Improvements in or relating to Spinning and Balling Machines.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1893'
Complete Specification Left, 17th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 21st Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Spinning and Balling Machines.
A communication by JAMES HARVEY MONROE, of The Colonial Cordage Co., Ltd.,
St. John, in the British Colony of Newfoundland, Cordage Manufacturer.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of The Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street, Manchester,
both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to combined spinning and balling machines, and consists
in a novel combination of parts whereby the intervention of wooden bobbins is
avoided and the extra labor of balling is rendered unnecessary.
The main frame may be of any usual and ordinary construction, carrying the
flyer and the bobbin, and various other parts of the apparatus.
The flyer comprises two heads which are maintained the proper distance apart
by means of two longitudinally-slotted tubes which enclose the screw shafts.
One of the heads is provided with a hollow journal or gudgeon which is mounted
in a suitable box or bearing and is provided beyond the said bearing with a
pulley.
The opposite head of the flyer is provided with a similar hollow journal which is
encircled by a sleeved pinion, the outer end of which is notched to receive a lug
projecting from the hub of a band wheel or pulley. This band wheel is secured
fast upon the end of a steel tube, which fits within the hollow gudgeon and carries
at its inner end the pinion. This pinion engages with grooved rollers or, more
properly speaking, with pinions formed upon or secured to said rollers.
The rollers are each carried by or mounted upon a short shaft secured at
one end to the head of the flyer, and connected at the opposite end to a head or
plate.
This plate or head is provided with a central bore or opening to receive a short
stud shaft projecting from the outer face of the bobbin disc or head.
The sleeved pinion, to which reference has already been made, gears into two
idlers, mounted upon the outer face of the flyer head, and these idlers in turn
engage pinions secured upon the ends of the screw shaft.
Secured upon each of the slotted tubes which are fast in the heads, is a block
which carries a small grooved wheel or guide pulley, which is directly opposite the
grooved roller.
Mounted upon each of the sleeves or tubes so as to be free to move back and
forth thereon, is a traveller which carries a grooved wheel or guide pulley to receive
the yarn from wheel, and which is provided also with a swiveled yoke or nut to
enter the threads in the screw shaft,-the stem or shank of said yoke or nut
passing through the slot formed in the tube or shell.
The second head or disc of the bobbin is secured upon the inner end of a shaft
which passes freely through the hollow journal or gudgeon and is provided with a
band wheel or pulley.
This shaft is mounted in a suitable bearing on the main frame, and is adapted
to slide lengthwise with its disc, said shaft being held normally against such
longitudinal movement by means of a lever working in suitable guides on the
main frame.

page_text: Disc is provided with two substantially semi-circular seats on its inner face, to
receive the end of the spindle, the opposite end of the spindle being supported by
the shaft which projects beyond the inner face of the disc.
The spindle is composed of two plates or bars nearly semi-circular in cross
section. When these bars are inserted into the openings, their opposite ends are
held the proper distance apart by means of the shaft, whose end projects between
and supports them.
The yarn passes through the tube, thence around the grooved rollers, over the
grooved wheels and to the traversing or travelling rollers from which it passes to
the bobbin spindle.
The power for actuating the traversing screws is independent of the flyer-
rotating and bobbin-rotating devices, and hence the winding of the bobbin may
be easily controlled and rendered uniform during the increase in the size of the
bobbin.
The band wheel is the means of communicating motion to the screw-gearing,
and also to the feed rolls; while the bobbin and the flyer are driven respectively.
from the band wheels or pulleys.
. When these various parts are put in motion, the yarn will be fed upon the
rotating spindle from the wheel, which is carried lengthwise of the spindle by
means of the screw, until the yarn reaches the disc, whereupon the direction of
travel of the said wheel or roller is reversed, owing to the formation of right and
left threads on the screw and the employment of the swivel nut or yoke which is
sometimes termed a butterfly. When, now, the yarn reaches the disc, the direction
of travel of the block and its wheel is again reversed. This operation continues
until a sufficient quantity of yarn has been wound upon the spindle, when the
machine is stopped. The handle or lever is now raised, and the shaft is moved
outward about an inch, carrying with it the disc. The outer end of the spindle
being unsupported, it collapses, and may be readily removed from the disc and
withdrawn from the centre of the ball.
From the foregoing description, it will be seen that no fixed bobbin is
employed but merely two discs, between which is placed a removable and
collapsible spindle, thus saving the intervention of wooden bobbins and the extra
labor of balling.
It will also be noticed that, by giving the bobbin no longitudinal movement,
and by causing the feed wheels to traverse or travel in a path parallel to the
bobbin spindle, the machine is rendered much shorter and more compact than
heretofore.
A shaft is journaled in the base of the frame carrying fast and loose band
wheels, and a bevel gear, said band wheels being adapted to receive a belt from
any desired motor.
