Improvements in or Applicable to Machines in which Yarn or Thread is Wound upon Bobbins or Spools.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1898
Improvements in or Applicable to Machines in which Yarn or
Thread is Wound upon Bobbins or Spools.
We, HENRY BIRKBY ARUNDEL, of Sovereign Works, Stockport, in the County of
Chester, Machine Maker, and JOSEPH HIGGINSON, Junior, of the same place, Machinist,
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention, to be as follows:-
Firstly. The object of our invention is to wind yarn or thread upon bobbins in a
cylindrical or barrel form, and it relates to combinations and arrangements of
mechanism that will make it easy to adjust the traverse and distribution of the yarn
or thread upon the bobbin to the length required.
The invention is carried out by modifications of the mechanism for winding thread
in parallel layers at the lower or head end of a spool and conical at the other end as
described in the Complete Specification of Letters Patent granted to us Numbered
6005 of 1895, which mechanism described in the said specification relates to arrange-
ments and combinations of mechanism, where another traverse rail is mounted upon
the ordinary vertically moving traverse bar to superimpose or give an additional
movement to guide or distribute the thread upon the bobbins or spools.
The present invention consists in modifications of the mechanism described in the
said Complete Specification having the object first above named which may be carried
out in a variety of ways, some of which are described as follows:---
1. One of which is a modification of the arrangement described in the said Complete
Specification and illustrated by Fig. 6, of the drawings thereof.
The lever therein marked ko, is arranged so that it will come against a heart wheel
making one rotation at the same time as that for the ordinary traverse bar, but giving
less extent of movement.
The horizontal arm of the bell crank lever k³, is made in two parts to overlap each
other, and the arm is thus adjusted in length by means of a bolt passing through a
There is or may
slot securing the two parts of the arm together, or by other means.
be an index on the horizontal arm so that the horizontal arms of each of the bell crank
levers may be readily adjusted to give the same lift.
2. Another modification consists in placing a stud in the end of the vertical arm of
the said bell crank lever (¹) for a bowl which is arranged to come against a stationary
straight or cam faced bar or plate which can be secured to the framing and adjusted
at the required angle.
There is or may be an index on the framing to facilitate the adjustment of each
straight or cam faced bar or plate for each bell crank lever at the same angle.
As the ordinary traverse bar moves up and down, the bowl on the vertical arm of the
bell crank lever will receive more or less movement according to the inclination of
the said straight or cam faced bar or plate, from a vertical line.
3. A modification of the arrangement described under head 2, is or may be made by
connecting the vertical arm of the bell crank lever (¹) with the corresponding arms
of the other bell crank lever by a horizontal rod ()-or a lever may be used having
its fulcrum between its two ends, which fulcrum is carried on the ordinary traverse

page_text: bar, the upper end of this lever is connected with the lower end of the vertical arm
of one of the bell crank levers (¹) the lower end of this lever having a stud for a bowl
to work against the said stationary straight or cam faced bar or plate.
4. The said straight or cam faced bar or plate may be made a fixture to give the
same movement to the bowl, and the traverse is or may be adjusted by shortening or
lengthening the horizontal arm of the bell crank lever as hereinbefore described
under the first modification.
5. The first modification described may be used, and the lever acted upon by the
supplementary heart wheel is or may be arranged so that its fulcrum can be adjusted
to shorten or lengthen the leverage, or this is effected by attaching the transmitting cord
or chain nearer to or further from the fulcrum of the lever fixed in the latter case.
6. According to another modification, a straight lever having its fulcrum adjustable
between its two ends may be used, one end of this lever is connected by a rod with
the ordinary traverse bar, the other end is attached to the cord or rope (k) of the
aforesaid Complete Specification.
The adjustments in the length of traverse are made by adjusting the fulcrum of
the said lever between its two ends.
7. Another modification of our invention consists in another modification of Fig. 6,
of the said specification in which the lower end of the cord, chain or attachment (k)
instead of being secured to the end of the lever (k) is fastened to a stud fixed in the
framing, the other end of it being secured to the periphery of a large pulley (k') which
has a smaller pulley secured on its boss, to the periphery of which one end of a cord,
rope or chain is attached, the other end being fastened to a stud that is adjustably
secured in a curved slot in the extended vertical arm of the said bell crank lever k¹.
8. Another modification consists in adding a horizontal slotted arm to one of the
bell crank levers k¹, and arranging a stud adjustable horizontally to and fro in the
framing, and at the same time to and from the fulcrum of the said added
horizontal arm.
This will give to the bell crank levers (which are all connected together) the
required extent of oscillation, which will be adjustable by varying the position of the
said stud.
9. Another improvement refers to the mode of mounting the supplementary
traverse rod, which is arranged as described in the said specification on a series of bell
crank levers (k) and our present improvement is not only applicable to the winding of
yarn or thread upon bobbins in cylindrical or barrel form, but to winding thread on to
spools cylindrical at the lower and conical at the upper ends, as described in the said
specification.
