Improvements in "Twine Balling" Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 5th May, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by ALEXANDER BLACKIE and CHARLES WELLS
SHARTLE, both of Middletown, in the County of Butler and State of Ohio,
United States of America, Machinists.]
Improvements in "Twine Balling" Machines.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:—
My invention relates to improvements in machinery for winding twine into
convenient balls, and it consists in certain novel features of arrangement, construction,
and application, as will be hereinafter fully explained.
In the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 is an elevation of one end of a one-spindle machine showing the parts
in the position they assume at the beginning of a ball-winding operation, a suitable
bobbin holder or reel device for containing and presenting the twine to be balled
being shown mounted on an extension back-frame;
Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but of the opposite end;
Figure 3 is a front elevation of the same, but omitting the said bobbin-holder;
Figure 4 is a plan view of the machine and bobbin-holder;
Figure 5 is a broken elevation partly in section (on a larger scale) showing the
stop motion devices for automatically throwing out the driving-clutch mechanism
to stop the machine as soon as each ball is complete, or in case the twine breaks,
or the bobbin becomes empty or spent, the dotted lines indicating the respective
positions of the gravitating twine guide and take-up lever and the automatic trip-
lever and catch-bar or dog, during the time the machine is in operation;
Figure 6 is a detail end elevation of the said catch-bar and a front elevation of
the collar or abutment with which the shouldered or hooked end of the said catch-
bar or dog is shown in operative engagement, the supporting shaft or bar on which
the collar is firmly secured being shown in cross section;
Figure 7 is a half size, broken detail elevation showing the mechanism for
permitting the automatic return of the cam to its original position for beginning
a new ball, also the arrangement of the frictional-differential speed devices at
their highest speed and showing the manner in which the worm-gear devices
are thrown into and out of engagement for both the running and stopping of
the cam-shaft ;
Figure 8 is an elevation of the back of the slotted box-plate seen in Figure 7 to
more clearly show the lug and hook thereon;
Figure 9 is a detached elevation looking from the front thereof, of the spindle
rail or rock-frame showing the automatic clutch and ball sizing or conforming
devices thereon ;
Figure 10 is an end elevation showing the said cam and automatic clutch and
ball conforming devices in both their engaging and disengaging positions, the latter
indicated by dotted lines;
Figure 11 is a detached plan view of my spindle rock-frame and the clutch and
conforming devices seen in Figure 9, but looking from the rear, the dotted lines
indicating the position of said clutch and conforming devices at the beginning of
a ball-winding operation;
Figure 12 is a detail sectional plan of the ratchet-spindle, upon which the ball is

page_text: wound, and adapted to be conveniently turned forward without affecting the
operation in case the twine breaks at any time in the winding thereof; and
Figure 13 is an elevation partly in section of the ratchet-spindle device seen in
the previous figure.
A represents the main supporting-frame of the machine.
B is a horizontal shaft journalled in the legs a a¹ of said frame and having
mounted thereon a pair of driving pulleys 6 and 6' and a driving disc b', the said
driving pulley b and disc being both keyed to the shaft, and pulley 6' loosely
mounted thereon, but the latter adapted to be operatively coupled thereto by
means of any ordinary clutch-device '.
C is a horizontal shaft mounted in guide-boxes c, on the frame above said
shaft B, and carrying a coiled expansion-spring c¹, and abutting collar c², a pendant
fork c, a collar or projection e, and a reciprocating or operating lever C₁, see
Figure 5, the latter being pivoted or fulcrumed at its lower end on the rear frame
leg a, and carried or projected forward at its upper end to any point convenient for
the operator to handle, in order to throw said clutch. Said expansion-spring c¹ is
placed between abutment collar and the rear guide-box c, thus normally thrusting
the shaft C forward for automatically releasing or disengaging the clutch, controlled
in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter fully described.
B' is a gravitating lever or arm, Figures 1 and 5 pivotally mounted at its inner,
hubbed end on a short shaft or stud-bolt B' projecting laterally from the upper
part of the main-frame; and C³ C³, see Figure 4, are two collars on said shaft B³,
between which the said pivotal end of the arm B₁ is placed, stops or lugs C
and C being constructed on the inner faces of said collars, and similar stops B
and B provided on the opposite sides of said hubbed-end of arm B¹, for engaging
with said stops C and C respectively, as hereinafter fully described.
A¹ is a grooved pulley or sheave journalled at the outer end of a short lateral
shaft projecting from the outer end of arm B', and over which sheave the twine
runs in passing from the bobbin or other supply to the flyer and winding or balling
spindle.
A³, Figures 1, 2 and 5, is a lower extension or curved branch constructed on
the arm B¹, and suitably thickened or weighted at its end A³ to facilitate the
gravitating-force of said arm B¹.
D, Figures 1 and 5, represents a forwardly disposed lever or arm, journalled on
pin d, which projects laterally from the upper part of frame A, slightly lower than
said journal of the gravitating arm B'; and D is a rearward extension or short
arm on the arm D, for receiving the lower extension A' of the gravitating-lever -B¹,
on the release and fall thereof, as hereinafter stated.
D represents a horizontal dog or hook, journalled at D", at one end on the
frame just below said arm D, and provided with a pendant tooth or lug dat its
outer end which engages the flattened upper periphery of the collar c, to hold the
shaft C back against the pressure of spring c¹ and the clutch-devices in operative-
contact. D³ is an arched extension on the outer end of the dog D', and 'a lateral
pin on said dog just above its tooth d¹ and provided for the lifting-engagement
thereunder of the free end of the lever D, all as best seen in Figures 5 and 6.
E represents a longitudinal shaft journalled in the forwardly projecting U-shape
top-portion A' of the main frame, at right angles to shaft C, in a plane slightly
above the latter, and having a disc e keyed thereto adjacent to said dog D'; and e¹
is a pin projecting laterally from the disc e for raising or lifting engagement with
the outer end of the arcbed-extension D³ of said dog.
E' Figure 3 is a spur-gear keyed to a shaft E to the left of said disc e leaving
proper intervening space for said dog; and F is a narrow winding drum or pulley
mounted fast on shaft E and having a weight f suspended therefrom by means of
a winding-strap f'. G represents a disc keyed upon the outer end of shaft E, (to
the left, see Figures 3 and 7), and also provided with a lateral pin g, like unto the
said disc e having pin e' on the same shaft, both discs forming essential parts of
our automatic stop-motion devices.

page_text: Grepresents a trip lever or dog losely journalled, between ends, on the cam
shaft H, the latter in turn being journalled in boxes h, h, Figures 3 and 4, forming
part of the said U-shape frame A', and lying parallel to said shaft E, a suitable
distance above the latter. The lower end of the lever or dog G' is provided with
a tooth or hook-projection gl, and a short extension g', the latter being engaged by
said pin g on disc G, in the operation hereinafter fully described. The upper end
of dog-lever G¹ is provided with a retractile or tension spring G³, one end of which
is hooked thereto, and the other suitably fastened to a projection g³ on the outer
face of said U-frame A', as best shown in Figure 7.
H' represents a worm-wheel keyed upon the outer end (to the left, see Figures 3
and 4) of the cam-shaft H; and H2, is an irregular cam keyed to the same shaft
near its other end. ', ', represent narrow winding drums or pulleys mounted fast
on cam-shaft H, at either side the centre thereof, and each having a chain h³
suspended therefrom, the purpose thereof being presently described.
³ is a narrow winding-drum keyed upon the outer end of cam shaft H adjacent
the cam H, and having a weight suspended there'rom by means of a strap or
belt, all as best seen in Figures 2 and 3.
I represents a vertical shaft stepped at its lower end in the base I of the main-
frame, and journalling at its upper end in boxes i, i, the latter forming part of a
cluster of boxes cast integral and located in front of the driving-disc 62, as clearly
seen in Figures 2 and 3. is a worm ou shaft I, between its said two upper
bearings i, and J is a friction disc or pulley feathered on said shaft I, with its face
closely engaging the front face of said driving-disc 6, for intimate driving-contact
therewith.
J' is a horizontal cross-head on the upper hub or flange of the friction-pulley J,
the said hub being passed therethrough and coupled therewith by means of a collar j,
which latter is secured to the upper end of said hub. ³, are vertical side bars or
rods projecting upwardly from the opposite ends of said cross-head J', and taking
through guide eyes or boxes j³, ³, constructed in the opposite ends of a pair of
lateral bars or arms J projecting from the lower box i of said upper bearings.
