IMPROVE- MENTS IN WINDING THREADS OR YARNS, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR.
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Bash, of Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WINDING THREADS OR YARNS, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
EMPLOYED THEREFOR.'
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Bash at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th April 1875.
I, SAMUEL BASH, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING THREADS OR YARNS, AND IN THE MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR," to be as follows, that is to say.
This Invention relates to improvements in winding thread and other
yarns upon bobbins, spools, and similar holders.
The mechanism or apparatus constituting the Invention is carried
upon a frame or table which may be made of any length corresponding
to the number of spindles employed.
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page_text: The machine may be actuated from a belt acting upon a pulley fixed
upon the driving shaft, and upon the said driving shaft is also fixed
another belt pulley A clutch for engaging or disengaging the pulley
is provided. Another shaft, lying parallel to the driving shaft, but
situated at the opposite end of the table, carries another belt pulley and
clutch similar to that upon the driving shaft, they being placed opposite
one another Both of the pullies are arranged so that when the
movcable portion between them is in gear with one the other is dis-
engaged. The belt pulley upon the diving shaft at tunes gives motion
to that upon the second shaft by means of a belt passed around both.
A bevil wheel is fixed upon one extremity of the second shaft which
gears with anothıcı bevil wheel fixed upon another shaft lying at night
angles to the second shaft, and carrying a number of toothed wheels
which gearing with other toothed wheels fixed thereon transmit motion
to the spindles whercon the bobbins or spools are placed.
In order to lessen the shock consequent upon throwing the clutches
into gear while the machine is running at a high speed, a spring slip
feather, consisting of a malleable iron or steel spur, fixed at the hecl
to the shaft, and projecting forward so as to.enter a key seat cut for its
reception in the boss of the clutch, or the equivalent thereof is employed
Another shaft lying at night angles to and below the diving shaft
receives slow motion therefrom by means of a tangent screw and worm
wheel.
Discs are keyed upon the ends of the slow motion shaft, the said discs
being provided with pins or stops arranged on each side thereof, and
acting so as to give intermittent motion to sliding frames at either end
of the table, or to keys or tumblers acting upon the said frames. The
ends of the sliding frames project beyond the front of the table, and
carry between them a bar situated opposite to the spindles, and by
which the bobbins are pushed upon the spindles at the proper intervals,
another bar operated by the same mechanism pushing them off when
filled with thread and finished The bobbins are fed to the spindles
from a series of receptacles placed below the spindles, but capable of
being raised at times so as to bring the centre of the bobbins opposite
to that of the spindles preparatory to being pushed on by the herein-
before described bar, which is provided with bosses against which the
bobbins bear, or upon which moveable fingers or triggers are arranged
so as to push the bobbin on somewhat in advance of the bar; by the

page_text: latter arrangement a free space is left in front of the bobbin so that
the operator is enabled at all times to have access to the bobbin.
To diminish the friction of these fingers or bosses upon the ends of
the bobbins while being wound, a spring is arranged whereby the bar
carrying the said fingers or bosses is slightly pushed back after the
bobbins have been thrust the full distance upon the spindles. Upon
the same shaft which operates the hercin-before described dises a bevil
wheel is fixed, which gearing with another bevil wheel, fixed upon a
shaft lying across the table, operates thereby through a disc and catch,
the herein-before described bobbin raising and lowering receptacles
The thread is guided while being wound upon the bobbin by means
of an apparatus placed near the centre of the table, and consisting of a
head provided near its lower part with a spindle, one half of which is
cut with a right-hand screw thread, and the other with a left-hand
thread. Above the screw spindle a rocking shaft is situated whereon
are placed two paws having their lower extremities provided with half
nuts cut to the same pitch of screw as is upon the lower spindle. These
paws are arranged upon different sides of the screw spindle, the left-
hand half nut opposite to the left-hand scrow, and the right-hand half
nut opposite to the right-hand screw The rocking shaft also carries
a plate operated by two leaves supported by an upright shaft, and
bevilled at different angles, so that as one or the other leaf is brought into
contact with the edge of the plate, the plate (to which the paws arc
attached) is rocked in one or the other direction, thus bringing the
right or left hand half nut into contact with the right or left hand screw
thread upon the lower spindle The plate and attachments are thus
traversed in one or the other direction, the screw spindle receiving
motion from the second shaft through change wheels, by shifting which
the speed of the screw spindle is increased or diminished. The
cating motion thus given to the plato is employed to shift the paws
and half nuts by operating a striker held in position by a spring, and
acting upon a catch fixed to the upright shaft which carries the bevilled
leaves, whereby the plate on the rocking shaft is canted upwards or
downwards, and the said reciprocating motion is also imparted to a slide
carrying the thread guides and attachments. The thread or yarn is
taken from large bobbins, hanks, or receptacles, and led over the guide
luch winds it regularly upon the bobbin The nose of the guide is
provided with a spring cover beneath which the thread or yarn is passed
recipro-

page_text: by the attendant, and whereby the time usually lost owing to the
difficulty of passing the thread through the ordinary perforations or
passage in the nose of the ordinary thread guide is saved.
An improved tension drag or presser is also employed beneath which
the thread is drawn previous to passing over the thread guide. The
tension or pressure of the thread drag is regulated by a flat spring,
by altering the position of which the pressure is increased or diminished.
A bobbin similar to those being filled with thread in the machine is
also employed for giving the proper traverse to the thread guide The
bevilled sides of the bobbin are covered by metallic protectors lying at 1
the same angle as the sides of the bobbin, and with which a striker is
arranged to come into contact so as to reverse the direction of traverse
of the thread guide. As the striker recedes at each traverso by the
thickness of a layer of thread or yarn it strikes upon the protector at
points each time further distant from the axis of the bobbin, so that the
traverse of the thread guide is gradually increased as the bobbins arc
filled, and the thread is thus built upon the bobbins at the same angle
as the sides thereof.
When the bobbins are full one of the paws acts upon a trigger, by
which (through an arrangement of springs and levers) the herein-before
mentioned duplex lever is operated, and one clutch thrown into and the
other out of gear, thus stopping the revolution of the bobbins and
spindles, and putting the finishing apparatus into motion
The bobbin spindles project through a plate, at the upper part of
which is situated a slide carrying the nicking and cutting-off mechanism
Upon this slide are fixed brackets having a swivel at their lower parts
upon which are placed loosely bosses carrying a knife, catch, and pawl
As the slide advances towards the axis of the bobbins knives descend
and cut notches in the sides of the bobbins, the thread guides are lifted,
and the bosses turn on their swivels, catching the thread by means of a
the thread catch attached thereto, and drawing it as the pawls sink
between two washers held closely together by springs upon each bobbin
spindle, which action at the same time places the thread in the notch
cut for its reception in the edge of the bobbin. The thread is nipped
and held between the washers while the knife attached to the swivelled
bosses advances and severs it, after which the bobbin is pushed off
the spindle by the herein-before described arrangement of discs and side

page_text: frames. Fresh bobbins are then placed upon the spindles, and the
sliding plate having meanwhile receded the thread catches are raised,
the bosses again moved round (this being effected by a trigger formed
upon the back of the bosses, working in a recess in the front plate), and
the thread drawn round the fresh bobbin, which is wound or filled with
thread in the manner already set forth.
The herein-before described sliding plate derives its motion from a
connecting rod actuated by a stud or pin from the disc to which the
catch that raises and lowers the bobbin receptacles is attached.
It is also preferred to arrange the said sliding plate and also the slides
for actuating the thread guides so that they can be raised or lowered to
correspond to any size of bobbin
By reversing or altering the positions of the herein-before described
leaves, rocking plate, and sping catch, the thread may be wound from
either end of thic bobbin, so that an odd number of layers of thread may
be wound upon the bobbin.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Bash in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 7th October 1875
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
BASH, of Glasgow, in the County of Lauak, North Britain, Engineer,
send greeting
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of April, in the year
5 of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
38th year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Bash, Ier special license
that I, the said Samuel Bash, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel Bash, my executors,
administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the

page_text: Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"
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IMPROVEMENTS
IN WINDING THREADS OR YARNS, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
EMPLOYED THEREFOR,” upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Samuel Bash, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
scal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Scal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Bash, 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, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
and-to-the letters and figures marked-thercon, that is to say
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My said Invention relates to improvements in winding cotton, linen,
silk, and other threads or yarns upon bobbins, spools, and similar holders,
and to the machinery or apparatus whereby the bobbius or holders arc
raised up and placed on the winding spindles; also whereby the winding
of the threads or yarns upon such holders is effected and the end of the
thread secured to the extremity of the bobbin or holder, and further, to
the means for removing the bobbins from the spindles when the winding
and finishing operations have been completed
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood I
now proceed more particularly to set forth the system, mode, or manner
in or under which the same is or may be used or practically carried into
effect, reference being had to the annexed Sheets of Drawings and to the
letters and figures maiked thercon, that is to say.
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On Sheet 1 of the Drawings hereunto appended Figure 1 is a general
plan of the machine or apparatus for winding threads or yarns as con-
structed in accordance with my said Invention; Figure 2 is an elevation
of the rear or driving end of the machine, and Figure 3, an elevation of
the front or winding cnd thereof.
On Sheets 2 and 3 of the Drawings the several Figures illustrated are
details of parts of the machine or apparatus, and which for the sake of
more complete clucidation are drawn to an enlarged scale relatively with
the Figures on Sheet 1.

page_text: As shown more particularly on Sheet 1 the mechanism or apparatus
constituting my said Invention is carried upon a frame or table A, which
is made of any desired lengtlí, according to the number of bobbins,
spools, or other holders on which it is desired to wind thread or yarn at
onc operation. On the Drawings the table A. is of a length to carry nine
winding spindles and apparatus for operating the same. At one side of
the table or framing A the first motion shaft B is situated and supported
in brackets C, C', on the shaft B fast and loose pulleys D, D', are placed,
the said shaft being rotated by a belt or band passed round the pulley D
and communicating with the prime mover Another pulley E is also
fixed on the shaft B, around which and also around a pulloy F placed
loosely on the second motion shaft G, a driving belt or band H is
passed as shown at Figures 1 and 2, Sheet 1 of the Drawings. A clutch
box is formed on the hub or loss of the fast pulley E, which gears with
a clutch I keyed by means of a feather and groove (or the equivalent
thereof) on a sleeve J placed loosely over a portion of the shaft B, tho
said clutch being capable of sliding out of gear with the clutch box on
the pulley E when desired A similar clutch box is formed on the hub
or boss of the loose pulley F, into which a clutch K, keyed by a feather
and groove or other equivalent means to the second motion shaft G, is
geared duing the operation of winding the thread or yarn on to the
bobbins or similar holders The clutches I and K are connected together
by a duplex lever L centred on a stud on the table or framing A, and
they are so arranged that whilst the clutch K is in gear with the pulley F
and the shaft G rotating, the clutch I is out of gear with the pulley E,
and the sleeve or tube J is stationary.
The mechanism for rotating the spindles whereon the bobbins, spools,
or other holders are placed whilst the thread or yarn is being wound on
them is shown in plan at Figure 1, Sheet 1, of the Drawings, and it
consists of a bevil wheel M fixed upon the shaft G, and geared with a
corresponding bevil pinion M¹ placed upon a shaft N situate at right
angles to the shaft G A number of bevil wheels O corresponding to
the number of spindles employed in the machine are also fixed upon the
shaft N and geared with corresponding bevil pinions a fixed on the inner
ends of the spindles, which are situate parallel to the shaft G, as indicated
at b, Figure 1, Sheet 1
Figure 1, Sheet 2 of the Drawings, is a detailed view of one of the
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page_text: Figure the spindle is also formed towards its outer end with one or more
feathers, by which the bobbin, spool, or other holder c is firmly held and
prevented from rotating on the spindles At the inner ends of the
feather a collar or ruff is formed on or fixed to the spindles, against
which the bobbin or other holder c when in position bears. Behind the
said collar or ruff an india-rubber or other clastic spring d is placed, a
loose washer or ring e being situate between the collar or ruff and the
spring, as shewn, the purpose of which is herein-after referred to.
The mechanism for placing the bobbins or other holders upon the
spindles preparatory to winding the thread or yarn thereon, and for
removing them from the said spindles when the operations of winding
and finishing have been effected, is illustrated in position at Figures 1, 2,
and 3, Sheet 1 of the Drawings, and in detail at Figures 2 and 3,
Sheet 2, and it consists of a shaft P placed at right angles to and above
the motion shafts B, G, and supported in brackets Q at each side of the
frame or table A. The shaft P receives slow rotary motion from the
shaft B by means of a tangent screw R placed on the sleeve or tube J
surrounding the said shaft, and geared with a worm wheel R' situate on
the shaft P. On one end of the shaft P a rod S is placed, the forward
extremity of which is connected to a crank, more particularly seen at
Figure 2, Sheet 2, and which is situate on one extremity of a shaft g,
extending across the front of the frame or table A, as shewn at Figure 3,
Sheet 1. On the shaft g other cranks are also fixed, and to the outer
extremities of these cranks bars or levers are attached by pins or studs,
as shown at Figure 2, Sheet 2. The other ends of the levers or bars 2
are attached to an angled or other frame 1, whicreon a number of
receptacles k, corresponding to the number of the spindles employed
in the machine are secured, and in which the bobbins or other holders
to be supplied to the spindles are placed. At a distance between the
opposite ends of each bar or lever a pin is fixed which enters a slot ♬
formed in a guide m fixed to the table or frame A, the contour of cach
slot being such that on upward motion being communicated to the levers
or bars the frame j is first caused to ascend through an arc or curve
with a comparatively short radius and afterwards vertically or through
an arc or curve whose radius is greater. The extent of upward motion
of the frame is such as to bring the holes through the centres of the
bobbins or other holders contained in the receptacles & exactly opposite
the winding spindles b, and this motion is communicated from the shaft