The supplementary traverse rod or bar according to our present invention is carried
on arms secured on a shaft extending the length of the ordinary traverse bar which
shaft has its bearings carried thereon, and is actuated for winding yarn or thread
in either form before named, by adaptations of the combinations or modifications
herein before described, or of those described in the said specification.
10. In the winding arrangements described in the said specification and in those
hereinbefore described a T screw is or may be employed which screws into the ordinary
traverse bar, over the cross head of which T screw, the thread or threads pass in going
to wind on to the bobbin or spool.
By this T screw each thread could be adjusted to its bobbin or spool.
Our present improvement consists where a supplementary traverse bar or rod is
used in screwing the T screw into the supplementary traverse bars or rods; which
may be made of metal either solid or tubular or of other suitable cross section.
Secondly. The improvements to be hereinafter described are applicable for winding
yarn or thread upon spools or bobbins which are headless at the upper end, the yarn
or thread being distributed upon bobbins or spools in parallel layers at the lower or
head end, and taper at the headless end in order that it may be readily unwound
without ravelling from the taper or headless end of the spool, as described in the
Complete Specification of the aforesaid Letters Patent granted to us Numbered 6005
of 1895.

page_text: 11. One modification for actuating an auxilary rod or rail carried on the ordinary
traverse rail as described in the aforesaid Complete Specification, consists of a lever
on a fulcrum on the framing, this lever receives oscillatory movement up and down
from an oscillating cam on the oscillating lifting shaft.
The free end of the lever is curved or has a curved slot or slideway formed in it
for a slide which has a bowl that works against a heart wheel shaped or other
suitable cam on a stud in the lever to which cam a ratchet wheel is attached that is
acted upon to rotate the ratchet by a pawl having its fulcrum on the framing.
The curve or slideway for the slide is struck by a radius having its centre at the
point of attachment of the rod or cord, one end of which is jointed or attached to
the slide and the other with the pulley 8, or a bell crank lever transmitting
movement to the rod ³, Fig. 6 of the aforesaid specification. The cam gives a
constant to and fro movement to the slide in the curved slideway and thus gives
a varying leverage or extent of movement to the auxiliary rail. When a single
acting cam is used, the return movement is produced by a spring. When a double.
acting cam is used, the spring can be dispensed with.
12. According to another modification, the auxiliary traverse rail is carried on the
horizontal arms of bell crank levers mounted on the ordinary rail, the vertical arms
of these bell crank levers being connected by a rod to make the traverse rod move
parallel.
The vertical arm of one bell crank lever has a bowl on it that can work against an
inclined bar having its fulcrum on the framing say its lower end.
The upper end of the jointed inclined lever at the back carries a bowl which is
acted upon by a heart wheel or other suitably shaped cam which is on a stud in the
framing and has a ratchet wheel attached to it which is rotated by a pawl jointed on
the lifter rail.
13. Another modification consists of a lever on a fulcrum on the main traverse bar,
one arm of which carries the auxiliary traverse rod, and an arm from the lever is used
for transmitting movement to other bell crank levers carrying the auxiliary traverse
rod to move it parallel.
The first named lever has a curved slot or slideway in its end for a slide actuated
by a cam as described under head 11, and to this slide, one end of a rod is jointed,
the other end being jointed to a fixed stud on the framing. This combination
produces a variable lift in the auxiliary traverse rail as described under heads 11.
and 12.
14. Another modification is applicable to actuating the main traverse rail of
upright winding frames and the ring or copping rails of ring spinning and doubling
frames.
There is the ordinary lever actuated by the heart wheel cam-that arm of the lever to
which the chain is attached for transmitting movement to the lifter shaft has a slot
or slideway curved to a radius struck from about the periphery of the block for the
chain and axis of the lifter shaft, and the lower end of the chain is jointed with the
slide moving on the curved slideway which slide is moved to and fro by a cam
rotated by a ratchet and pawl arranged as hereinbefore described under head 11.
15. According to another modification there is or may be a vertical rack in-suitable
guides actuated by a pinion on a shaft (the lifter shaft) receiving oscillations in an
ordinary manner or there is a part corresponding to the rack which may be actuated
in any other equivalent manner. This rack or may be tubular and bas a rod sliding
freely through it up and down, the upper end of which carries the traverse rail or ring
or copping rail of ring spinning and doubling frames.
The lower end of the rack has an arm from it that carries the fulcrum of a bell crank
lever, the horizontal arm of which is jointed to the lower end of the rod sliding through
the tubular rack and the vertical arm carries a bowl that works against the face of an
inclined bar on a fulcrum on the framing which jointed bar has a bowl acted upon by a
cam on a stud in the framing rotated by a ratchet wheel and pawl from the rack or its
equivalent.