Arms with their side-guides are arranged parallel to and in a line above
said cross-head J, being quite similar to the latter, and the upper ends of the
side-bars are hooked or otherwise connected to the said chains / suspended from
the winding-drums h', h' on the cam-shaft.
K is a short horizontal shaft journalled in boxes k and k¹ which both form part
of said cluster of boxes in front of the driving-disc (see Figure 3) and L is a
worm-wheel keyed to the inner end of shaft K and engaging said worm i' on the
shaft I for proper rotation.
lis bevel-gear keyed to the outer end of shaft K, and small sprocket-wheel
or pinion also fast on said shaft K adjacent to the bevel-gear 1.
L' is an inclined-shaft journalling in bracket-box 12 and box 1, said bracket-box /
and its shaft L' being pivotally mounted on shaft K by means of said box 13,
connecting-web 1, and the box 1, (see Figure 3) and the box constructed
integral with an upright plate or bar L³, the latter having au inclined-slot 1 in
its upper end which freely engages the cam-shaft H, as best seen in Figures 7
and 8.
Lis a bevel-gear keyed at the lower end of inclined shaft L' and meshing with
the bevel-gear on the shaft K, and L' is a worm constructed at the upper end of
said shaft L', and engaging the worm-wheel H' on the cam-shaft for driving the
latter.
M represents an enlargement or lug on the back or inner face of said upright-
plate L, and m a hook or bent-arm projecting from said lug, as best seen in
Figures 7 and 8, the lug being provided for engagement thereunder of the hooked-
end g' of the spring dog-lever G', and said hook m being adapted for engagement
thereunder of said pin g on the disc G, to hold said inclined-shaft L' with its worm
into proper driving-engagement with the worm-wheel H' on the cam-shaft.
N represents a U-shape swinging rail or frame having an axis at both its ends in

page_text: the upper, outer ends of the said U-portion A of the main-frame, as best seen in
Figures 3, 4 and 9; and N¹ is the usual ball winding-spindle of which there may
be one or more journalled in said swinging-frame, with its lower end or arbor n
projecting outwardly therefrom, and bearing in a box n' constructed at the outer
end of a web or spider 2, Figure 10, the latter being projected from the bottom of
said rail B in line with the spindle. n³ is a bevel-gear mounted loose on arbor n,
and N2 a ratchet-wheel keyed to the spindle-arbor intermediate the swinging-frame
and said bevel-gear #³. N³is a pawl on the upper flange or hub of the bevel-
gear n³, and N a spring, also mounted on said bevel-gear hub, Figures 12 and 13,
and exerting its pressure on said pawl to hold the latter in proper engagement
with the teeth of the ratchet N2, thus loosely coupling the spindle with the
driving-bevel-gear n³, and permitting a forward turning of the spindle in event the
twine breaks or the bobbin runs out, and resetting said spindle at the proper place
for continuing the winding-operation without the necessity of running the entire
machine which has hitherto been requisite. A safety collar or stop n₁ is fastened
to the spindle-arbor, to prevent any accidental or other longitudinal play thereof,
or of the bevel-gear n³ thereon.
O and O¹ Figures 1, 3, 10, 11 are bevel-gears mounted fast at either end of a
short shaft journalled in box o constructed in said web n², the former (U) meshing
with said spindle-bevel n³, and the hevel O' engaging a bevel-gear of keyed to the
inner end of a short longitudinal shaft P, the latter being journalled in bearing-
boxes p, p at the outer ends of hanger-arms P1, P1 projecting downwardly at an
inclination from the main-rail of said swinging-frame. p' is a small spur-gear or
pinion keyed to shaft P, between the boxes p, and provided for engagement with
the spur-gear E' on the shaft E herein before described, the purpose being fully
hereinafter described in connection with the operation of the machine.
p3 is a small sprocket-wheel fast on the outer end of shaft P; and p³, p²,
Figure 3 are two drive chains, the chain p³ running over the said small-sprocket l
on the shaft K and a large sprocket-wheel P2, and the chain running over the
said small-sprocket p² and a sprocket P³, the latter being the same size as the
one p², and both said sprockets P2 and P3 loosely mounted on a stud or pin
projecting from the outer end (to the left Figures 3, 4 and 9 and to the right in
Figure 11) of the U-frame A', which also forms at its inner end an axis for one end
of the said swinging-rail.
