Improvements in Machinery for Winding Yarn onto Conical or Parallel Tubes or Bobbins.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 16th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Winding Yarn onto Conical or
Parallel Tubes or Bobbins.
We, EDWARD HOLLINGWORTHI, of the Firm of Hutchinson, Hollingworth and
Company, Limited, of Colne Road, Huddersfield, in the County of York, Machine
Makers, and WILLIAM MITCHELL, of the same place, Manager, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists in constructing, arranging, and combining a new form of
apparatus for winding yarn onto conical or parallel tubes placed horizontally.
In carrying out our invention we mount any suitable number of cones or conical
drums upon a horizontal rotary shaft. The tubes to be filled with yarn are placed
upon maundrills of the required shape, the axes of the maundrills resting in bearings
in a suitable form of bobbin holder. This bobbin holder which occupies a
vertical position is capable of sliding up and down within vertical grooves or
recesses formed in the framework to suit the varying diameter of the bobbin. The
yarn is presented to the tube by a thread guide, caused to travel quickly backward
and forward horizontally the full length of the tube by means of a revolving
drum provided with a spiral or cam groove, but one important feature of our
invention is to cause the point of the thread guide to traverse backward and forward
over the surface or inclined plane of the cone and yet be always equidistant from
the periphery of the said cone whether it be of the small or large end thereof,
consequently the thread is guided direct to the underside of the paper tube all
along its course. The means we employ for giving to the thread guide a positive
backward and forward motion and to make it rise and fall with the varying
diameter of the cone is accomplished in the following manner. The thread guide
is mounted on a horizontal rod and at a short distance below this rod is another
but shorter horizontal rod arranged out of parallel with the rod carrying the
thread guide. Upon two rods we place a bracket which rides loosely upon the
bottom rod, but the bracket is fastened upon the upper rod carrying the thread
guide, therefore on the thread guide being carried backward and forward by the
spiral groove in the revolving drum the latter rod is twisted, in doing which, the
thread guide is made to rise gradually, whilst the backward motion of the thread
guide is twisted in the reverse direction which causes the thread guide to gradually
descend in going backward. By this means the thread guide in its horizontal
movement rises and falls to suit the varying diameter of the cone. The bottom
rod, which is out of parallel with the top rod, can be arranged to suit the incline of
the cone to any desired extent. Instead of employing the two horizontal rods one
out of parallel with the other for causing the thread guide to follow the inclined
plane of the cones, the thread guide may slide backward and forward upon a flat bar
slightly twisted so as to cause the thread guide to follow the inclined plane of
If required a grooved drum may be employed at both ends of the frame
to traverse the thread guide but if not, the horizontal rods for moving the
thread guides may be connected at the opposite end of the frame by an oscil-
lating lever so that the thread guides at both sides of the machine may work in
unison, suitable lock nuts being employed to keep the rods at a suitable tension.
When the yarn breaks and the attendant desires to piece up the broken ends, the
bobbin holder which carries the bobbin can be raised by pulling a trigger and
placing a catch underneath a holding piece. By this means the bobbin is suspended,
the cone.

page_text: leaving the attendant with both hands at liberty to piece up.
When this is done
the trigger is operated in the reverse direction and the bobbin holder descends
placing the partially filled cop upon the winding cone. The bobbin holder is
weighted so as to cause the cop to bear with sufficient pressure upon the winding
cone. We may employ self acting stop motion mechanism in connection with our
improved winding frame so as to stop the frame when the yarn breaks. To do this
we place a drop wire upon the yarn so that when the latter breaks the drop wire
is caught hold of by a revolving cage or wiper which forces a bar onward causing
a bell crank lever to be operated, one end of which, when operated, lifts the
bobbin holder from contact with the winding on cone. Upon the upper end of the
drop wire is a hinged or pivoted finger which will rise so as to let the drop wire
descend and this will happen when the yarn is not broken but when it sticks, from
any cause whereby the frame will be stopped in the same manner as when the yarn
breaks.