page_text: This cam and jointed bar is similar to that described under head 12 and is actuated
in like manner.
By this arrangement a variable lift is given to the traverse rail as required.
When the arrangement is applied to one rack for one end of the traverse rail, the
movement imparted to one vertically sliding rod may be transmitted to the others
(the racks of which are actuated by pinions on the lifting shaft or by other means) by
bell crank levers having their fulcrums on the lower parts of the racks or their
equivalents, and a connecting rod between the vertical arms of these bell crank levers.
Or the lower end of each vertical rod sliding in the tubular rack may have rack
teeth upon them to gear with a pinion on a shaft parallel to the lifter shaft, but
carried in bearings from the tubular rack. The movement imparted to one rod
sliding within the tubular rack will thus be transmitted to the other vertical
rods through the shaft pinions and racks.
16. The sliding rod within the tubular rack described under head 15 may also be
actuated to receive variable movements by arrangements similar to those described
under heads 11 and 15 or by other arrangements.
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.
Improvements in or Applicable to Machines in which Yarn or
Thread is Wound upon Bobbins or Spools.
We, HENRY BIRKBY ARUNDEL, of Sovereign Works, Stockport, in the County of
Chester, Machine Maker, and JOSEPH HIGGINSON, Junior, of the same place,
Machinist, 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. The object of our invention is to wind yarn or thread upon bobbins in a
cylindrical or barrel form, and it relates to combinations and arrangements of
mechanism that will make it easy to adjust the traverse and distribution of the yarn
or thread upon the bobbin to the length required.
The invention is carried out by modifications of the mechanism for winding thread
in parallel layers at the lower or head end of a spool and conical at the other end as
described in the Complete Specification of Letters Patent granted to us
Numbered 6005 of 1895, which mechanism described in the said Specification
relates to arrangements and combinations of mechanism, where another traverse rail
is mounted upon the ordinary vertically moving traverse bar to superimpose or give
an additional movement to guide or distribute the thread upon the bobbins or
spools.
The present invention consists in modifications of the mechanism described in the
said Complete Specification having the object first above named which may be carried
out in a variety of ways, some of which are described as follows:-
1. One of which is a modification of the arrangement described in the said
Complete Specification and illustrated by Fig. 6, of the drawings thereof.
The lever therein marked ko, is arranged so that it will come against a heart wheel
making one rotation at the same time as that for the ordinary traverse bar, but
giving less extent of movement.
The horizontal arm of the bell crank lever k¹, is made in two parts to overlap each
other, and the arm is thus adjusted in length by means of a bolt passing through a

page_text: slot securing the two parts of the arm together, or by other means.
There is or
may be an index on the horizontal arm so that the horizontal arms of each of the
bell crank levers may be readily adjusted.
2. Another modification consists in placing a stud in the end of the vertical arm
of the said bell crank lever (¹) for a bowl which is arranged to come against a
stationary straight or cam faced bar or plate which can be secured to the framing
and adjusted at the required angle.
There is or may be an index on the framing to facilitate the adjustment of each
straight or cam faced bar or plate.
As the ordinary traverse bar moves up and down, the bowl on the vertical arm of
the bell crank lever will receive more or less movement according to the inclination
of the said straight or cam faced bar or plate, from a vertical line.
3. A modification of the arrangement described under head 2 is or may be made
by connecting the vertical arm of the bell crank lever (¹) with the corresponding
arms of the other bell crank lever by a horizontal rod (½³). Or a lever may be used
having its fulcrum between its two ends, which fulcrum is carried on the ordinary
traverse bar, the upper end of this lever is connected with the lower end of the
vertical arm of one of the bell crank levers (¹) the lower end of this lever having a
stud for a bowl to work against the said stationary straight or cam faced bar or
plate.
4. The said straight or cam faced bar or plate may be made a fixture to give the
same movement to the bowl, and the traverse is or may be adjusted by shortening or
lengthening the horizontal arm of the bell crank lever as herein before described under
the first modification.
5. The first modification described may be used, and the lever acted upon by the
supplementary heart wheel is or may be arranged so that its fulcrum can be adjusted
to shorten or lengthen the leverage, or this is effected by attaching the transmitting
cord or chain nearer to or further from the fulcrum of the lever fixed in the latter
case.
6. According to another modification, a straight lever having its fulcrum adjustable
between its two ends may be used, one end of this lever is connected by a rod with
the ordinary traverse bar, the other end is attached to the cord or rope (¼º) of the
aforesaid Complete Specification.
The adjustments in the length of traverse are made by adjusting the fulcrum of
the said lever between its two ends.