り
Qrepresents a grip-socket or clutch at the outer end of a reciprocating shaft Q',
the latter being mounted in a guide-box or bearing which is construed on the
side-arm of the swinging-frame but disposed longitudinally with said swinging
frame, and is a coiled-spring around shaft Q' within the box q, the shaft being
shouldered or flanged to receive the outward pressure or expansion of said spring
to project the said clutch Q forward (as best seen in Figure 9).
Qis a lever fastened to a wrist-pin 2, Figure 2, on the outer end of said
swinging-frame and provided for the proper interlocking-engagement therewith of
the clutch Q, the forwardly, actuating spring of the latter causing a positive
locking-engagement during the time the ball is being wound until it approaches
completion ready for its final layer or cover, hereinafter described in the operation.
Qis an extension or arm at the lower end of said clutch lever Q³, and 9 a
small wearing roller or trundle preferably rigidly mounted in the forked, outer end
of said extension-arm Q³ for frictional-engagement with the irregular face of said
cam H. The mounting of said roller is such that when it has become worn from
contact with the cam, a new place thereou may be presented to the cam until it
has been so worn on all sides as to be inaccurate and unfit for further use.
square-shanked pia or bolt q' is passed through the said fork and roller, to properly
secure the latter in position (as best seen in Figures 2, 10 and 11).
A
9 is a stop or lug on the back or inner face of cam H'; and g a detachable
stop on the adjacent face of the U-frame 'A' (as best seen in Figures 4 and 10),
the two comprising a suitable gauge-device by which the said cam is properly
caught after each operation, to suit the kind of twine being balled, the stop y³

page_text: being adapted to be screwed into threaded-openings in the frame beneath the
indicator letters M and S (meaning Manilla and Sisal).
R, Figure 11, is a crank-arm or lever whose inner end is fast on one end of a
short shaft r, the latter being journalled parallel to the spindle, in a box which
is constructed on a web or arm projecting from the clutch-lever box q. The
outer end of said crank R is slotted both longitudinally and laterally to receive
the inner end of the clutch-shaft Q', which latter is suitably coupled thereto
by means of a cross-pin, freely engaging said lateral slots to constitute a swivel-
joint.
R is a bent-arm or crank whose inner end is journalled loosely on said shaft r,
at the end opposite to that occupied by crank R, and provided with a roller or
trundle R, journalled in its outer forked end, (as seen in Figures 1, 2, 3, 9, 10
and 11).
R³ is a rearward extension or arm on the hub of roller-crank R', and R a screw-
threaded pin or bolt projecting laterally from the rear end of said extension R³.
This pin R is passed through a threaded-opening in said extension, and has a
jamb nut by which it may be adjustably set in position to suit the desired size
of ball to be wound in the machine. R' is an arm, fast on said shaft r, outside
the hub of crank R, and provided at its outer end with a swivel having a
threaded-opening to accommodate the threaded-bolt or pin R aforesaid, and
thereby couple said crank R' to the shaft in the proper relative angle with crank-
arm R to suit the size of ball to be wound.
S represents an ordinary flyer whose hollow arbor or shaft s is journalled in the
boxes, 2, constructed at the top of the U-frame A', (as best seen in Figures 1, 2,
4 and 5) the box s² being preferably shouldered or countersunk at its outer end s³,
to accommodate a shoulder or flange s on the said flyer-shaft S, (as best seen in
section in Figure 5) the arrangement and purpose of the said shoulder on the
shaft and its seat in the box, being to allow sufficient space (somewhat greater
than the thickness of the twine) between the flyer and the adjacent outer edge of
said box and correspondingly maintain the flyer at a suitable distance from the
bearing-box and frame, to positively prevent the locking or clogging of the twine
between said parts (the flyer and box 3³), should it become broken or loose from
the flyer in the winding-operation.
Sis a pulley keyed to the flyer-shaft, between its journal boxes and over
which runs the driving-belt (not shown) from pulley b', on the shaft B aforesaid.