At right angles to shaft is a second shaft carrying at one end a bevel gear to
mesh with pinion, and at the opposite end a band wheel about which the belt from
wheel passes.
Beneath the wheels the shaft is provided with fast and loose wheels about
which, and the corresponding wheels above, pass the belts. Adjacent to the
loose wheel, and secured fast upon the shaft, is a friction wheel or disc which,
by reason of its frictional engagement with the wheel, imparts motion to the latter
when the shaft is rotated.
Above the shaft is another shaft which is so connected with other parts of the
machine, that, when the yarn breaks, the belt shifter, carried or operated by the
shaft, will throw the belt from the fast pulley to the loose pulley and thus stop
the machine.
Such a device as this is common and has long been in use in machines of this
character, und hence only such parts of said mechanism are described as are necessary
to proper understanding of the invention.
To this shaft, which for convenience will be termed the stop shaft, is secured' a

page_text: brake or block which, when the shaft turns in its bearings to shift the belt, shall
bear upon the friction disc and prevent overrunning after the belt has been shifted,
as occurs in the present machines.
Dated this 16th dox of June 1893
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Spinning and Balling Machines.
A communication by JAMES HARVEY MONROE, of The Colonial Cordage. Co., Ltd.,
St. Johns, in the British Colony of Newfoundland, Cordage Manufacturer.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of The Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6 Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, and 323 High Holborn in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to combined spinning and balling machines, and consists in
a novel combination of parts whereby the intervention of wooden bobbins is avoided
and the extra labour of bailing is rendered unnecessary.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of the improved machine on two different
planes:
Figure 2, a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same:
:
and
Figure 3, a vertical transverse sectional view on the line x-x of Figure 2:
Figure 4, a face view of one of the bobbin discs or heads
Figures 5 and 6, views illustrating certain details of construction hereinafter
particularly specified.
A, indicates the main frame, which may be of any usual and ordinary construction,
carrying the flier and the bobbin, and various other parts of the apparatus.
The flier B comprises two heads C C', which are maintained the proper distance
apart by means of two longitudinally-slotted tubes D which inclose the screw
shafts E. One of the heads, C¹, is provided with a hollow journal or gudgeon C'
which is mounted in a suitable box or bearing C³ and is provided beyond the said
bearing with a pulley F. The opposite head C of the flier is provided with a
similar hollow journal C' which is encircled by a sleeved pinion G, the outer end of
which is notched as shown in Figure 2 to receive a lug G projecting from the hub
of a band wheel or pulley G². This band wheel G is secured fast upon the end of
a steel tube H, which fits within the hollow gudgeon and carries at its inner end
the pinion I. This pinion 1 engages with the grooved rollers J J, or more
properly speaking, with pinions a a formed upon or secured to said rollers.
Rollers JJ, are each carried by or mounted upon a short shaft K secured at one
end to the head C of the flier, and connected at the opposite end to a head or
plate I. This plate or head L is provided with a central bore or opening to
receive a short stud shaft b projecting from the outer face of the bobbin disc or
head M.
The sleeved pinion G, to which reference has already been made, gears into two
idlers G³, G³, mounted upon the outer face of the flier head C, and these idlers in
turn engage pinions G, G4, secured upon the ends of the screw shaft E.
Secured upon each of the slotted tubes D, which are fast in the heads C, C, is a
block D' which carries a small grooved wheel or guide pulley c which is directly
opposite the grooved roller J.

page_text: Mounted upon each of the sleeves or tubes D so as to be free to move back and
forth thereon, is a traveller N, which carries a grooved wheel or guide pulley d to
receive the yarn from wheel c; and which is provided also with a swivelled yoke or
nut O to enter the threads in the screw shaft E-the stem or shank of said yoke or
nut passing through the slot e formed in the tube or shell D.
P indicates the second head or disc of the bobbin, said disc being secured upon the
inner end of a shaft Q which passes freely through the hollow journal or gudgeon C
and is provided with a band wheel or pulley R. Shaft Q is inounted in a suitable
bearing P, on the main frame, and is adapted to slide lengthwise with its disc P,
said shaft being held normally against such longitudinal movement by means of a
lever P working in suitable guides P3 on the main frame.
Disc M is provided with two substantially semi-circular seats ff on its inner face,
to receive the end of the spindle S, the opposite end of the spindle being supported
by the shaft Q which projects beyond the inner face of disc P.
The spindle S is composed of two plates or bars g nearly semi-circular in cross
section. When these bars are inserted into the openings f, as shown, their opposite
ends are held the proper distance apart by means of the shaft Q whose end projects
between and supports them.
The yarn passes through the tube H, thence around the grooved rollers J, J,
over the grooved wheels c, and to the traversing or travelling rollers d from
which it passes to the bobbin spindle.
The power for actuating the traversing screws independent of the flier-rotating
and bobbin-rotating devices, and hence the winding of the bobbin may be easily
controlled and rendered uniform during the increase in the size of the bobbin.
The band wheel G2 is the means of communicating motion to the screw-gearing,
and also to the feed rolls J; while the bobbin and the flier are driven respectively
from the band wheels or pulleys R and F. When these various parts are put in
motion, the yarn will be fed upon the rotating spindle from the wheel d, which is
arried lengthwise of the spindle by means of the screw E, until the yarn reaches
.he disc P, whereupon the direction of travel of the said wheel or roller is reversed,
owing to the formation of right and left threads on the screw and the employment
of the swivel nut or yoke O which is sometimes termed a butterfly. When, now,
the yarn reaches the disc M, the direction of travel of the block N and its wheel d
is again reversed. This operation continues until a sufficient quantity of yarn has
been wound upon the spindle, when the machine is stopped. The handle or
lever P2 is now raised, and the shaft Q is moved outward about an inch, carrying
with it the disc P. The outer end of the spindle being unsupported, it collapses,
and may be readily removed from the disc M and withdrawn from the centre of
the ball.
From the foregoing description it will be seen that no fixed bobbin employed,
but merely two discs between which is placed a removable and collapsible spindle,
thus saving the intervention of wooden bobbins and the extra labour of balling.
It will also be noticed that, by giving the bobbin no longitudinal movement, and
by causing the feed wheels d to traverse or travel in a path parallel to the
bobbin spindle, the machine is rendered much shorter and more compact than
heretofore.
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T indicates a shaft journalled in the base of the frame and carrying fast and
loose band wheels T and T2, and the bevel gear T3, said band wheels being adapted to
receive a belt from any desired motor. At right angles to shaft T is a second
sliaft U carrying at one end a bevel gear U¹ to mesh with pinion T³, and at the
opposite end, a band wheel U2 about which the belt U³ from wheel G2 passes.
Beneath the wheels and R, the shaft U is provided with fast and loose wheels V
and W, about which, and the corresponding wheels above, pass the belts V₁ and W.
Adjacent to the loose wheel W, and secured fast upon the shaft, is a friction wheel
or disc W which, by reason of its frictional engagement with the wheel W, imparts
motion to the latter when the shaft is rotated. Above the shaft U is another
shaft X, which is so connected with other parts of the machine that, when the

page_text: yarn breaks, the belt shifter, carried or operated by the shaft, will throw the belt.
from the fast pulley T' to the loose pulley T, and thus stop the machine. Such
a device as this is common and has been long in use in machines of this character,.
and hence only such parts of said mechanism as are necessary to the proper
understanding of this invention will be shown. To this shaft X-which for
convenience will be termed the stop shaft-a brake or block Y is secured, which,
when the shaft turns in its bearings to shift the belt, shall bear upon the friction.
disc W2 and prevent overrunning after the belt has been shifted, as occurs in the
present machines.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven--
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In combination with a rotatable flier, a collapsible bobbin mounted therein,
and a driving shaft for the bobbin adapted to hold or sustain the latter against
collapse, all substantially as shown and described.
2. In combination with the flier B provided with the hollow gudgeons or
journals C and C, a sleeved pinion G surrounding the gudgeon or journal C, a
hollow shaft H passing through the gudgeon C and provided at its inner end with
a gear wheel I, and at its outer end with a band wheel G2, the grooved rollers J
provided with gear teeth a to mesh with the gear wheel I, the screw shafts E each.
provided with gears or pinions G', intermediate gears G³ connecting the gears G
with the sleeved pinion G, and the traversing yarn guide N mounted upon the
screw shafts, all substantially as shown and described.
3. In combination with the rotatable flier B, the rotatable bobbin mounted,
therein and comprising the plates or discs M and P and the collapsible shaft or
spindle S, and a longitudinally moving shaft Q, carrying disc P, and adapted to
support one end of the collapsible spindle, and to thereby sustain the bobbin against
collapse, all substantially as shown and described.
4. In combination with the rotatable flier B, the bobbin mounted therein,
comprising the discs or plates M and P, and the collapsible spindle S; the shaft Q.
projecting through the disc P and adapted to sustain the outer ends of the
collapsible spindle, and means for holding the shaft Q in proper position whereby
the said shaft shall hold the bobbin against collapse.
5. In combination with disc or plate M having the pockets or recesses f, the disc
or plate P provided with a shaft Q which projects beyond the inner face of said
disc, a locking device for holding the shaft Q in proper position, and a collapsible
spindle comprising two transversely curved bars fitting at one end into the Bockets f,
and sustained at their opposite ends by the inwardly projecting ends of the shaft Q-
all substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 16th day of March 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,.
Agents.