page_text: P by a tappet or crank m² fixed on the said shaft acting upon a heel n
formed on or fixed to the side of the rod S, whereby the said rod and
mechanism in connexion therewith is moved in the direction of the
arrow, Figure 2, Sheet 2, the head of the rod S being slotted to permit
thereof, and also to allow of the passage of the tappet or crank m² after
the bobbins or other holders have been raised to the desired extent.
When the bobbins or holders have been so raised a sliding frame T,
supported in a framing T", placed on the front end of the table A, comes
into operation and pushes the bobbins on to the winding spindles b.
The frame T is scen more particularly at Figures 2 and 3, Sheet 2, and
it consists of two side bars, which are tied or bound together at their
outer ends by a cross bar U, and towards their icarward extremities by
another cross bar U¹ On the bar U, which is adjustable, a finger o is
placed opposite each spindle, and these fingers, after the bobbins have
been raised as herein-before described, push the bobbins on to the
spindles and into the position to receive the thread or yarn In effecting
this operation the frame T is moved rearwards by pins or studs &¹ fixed
in tappets p, placed on the shaft l', acting upon heels p¹ formed on or
fixed to the sides of the rods V, one extremity of each of which is also
situated on the shaft P, their other ends being attached to lovers q
centred on the frame T". The ends of the levers 7 opposite to those
attached to the rods V act, in pushing the bobbins on to the spindles b,
against projections q¹ formed on the sides of the flame T, thereby
moving the frame rearwards to the required extent to place the bobbins
in the position for receiving the thread or yarn, which being effected,
springs fixed at each side of the frame or table A, act on pins r³
fixed in the frame T, and move the said frame forwards sufficiently to
relcase the pressure of the fingers o from the ends of the bobbins or
other holders Figures 4 and 5, Sheet 2, arc detailed views of the
tappets p, showing the position of the pins which act on the heels p¹ of
the rods.V.
On the cross tic U₁ other fingers s are fixed, details of which are shewn
at Figures 6 and 7, Sheet 2, which fingers are employed to push the
bobbins or other holders off the spindles b, when the winding and
finishing have both been completed. This operation is performed by the
frame T moving forwards, the said motion being effected by the tappets p
acting on heels &² formed on or fixed to the heads or ends of the rods V,
as more particularly seen by the detailed views, Figures 8 and 9, Sheet 2.

page_text: The tappets p draw the rods V rearwards, thereby causing the levers q
to act upon the projections q³ on the frame T, and push the fingers &
against the inner ends of the bobbins, whereby they are thrown off the
spindles b. The heads of the rods V are slotted to permit of the forward
and backward motion thereof on the shaft P.
The mechanism herein-before described for raising or lifting the
bobbins or other holders to the required position, and for placing them
on the spindles when so raised, is adjustable according to the diameter
and length of the bobbin or holder employed, that is to say, the frame/
carrying the receptacles & may be secured in a position nearer to or
further from the pins in the lever (according to the diameter of the
bobbin or other holder) by slotting the outer ends of the said levers, or
the front side of the frame, and securing the frame in position by
pinching screws, or other equivalent means may be employed for that
purpose, it being explained that it is essential to the proper operation of
thus portion of the machine that the hole or passage through the centre
of the bobbin or other holder be brought when raised exactly opposito
the spindle b. The bobbins or holders are retained in position in the
receptacles whilst being raised by the projecting ends of pinching pins
which are adjusted in slots in the bottoms of the receptacles according
to the length of the bobbin or holder. The cross bar U of the frame T
is also adjustable according to the length of the bobbin, it being secured
in position by means of pinching pins or the equivalent thereof. The
fingeiss on the cross bar U¹, which push the bobbins off the spindles, as
herein before described, require no adjustment by reason of the inner
onds of the bobbins whilst on the spindles b, and receiving thread or
yarn, always occupying the same position.
In lieu of providing the bars U, U', with fingers, bosses or the
equivalent theicof may be formed on the said bars to perform the
functions licrein before described, but it is preferred to use fingers, as
under that arrangement the operator is enabled when a thread breaks
for
and at other times to have access to the bobbins or other holders,
this purpose the fingers o on the bar U arc movable round the pins
by which they are fixed to the bar, the said fingers whilst in operation
being held in the position shewn on Sheets 1 and 2 of the Drawings by
springs bearing against the sides thereof.
The thread or yarn is guided backwards and forwards whilst it is being
wound on the bobbins or other holders (by the shaft G rotating the

