Improvements connected with Bead Threading Machinery.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 26th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 18th Jan., 199
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Bead Threading Machinery.
We, LEOPOLD MYERS, of Charlotte Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Pen
Manufacturer, and CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY, of 128, Colmore Row,
Birmingham, aforesaid, Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to bead threading machines of that kind in which the
needles and the threads on which the beads are threaded are arranged side by side
the said needles being curved around or partly around guide rollers in the bead
threading machine so as to be kept in position while the beads are moved along
them and along the said threads or strings, for instance as described in the
Specification of our prior Letters Patent No. 19322 of A.D. 1891.
Our present invention consists of an appliance for carrying the cotton bobbins
and adapted for use in removing the needles from the machine for threading and
for replacing the needles in the machine the said appliance being so arranged that
when the threaded needles have been replaced in the machine the said appliance
with the cotton bobbins can be moved along the table on which the machine is
fixed so that the cottons or threads with which the needles are threaded will be
unwound from the bobbins to any length required ready for the threaded beads to
be moved along them.
The said appliance consists of a base plate or board adapted to be movel along
the guides on the table and along which are moved the moving boards or sections
which move the beads along the threads and divide them into spaces for bunching
as described in the Specification of our prior Letters Patent No. 21192 of
A.D. 1892. The said base plate or board carries the bobbins, corresponding in
number with the needles in the machine, each suitably mounted so as to revolve to
pay out the cottons when they are pulled. The cottons from the bobbins pass
through holes in guide plates so as to be led away straight to their respective
needles. Near the front end of the base plate there are two upwardly inclined side
brackets hooked at their fore ends and adapted to engage under the spindle or
roller partly around which the needles are bent. The said base plate or board is
provided with a handle or handles by which it can be carried. The aforesaid
horizontal spindle and another spindle round which the needles pass as described in
the Specification of our prior Letters Patent No. 19322 of A.D. 1891 above
referred to are both carried by a carriage which is formed with end bearings in
which both spindles revolve and is so constructed as to be readily removed from the
machine with the spindles and needles and readily replaced therein.
When it is desired to remove the needles from the machine for threading them
the said bobbin holding appliance is placed in position so that the hooked ends of
its two side brackets will engage under the said spindle which carries the needles
and thus enable the said carriage with the spindles and needles to be lifted off the
frame of the machine and removed to any convenient place for threading the
needles. The needles can now be threaded by the cotton's from the bobbins and
When the
meanwhile another set of threaded needles can be used in the machine.
needles have been threaded as aforesaid the said carriage with its spindles and the
needles passing around the same are replaced in the machine ready for the beads to
be threaded thereon and the hooked ends of the two side brackets are then

page_text: disengaged from the said spindle and the said bobbin holding appliance is moved
away from the needles the cottons meanwhile unwinding from the bobbins. The
bobbin holding appliance can be moved along the guides on the table to the far end
thereof thereby unwinding the cottons from the bobbins and leaving them in
position side by side ready for the beads to be moved along them by the moving
boards or sections above referred to or by other means. After the beads have
been threaded on the cottons the latter are cut close to the bobbin holding
appliance and this is then brought back to the machine proper and the needles
removed by it as aforesaid ready for threading again.
Dated this 11th day of March 1895.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Bead Threading Machinery.
We, LEOPOLD MYERS, of Charlotte Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Pen
Manufacturer, and CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY, of 128, Colmore Row,
Birmingham, aforesaid, Engineer and Patent Agent, 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 has reference to bead threading machines of that kind in which
the needles and the threads on which the beads are threaded are arranged side by
side the said needles being curved around or partly around guide rollers in the bead
threading machine so as to be kept in position while the beads are moved along
them and along the said threads or strings, for instance as described in the
Specification of our prior Letters Patent No. 19322 of A.D. 1891.
Our present invention consists of an appliance for carrying the cotton bobbins or
wire bobbins while the cotton or wire is being paid out from the same, and adapted
for use in removing the needles from the machine when the beads have been
threaded on to the cottons or wires and they have been cut off from the needles,
and for holding the needles whilst they are being threaded, and then when the
threaded needles have by the said appliance been replaced in the machine, the
said appliance with the cotton bobbins or wire bobbins can be moved along
the table on which the machine is fixed in front of the travelling sections so that
the threads or wires with which the needles are threaded will be unwound from the
bobbins to any length required ready for another lot of beads to be threaded
thereon.
This invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawing on which the same
letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of an appliance constructed according to this
invention shewn in position on a part of the slides on the table on which the
threading machine is mounted ;
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation and Fig. 3 is a plan of the said appliance shewn
close up to the threading machine in position ready to remove or replace the
needles in the machine;
Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of a bead threading machine with our
invention applied so as to illustrate the operation of the same and Fig. 5 shews the
needle holder of the same separately with the needles in position but the lower parts
of the needles are broken away.
The said appliance consists of a base plate L adapted to be moved along the
guides QQ on the table Ralong which the moving boards or sections E E E³ E
and others not shewn upon the drawing are moved to move the beads along the
threads or wires as described in the Specification of our prior Letters Patent