In Figures 1, 2 and 4 we have shown a suitable holder for the feeding-twine, and
constructed thus: a turret or turn-table T is pivotally mounted on a rear extension
of the main-frame, and carries along its edge a series of four pairs or sets of
upright bearing-posts T', between each pair of which bearings, a bobbin or spool T*
is journalled on suitable shafts t, the latter being in turn journalled or mounted in
said posts T; t' is a brake-arm pivoted at its rear end upon a bearing-arm or
support V, the latter projecting forwardly from the stationary central-pivot T* of
the turret, and said brake-arm having a brake-shoe pivoted thereto, and a
suitable weight t² at its outer end, to exert the desired tension or pressure on the
twine direct while on the feeding-bobbin, the said twine passing from under the
bobbin to the balling-devices.
A suitable catch-bar or latch W is pivotally mounted on the main-frame
adjacent the turn-table, the latter being provided with notches or sockets W; into
which the said latch may be conveniently and readily dropped for locking engage-
ment therewith when the turret is in proper position with a filled-bobbin in line
for feeding-presentation to the machine, and just as readily raised for disengage-
ment from the turret when it is desired to turn the latter and presenting a fresh or
full bobbin.
In the operation of the machine, the twine is fed from the bobbin, under the
pulley A, thence it proceeds through the hollow flyer-shaft to the flyer-legs :
thence to the winding-spindle.
The clutch shaft C, being forced backward against the pressure of its spring c

page_text: places the clutch-devices in operative engagement with the driving-pulley b,
thereby setting the flyer and spindle in motion, said flyer being driven by means
of a belt (not shown) passing over the pulleys 6' and S₁, and said spindle driven or
rotated by means of driving-disc 62, which turns the contacting friction pulley
or disc J, the latter turning the shaft I whose worm i¹ engages and turns the
worm-wheel L on the shaft K.
The bevel-gear on shaft K meshes with bevel-gear L³ and turns the inclined-
shaft L', the worm L' on the latter engaging and turning the worm-wheel H' on
the cam-shaft H.
Chain communicates motion from sprocket on shaft K to the larger
sprocket and its accompanying small-sprocket P3; and chain p¹ communicates
motion from said sprocket Ps to the small sprocket p' on shaft P, to drive the
latter at the desired speed. The bevel-gear o' on shaft P meshes with bevel 01
on a suitable shaft, which latter has another bevel O meshing with the bevel n
on the spindle-arbor.
The rotation of the cam-shaft causes its drums to wind up the chains, thus
elevating the vertical-rods and cross-heads J¹ together with the friction-disc J,
the latter gradually approaching the centre of the driving-disc 6, which action
causes said disc J to gradually decrease in velocity to suit the gradually increasing
.diameter or, size of the ball.
The drum h³, at the outer end of said cam-shaft is simultaneously winding up the
suspension-strap h of the weight and the cam H' is rotating, with the lower end
of the clutch lever arm Q bearing against it. The shape of the cam is such that
the balling-spindle makes a certain desired number of revolutions, (which varies in
accordance with the kind of twine to be balled, say for instance and comparison,
about three revolutions for manilla, and two for sisal), during the first portion of
its rotation after leaving the stop or abutment q on the stationary-frame, until
the depression U is reached. The ball now having its foundation is ready to go
to the desired form, and the presser-arm Q', which bears against said cam now
gradually rides or drops into said depression, thereby lowering the swinging-
frame N on its axis and arranging the spindle at the angle at which it should lie
to suit the said desired form of ball, and, as the cam progresses and the ball
increases in diameter, and approaches the desired size, the depression U ceases
.and the said arm Q³ rides upward upon a higher plane, (about that it first rode
upon). It will be seen from the above that the shape or track of the cam and the
engagement therewith of the rail clutch-arm Q³, properly and at all times determine
the angle of the spindle, and the shape of the ball to be made in the machine.
As the ball increases and approaches the desired size it reaches the roller in the
spring-controlled roller presser-arm R¹, bearing in line therewith, and forces said
roller-arm R, outwardly, simultaneously drawing the clutch-shaft Q inwardly and
slowly releasing the clutch Q from the lever Q. As soon as the grip or clutch Q
is entirely free from the trip-lever Q, the cam, by reason of its intimate contact
with the end of said trip-lever Q³, throws the latter which in turn entirely
releases the spindle-rail or frane N, so that the latter swings or drops on its axis,
and somewhat alters the pitch or angle of inclination of the spindle in relation
to the flyer, to perform the final function of putting the last layer or cover on
.the ball.