In combination with this winding frame we may employ a pair of cone pulleys
and strap so as to alter the speed of the frame according to the class of yarn
being wound this being a new feature in yarn winding machinery.
Although we have referred in this Specification to winding yarn upon a conical
tube we would observe that a parallel tube may rest upon the winding cones so as
to wind a parallel roll or "cheese" as they are technically called.
Dated this 11th day of April 1894.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Agents.
Improvements in Machinery for Winding Yarn onto Conical or
Parallel Tubes or Bobbins.
We, EDWARD HOLLINGWORTH, of the Firm of Hutchinson, Hollingworth and
Company, Limited, of Colne Road, Huddersfield, in the County of York, Machine
Makers, and WILLIAM MITCHELL, of the same place, Manager, 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 :-
Our invention consists in constructing, arranging and combining a new form of
apparatus
for winding yarn onto conical or parallel tubes placed horizontally.
In order that our invention may be fully understood we make reference to the
accompanying sheets of drawings illustrative thereof, wherein Fig. 1 is a cross
section of a drum winding frame having our improvements applied thereto the
section being taken through line x, x, in Fig. 2 which is front elevation and Fig. 3
plan view of some of the parts. A is the framing of the machine and B the
conical winding drums mounted on shaft C receiving its rotary motion by a train
of spur gearing D from the cone E which cone is driven by belt F from a
corresponding cone G mounted on the main driving shaft H.
a represents a tube made from paper or other material mounted upon maundrils b
the studs c of which enter into eyelets d formed in the double bracket or bobbin
holder e which bracket is capable of sliding up and down in grooves f made in the
vertical standards f¹ shewn more clearly in Fig. 6. This said bracket is made
movable vertically so as to permit it to rise as the yarn is being wound upon the
paper tube.
In first commencing to wind, the maundril is placed in position in the
bobbin holder with the paper tube resting upon the conical drum B and the yarn
to be wound upon the paper tube is guided to the top of the conical drum by means
of a guide g which is caused to travel quickly backward and forward horizontally
the full length of the tube by means of a revolving drum I made with a spiral or

page_text: cam groove J which traverses the thread guides g backward and forward. These
guides are fastened upon the horizontal rod K connected to the block or head I
having a bowl or runner M which enters the spiral groove J, and, in order to
prevent concussion when the head L reciprocates backward and forward we screw
into the said head, studs or short rods N the outer ends of which come into contact
with pieces of india rubber ☐ secured in the framework A. One important
feature of our invention is to cause the outer point of the thread guide g to
traverse backward and forward upon the surface or inclined plane of the come
drums B and yet to cause the said thread guides to be always equidistant from the
periphery of the said cones whether they be at the small or larger end thereof,
consequently the thread is guided direct to the underside of the paper tube all
along its course. The means we employ for giving to the thread guides ga
positive backward and forward motion and to make them rise and fall with the
varying diameter of each cone is accomplished in the following manner :-
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thread guides, as already stated, are mounted on the horizontal rod K and at a
short distance below this rod K is another but shorter horizontal rod h twisted or
arranged out of parallel with the upper rod K which carries the thread guides, see
elevation Fig. 2 and plan Fig. 3. Upon these two rods, we place the thread
guides which are made to ride loosely upon the bottom or twisted rod, the said
thread guides being fastened upon the upper rod, therefore, on the thread guides
being carried backward and forward by the spiral groove in the revolving drum I
the upper rod is twisted or turned partially around, its extreme length permitting
this to be done, in doing which the thread guides are caused to rise gradually
following the incline of the conical drums B, whilst on the backward motion of the
thread guides, the upper rod is twisted in the reverse direction causing the thread
guides to gradually descend along the plane of the drums. By this means the
thread guides in their horizontal movement rise and fall to suit the varying
diameter of the cones.
