IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOBBINS, MORE PARTICULARLY SUCH BOBBINS EMPLOYED IN SPINNING, DOUBLING AND TWISTING FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Clayton of the firm of C. and J. Clayton, of Bradford,
in the county of York, bobbin makers for an Invention of " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOBBINS, MORE
PARTICULARLY SUCH BOBBINS EMPLOYED IN SPINNING, DOUBLING AND TWISTING
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Clayton at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th November 1882.
JOHN CLAYTON of the firm of C & J. Clayton of Bradford in the County
of York, bobbin makers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOBBINS, MORE PARTICULARLY SUCH BOBBINS EMPLOYED IN
SPINNING, DOUBLING AND TWISTING FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
"
My invention has special reference to finishing bobbins and more especially those
in use in spinning, throwing, winding and twisting machines, the invention being
also applicable to finishing any other kind of bobbins and my invention has for its
object the finishing of bobbins, with sand or glass paper by means of machinery
instead of the present plan of finishing them with sand or glass paper by manual
labour and which heretofore has been done by placing the bobbins on a revolving
spindle, the workman holding between his fingers a strip of sand or glass paper and
pressing the same on the body of the revolving bobbin and with spool bobbins
having indents the workman has to take great care to polish and finish in the
indents or the bobbins would be faulty. By the employment of my sand or glass
paper finishing apparatus, I produce better bobbins with a great saving of time &
expense. For this purpose on the bedplate of a suitable framework I secure a
bracket having a cylindrical head in which works a plunger actuated by a lever
working on a stud secured in a jaw fitted to the end of the plunger; the other end
of the plunger is fitted with a short spindle on which is passed one end of the
bobbin to be operated upon; on the other end of the bedplate is secured another
bracket having two standards having heads in which works a small shaft and on
which is secured a fly-wheel and pulley; the end of the shaft towards the centre of

page_text: the machine is made with a short spindle which enters the other end of the bobbin
and secures the bobbin to be operated upon; the plunger spindle end is fitted with
a dropping lever which is connected by a rod to another dropping lever having a
head which slides on the spindle of the small shaft, so that when the workman actuates
and forces out the plunger, the rod brings forward the lever having the head, and
this head coming in contact with the bobbin having been operated on is knocked
off and falls in a suitable receiver. At the back of the framework are secured
brackets having heads in which works a shaft actuated by a pulley having cast or
secured a clutch fitted with projecting pins which when the shaft is to come in
operation gears in projections cast or fitted in a disk secured on the shaft; the
pulley is actuated by a belt worked by a pulley fitted on a shaft working in
supports fixed at the back of the apparatus. In the centre of the machine and on
the top of the bed plate is secured a plate having guides in which works a sliding
plate on which are secured two standards; in the top and between the standards are
fitted two rollers, the back roller receives a rotatory movement by means of a catch
wheel which is fitted on the spindle of the roller and outside the standard, the
catch wheel is actuated by a pawl working on a lever secured to the standard, so
that at each revolution of the sliding plate the catch wheel is moved a tooth giving
a slight turn to the roller; between the rollers is passed a band of sand or glass
paper which comes from a roll working on a spindle fitted at the back of the
apparatus; a break is also fitted over the catch wheel to stop the roller when a
bobbin is finished and for the-placing of another bobbin to be operated on.
the rollers and in front is secured a frame in which is placed india rubber packing
and over which is secured a piece of cork against which the sand or glass paper is
placed and when the bobbin to be operated on is pressed against the sand or
glass paper the cork gives an elastic action similar in action to the flexibility
of a workman's fingers when finishing bobbins by manual labour. The frame
having the rollers and india rubber packing is brought at each operation of a
bobbin to the bobbin by a cam fitted on the shaft having the disk which cam
works on a runner fitted in a jaw secured to the sliding plate, the cam is made
with a cut-away part which allows the frames having the rollers and sand and
'glass paper to be at rest during the finishing of the bobbins; below the rollers
is fitted a guide bar to keep the band of sand or glass paper pressed on the pieces
of cork and the band presents by means of the catch wheel a now surface for each
bobbin to be operated upon; and to give the rubbing action the frame work
carrying the bracket in which is placed the india-rubber and cork and the sand or
glass paper band receives a to and fro or vibrating quick action by means of a cam
or tappet which in revolving actuates a runner working in a jaw fixed to the
frame, the cam or tappet is secured on a shaft which is actuated by a pulley
working with the shaft fitted at the back of the apparatus
Under