page_text: spindles 6 through the intervention of the bevil gearing M, M³, and o, a,
as hercin-before described).
The mechanism for guiding the thread or yarn is shewn in position at
Figures 1 and 3, Sheet 1 of the Drawings, but is more particularly
illustrated by the detailed views on Sheet 3, whercon Figure 1 is a plan
of the mechanism, and Figure 2 a transverse section thereof on the line
a, b, Figure 1.
Figures 3 to 14 inclusive, Sheet 3, are respectively details of portions
of the guiding mechanism, which consists of a frame W provided near
its lower part with a spindle t, one-half of which is formed with a right-
hand screw thread, and the other with a left-hand thread, as shown at
Figure 2, Sheet 3. The screw spindle is rotated from the motion
shaft G by the train of wheels x, Figures 1 and 2, Sheet 1, one of which
(the wheel ¹) is changable, whereby the rate of revolution of the spindle
is increased or diminished. Above the scrow spindle a sliding and
rocking shaft is supported in the frame W, and from a locking and
sliding plate u, supported by brackets or cycs u' on the shaft two
brackets u² hang downwards, the said brackets being placed one on each
side of the screwed spindle t.
Figure 3, Sheet 3, is a plan, and Figure 4 a side clevation of the
rocking and sliding plate u, showing the position of the hanging
brackets. To the lower extremities of the brackets u half nuts v are
attached, and these are cut to the same pitch of screw as that upon the
spindle t, the right hand half nut being at times geared with the right
band screw thread, and the left hand half nut with the left hand thread
of the spindle t To the plate u another plate u³ is firmly attached, the
outer end of the said plate being bevilled and alternately acted upon
from its upper and under sides by two leaves w supported on a
vertical spindle u', and inclined at different angles, as shown at
Figures 1, 3, and 4, Sheet 3. On the spindle w¹ a bar wo³ is also fixed,
which at certain times during the operation of the machine acts in a
notch formed in a sneck w³, as herein-after more particularly referred to.
Above the plate u another plate y is supported in the framing W by
straps y³, the said plate being shorter in length than the distance between
opposite sides of the framing W, as seen at Figure 1, Sheet 3. Pro-
jections y are attached to the plate y by nuts placed on screwed pins
passed through slotted holes in the said plate. To one of the straps y¹

page_text: a picce y' is fixed at right angles, and on the said picce a striker z is
centred at one of its extremities, the opposite extremity thereof being
at times caused to act upon the point of a tappet z¹ fixed on the vertical
spindle to¹, as shewn at Figure 4, Sheet 3. A spring is also fixed upon
the picce y³, which acts upon the striker and maintains it in position. 1
Behind the plate y another inclined plate 1 is placed in grooves in the
frame W, and provided with a vertical heel 2, which is acted upon by a
roller or striker 3 carried on a pin or stud fixed in the shaft P, as scen
at Figure 2, Shect 3, of the Drawings. On the under side of the inclined
plate 1 a catch 4 is formed or fixed, which acts on a heel 5 fixed to or
formed on the rocking and sliding plate u. One end of a cord or chain
is attached to the forward extremity of the inclined plate 1, the said
cord or chain being also passed over a pulley 6, and attached at its
lower extremity to a weight or weights. At the end of the frame W
opposite to the inclined -plate 1 a plate 7. slides in guides_8, the said
plate being attached to one extremity of a rod 9 supported in a
standard 10 (Figure 1, Sheet 1), and whose opposite end is acted upon
by a spring 11, the lower extremity of which is fixed to the table A,
and whose action is to force the inner edge of the plate 7 close up to
the corresponding edge of the plate y. On the plate 7 a sliding or
reciprocating bar 11 is carried in guides 12, and from a finger 13 placed
at or near the centre of the bar a pin extends downwards and enters a
guide formed on or fixed to the upper side of the plate u, as shown at 14,
Figure 4, Sheet 3, of the Drawings. The guide is more particularly seen
in plan at Figure 3, Sheet 3 At the end of the plate opposito to that
at which the plate u' is fixed a pawl 15 is so attached as to be capable
of swivelling around its centre. The tooth or heel of the pawl gears with
or enters between the teeth of a spur or ratchet wheel 16 supported in
brackets on the table A. On one side of the wheel 16 a portion of a screw
thread is formed or fixed, as shewn at 17, Figures 1 and 5, Sheet 3, and
on the same side of the wheel an adjustable heel or striker 18 is also
situate. On the opposite side of the wheel 16 a stop pin 19 is fixed, as
shewn, and a detent or pawl 20 is also provided to retain the wheel in
position, as herein-after described, the said pawl being at intervals
raised out of gear by the lever 21 situate on one extremity of the rod
or shaft 22 supported in the framing W, and on whose opposite end a
crank 23 is placed, which is acted upon by the inclined plate 1.
Against the portion 17 of the wheel 10 a rod 24 bears, which rod is so
supported in a slot formed in a vertical bracket or frame 25 as to be

page_text: capable of reciprocating backwards and forwards accordingly as it is acted
upon by the portion 17 or by the spring 11 bearing against the end of
the rod 9, the action of the spring being transmitted to the rod 24 by a
heel 26 formed on the rod entering a slot or opening formed in the upper
end of the bearing 27 of a disc 28, against which the rod 24 bears, as
shown at Figure 5, Sheet 3 of the Drawings. The adjustable heel or
striker 18 acts upon a lever or crank 29 fixed on one extremity of a
rod 30 supported in brackets on the table or framing A, and on whoso
opposite end another lever or crank 31 is fixed. The lever 31 acts
against and raises a lever 32, which is more particularly seen in side
elevation at Figure 6, Sheet 3. A hcel formed on the lever 32 acts
against and raises a palm 33 into position to be operated upon by a rod 34
fixed to the under side of the rocking and sliding plate u, as seen at
Figures 2 and 4, Sheet 3. The palm 33 is fixed to a lever 35 centred on
a pin or stud 36, and when acted upon by the rod 34 it moves the said
lever through an arc
Figure 7, Sheet 3, is a detailed view of the lever 35, and as shown by
the said Figure a pin 37 is fixed in the outer extremity of the said lever
which acts against and relcases a catch or sneck 38 from contact with a
vertical rod 39. The sneck or catch 38 is attached to a lever 40, the
form of which in side elevation is seen at Figure 8, Sheet 3. From the
end of the lever 40 opposite to that whereat the sneck or catch 38 is
attached a weight is hung The lever 40 is also attached to a lever 41
by means of a link 42, as shown. The sneck or catch 38 slides back-
wards and forwards in a hole or slot formed in the cross head of a
lever 43 which is attached at its rearward extremity to a pin or stud
fixed in the duplex lever L, as more particularly seen at Figure 2, Sheet 1
of the Drawings The forward end of the lever 43 is attached by a
link 44 to one extremity of a lever 45, from whose opposite end a weight
is hung which is one-half or nearly one-half of the weight hung from
the extremity of the lever 40, or instead of weights being employed in
conjunction with these levers springs of proportionate strength may be
used to perform the functions thereof.
The pin which attaches the upper extremity of the lever 45 to the
link 44 also attaches a brake to the said lever. This brake consists, as
shewn at Figures 1 and 8, Sheet 3, of a belt or band 46, one end of which
is attached by a link to the lever 45, the other end after being carried
under and round a pulley formed on or fixed to one of the winding bevil