:
7. Another modification of our invention consists in another modification of
Fig. 6, of the said Specification, in which the lower end of the cord, chain or
attachment () instead of being secured to the end of the lever (³) is fastened to a
stud fixed in the framing, the other end of it being secured to the periphery of a
large pulley (7) which has a smaller pulley secured on its boss, to the periphery of
which one end of a cord, rope or chain is attached, the other end being fastened to
a stud that is adjustably secured in a curved slot in the extended vertical arm of the
said bell crank lever k¹.
8. Another modification consists in adding a horizontal slotted arm to one of the
bell crank levers k¹, and arranging a stud adjustable horizontally to and fro in the
framing, and at the same time to and from the fulcrum of the said added horizontal
arm.
This will give to the bell crank levers (which are all connected together) the required
extent of oscillation, which will be adjustable by varying the position of the said
stud.
9. Another improvement refers to the mode of mounting the supplementary
traverse rod, which is arranged as described in the said Specification on a series of
bell crank levers (k¹) and our present improvement is not only applicable to the
winding of yarn or thread upon bobbins in cylindrical or barrel form, but to winding
thread on to spools cylindrical at the lower and conical at the upper ends, as described
in the said Specification.
The supplementary traverse rod or bar according to our present invention is

page_text: which shaft has its bearings carried thereon, and is actuated for winding yarn o
on a shaft extending the length of the ordinary traverse ba
thread in either form before named, by adaptations of the combinations
modifications herein before described, or of those described in the said Specification
10. In the winding arrangements described in the said Specification and in thos
herein before described, a T screw is or may be employed which screws into th
ordinary traverse bar, over the cross head of which T screw, the thread or thread
pass in going to wind on to the bobbin or spool.
By this screw, each thread could be adjusted to its bobbin or spool.
Our present improvement consists where a supplementary traverse bar or rod is
used in screwing the T screw into the supplementary traverse bars or rods
which may be made of metal either solid or tubular or of other suitable cross
section.
Secondly. The improvements to be hereinafter described are applicable for winding
yarn or thread upon spools or bobbins which are headless at the upper end, the yarn
or thread being distributed upon bobbins or spools in parallel layers at the lower or
head end, and taper at the headless end in order that it may be readily unwound
without ravelling from the taper or headless end of the spool, as described in the
Complete Specification of the aforesaid Letters Patent granted to us Numbered 6005
of 1895.
11. One modification for actuating an auxiliary rod or rail carried on the ordinary
traverse rail as described in the aforesaid Complete Specification, consists of a lever
on a fulcrum on the framing, this lever receives oscillatory movement up and down
from an oscillating cam on the oscillating lifting shaft, or the cam permits or governs
such movement.
The free end of the lever is curved or has a curved slot or slideway formed in it for
a slide which has a bowl that works against a heart wheel shaped or other suitable
cam on a stud in the lever, to which cam a ratchet wheel is attached that is acted
upon to rotate the ratchet by a pawl having its fulcrum on the framing.
The curve or slideway for the slide is struck by a radius having its centre at the
point of attachment of the rod or cord, one end of which is jointed or attached to the
slide and the other with the pulley ks, or a bell crank lever transmitting movement
to the rod ³, Fig. 6, of the aforesaid Specification. The cam gives a constant to and
fro movement to the slide in the curved slideway and thus gives a varying leverage or
extent of movement to the auxiliary rail.
return movement is produced by a spring. When a double acting cam is used, the
When a single acting cam is used, the
spring can be dispensed with.
12. According to another modification, the auxiliary traverse rail is carried on
the horizontal arms of bell crank levers mounted on the ordinary rail, the vertical
arms of these bell crank levers being connected by a rod to make the traverse rod 4
move parallel.
The vertical arm of one bell crank lever has a bowl on it that can work against an
inclined bar having its fulcrum on the framing say its lower end.
1
The upper end of the jointed inclined lever at the back carries a bowl which is
acted upon by a heart wheel or other suitably shape cam which is on a stud in the 45
framing and has a ratchet wheel attached to it which is rotated by a pawl jointed on
the lifter rail.
13. Another modification consists of a lever on a fulcrum on the main traverse bar,
one arm of which carries the auxiliary traverse rod, and an arm from the lever is
used for transmitting movement to other bell crank levers carrying the auxiliary 50
traverse rod to move it parallel.
The first named lever has a curved slot or slideway in its end for a slide actuated
by a cam as described under head 11, and to this slide, one end of a rod is jointed,
he other end being jointed to a fixed stud on the framing.
roduces a variable lift in the auxiliary traverse rail as described under heads 11 55
This combination
nd 12.
14. Another modification is applicable to actuating the main traverse mi

page_text: upright winding frames, and the ring or copping rails of ring spinning and doubling
frames.
