage;
one of its wheels; the ordinary winding on drum in the mule carriage. the
quadrant, and c¹ the radial arm forming part of the quadrant; the ordinary winding
on chain, attached at one end to the screw nut of the radial arm (the screw not being
shown) and at the other end to the winding on drum b³.
The first part of our invention is carried into effect as follows:
There is a bracket attached to or formed upon the radial arm c² to carry a stud
which forms the fulcrum d of a two armed lever.
One arm d¹ (hereinbefore termed the chain arm) has a stud in its end on one side
for a bowl d which comes upon the winding on chain c³ and bends it more or less
as the cop builds.
The fulcrum part of this arm d' has a ratchet toothed segment d³ formed on or
attached to it.
The other arm d of the two armed lever (hereinbefore termed the stud arm)
is mounted upon the same fulcrum d as the chain arm, and it has a stud in one side to
which a ratchet pawl do is jointed the free end of which pawl engages with, and by a
flat spring secured to the arm d* is pressed against the teeth of the ratchet toothed
segment d³.
To the fulcrum bracket c³, or to the radial arm c¹, one end of a helical spring dis
attached, the other end being secured to the toothed segment d³, by this means
the lower part of the toothed segment is brought against the edge of the bracket c³, or
radial arm c¹, when the stud arm d' is not otherwise acted upon.
There is also another helical spring d' one end of which is attached to the
ratchet segment d³, at the same point as the other helical spring do, and the other end
of the spring is secured to a projection upon the stud arm d and this last named
spring d acts to keep the pawl engaged with the teeth of the ratchet
segment-d³.

page_text: To the end of the stud arm d* one end of a chaine is attached which passes through
a loop e (see fig. 2) formed by a bar or staple attached to the side frame of
the headstock and then descends and passes through an eye or guide e³ in a bracket
secured to the framing near the floor. This chain e may be continued through
another eye or guide and may then be connected with an adjustable collar on the
shaper rod but as illustrated, and as we prefer to arrange it, the end of the chain e
is secured to the one arm of a bell crank lever et having its fulcrum e³ on a bracket
secured to the floor of the room, the other arm of the bell crank lever et has one end
of a chain e, attached to it, the other end of which is connected to an adjustable
collar e, on the shaper rod f which moves, as the cop builds, in the direction pointed
by the arrow in fig. 1.
By using the bell crank lever et the end of the chain e can be attached to it nearer
to or further from its fulcrum 5, and thus a greater or less movement (as desired)
may be imparted to the chain than is due to the motion of the shaper rod f simply or
than would be obtained if the chain e were directly connected with the shaper rod fas
first described.
The chain e plays to and fro in the loop or slot el, and when the radial arm c¹ is out,
or back to its greatest extent, all the slack chain e is taken up, and part of the chain e
passes over and extends from the outer end of the loop el to the end of the stud arm d',
and at the last part of the movement of the radial arm el backwards, the end of the
stud arm d*, is pulled so as to move it nearer the radial arm c', and as the lower edge
of the ratchet segment d³, is at that time resting against the bracket c³, or edge of the
radial arm c¹, the end of the stud arm d, is moved nearer to the end of the chain arm d¹
(the angle between the two arms being thus reduced) the ratchet pawl d' passing over
a tooth of the ratchet segment d³, and thus retains the two arms d¹ and d in the same
relative position to each other, in which they are placed by the action of the chain
as above described-The chain e only acts to make a change in the angle between the
two arms d¹ and d' when the copping motion has advanced sufficiently to move the
pawl done tooth of the ratchet segment and this change does not therefore take
place every stretch but only after sufficient movement by the shaper rod f.
e,
When the carriage b "
moves in," to wind up the yarn the radial arm c¹ brings the
stud arm d against an adjustable projection ds, secured to the side frame of the head-
stock, and this moves the combined levers d' and d and causes the bowl d to press
upon and bend the chain more and more as the cop builds.