page_text: wheels O, being fixed by a link to the table or framing A, as shewn.
A pin 47 fixed in the side of the lever 43 enters a notch formed in a
bar 48 centred on a pillar or stud 49 on the table or frame A, as shewn
at Figure 9, Sheet 3 The forward end of the said bar enters a slot or
notch formed in the lower end of a lever 50 which is centred on an arm
fixed to or projecting from the bearing O' of the first motion shaft B, as
seen at Figure 1, Sheet 1. From the bar 48 a weight is hung at the
position 51, Figure 9, Sheet 3, or a spring may be employed in lieu
thereof The bar 48 is at each revolution of the shaft P lifted clear of
the pin 47 by a heel or tappet 60 fixed to the shaft P acting against the
upper end of the lever 50 The shaft, herein-before described, is
attached at one end to a reciprocating frame 52, the lower side of which
is formed with V or equivalent slides, as shown at Figures 1, 2, and 10,
Sheet 3, which guide the frame backwards and forwards on brackets or
slides 53 bolted to the table A. To the front of the frame 52 thread:
guides are attached, the number of which corresponds to the number of
winding spindles employed in the machine. These guides consist of
vertical brackets 53 fixed at their lower extremities to the front of the
frame 52, and at whose upper ends other brackets 54 are centred loosely
on pins or studs At the outer extremitics of the brackets 54 a groove i
or channel is made for the thread, as indicated in dotted lines at
Figure 10, Sheet 3, the thread being retained in the said channel by a
spring, one end of which is fixed to the side of the bracket 54, its
opposite end being passed through a hole or eye in such a manner as to
extend across the channel or groove, whilst preventing the thread from
passing out of the groove the spring is made to yield inwards so as to
permit of the thread being placed in the groove in starting the winding
operation.
Figure 11, Sheet 3, is a detailed plan of the point of the guide shewing
the spring
in position. The pressure of the guides on the bobbins is
regulated by adjusting the position of the weights on the levers 58.
In operating the guiding mechanism herein-before described a bobbin
or holder, similar in size to the bobbin or holder on which the thread or
yarn is to be wound is cut through the middle longitudinally, and one-
half thereof is placed on the plate y between the projections y², which
projections are adjusted so as to protect the flanches of the half bobbin,
the said protectors being laid at an angle corresponding to the bevil
between the body and flanches of the bobbin. The thread is then

page_text: conducted from the large bobbins 61, Figures 1, 2, and 3, Sheet 1,
which are supported on a rail 62 over a rod or rail 63, thence through
a curl or loop 64, and through a tension drag or presser 65 to another
curl or loop 66, from whence it passes over a rail to a curl or loop, not
shewn on the Drawings, but which is situated convenient to the guide.
From the curl or loop last referred to the thread is conducted through the
channel of the guide, being confined theicin by the springs herein-before
referred to, and it is thereafter wound once or twice round or otherwise.
fastened to the body of the bobbin or holder.
The improved
tension or drag 65 beneath which the thread is drawn,
consists of a plate hinged at one end, and at the under side of the other
end provided with a flannel or other suitable pad, beneath which the
thread or yarn passes. The tension on the thread is regulated by a
spring supported on a bracket which bears on the plate, and by altering
the position of the said spring nearer to or further from the hinge of the
plate, the pressure on the said plate and consequently the tension or
drag on the thread is adjusted as desired When this has been effected
the machine is set in motion, the clutch K being geared with the clutch
box of the pulley F The shaft G is thereby rotated and through tho
intervention of the bevil gearing M, M³, and O, a, rotates the spindles b,
and bobbins or holders c in the manner herein-before described At tho
same time the spindlet is rotated by the train of wheels a, and one or
other of the half nuts y attached to the rocking plate u, being in gear
with the said spindle the rocking plate is reciprocated in a right or left-
hand direction Such reciprocation of the plate u moves the shaft or
spindle longitudinally, whereby the frame 52 is correspondingly moved
and the guides 54, caused to lay the first row of thread or yarn upon the
bobbins or other holders on the spindles b, shortly before the time when
the guides arrive at one end of the bobbins or holders, the finger 13
comes in contact with one of the projections y, and acting thereon
moves the plate y longitudinally, such action of the plate causes the
striker z to act upon the tappet c¹ fixed on the vertical shaft ³, and turns
the said shaft through an arc, whereby the leaf hitherto out of gear is
caused to act on the bevilled edge of the plate u, and rock the said
plate in such a manner as to throw the half nut hitherto in gear out of
gear with its portion of the screw spindle t, and to place the other half
nut into gear with its corresponding portion. The traveise of the thread
guides is thereby reversed and another row of thread is laid on the.
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page_text: bobbin or holder, which being completed the striker z again comes into
operation and reversos the motion of the guides. This reciprocating
motion of the plate u, and consequently of the frame 52 and guides 54 1s
continued until the requisite number of layers of thread or yarn have
been wound upon the bobbins or other holders c.
The guiding apparatus is adjusted to throw the winding mechanism
out of operation (when tho required number of layers of thread have been
placed upon the bobbins c) by means of the ratchet wheel 16. This is
effected by so adjusting the heel or striker 18 that it will come into opera-
tion and strike upon the lover 29 when the winding has been completed, it
being explained that previous to commencing the winding operation the
striker 18 is set back from the lever 29, a distance represented on the
wheel by a number of teeth equal to half the number of layers to bo
-wound on the bobbins or holders-c, thus if 30-layers are to be wound the
striker is set back from the lever 15 teeth. As the winding progresses
the wheel 16 is moved forwards by the pawl 15 attached to the sliding
and reciprocating plate u one tooth for every two layers, and it is held
in its position by the ratchet or detent 20, Figure 1, Sheet 3. The
portion 17 on the wheel at the same time moves the plate 7, carrying
the finger 13 backwards a distance equal to the thickness of one row of
thread, so that at each succeeding travel of the reciprocating plate u a
longer traverse of the sliding frame 52 and guides 54 is effected, this
being permitted by the bevil of the projections y². The action of the
part 17 is transmitted to the plate 7, and finger 13, through the inter-
vention of the rod 24, disc 28, and rod 9 herein-before described. When
the required number of layers have been wound upon the bobbins or
holders c, the striker 18 comes in contact with and depresses the
lever 29. The shaft 30 is thereby turned through an arc and the lever
or crank 31 acts upon and raises the lever 32, thereby lifting the palm
33 into position to be acted upon by the rod 34 fixed in the sliding or
reciprocating plate u, and the said rod immediately striking against the
palm turns the lever 35 through an arc in the direction of the arrow,
Figure 1, Shect 3, whereby the catch or sneck 38 is thrown out of gear
with the vertical pin or stud 39 The weight on the lever 40 to which
the sneck is connected thereupon draws the sneck rearwards, and the pin
69 fixed therein in the position shewn in dotted lines at Figure 1,
Shect 3, acting against the head of the lever 43 also pushes that lever
rearwards, which lover being connected to the duplex lever L in the