page_text: No. 21192 of A.D. 1892. These guides Q1 Q2 are fixed on the table R on which
the bead-threading machine proper is mounted. The base plate L may be guided
along the guides Q'Q' by its ends being turned down between the guides.
The base plate L carries the bobbius M corresponding in number with the needles
in the machine, in this case twelve, which are suitably mounted so as to revolve to
pay out the cottons or wires when they are pulled. The bobbins M may for
instance be mounted on upright spindles m as shewn. The cottons
bobbins or wires pass through holes in guide plates n' n² n³ so as to be led away
straight to their respective needles D. Near the front end of the base plate Ĺ
there are two upwardly inclined side brackets P1 P2 hooked at their fore-ends pl
from the
adapted to engage under the spindle or roller S¹ partly round which the needles
are bent as described in our former Patent 19322 of A.D. 1891 above referred to.
002 are two handles by which the base plate with its hobbins and the needles
can be carried about from place to place. The aforesaid spindle S¹ and the
spindle T around which the needles pass as described in our prior Specification
No. 19322 of A.D. 1891 are both carried by the carriage U which is formed with
the bearings ¹ u in which both spindles S₁ T' revolve. This carriage U with the
spindles ST and the needles in position can thus together be moved from the
machine and they are thus shewn separate from the machine and on an enlarged
scale in Fig. 5 but the lower parts of the needles are broken away for want of
space on the drawing. The carriage U is made so as to fit on the frame B of the
machine.
When it is desired to remove the needles D from the machine for threading them
the said bobbin holder is placed in the position shewn by Fig. 2 and 3 and the
back part is slightly lifted up by the handle O' so that the hooked ends pl will
engage under the spindle S¹ and thus enable the carriage U with the spindles S' T¹
and the needles to be lifted off the frame B of the machine as shewn in Fig 1.
The bobbin holder with the carriage U and needles as shewn in Fig. 1 can be
lifted off the table and taken away to any convenient place where the needles D
can be threaded by the cottons or wires g from the bobbins M and meanwhile
another set of threaded needles and another bobbin holder can be used in the
machine. When the needles have been threaded as aforesaid the bobbin holder
and the carriage U with its spindles S¹ T" and the needles are replaced in the
machine. The hooked ends pl of the brackets P' P2 are then disengaged from the
spindle S by slightly lifting the back part of the bobbin holder and drawing
the same backwardly and the bobbin holding appliance is moved away from the
needles the cottons or wires g meanwhile unwinding from the bobbin M. The
bobbin holding appliance is moved along to the far end of the table as shewn in
Fig. 4 thereby unwinding the cottons or wires g from the bobbins and leaving them
ready for the beads to be moved along them by the moving boards or
sections E E2 E3 E4 etc. After the beads have been threaded on the cottons or
wires as aforesaid the cottons or wires are cut close to bobbin holding appliance
and this is then brought back to the machine proper and the needles removed by it
as before described ready for threading again. Two of the bobbin holders and two.
sets of needles are used with each machine, one bobbin holder and one set of
needles being at work in the machine while the other set of needles are being
threaded. Thus we prevent waste of time which would otherwise be caused by the
machine standing while the needles were being threaded.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
A bobbin carrier for bead-threading machines of the kind herein referred to,
which carrier may be moved along the table of the machine for the purpose of
paying out the threads, and which, after such threads have been cut behind the
needles in order that same can be removed from the machine and be re-threaded,
may be moved towards the needle spindle mounted in a carriage and be lifted,

page_text: together with the latter and the needles, out of the machine by means of hook like
brackets pushed underneath the spindles and thus coupling with the carriage, all
substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1895.
LEOPOLD MYERS.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY.