Year: 1897

page_text: being date of first Foreign Application (in 26th Apr., 1897
France,)
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 13th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 26th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 18th June, 1898
I, EDMOND LAINE, of Beauvais, in the Republic of France, Carpet Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;
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This invention relates to certain improvements in self acting mules having for
object to obtain directly spools filled up in the form of cocoons or balls and capable
of being unwound from the inside, in such a manner that they may be placed as
such in the shuttles used for weaving purposes. In this wise I save the weft
which is always costly and causes a considerable amount of waste.
In order that the following description may be more fully understood I have
shown in the accompanying drawings the modified parts of the self acting mule.
Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section showing the new arrangement of the bar
and of the parts actuated thereby while the carriage is moving to and fro. Fig. 2
is a view drawn at a smaller scale showing the general arrangement of the machine.
Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the bar or beam. Fig. 4 is a detail of the counter
bar or faller. Fig. 5 shows the brake actuating arm. Fig. 6 shows the arrange-
ment of the brake.
Instead of having, as in ordinary mules, a bar composed of an inclined plane
I form the same with a series of inclined planes a, as shown in Fig. 3, corresponding
to the convolutions of the thread wound on the spindle.
The counter bar or faller B is movable on the axis b while the bar C turns
on the axis c. The latter is actuated, by means of the usual driving parts and of
the roller D, by the bar A while the carriage is in motion Each time this
roller D passes from one of the descending inclined planes a on to the next
ascending inclined plane, the position of the rod C changes and during the whole
motion of the carriage from one end to the other of the bar this rod receives an
alternate oscillatory motion upon the axis c thus altering the inclination of the
thread convolutions on the spindle F.
To impart the proper tension to the thread, I arrange an arm G'moving on the
axis c and bearing at the proper time against the block g so as to throw off
towards the right hand (Fig. 1) the arm H which frees then the counter or faller
bar B so that the latter may thus give the right tension to the thread. To bring

page_text: the parts back into position, the spring R fixed upon the piece H comes to abut,
when in full swing, against the rollers L, L, and brings this piece H back into
its normal position.
1011 1 T..1.. 1907
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agents, 62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, EDMOND LAINÉ, of Beauvais, in the Republic of France, Carpet Manufacturer,
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 certain improvements in self acting mules having for
object to obtain directly spools filled up in the form of cocoons or balls and capable
of being unwound from the inside, in such a manner that they may be placed as
such in the shuttles used for weaving purposes. In this wise I save the weft
which is always costly and causes a considerable amount of waste.
In order that the following description may be more fully understood I have
shown in the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification the modified parts
of the self acting mule.
Referring to these drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section showing
the new arrangement of the copping bar and of the parts actuated thereby while
the carriage is moving to and fro. Fig. 2 is a view drawn to a smaller scale
showing the general arrangement of the machine. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing
the copping bar or beam. Fig. 4 is a detail of the counter bar or faller. Fig.
shows the lever arm for actuating the retaining arm. Fig. 6 shows the arrange-
ment of the arm for retaining the counter faller bar.
Instead of having, as in ordinary mules, a bar composed of an inclined plane
I form the same with a series of inclined planes a, as shown in Fig. 3, corresponding
to the convolutions of the thread wound on the spindle.
The counter faller bar B is movable on the axis
while the faller bar C turns
on the axis c. The latter is actuated, by means of the usual driving parts and of
the roller D, by the bar A while the carriage is in motion.
Each time this
roller D passes from one of the descending inclined planes a on to the next
ascending inclined plane, the position of the rod C changes and during the whole
motion of the carriage from one end to the other of the bar this rod receives an
alternate oscillatory motion upon the axis c thus altering the inclination of the
Thread convolutions on the spindle F.
To impart the proper tension to the thread, I arrange an arm fixed on the
axis c and bearing when the faller bar C is depressed against the block 9 so as to
throw off toward the right hand (Fig. 1) the retaining arm H which frees then
the counter faller bar B so that the latter may thus give the right tension to the
thread. To bring the parts back into position, the spring R fixed upon the
piece H comes to abut as the carriage moves inwards against the rollers L, L, and
brings this piece H back into its normal position. During the outward run of the
carriage the counter faller bar B is locked as shewn at Fig. 6.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. In self-acting mules, the winding of spools in the form of cocoons or balls
which are unwound from the interior so that they may be utilized as such in the
shuttles used for weaving, this being effected by providing the copping bar or rail
of the machine with a series of inclined planes so as to alter the position of the
rod during the whole motion of the carriage from one end of the bar or rail to the
other, substantially as herein described.
2. In self-acting mules, rendering the motion of the counter faller bar inde-
pendent of that of the faller bar, this counter faller bar being held, when no tension
is imparted to the thread, by a retaining arm shifted at the given time by a lever
arm bearing, when the faller is depressed, against the retaining arm, substantially
as herein described.
ORL of Vauch 1800
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agents, 62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agents for the Applicant.