On the said dropping of the spindle-rail the active, small spur-gear p¹ thereon,
immediately engages the heretofore still spur-gear E' and thereby actuates shaft E
on which said latter gear El is mounted.
During the revolution of this shaft E, its drum F winds the suspended-weight f
and the discs e and G turn until their pins e¹ and g, respectively, come into contact
with the arched-extension D³ on dog D³, and the lower extension g', on the trip
lever or dog G', the striking-contact of the said pin e' with said dog-extension D
causing the hooked end d on said dog to rise and become entirely free from
engagement with the collar c on the shaft C, and the latter being automatically
thrown forward by its expansion-spring c¹, thereby actuates the fork c, which in

page_text: turn throws the clutch to disconnect the power and stop the machine. The
striking-contact of said pin g on disc G, is simultaneous with that of said pin e',
and when said pin g abuts the lower end g of the lever or dog G', the tooth a' of
the latter is freed from engagement with the lug M on the back of the box-plate L³,
thereby permitting the inclined worm-shaft L' with its upper supporting-box
plate L to drop or swing downward the length of the slot in said box-plate L',
sufficient for the worm L' to become entirely clear from operative-engagement
with the worm-wheel H' on the cam-shaft. Thus with the presence of the two
dises e and G, the power is disconnected and worm-shaft L'freed from contact
with the cam-shaft simultaneously and the ball is finished ready for its removal
from the spindle.
After the ball is removed, in order to reset the machine for operation on
succeeding balls, the spindle-rail is raised or swung upward on its axes or hinges
and the trip-lever Q brought into engagement with the clutch-grip Q.
Simultaneously and coincident with the disengagement of said worm-shaft L'
from worm-wheel H', the cam-shaft runs free, and returns to normal position ready
for operation, the unwinding or dropping-movement of the weight on the outer
end of said cam-shaft performing said returning-action thereof, and also unwinding.
the chains from drums ¹ to allow the friction-disc J and its lifting-frame to
drop by gravity (which exceeds the frictional-resistance of the disc J against the
driving-disc b) to return said disc J to its lower position for high-speed engagement
with the said disc b².
As the swinging-rail is raised, the spur-gear p' becomes free from the spur-.
gear E and the shaft E instantly rotates backward by reason of the unwinding of
weight from drum F, the two discs e and G being thereby returned to normal
position, and the pin g, on said disc G, having thus left the lower end of the
trip-lever or dog. G¹, is also forcibly brought into active lifting-engagement
thereby with the hook or projection m on lug M of the slotted box-plate L',
raising the worm-shaft L' into normal re-engagement with the worm-wheel H' ou
the cam-shaft.
As the disc G returns to normal position, the lower tooth or hooked portion g¹ of
the dog G' advances or follows with it, owing to the retractile or contracting power
of spring G, and said tooth g', engages under said lug M, to properly hold said
inclined worm-shaft in contact with said worm-gear on the cam-shaft during the
entire operation of winding a ball. It will be seen that the gravity of weight f
bringing the pin g on disc G firmly against said hook m on the box-shaft suspension-
plate L, also serves to hold said worm-shaft L' against the worm-wheel H', and
thus the two last-named supporting-devices for said worm-shaft doubly insure its.
proper engagement with the worm-wheel on the cam-shaft. The machine is readily
started by throwing the clutch into engagement, a convenient means being that.
partly shown in Figure 5, in which the lever C, (which may have an arched-arm.
or handle projecting forwardly over the machine, convenient for the operator.in.
front, but not shown), is pushed backward, thereby drawing the shaft C rearward
and compressing the spring c. As the shaft C is drawn rearward, its collar c
rides freely under the tooth d¹ on the dog D³, and then as soon as said tooth is
cleared, the dog drops and rests on said collar with the latter bearing against said
tooth by the expansive-action of said spring c¹.
In case the twine breaks or runs out the supply-bobbin during a winding-
operation before a ball is complete, I provide the auxiliary automatic stop-motion
devices whose construction is herein before described, and whose operation we will
now mention. While the twine is normally feeding into the machine as shown in.