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Clayton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 2nd May
1883.
JOHN CLAYTON of the firm of C and J Clayton of Bradford in the county of
York, Bobbin Makers "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN TILE MANU-
FACTURE OF BOBBINS, MORE PARTICULARLY SUCH BOBBINS EMPLOYED IN SPINNING,
DOUBLING AND TWISTING FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
"J
My invention has special reference to finishing bobbins and more especially thoso
in use in spinning, throwing, winding and twisting machines, the invention being
also applicable to finishing any other kind of bobbins and my invention has for its
object the finishing of bobbins with sand or glass paper or cloth by means of
machinery instead of the present plan of finishing them with sand or glass paper
by manual labour and which heretofore has been done by placing the bobbins on a
revolving spindle, the workman holding between his fingers a strip of sand or glass
paper and pressing the same on the body of the revolving bobbin and with spool
bobbins having indents the workman has to take great care to polish and finish in
the indents or the bobbins would be faulty. By the employment of my sand or
glass paper finishing apparatus, I produce better finished bobbins with a great
saving of time and expense.
In order to enable my improvements to be fully understood I will proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which figure 1,
represents a front elevation of my improved bobbin finishing machine; figure 2, a
side elevation and figure 3, a plan of the same. Similar letters of reference are
used in all the figures to represent similar parts.
On a frame A, is secured a bed plate B, on which is fixed a bracket C, having a
cylindrical head D, in which works a plunger E, actuated by a lever F, working on
a stud G, fixed in a bracket H; the arm I, of the lover F, is fitted at the end with
a projection or claw to actuate a clutch box J, so that when the plunger is drawn
out or in the cylinder D, the arm I, removes the clutch out of gear from the clutch
box and stops the machine to allow of placing in another bobbin to bo operated
upon; the lever F, works in a jaw K, secured on the end of the plunger E, and on
the other end of the plunger is fitted a drop lever L, and also a short spindle M,
made to enter the end of the bobbin hole of the bobbin N, to be operated upon.
On the other end of the bed plate B, is fitted a bracket .O, in the heads P, of
which works a small shaft Q, baving a fly wheel and pulley R, and in the end of
the shaft Q, is also secured a drop lever S, and short spindle T, which enters the
other end of the bobbin hole, so that when the plunger is brought in, the bobbin is
secured in position to be operated upon; to the drop lever L, is secured a rod U,
which is secured in the required position by a set screw to the other lever S, and
the top of this lever is made with a head V, to slide on the spindle T, which comes
in contact with the head of the bobbin when the workman actuates the lever F,
and forces out the plunger E, which knocks off the bobbin which has been operated
upon and the bobbin falls in a suitable receiver,
The back of the bracket C, is formed with arms W, having heads X, in which
works a sbaft Y, driven by a pulley Z, actuated by a belt A', receiving action from
another pulley B', secured on a shaft C, actuated by a pulley D', driven by a strap.
On the shaft Y, is fitted a clutch box E', and the clutch is fitted with pins which
when the shaft comes into operation by the action of the plunger lever gear in
projections in a disc J, which is secured on the shaft Y, and on the shaft is fixed
aspur wheel F', which actuates a small wheel G', giving action to a shaft H', on
which is fixed a wheel I', which gears with another wheel J', to give a to and fro
motion to the sand or glass paper operating on the bobbin.

page_text: On the shaft H', is fixed a cylindrical casting K', having arms L', carrying a
plate M, having brackets N', in which work the spindles of the rollers O', and P¹;
the roller O', is actuated by a catch wheel Q', which is fitted on the spindle of the
roller and the catch wheel is actuated by a pawl R', working on a stud and at
each stroke of the frame carrying the rollers, the pawl R¹, actuates a tooth of the
catch wheel Q, giving a slight turn to the roller O', and band of sand or glass
paper S¹, which is passed between the rollers O', and P', presenting a new surface
for each bobbin operated upon at each stroke of the rubbing apparatus. The band
of sand or glass paper comes from a roll T¹, wound on a rollor fitted in frames U¹,
and I can employ a break fitted over the catch wheel to stop the rollers when a
bobbin is finished and for the placing of another bobbin to be operated upon.
Under the rollers O¹, and P', and between the brackets N', is placed india rubber
packing V, and a piece of cork W, which when the rubbing frame comes in
operation presses on the sand or glass paper and the india rubber and cork give an
elastic action similar to the flexibility of a workman's fingers when finishing
bobbins by manual labour and the frame or apparatus having the india rubber and
cork packing is brought at each operation of a bobbin to the bobbin by a cam X',
which is secured on the end of the shaft Y, and in the race Y¹, of the cam X',
works a runner Z', which is fitted on a stud secured to the frame of the rubbing
apparatus, and the cam is made with a cut away part to allow the apparatus to be
at rest during the finishing of a bobbin; the can is actuated by the shaft Y.
To give the rubbing action of the sand or glass paper on the bobbin a casting
having angular shaped plates A³, is fitted between the arms L', and on the shaft of
the wheel J, the angular shaped plates A², actuate a tappet B3; which is secured
under a sliding plate C², working in guides formed in the rubbing frame and the
tappet B2, gives a quick to and fro or vibrating action to the sand or glass paper
which is being pressed on the bobbin by the piece or packing of cork; below the
rollers O; and P, is fitted-a guide bar to keep the band of sand or glass paper
pressed on the cork packing and the band of sand or glass paper passes frour the roll
over a roller D2, fitted in brackets and in front of the machine.
Having thus described my invention and the best means I am acquainted with
for carrying the same into effect I would have it understood that I do not confine
inyself to the precise details shewn and described, as these may be varied without
departing from the peculiar character of the invention, but what I claim is
Firstly. The combination of parts forming the new and improved apparatus for
finishing bobbins with sand or glass paper or cloth instead of finishing them by
manual labour as hitherto, substantially in the manner and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing or any mero
modifications thereof.
Secondly. The construction and employment of apparatus for finishing bobbins
with sand or glass paper, substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in
the accompanying drawing.
In Witness whereof I the said John Clayton have hereto set my hand and seal
this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
Witness
and signVy VAITCO
WALTER JAS. TURNER C.E
Patent Agent
Bradford
.
JOHN CLAYTON (L.S.)