When the set of cops is completed the "minder" depresses the stud arm d¹ and
releases the pawl do and allows the arm to move back by the action of the spring d'
until the end of the pawl comes against the projection d' at the end of the ratchet
segment then the first stretch of the carriage b after this, will place the arm d
in its correct position, if not set correctly to that position by the "minder; " but the
armi d does not begin to act upon the winding on chain 6 until after the bottom of
the cop is formed, as until then the screw nut of the radial arm c¹ is at the lowest part
of it and does not ascend within range of the chain arm d' until the bottom of the
cop has been formed.
The second part of our invention is carried into effect as follows.
y indicates the ordinary friction clutches for "taking in "the mule carriage; g' the
sliding rod which actuates the clutch, the lower end of which is connected with the
ordinary lever g having its fulcrum at g³.
This lever has a descending arm to which one end of a rod g is jointed, the other
end of which slides and is guided in a bracket secured to the fraining. Upon the
rod g' there is an helical spring 9 one end of which abuts against an adjustable collar
secured upon the rod 9 and. the other end of this spring abuts against a bracket h
secured to the floor through a hole in which bracket the rod et passes freely.
This spring acts to draw and hold the friction clutches 9 in gear, when the
carriage is going in."
"6
The mechanism so far described by letters of reference for taking in the carriage is
the ordinary mechanism.
The bracket carries the fulcrum h' of a bell crank tread lever h², the short

page_text: descending arm of which is jointed to one end of a rod ³ the other end of which
slides through and is guided by a slot in a bracket h* secured to the framing.
. The end of the rod ³ rests upon the upper edge of another rod h the end of which
is also arranged to slide through a hole in a bracket secured to the framing and this
last named rod his jointed to one end of a horizontal lever he having its fulcrum h
on a stud in a bracket secured to the framing and the end of this lever he has an eye
through which the chaine can pass freely.
Upon the chain an adjustable collar his secured, this collar being adjusted so that
when the cops are full, it will have come against the eye of the lever and moved
the end of the rod h sufficiently to allow the end of the rod h³ to drop from the step
formed on the edge of the rod and this allows a projection on the underside of the
end of the rod h³ to engage or come in front of a projection upon the upper edge or
with a projection from the side of the rod g' so that when the rod h³ is moved by
depressing the treadle lever h³, the rod 9' is moved in the direction pointed by the
arrow fig. 1, and the "taking in" friction clutches g are put out of contact or gear.
When the mule is spinning, and until the cops are full, the end of the treadle rod /*
is sustained upon the edge of the rod hand the treadle lever h³ is in the position
shown by dotted line in fig. 1 and the carriage b can pass over it without the incline 6*
secured upon the carriage b coming in contact and depressing it but when the end
of the treadle rod h³ is allowed to drop by the action of the collar 8 on the lever h³,
the two rods g' and ³ become then locked together as before explained and when the
taking in friction clutches g next come in contact the rod g' moves, and moves with it the
treadle rod and thus the treadle lever h² into the position shown in full line in fig. 1,
so that when the carriage next "runs in" the incline projection 6* on the carriage
depresses the treadle lever h³ and puts the taking in clutches g out of gear, and thus
stops the carriage at the right position for doffing the cops-This position is regulated
by the position of the treadle lever h² or the incline 6 on the carriage.
There is or may be a flat bow or other spring or weight lever (a flat bow spring h
is shown in dotted line in fig. 2) to move the rod endways so that the sustaining
edge will come under the end of the treadle rod when lifted and released from the
rod g', this spring he also keeps the rod from being moved by accident.
The mechanism for stopping the carriage when the cops are full can be used apart
from that for nosing by connecting the lever / by a chain or other means with the
shaper rod f leaving slack chain or space so that the lever is only acted upon when
the shaper rod has moved to near its full extent in the direction of the arrow on fig. 2.
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 with the radial arm of a two armed lever the angle between
the two arms of which is changed as the cop builds, and a stud or projection on the
framing to cause the bowl on one arm to act upon the winding on chain substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
2. The combination and arrangement of mechanism forming the self acting nosing
motion substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for stopping the carriage at the
position required for doffing when the cops are full substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the drawings.
4. The combination of the mechanism for "nosing" and for stopping the carriage
when the cops are full substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.
Did this Timantiath day of Amonst 1887