page_text: position herein-before referred to, does on the said backward motion
throw the clutch K out of gear with the pulley F, thereby stopping the
winding apparatus and the clutch I being at the same time put into
gear with the pulley E, the finishing motion and also that for removing
the full bobbins, and placing empty ones on the spindles 6 is brought
into operation.
The backward motion of the lever 40 raises the
weighted end of the lever 45, and at the same time applies the brake
46 to the shaft whereon the bevil wheels O are placed, the revolution of
the said shaft being thereby stopped. The shock consequent upon
throwing the shaft G into and out of gear is also lessened or prevented
by a spring slip feather consisting of a malleable iron or steel spur 70
(Figure 1, Sheet 1,) fixed at one end to the shaft G, and projecting
forwards so as to enter a key scat cut for its reception in the boss of the
clutch K, or other equivalent means may be employed in lieu thereof.
When the lever 43 has been drawn back in the manner hercin-before
described the pin 47 thereof enters the notch formed in the bar 48, and
prevents the clutch I from being thrown out of gear by the succeeding
operations. These operations consist in returning the sneck or catch 38
to the position shewn on the Drawings, and so placing the guiding
apparatus in position for commencing another winding operation.
The return motion of the sneck is effected by the roller or striker 71,
Figure 8, Sheet 3, acting upon the lever 41, whereby the weighted end
of the lever 40 is raised and maintained in position by the sneck holding
upon the vertical pin 39. The next action is that of the roller or striker 3
on the shaft P upon the vertical heel 2 of the inclined plate 1, which
has the effect of pushing forward the said plate, the forward end of which
acting on the crank or lever 23 fixed on the shaft 22 raises the pawl 20,
and the ratchet wheel 16 is then moved backwards by a weight until
stopped by the pin 19 striking upon the table A. The said forward
motion of the plate 1 also brings the catch 4 thercon into contact with
the heel 5 of the rocking plate u, and draws the said plate and apparatus
in connexion therewith into position for recommencing the winding
operation, a cam on the under side of the plate 1 having first acted on
the spring sneck 20³ and locked it upon the rod or bar w³ fixed to the
shaft w. Such locking action has the effect of maintaining the leaves in
a neutral position, and the plato is thereby permitted to be moved
along by the plate 1 with both of its half nuts free from contact with
the screw threads of the spindle t. When the guiding apparatus has
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page_text: been so returned to position, and after the finishing operation has been
effected as herein-after set forth, the heel 60 on the shaft P, Figure 9,
Sheet 3, comes in contact with the upper extremity of the lover 50,
whereby the bar 48 is raised free of the pin fixed in the lever 43, the
weighted end of the lever 45 then falls and draws the lever 43 forwards,
whereby the clutch I, and with it the finishing mechanism, is thrown
out of gear, and another winding operation is carried out as herein-before
described, the plate 1 being first returned to the position shewn on
Sheet 3, by the weight attached to the forward end thereof. The said
plate, besides acting on the sliding and rocking plate u in the manner
herein-before described, also acts on the tappet c' after the rocking plate
is shifted to the required position, so that the winding may be com-
menced at the middle or at either end of the bobbin, the direction of
"winding being-regulated-by shifting the position of the sneck backwards
or forwards on the bracket 140, by which it is supported, such shifting
being pormitted by forming a slotted hole in the said bracket. The effect
of this is to cause the striker to first act on that side of the tappet Z³,
which will commence the winding in a direction either forwards or back-
wards according to the length of thread which it is desired to wind on
the bobbin.
In winding as herein-before described the pawl 15 fixed to the sliding
plate u is caused to act upon and move the ratchet wheel 16 forward onc
tooth at cach operation by the outer end of the pawl falling into a slot
cut in a plate 71 attached to the front of the vertical frame 25.
Figure 12, Sheet 3, is a front view of the plate 71 When the pawl falls
into the slot the heel or tooth thercof acts on the ratchet wheel 16,
whilst the pawl is moving in the direction of the arrow, Figures 1 and 3,
Sheet 3, the said pawl being at other times out of gear, and the ratchet
wheel stationary.
After each winding operation has been completed and the revolution
of the mechanism employed therein stopped the finishing apparatus
comes into operation. This apparatus consists of a bevil pinion 72 fixed
on the shaft P, and geared with a corresponding pinion 73 situate on one
extremity of a shaft 74 lying parallel to the shaft B, as shewn at
Figure 1, Sheet 1, of the Drawings. On the end of the shaft 74 opposite
to the pinion 73 a disc or crank 75 is fixed, as shewn at Figure 4,
Sheet 1, of the Drawings, and to a pin fixed in the said disc or crank
one end of a connecting rod 76 is attached, the opposite end thereof