The bottom rod which is out of parallel with the top rod K can be arranged
to suit the incline of cones to any desired extent. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the
rod h twisted, instead of being arranged out of parallel with rod K and it will be
seen that in consequence of the short twisted bar being stationary and the lower
arm of the thread guide g sliding upon it, that the upper rod will be twisted by the
backward and forward motion of said thread guides.
One of these twisted rods will serve for about six bobbins. If required a
grooved drum I may be employed at both ends of the machine to traverse the
thread guides but if not the horizontal rods K for moving the thread guides 'may
be connected together at the opposite end of the machine by a lever P (see Fig. 8)
so that both will work in unison, suitable lock nuts j being used to adjust the rods
and keep them at a suitable tension.
When the yarn breaks and the attendant desires to piece up the broken ends,
the bobbin holder e which carries the bobbin a can be raised by lifting up the
trigger or lever k and placing a catch underneath a holding part m the said
catch being weighted at its opposite end so as to ensure the catch moving under
the holding part m when such holding part is presented to the catch by the
movement of the lever k. By this means the bobbin can be suspended and lifted
clear of the cones B, thus leaving the attendant with both hands at liberty to piece
up. When this is done the trigger or lever k is operated in the reverse direction
whereby the bobbin holder e descends placing the partially filled bobbin back
again on the winding cone. Also, when the bobbin is full the bobbin holder e will
have been raised sufficiently high as to bring the holding part m underneath the
catch so that the winding of yarn will discontinue automatically when the bobbin
is full.
We may employ in connection with our improved cone winding machine self
acting stop motion or mechanism.
To do this we place a drop wire n upon the yarn (see Fig. 1) so that when the
yarn breaks, the lower ends of the drop wire n are caught hold of by a revolving

page_text: cage or wiper Q which forces the horizontal bar R onward, the end of which
strikes a weighted bell crank lever S one end of which, when operated, lifts the
bobbin holder e from contact with the winding on cone thus permitting the catch!
to take hold of the holding part m whereby the machine is automatically stopped
when the thread breaks or is used up.
Upon the upper end of the drop wire n is a hinged or pivoted part o which rests
upon the thread, and this hinged part will rock upon its pivot p to let the drop
wire descend when the yarn is not broken but when it sticks or when the yarn is
caught hold of by any part of the mechanism whereby the frame will be stopped in
the same manner as if the yarn had broken.
When we employ a self acting stop mechanism to this machine the necessary
friction upon the yarn is obtained by the said yarn passing over guide pulleys ŕ,
but when the machine is made without the self acting stopping motion, we
employ horizontal rods s in front of the machine as shewn in Fig. 5 so that
when the yarn passes over and under the said rods the necessary tension is
obtained.
The yarn is unwound from reels T but their arrangement and operation forms
no part of our present invention.
Although we have referred in this Specification to winding yarn upon a
conical tube we would observe that a parallel tube may rest upon the winding
cones so as to wind a parallel roll or cheese as they are technically called.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :-
Firstly. In a cone drum winding frame, the use therein of a bobbin holder e,
thread guides g, operated by a grooved drum I in combination with the angularly
arranged or twisted rod h, the latter being employed for causing the thread guides
to follow the angle of the cone drums.
Secondly. In a cone drum winding frame, the use therein of a bobbin holder e,
thread guides g, operated by a grooved drum I in combination with means for
lifting the bobbin holder and suspending it upon a catch 1, all arranged as
described.
Thirdly. In a cone drum winding frame, the use therein of a bobbin holder e,
thread guides g, operated by a grooved drum I in combination with drop wires n
for automatically stopping the machine when the thread breaks or is used up.
Fourthly. In a cone drum winding frame, the use therein of a bobbin holder e,
thread guides g, operated by a grooved drum I in combination with cone pulleys E
and G for the purpose of altering the speed of the frame according to the class of
yarn being wound.
Dated this 11th day of January 1895.
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TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Patent Agents.