There is the ordinary lever actuated by the heart wheel cam-that arm of the
lever to which the chain is attached for transmitting movement to the lifter shaft
has a slot or slideway curved to a radius struck from about the periphery of the
block for the chain and axis of the lifter shaft, and the lower end of the chain is jointed
with the slide inoving on the curved slideway, which slide is moved to and fro by a
cam rotated by a ratchet and pawl arranged as herein before described under head 11.
15. According to another modification there is or may be a vertical rack in suitable
guides actuated by a pinion on a shaft (the liffer shaft) receiving oscillations in an
ordinary manner or there is a part corresponding to the rack which may be actuated
in any other equivalent manner. This rack is or may be tubular and has a rod sliding
freely through it up and down, the upper end of which carries the traverse rail or
ring or copping rail of ring spinning and doubling frames.
The lower end of the rack has an arm from it that carries the fulcrum of a bell
crank lever, the horizontal arm of which is jointed to the lower end of the rod sliding
through the tubular rack and the vertical arm carries a bowl that works against the
face of an inclined bar on a fulcrum on the framing which jointed bar has a bowl
acted upon by a cam on a stud in the framing rotated by a ratchet wheel and pawl
from the rack or its equivalent.
This cam and jointed bar is similar to that described under head 12 and is actuated
in like manner.
By this arrangement a variable lift is given to the traverse rail as required.
When the arrangement is applied to one rack for one end of the traverse rail, the
movement imparted to one vertically sliding rod may be transmitted to the others
(the racks of which are actuated by pinions on the lifting shaft or by other means) by
bell crank levers having their fulcrums on the lower parts of the racks or their
equivalents, and a connecting rod between the vertical arms of these bell crank
levers.
Or the lower end of each vertical rod sliding in the tubular rack may have rack
teeth upon them to gear with a pinion on a shaft parallel to the lifter shaft, but
carried in bearings from the tubular rack. The movement imparted to one rod
sliding within the tubular rack will thus be transmitted to the other vertical rods
through the shaft pinions and racks.
16. The sliding rod within the tubular rack described under head 15 may also be
actuated to receive variable movements by arrangements similar to those described
under heads 11 and 15 or by other arrangements.
Fig. 1, is a front elevation illustrating that modification of our invention
Numbered 1 under the first head hereinbefore referred to, in which hº, is a lever on a
fulcrum stud ka, on the framing; in this case the lever kº, carries a bowl kb, or a
projection b, as described in the aforesaid Specification which comes against a cam kc,
secured on the lifter shaft ke. The end of the lever ko, is connected by a wire ko, or
other attachment with a three armed lever k¹, on a fulcrum stud 2, fixed in the
ordinary lifter rail p, actuated in the ordinary manner. One arm of this lever c¹, is
inclined upwards, and has a fork in it to carry the supplementary horizontal thread
guide or rail k.
One horizontal arm kx, of the three armed lever k³, is formed in two parts, one of
them slotted for a bolt k³, so that one part of the arm may be slided upon the other,
and may then be secured by the bolt k³. It is by this means that the lift of the
rail k, is adjusted.
The vertical arm of the three armed lever k², has a hole in its end for a disc ', to
fit into, so that it can turn freely therein-and there is a hole through this disc
diametrically for the connecting wire or rod k³, to pass through, the wire also passing
freely through slots for it in the lever.
The wires, is secured to the disc kt, by a set screw (not shown) screwing into a
hole in the centre of the disc k, until its end comes and binds against the wire k³,
and thus secures it to the disc. By means of this wire or rod k³, and two armed levers

page_text: similar to k¹, but with the horizontal arm kx, omitted, fixed at intervals on the
ordinary lifting bar p, the supplementary rail k, is carried and moved parallel up
and down, the rod or wire being connected to each vertical arm of the two armed
levers by a disc A, as above explained.
Fig. 2, is a front elevation and illustrates the modification Number 2 herein before 5
referred to, under the first head of our invention.
The
The parts in Fig. 2, having the same letters of reference as those above described
a, the spindle rails.
in Fig. 1, are the same or they are similar thereto.
vertical arm of the two armed lever c¹, is extended downwards and has a stud in it
that carries a bowl k. The weight of the rod k, causes this bowl ki, to be pressed 10
against the edge of a plate q, having a pivot g', projecting from its side resting in
The straight edge of this
bearings in a bracket from the lower spindle rail a.
plate q, can be adjusted at any required angle, and then secured by two bolts q²,
which each pass through a hole in the bracket and through slots in the plate q,
concentric with the pivot q³.
As the rail p, moves up and down in the ordinary manner, the bowl k³, is acted
upon by the edge of the plate q, giving more or less action, according to the
inclination of its edge from the vertical line.
Fig. 3, is a front elevation and illustrates the modification hereinbefore referred to
as Number 3 under the first head of our invention. The parts in this figure having 2
the same letters of reference as those in Figs. 1 and 2 are the same or similar
thereto.