page_text: being secured by a pin to a sliding or reciprocating plate 77 supported in
bearings 78 on the front plate 79 of the machine, as shewn at Figure 8,
Sheet 2, of the Drawings. The pin which connects the rod 76 to the
plate 77 slides in a slotted hole formed in the plate 79, wluch is fixed as
› regards backward and forward motion. On the plate 77 brackets 80
are fixed, on which swivelling sleeves or tubes 81 are held, and to theso
sleeves or tubes the finishing mechanism proper is attached.
Figures 9 to 13, inclusivo, Sheet 3, are details of the said mechanism,
the position of which on the plate 77 is illustrated at Figure 8, Sheet 3.
As shown by these Figures the finishing mechanism consists of a
tumbler 82 centred by a pin to the sleeve or tube S1, and on the side of
which an arm 83 is fixed. A spring 84 is also secured on the plate 77,
one end of which bears on the tumbler, and whose action thercon is to
force the said tumbler and arm 83 upwards into the position shewn on
the Drawings. Above the tumbler an arm 85 is secured to the sleovo 81,
and a spring 86, also fixed at one end to the plate 77, so acts on the
slcevo or swivel as to move it, together with the apparatus connected
thereto, through an arc in a horizontal plane when the plate 77 is
reciprocated, the said sleeve or swivel being held in position until
required to operate by a plate 117, Figure 13, which is fixed to tho
plate 79 and formed bevilled at its forward end. A knife 88 is attached
to the side of the arm 85, as shown. On a plate 89 situate in front of
the plates 77 and 79, and attached to the latter plate by studs passed
through slotted holes in the plate 89, other knives 91 are attached, as
shewn at Figure 8, Sheet 2, which knives are operated in an inclined
direction by pins or studs 92 fixed in the plate 77, and working in cam
grooves in the plate 89. The points of the knives 91 arc in close
proximity to the inner cnd or flanch of the bobbin or other holder when
situate in position on the winding spindles ʊ.
The operation of the finishing apparatus is as follows:-When the
shaft G has been thrown out of gear and the shaft P geared with the
shaft B, as herein-before described, the said shaft P in rotating recipro-
cates the plate 77 in the direction of the arrow, Figure 8, Sheet 2,
through the intervention of the bevil gearing 72, 73, shaft 74, and
connecting rod 76. The first action of the plate 77 is to bring the
inclined sides of projections 04 thereon into contact with the heels 95 of
strikers 96, which strikers acting on pins 97 projecting upwards from
B 2

page_text: the thread guides raise these guides from contact with the DODDIus or
holders.
The strikers 96 are shown in detail at Figures 13 and 14, Sheet 3,
in position relatively with the guides at Figure 10, Sheet 3, of the
Drawings, and in their position rolatively with the projections 94 at
Figure 8, Sheet 2 When this operation of raising the guides has been
effected the plate 77 in continuing to slide brings the arm 83 forward
until it catches the portion of thread between the bobbin and thread
guide, and the swivel 81 having at that time passed the bevil point of
the plate 117 the spring 86 comes into operation and turns the swivel
inwards until the arm 83 is opposite the collars or ruffs on the winding
spindle b. The inclined sides of the tumblers then come into contact
with pins 98, Figure 8, Sheet 2, projecting from the front plate 79.
Such contact with the pins depresses the tumblers 82 and arms 83
connected thereto, and causes the notched points of these arms to pass
in between the fast and loose collars or ruffs on the spindles b, carrying
the thread with them. Simultaneously with or previous to this operation
the pins 92 acting in the cam slots draw downwards the plate carrying the
knives 91, thereby causing the said knives to notch or nick the inner
flanches or ends of the bobbins, which being effected the knives 91 arc
slightly raised up in but not quite free of the notches or nicks, and the
further action of the pins 98 on the tumbers causes the arms 83 to pass
the thread into the said nicks, wherein it is held by the wood' in the
ordinary manner Whilst this is being effected the arm 85 also catches
the thread between the arm 83 and the guide 54, and the further
forward motion of the plate 77 after this has been donc causes the said
arm to pass the thread between the loose washer or ring e, and the collar or
ruff on the winding spindle b, and close in to the spindle itself, whereby
a firm hold or grip on the thread is obtained, the thread being held by
the spring d herein-before referred to The knives 91 are then raised
sufficiently to clear the bobbins, and the knives 88 sever the thread close
to the bobbins The plate 77 then returns to its normal position, whilst
the mechanism for removing the bobbins comes into operation and
pushes the said bobbins off the spindles b, as herem-before described,
which being effected the receptacles K are raised, and empty bobbins
placed on the spindles by the fingers o The shaft P, which during the
operations of finishing the thread, of removing the full bobbins and
of placing empty ones on the spindles & makes one complete revolution,

page_text: is then thrown out of gear, and the shaft G being again geared another
winding operation is carried on as herein-before described.
The machine is provided with apparatus for stopping the action of the
winding mechanism when a thread breaks, and at other desired times,
without disengaging the clutch K, and which consists of a shaft 99,
whercon a ratchet wheel is fixed for cach winding spindle. The said
shaft is rotated by a belt 100 passed round a pulley thereon, and also
round a pulley placed on a stud 101, which is rotated from the shaft G
by bevil gearing 102, Figure 1, Sheet 1, to brackets 103, situate on a
shaft 104 beneath the shaft 99 detents or pawls are attached loosely, as
shewn at 105, Figure 2, Sheet 2 of the Drawings The curls or loops 66,
through which the thread passes to the guides 54, are attached to the
front ends of these pawls, the tension on the thread maintaining the
pawls out of gear with the ratchet wheels When a thread breaks the
pawl in connexion therewith falls into gear with its ratchet wheel,
whereby the shaft 103 is moved through an arc, and causes a vertical
striker 106, keyed thereon, to come in contact with a rod 107 and shift
the driving belt from the fast pulley D to the loose pulley D'.
The construction of this apparatus is more particularly seen in detail
at Figures 14 and 15, Sheet 2, of the Drawings, and as shewn thereon
the lower end of the striker 106 is bevilled or inclined at that part
which acts on the rod 107, the end of which is also inclined, and enters
a notch formed in the rod 108 of the belt shifter 109 At the front end
of the machine the rod 108 is attached to a lever 110, which is connected
by a rod 111 to a lever carrying a weight 112, Sheet 1, and which is also
secured to a treddle or foot plate 113, Figure 3, Sheet 1. Thus tho
bevilled side of the striker 106, acting upon the similar side of the rod
107, releases the point of the said rod from the notch in the rod 108, and
the weight 112 thereupon moves the rod 108 forwards, causing the belt
slufter to shift the belt on to the loose pulley D' A pin fixed in the
rod 108 whilst the said rod is moving forwards acts on a lever 114
attached to a brake 115, similar in construction to that herein-before
described, and which is passed 1ound one of the winding wheels O. By
this means the rotation of the spindle carrying the said wheels is stopped
or retarded. A hand lever 116 is also attached to the rod 107 by
operating which the bolt shifter may be made to perform its functions
independently of the ratchet wheel and pawl arrangement. The belt is