Figure 5, the gravitating-lever or arm B₁ assumes its upward position, (see dotted
lines) and exerts and supplies a suitable tension and take-up for said feeding-twine.
Should said twine break or become spent the said gravitating-lever instantly falls
and the blow or striking-contact of its weighted lower-extension A³, on the-
rearward extension D¹ of the trip-lever D, instantly raises the latter which in turn
engages the pin d' on the dog D³, and raises said dog D' from engagement with the

page_text: clutch-operating shaft C, the latter, (shaft C) automatically throwing or releasing
the clutch 6 (or other desired similar driving-mechanism coupling), which stops the
machine at once.
The two collars C3 and C' on the lever-shaft B³, are provided with stops or
luga C and C, and the hub of the gravitating arm B' is also provided with
similar stops B and B as aforesaid, the purpose of both said sets of stops being to
limit or adjust the movement of said arm B¹, in either direction, that is, so that
it shall not fall any lower than necessary, or rise more than necessary to come
into too close interfering contact with the flying arbor, or the adjacent machine-
frame.
I elevate the lower extension A³ of the gravitating-lever some distance above the
trip-lever arm D' when the machine is in operation, so that the weighted lower end
thereof shall have fall sufficient to strike said trip-arm D¹ a good blow to insure
the release of the dog from the catch or clutch-roller c', aforesaid.
The construction of the bobbin-turret is so simple and hereinbefore clearly
described that a further description thereof as to its operation, would be
superfluous.
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 correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a machine for bailing twine and other fibres, the combination with a rotary
flyer having a hollow arbor or spindle, of a shoulder or flange st constructed at the
inner end of said arbor adjacent the flyer cross-head, and a journal-bearing having
a countersink or shoulders forming a recess or scat at the inner end of said
journal-bearing for said shouldered portion of the arbor, whereby the flyer is
maintained at a suitable distance from the bearing and frame, the intervening space
between the flyer and bearing-box and the joint formed by said shoulder being
such as to preclude any locking or catching of the twine therein should the latter
break or become loose from the flyer in the winding operation, substantially as
herein set forth.
2. In a machine for balling twine and other fibres, the combination with a
suitable frame provided with a ball winding spindle a canting device, a rotary flyer
and driving mechanism, of a driving-disc actuated by said driving mechanism, a
friction-disc J engaging said disc b, a rising and falling frame supporting said
disc J and presenting it radially along the driving-surface of disc b³, for varying
the velocity of disc shaft I, shaft I having a worm thereon, a worm-wheel and
shaft engaged by said worm and a bevel-gear and driving-sprocket on said worm-
wheel shaft, whereby motion is communicated to the ball winding-spindle, actuating
and canting devices, substantially as herein set forth.
3. In a balling-machine, the combination with a rotary driving-disc b³ mounted
in a suitable frame, of a friction-disc J having varying-speed connection with said
disc 62 a cam-shaft lifting devices thereon, a shaft K driven from the shaft of said
disc J, an irregular cam and a weight on said cam-shaft, an inclined drop or swing
shaft having a driving-connection at one end with said shaft K and communicating
motion to said cam-shaft, drive-chains for operatively connecting the shaft K and
the actuating shaft of the spindle devices, a drop rail N swung from the main-frame
and carrying the spindle devices, a clutch and a presser-lever device which engages
said cam, to suit the desired cant for varying the angle of the rail of the spindle, in
the formation of the ball, substantially as herein set forth.
4. In a balling-machine, the combination with the main-frame rotary flyer an
automatic stop mechanism and suitable variable-speed driving mechanism, of a drop-
rail N swung on axes from the said main-frame, a spindle journalled in said rail,
spindle-actuating-devices having a flexible connection with the main-frame and said
driving-mechanism, a presser-arm and clutch-device on said rock-rail operated by
the ball as it comes to size, a trip canting-lever one end of which engages said
clutch-device and the other an irregular, rotating cam on the main-frame, said cam,

page_text: and a spur-gear on said spindle actuating devices, said rail N, on to the ball coming
to size and the release of its said clutch-device, dropping, to bring the spindle into.
the final ball-covering position and the spur-gear into engagement with the
automatic stop-mechanism, substantially as herein set forth.