There is a prolongation of the vertical arm of the lever k¹, which has a slot in it for a
pin or stud in the upper end of a straight lever q³, which has its fulcrum q', on a
bracket p', from the ordinary lifting rail p. The lower end of this straight lever q³,
carries a bowl, which works against the edge of the plate q, secured adjustably to the
framing by bolts 92, and concentric slots, as described in reference to Fig. 2.
Fig. 4, is a front elevation, and illustrates an arrangement such as that hereinbefore
The horizontal arm kx, of the three armed lever k¹, has a
referred to as Number 4.
bent arm, secured to it by a bolt 5, as in Fig. 1, the end which carries a bowl k',
that comes against the edge of a fixed inclined bracket q, adjustable horizontally on
the lower spindle rail a. The arm k, may be dispensed with as well as the arm 4*,
if the vertical arm of the lever k¹, is extended as in Fig. 2, and the bowl ki, is adjust-
able in a vertical slot therein, so as to be acted upon by the edge of the plate q, as
in Fig. 4.
Fig. 5, is a front elevation and illustrates the modification hereinbefore referred to
as Number 5.
In this case there is also a lever ko, acting through a cord or other attachment
passing over a pulley k7, on a stud k³, being adjustably secured to a part k¹, secured
on the wire or rod, the stud k³, is carried on a bracket p', secured to the lifter
rail p.
The lever, is slotted for a fulcrum stud ea, in a bracket (not shown) adjustable
horizontally on the framing. The slot in the lever allows the fulcrum stud k, and
clamp to be moved nearer to or further from the bowl kb, and when adjusted, the
fulcrum stud is secured in the framing and the lever to the fulcrum clamp k, by a
set screw,
and thus the amount of lift given to the supplementary lifting bar k, car
be varied as desired.
Fig. 6, is a front elevation illustrating a modification similar to Fig. 5, except tha
the lever ko, is slotted at the free end, and the fulcrum stud k³, is fixed.
The lower end of the cord or attachment ko, is secured to a stud km, adjustable i
the slot.
Fig. 7, a front elevation, illustrates the modification hereinbefore referred to a
Number 6.
This modification is similar to that shown by Fig. 5 except that the stud, is o
the framing and that there is a rod k, jointed to the ordinary lifting rail p, at i
upper end and to one end of a lever ko, at its lower end, the other end being connecte
to the attachment ko.

page_text: The lever ko, is slotted in its lengthway for a clamp k³, similar to that shown
in Fig. 5-the fulcrum stud k, is on a bracket (not shown) adjustable in its lengthway
on the framing and is then secured thereto, the clamp kp, being also secured by the set
Screw to the lever ko.
Fig. 8, is a front elevation illustrating the modification hereinbefore referred to
as Number 7.
k", is a stud fixed in the framing, to which one end of an attachment ko, is secured,
the other end being secured to the periphery of a large pulley k³, on a stud ic³, secured
in a bracket p¹, from the rail p, a smaller pulley k³, is secured to the large pulley k7,
and to the periphery of a pulley k³, one end of an attachment kt, is secured, the other
end being fastened to a stud ku, adjustable in the horizontal arm from the lever k¹,
which may be straight as shown, or curved to a radius from the centre of the stud k³,
when the horizontal arm is in mid-oscillation, or the end of this attachment let, may
be secured to a stud in a slotted downward extension of the vertical arm of the
lever k¹, the arm of the lever k¹ carrying the rod k being changed to the position shown
in peculiar dotted line in Fig. 8.
Fig. 9, is a front elevation illustrating another modification according to Number 8
hereinbefore referred to.
One of the levers k³, on the ordinary lifting rail p, near one end has an horizontal
slotted arm k. Behind or in front (it is supposed to be behind in Fig. 9) there is a
slotted bracket w, secured to the fraining in any convenient manner and in the slot
in the bracket a stud, is secured adjustable in the lengthway of the slots in the
bracket, and arm kr. The position of the stud k², determines the amount of
oscillation given to the lever k¹.
This lever k¹, at the end actuates similar two armed levers placed at intervals on
the lifting rail p, by means of the connecting rod or wire k³, as before explained.
Fig. 10, is an end sectional elevation and illustrates the modification herein before-
referred to as Number 9.
p, is the ordinary lifting rail to which at intervals bearings are secured, to carry a
shaft pa, extending the length of the rail p. At intervals along the shaft p*, arms p²,
are secured, to the ends of which the supplementary guide rail k, is attached.
At one end of the shaft p³, an arm p³, is secured to be actuated by any of
the arrangements hereinbefore or hereinafter referred to or by any of the
arrangements described in the Specification of the said Letters Patent No. 6005 of
1895 for actuating a supplementary lifting bar k.
