provements in or applicable to Reeling Machines.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SI ECIFICATION
Improvements in or applicable to Reeling Machines.
I WILLIAM HENRY HASLAM of 75 Bradford Street, Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Yarn Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to the machines employed for reeling yarn or thread, either
from the cop spool or bobbin, and is designed to enable the attendant to detach all the
ends of the thread on such machines at one movement instead of many, and thus to
economize time and labor and to improve the quality of the work.
It is now the custom on the ordinary reeling frames, at the commencement of the
reeling of each set of hanks (generally 40 or 50) for the attendant to fasten the end
of each thread to pins fixed and projecting on the side face of one of the "staves" by
looping each end around its respective pin, and then when a certain number of
revolutions of the "reel" has been given, the machine is stopped, and the attendant
detaches each end separately from its respective pin, so that when fully reeled the
hanks will then be ready for immediate doffing.
This means is defective, as it found that the attendant often misses a few ends and
thus causes the hanks to become entangled, involving loss of material and labor.
My invention is intended to remedy this defect by causing all the ends of the hanks
to be detached at one movement by positive mechanical means, which may be
effected in a variety of ways.
This I propose to accomplish in the first place by means of a long narrow strip or
lath of wood, metal or other suitable substance, provided with suitable perforations
corresponding with the projecting pins on the stave. This strip or lath is about the
same width and length as the stave and is placed on the side face thereof (the face in
the direction of which the swift revolves), and it is connected thereto by a suitable
hinge or lifting arrangement, so that the pins project through the perforations, a
spring being provided to keep the lath pressed against the stave until it is required to
be lifted. It is desirable that the pins should be smooth and without heads.
The pins project sufficiently through the perforations in the lath to enable the
attendant to fasten the ends of yarn thereto as usual, so that when the hanks are
reeled and ready for doffing, the strip or lath is lifted or turned on its hinges thereby
detaching all the ends at one operation instead of many.
The lath may also be made without the perforations, and in this case I fix the pins
in the lath, and when the hanks are reeled the lath is turned on its hinges as in the
other case. I find however that the hinges require to be set well out at the knuckle
so as to give a longer radius to the detaching edge of the lath, in order to ensure the
breakage of the ends which are elastic to a certain degree.
Or instead of the lifting lath or strip being made solid it may be in skeleton form,
fitting over the pins, and the ends detached by a narrow rod or wire attached thereto
running the length of the stave.
In some cases I propose to dispense with the pins in the stave altogether and to
substitute therefor a number of spring clips, fixed to the lifting lath, into which I
place a lath or rod, or laths or rods around which the requisite number of ends of
When the hanks are reeled in
yarn had been previously wound by the attendant.
order to detach the threads the lifting lath is turned on its hinges as in the
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page_text: Or instead of the spring clips, longitudinal grooves or depressions may be formed
in the stave into which the rod or rods (on which the ends of the yarn have been
wound) may be placed. This arrangement requires the detaching of the ends to be
done as in the 3rd case with a narrow rod or wire connected to the hinges
by arms.
A further modification of the invention consists in making the stave hollow and
perforated on the top face, in which case the pins would be fixed to a movable hinged
strip inside the hollow stave. By lifting the strip the pins will project through the
perforations and by depressing the said strip into the well or hollow formed in the
stave, the ends of the threads can be detached or severed.
Dated this 25th day of September 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Reeling Machines.
I, WILLIAM HENRY HASLAM, of 75 Bradford Street, Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Yarn Merchant, 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 the machines employed for reeling yarn or thread, either
from the cop spool or bobbin and is designed to enable the attendant to detach all the
ends of the yarn on such machines at one movement instead of many, and thus to
economize time and labor and to improve the quality of the work.
It is now the custom on the ordinary reeling frames, at the commencement of the
reeling of each set of hanks, (generally 40 or 50 hanks to the set) for the attendant to
fasten the end of each thread to pins fixed and projecting on the side face of one of
the "staves" by looping each end around its respective pin, and then when a certain
number of revolutions of the swift has been given, the machine is stopped, and the
attendant detaches each end separately from its pin, so that when fully reoled the hanks
will then be ready for immediate doffing.
This means is slow and defective, as it is found that the attendant often soils and
twists the threads together, and occasionally misses detaching the ends from some of
the pins and thus causes the hanks to become entangled, involving loss of material
and extra labor in the subsequent operation of winding.
My invention is intended to remedy this defect and to accelerate the speed of the
operation by causing all the ends of the hanks to be detached at one movement by
positive mechanical means, which may be effected in the following manner.
The invention will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1 is a section through the staves of a reel with my improvement applied
to one of them.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged section through this stave.
Fig. 2 is a similar view shewing a different position of my attachment.
Fig. 3 is a plan thereof.
Figure 4 is a face view shewing a modification hereafter referred to.
I propose to accomplish the required result in the first place by means of a long
narrow strip or lath of wood, metal, or other suitable substance a, provided with
suitable perforations a 1 corresponding with the projecting pins b on the stave c. This
strip or lath a is about the same width, or rather narrower than, and about the same
length as the stave c, and is placed on the side face thereof (the face in the direction of

page_text: which the swift revolves, as seen by the arrow on Fig. 1), and it is connected thereto
by suitable hinges d, so that the pins 6 project through the perforations a 1. A
handle e is provided which bears the pressure of a spring which keeps the lath
pressed against the stave until it is required to be lifted. It is desirable that the pins
should be smooth and without heads.
It is not essential that the perforations a 1 be made circular in all cases. A
modification in shape and size may be made, taking care that they are sufficiently large
to allow the lath a to turn freely on its hinges without the edge of the perforation
coming in contact with the pins.
If desirable each perforation may be enlarged laterally so as to embrace two or more
pins b as seen at a 2 Fig. 4.
The pins b project sufficiently through the perforations a 1 in the lath a to enable the
attendant to fasten the ends of yarn thereto as usual, so that when the hanks are
reeled and ready for doffing, the strip or lath a is turned on its hinges d as seen
at Fig. 24, thereby detaching all the ends at one operation instead of many, each
detached end being smoothed in and under its own hank by the motion of the lath a,
which may be held in this position by the spring f, to cover or act as a shield over the
ends of the pins 6 and prevent the hanks from catching on them when doffing.
After doffing, the lath a is turned back to its original position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
In apparatus for reeling yarn the combination with a stave, of pins or pegs to which
the ends of yarn can be fastened and a hinged lath for detaching all the ends
simultaneously when the hanks have been wound on the reel, substantially as
hereinbefore set forth.
1007
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.