5. In a balling-machine, an automatic stop-mechanism composed of a shaft
having a pair of discs each armed with a lateral pin or projection, a spur-gear and
a weighted pulley or drum also ou said shaft, a shaft H provided with a worm gear,.
and carrying a cam H2, an inclined drop-shaft having a worm engaging the worm
gear of shaft H, a driven disc J, and controlling mechanism between the disk J and
the shaft H, a slotted-plate supporting said drop-shaft and armed with hooked-
lug M, m, a spring-projected shaft C, a dog D engaging therewith, the shaft being
suitably connected with the driving clutch lever or other power stopping and
starting devices, lever G¹ having an extension and a spindle drop-rail N having
a rotating spur-gear which engages said spur-gear on the disc-shaft, substantially in
the inanner and for the purpose herein set forth.
6. In a balling-machine, provided with a drop rail N carrying the spindle
devices, the combination, in an automatic clutch-throwing mechanism therefor, of
a rotating cam on the main frame of the machine, a crank-arm R R', having an
adjusting-arm device R³, R, R³, to suit the size of ball desired, a presser-shaft Q¹
connected at its inner end to said crank-arm and having a grip or clutch Q at its.
outer end, and a trip-lever Q2 engaged by said clutch Q and bearing at its lower
end against said rotating cam on the main-frame of the machine, whereby, when a
ball comes to size and is ready for the final layer or cover of twine, the said crank-
arm is forced outward owing to the increasing diameter of the ball and the clutch-
lever released, for the dropping-action of said rail N, substantially as herein set
forth.
7. In a balling-machine, the combination with the variable-speed driven-disc J
feathered on an upright shaft, of lifting and dropping or reciprocating devices.
therefor, composed of a cross-beam coupled to said disc, vertical side-bars
projecting upwardly from said cross-beam, suitable guide-ways on the main-frame,
the cam-shaft journalled in said frame, and provided with winding-drums, lifting-
chains or flexible connections leading from said drums to the upper ends of said
disc side-bars, a suitable drop worm, a winding weight, and a worm-gear also on the
said cam-shaft, said worm-gear meshing with said drop-worm, and the whole being
constructed, arranged and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and for
the purpose specified.
8. In a balling-machine, the combination with the stop-motion disc-shaft E,
clutch-throwing shaft C, c, and dog D', of a rock trip-arm D, D¹, and a gravitating-
arm B having a twine guide-pulley A', and a lower-extension A', the latter
dropping on the said trip-arm to disengage said dog from said shaft C, to auto-
matically throw the clutch or other similar device and thereby instantly shut off the
motive power from the machine, in case the twine breaks or the supply-bobbin
becomes spent before a ball is complete, substantially as herein. set forth.
9. In a balling-machine, the combination with the main-frame and a shaft H, of
an irregular-cam mounted on said shaft adjacent one side-frame, a lug on the inner
face or back of said cam, and a stop or gauge detachably and adjustably set on said
side of the frame, to form an abutment for the back movement of said cam and
determine the desired starting-point at which the cam begins rotating in connection
with the spindle-devices, and thereby make due provision for the kind of twine or
other material balled, substantially as herein set forth.
10. In a balling-machine, the combination with a winding-spindle having an
arbor n running freely in a suitable bearing or box, a hubbed bevel-gear or other
driving-wheel n³ mounted loose on said arbor, a ratchet collar or ring N' keyed to
said arbor adjacent said bevel-gear, and a spring-controlled pawl N° mounted on
said bevel-gear and engaging the teeth of said ratchet, whereby the spindle is
coupled with said bevel-gear for the forward winding-movement, and adapted to be
turned ahead, free from said bevel-gear in case the twine breaks or runs out before
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page_text: a ball is complete, and resetting the spindle with its unfinished ball in proper
relation with the flyer-legs where the break occurred, substantially as herein set
forth.
11. In a balling-machine, a turn table or turret for holding one or more bobbins
filled with twine for supplying the balling spindle, composed of a revoluble base T,
a series of pairs of upright-bearings T', suitable shafts t, mounted in said bearings
and adapted to receive the bobbins, and a suitable brake-device t¹ t², t', V, T³, the
whole being mounted on the main-frame or other place convenient to the machine,
and provided with a suitable latch-device W engaging sockets W' in the turn-table,
substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 12th day of Mob: 1001
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.