Figs. 11 and 13, and 12 and 14 are respectively sectional and side elevations
illustrating the improvement herein before referred to as Number 10.
k, Figs. 11 and 12 show a supplementary lifting rail of tubular section, and in
Figs. 13 and 14 rails of rectangular section of wood and metal plate.
r, is one of the adjusting T screws which can be screwed up and down in the bars
or rails k, to adjust them as required for the thread passing over the cross at the top.
of the screw before going to the bobbin or spool upon which it is being wound.
Fig. 15, is a side elevation illustrating a modification under the second head of.
our invention hereinbefore referred to as Number 11.
On a fulcrum stud c³, secured in the framing a lever c', is mounted, which has a
stud that carries a bowl d², that is acted upon or its movements are governed by a
cam d, on the lifter shaft d'.
This lever c', has a curved slot at its end to which a slide t, is fitted to move to
and fro along the curved slot, and this slide has a projection from it that carries a
stud for a bowl t¹, that presses against the periphery of a heart wheel e³, on a stud e¹,
fixed in the lever c. To the heart wheel e³, a ratchet wheel is secured, which is
rotated as the lever is oscillated by the cam d, by a hook pawl e7, on a stud eo,
secured in the framing.
In a projection from the lever c³, (not shown) a stud is fixed as the fulcrum for a
weighted retaining pawl, acting to prevent the ratchet from turning backwards.
As the heart cam rotates the slide t, moves along the curved slot to and from
it, the movement towards it, being by a helical spring (not shown) one end of which
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page_text: is secured to the side t, or to a stud projecting from it, and the other end to a pin
or stud on the side of the lever c*.
There is a connection co, from the slide t, to say the pulley k7, Fig. 6, on the
stud kes, or to the pulley k', on the stud k³, of Fig. 6 of the said Specification, the
curve of the slot in the lever c', being struck in such case with a radius from the centre
of the studs, when the lever is in mid oscillation.
Fig. 16, is a side elevation illustrating the modification under the second head,
herein before referred to as Number 12.
In this modification there is a bowl 83, on a stud in the vertical arm of the lever k¹,
which works against a straight lever 8, having its fulcrum on a stud s¹, in the
framing.
The back of this bar or lever 8, has a bracket attached to it carrying a bowl 8²,
working against a heart cam g³.
The weight of the bar k, causes the bowl s³, to press upon the lever s, and force the
bowl 82, against the heart cam e³, which is on a stud e¹, in a part or bracket secured
to the framing. The heart cam es, has a ratchet wheel attached to it which is acted
upon by a pawl e', jointed at e', to a bracket p¹, secured to the lifting rail p―thus
this pawl e, will rest against the teeth of the ratchet, and when near its highest
position a tooth on the pawl e7, will come into the teeth of the ratchet and rotate it.
There is a retaining pawl e, on a stud in the bracket or part carrying the stud e¹, to
prevent backward movement in the ratchet e³.
With this arrangement the inclination of the bar 8, is altered at every different
position of the heart cam e³, during each of its revolutions produced by the pawl e7.
Fig. 17, is a front elevation illustrating a modification hereinbefore referred to as
Number 13 of head two of our invention.
One arm ky, of the lever ³, has a curved slot in it and a slide t, is arranged
mounted and actuated same as the slide t, Fig. 15. The retaining pawl k, is on a
stud secured in a projection from the arm key, and the ratchet wheel is actuated by a
pawl e', on a stud in the framing at e, the weighting arm of the pawl keeps it against
the ratchet, and a tooth on its edge comes into the ratchet teeth and propels it when
the ratchet wheel is near its lowest position.
To the slide t, one end of a cord or attachment c', is made, the other end being
secured to a stud ", fixed in the framing. The curve of the arm key, is struck from
the centre of the stud ", when the lever ky, is in mid-oscillation.
Fig. 18, is a front elevation illustrating a modification hereinbefore Numbered 14
under the second head of our invention.
This is a combination similar to that illustrated by Fig. 1, of the said Specification,
but with our present improvements applied thereto.
d', is the copping motion or lifter shaft; d, heart cam; d², bowl acted upon by the
cam carried by a bracket c³, secured on one arm of the lever c', having its fulcrum
on the framing at c. One arm of the lever c7, is curved and carries the slide t,
arranged and actuated as described in reference to Fig. 15. The connection c", acts
upon the pulley c5, on the lifter or copping rail shaft c, which thus receives a variable
Jift.
Fig. 19, is a sectional elevation of the modification hereinbefore Numbered 15
under the second head of our invention.
u, is a tubular part, sliding vertically in bearings a³, from the framing. These
tubular parts u, are placed at intervals in the length of the machine.
The bearings a³, for the tubular part u, have projections from them which form
the bearings of a shaft u¹, passing from end to end of the machine. At each tubular
part u, there is a spur toothed pinion u², on the shaft u', which gears with rack teeth
formed in the lengthway in front of the tubular part u, so that these tubular parts u,
are simultaneously moved up and down as the shaft u¹, is oscillated in the usual
manner for actuating a lifter rail.