page_text: again shifted on to the fast pulley by raising the weight 112 through the
intervention of the treddle or foot plate
In order to raise or lower the position of the plates 77, 79, and 89,
and apparatus in connexion therewith, to suit different diameters of
bobbins the machine is provided with a shaft 120, Figures 16 and 17,
Sheet 2, which is supported in the brackets 121, Figure 2, Sheet 2. On
the ends of the said shaft tappets 122 arc fixed, which enter holes or
openings made in the plate 79 A heel 123 is also formed on or fixed to
one end of the said shaft 120, which is acted upon by a screw pin 124
passed through a bracket 125 attached to the side of the frame or
table A When it is desired to raise the front plates of the machine the
pin 124 is operated so as to depress the heel 123, the heels or tappets
122 are thereby turned through an are upwards, and so raise the said
front plates to the desired extent. Other means may however be
employed for that purpose.
Pins are fixed in the front plate 79, which enter holes made in the
brackets 53 supporting the guides 54, so that when the said front plate
is lifted, as described, the front bar 127 carrying the guides is also raised
on the frame 52
Previous to raising the said bar the screws or pins attaching it to
the frame 52 are slackened Other equivalent means may however be
employed to raise the said bar and guides.
The machine hercin-before described and illustrated on the several
Sheets of Drawings hereunto appended may be modified as regards the
construction and arrangement thereof, it being understood that I do not
confine myself to the arrangement precisely as shown, for example,
the guiding mechanism instead of being placed in the position indicated
m plan at Figure 1, Sheet 1, may be situated at the rear of the framing A
and behind the duplex lever L. Further, instead of employing two
motion shafts B, G, to drive the machine, as herem-before set forth, one 3
such shaft only may be employed, in which case two clutches are situated
on a sleeve on the said shaft, and by operating an ordinary lover one of
such clutches is caused to drive the winding mechanism and the other
the finishing apparatus Instead of operating the sliding frame T by
connecting rods placed one at each end of the shaft P one such rod may 3
be connected to the centre of the said shaft and to a crank on a shaft
placed below the framing A, on whose opposite ends other crauks

page_text: attached to the sliding frame are placed. A crank under this arrange-
ment may also be placed on the said lower shaft to operate the bobbin
raising apparatus, or such apparatus may be operated in the manner
hercin-before referred to.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and the system, mode, or manner in or under which the
same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, I would observe
in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and there-
foro claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part
recited Letters Patentis,-
First. The general arrangement and construction of the machine or
apparatus herein-before described and shown on the appended Sheets of
Drawings or any mere modification thereof, and the employment of the
samc, as and for the purposes set forth.
Second. The arrangement of mechanism illustrated by the several
Figures 1 to 14, Sheet 3, of the Drawings, whereby the thread or yarn
is guided whilst being wound or built on the bobbins or other holders,
substantially as herein-before described.
Third. The combination of the striker Z with the leaves wand
tappet situate on the vertical shaft w¹, as herein-before described
and shewn, and the employment thereof, as and for the purposes set
forth.
Fourth. The sliding frame 52 on which the thread guides 54 arc sup-
ported and operated backwards and forwards in winding the thread,
substantially as herein-before described with reference to Figures 1, 2,
and 10, Sheet 3 of the Drawings.
Fifth. The combination of apparatus consisting of the pawl 15,
ratchet wheel 16, screw thread 17, adjustable heel or striker 18,
reciprocating rod 24, disc 28, rod 9, plate 7, and finger 13, and the
employment thereof, as and for the purposes set forth.
Sixth. The plate y and moveable projections y³ thereon, whereby the
traverse of the thread guiding and building mechanism is adjusted,
substantially as heroin-before described with reference to Figure 1,
Sheet 3, of the Drawings.
Seventh. The combination of levers and apparatus in connexion
therewith, whereby the action of the machine is revered from the quick

page_text: sub-
or winding motion to the slow or finishing motion, and vice versa,
stantially as herein-beforo described with reference to Figures 1, 6, 7, 8,
and 9, Sheet 3, of the Drawings, or any mere modification thereof.
Eighth. The thread guides 54 provided with springs 135, as seen at
Figures 10 and 11, Slicet 3, for retaining the thread in position in the i
guides, substantially as herein before described
Ninth. The arrangement of apparatus whereby the empty bobbins are
raised up into position for being placed on the spindles b, substantially
as hercin-before described with reference to Figuro 2, Sheet 2, of the
Drawings.
Tenth. The sliding frame T and apparatus for operating the same,
whereby the said frame is caused to push the empty bobbins on to the
spindles 6, and to remove the bobbins therefrom when filled with thread,
as herein-before described in reference to Figures -2 to 9,-Sheet 2, of the
Drawings.
Eleventh. The arrangement and construction of the fingers o.
Twelfth. Arranging the plate 89 and adjustable knives 91, in the
manner hercin-before described and shewn at Figure 8, Sheet 2, of tho
Drawings, whereby the said knives in descending vertically or at an
angle cut notches or "nicks" in the ends of the bobbins or other
holders.
"
Thirteenth The arrangement and construction of apparatus consisting
of the tumblers 82, arms 83, 85, knife 88, and springs 84 and 86,
whereby the thread is passed into the "nick or notch cut in the end of
the bobbin, and also secured between the collars or ruffs at c, on the
winding spindles b, substantially as hercin-before described with reference
to Figures 8 to 13, Sheet 2, of the Drawings.
Fourteenth. Arranging the winding spindles b with ruffs or collars e,
and with springs & to hold the end of the thread after it is severed from
the finished bobbin by the knife 88, and preparatory to commencing
another winding operation, substantially as herein-before described with
reference to Figures 1, Sheet 2, of the Drawings.
Fifteenth. The shaft 120 provided with tappets 122, whereby the
front plates 77, 79, and 89, and apparatus in connexion therewith,
together with the thread guides are adjusted vertically, as hercin-before
described with reference to Figures 16 and 17, Sheet 2, of the Drawings.
1

page_text: Sixteenth. The drag or presser 65, Figures 1, 2, and 3, Sheet 1, and
Figure 2, Sheet 2, whereby the tension on the thread is adjusted, sub-
stantially as herein-before described.
Seventeenth. The arrangement of apparatus illustrated at Figures 14
and 15, Sheet 2, of the Drawings, whereby the driving belt is shifted
from the fast pulley D to the loose pulley D' when a thread breaks,
and at other desired times, substantially as hercin-before described.
Eighteenth The heels or strikers 96, Figures 10, 13, & 14, Sheet 3,
and Figure S, Sheet 2, whereby the thread guides 54 are raised from the
bobbins at the end of each winding operation, substantially as herem-
before described.
In witness whercof, I, the said Samuel Bash, have hereunto set
my hand and coal this Fifth day of October One thousand night