Within the tubular part u, a rod u³, is guided, the projecting upper end of which
carries the supplementary rail k.
There is an arm u. from the lower end of the tubular part u, which carries the

page_text: fulcrum us, of a two armed lever u', each arm having an antifriction bowl upon
it.
One bowl comes under the lower end of the rod u³, the other bowl comes against
an inclined bar 8, which is arranged and actuated as described in reference to Fig. 16.
The pawle, for acting upon the ratchet wheel to rotate the heart cam e³, is jointed
at e, to an arm u, from the lower end of the tubular part u.
Fig. 20, is a sectional elevation, Fig. 21 is a plan section, the section being at the
level of a line through the centre of the shafts in Fig. 20, and Fig. 22 is a top plan
view of the bracket alone.
These figures illustrate a modification of that shown by Fig. 19. a³, is a vertical
bracket of the required shape at its lower end to be secured to the spindle rails or
framing of the machine.
One of these brackets a³, is placed at the required intervals in the length of the
machine.
Each of these brackets a³, has bearings for a shaft u¹, passing from end to end of
the machine and this shaft is actuated same as the ordinary lifter rail to oscillate
backwards and forwards. On the shaft u¹, at each bracket a³, there is a spur pinion u²,
secured, which gears with a tubular part u, having rack spur teeth on its front edge
partly shown in Fig. 20.
This tubular part u, is of the cross section shown best in Fig. 21, and on its
exterior on each side has a rib u, extending from end to end to fit and slide in the
slideways for them in the bracket a³, (see Figs. 21 and 22).
The tubular part u, has projections from it to form the bearings for a shaft u', also
passing from end to end of the machine and on the shaft u7, at each tubular part u,
a toothed spur wheel us, is fixed to gear with rack teeth (partly shown in Fig. 20)
formed on one side of the lengthway of a rod u³, sliding freely in the interior of the
tubular part u.
The rotation or oscillation of this shaft u7, will cause all the
rods us, to move simultaneously up and down.
The upper end of the rods u³, have the supplementary lifting rails k, secured to
them, and in these rails, the T guides r, (Figs. 11, 12, 13 and 14) may be secured.
For spinning and twisting frames, the upper end of this rod u³, may carry the
copping or ring rail.
On one end of the shaft u7, a pulley ua, is secured, to the periphery of which,
one end of a chain or other attachment ub, is secured, the other end of the
attachment being fastened to the end of a lever us, having its fulcrum on a stud ud,
in a bracket u°, on the framing.
This lever u, has a stud in it for a bowl ue, which comes against a heart
cam u, on a stud ua, in the bracket u°, from the framing.
The ratchet (secured to the heart cam u) is rotated by a pawl us, jointed at uk, to
an arm u', from the tubular part u, and there is a retaining pawl uh, jointed at u¹, to
the bracket u°, to prevent the ratchet wheel u³, from rotating backwards.
Secured to or forming part of the ratchet there is a pulley um, having a conical
hole in its periphery for each tooth of the ratchet and into these holes in succession
the conical end of a pin up, enters that slides in a hole in the bracket uº, this pin
being pushed outwards by a helical spring us. This spring pin up, prevents the ratchet
from revolving except with some force sufficient to overcome the resistance of the
spring pin up, which pin may be used alone without the retaining pawl uh, the pin
being to keep the ratchet from rotating except when acted upon by the pawl ul.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, what we
claim is :-
1. The several arrangements and combinations of mechanism for actuating a
supplementary lifting rail (k) when used for winding thread upon bobbins in cylindrical
form substantially as herein before described under the first head of our invention and
illustrated by Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive, of the drawings.
2. The use of the edge of a stationary plate (9) which may be fixed or adjustable

page_text: to. any desired angle for giving motion to the supplementary lifting rail (k)
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 2, 3 and 4 of the
drawings.
.3. The combination of adjustable T thread guides with a supplementary lifting rail
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated by
Figs. 11 to 14 inclusive of the drawings.
4. The carrying of the supplementary lifting rail on arms from a shaft extending
the length of the ordinary lifting rail substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by Fig. 10 of the drawings.
5. The several. combinations and arrangements of mechanism for imparting a
variable lift to a supplementary lifting rail substantially as hereinbefore described
under the second head of our invention and illustrated by Figs. 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21
and 22 of the drawings.
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6. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for imparting variable lift to
a copping" or "ring" rail for spinning or twisting substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by Fig. 18 of the drawings.
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7. The combination and arrangement of mechanism whereby a lifter rail (k) or a
copping" or "ring" rail is actuated by two motions one superimposed or added to
the other motion substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 19,
and by Figs. 20, 21 and 22 of the drawings.
Dated this Twenty third day of December 1907