IMPROVEMENTS IN TAKING UP MOTIONS FOR LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clayton, of Macclesfield, in the County of
Chester, Mechanical Engineer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TAKING UP MOTIONS FOR LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clayton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th September 1880.
WILLIAM CLAYTON, of Macclesfield, in the County of Chester, Mechanical
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN TAKING UP MOTIONS FOR LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
My Invention consists in arrangements whereby I am enabled to take up the
piece as woven with greater certainty and regularity than by any arrangements
now in use.
For this purpose I employ a disc or pulley provided with a flange mounted upon
a stud carried by a bracket attached to the loom, and connected by gearing to the
usual roller upon which the piece as woven is wound.
Upon the stud aforesaid 1 mount a lever, turning loosely thereon, the end of
which carries a guide piece capable of turning therein, through which guide a rod
passes, the other end of the said rod embracing the flange of the pulley aforesaid
so that it will slide around the said flange in one direction only, being prevented
from sliding around the said flange in the other direction by a spring acting upon
The aforesaid
the guide piece through which the before mentioned rod passes.
lever carrying the guide piece has a slut formed therein in which a stud carried
upon one end of a rod connected to the slay passes, which, as the slay vibrates,
imparts motion to the aforesaid lever, and thereby, through the medium of the
guide piece and rod before named, turns the said disc in the direction for taking up.
To compensate for the increasing diameter of the cloth roller or beam as the cloth
is wound thereon, I cause the pin passing into the slot in the before named slotted
lever to move further from the fulcrum thereof. Extending from the bracket
aforesaid is an arm which carries a guide piece mounted so as to be capable of
turning therein, but forced in one direction by a spring, and through which guide
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page_text: piece a rod passes, one end thereof embracing the flange of the disc or pulley
aforesaid, and which is thereby allowed to be turned in one direction by the
previously described apparatus for "taking up," and such novement having taken
place will retain the said disc or pulley in that position until it is again acted upon
for "taking up."
To prevent the above described apparatus from taking up when there is no weft,
I cause the weft stop motion, through the medium of a lever, to counteract the
action of the spring which causes the binding action of the rod before nained,
which imparts motion to the disc for taking up. When the cloth roller or beam
requires turning back the attendant counteracts the action of the springs causing
the binding action of the retaining apparatus upon the disc or pulley, and the taking
up apparatus being thrown out of action by the weft motion the turning back can
be effected.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Clayton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th March
1881.
WILLIAM CLAYTON, of Macclesfield, in the County of Chester, Engineer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TAKING UP MOTIONS FOR LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
My Invention consists in arrangements whereby I am enabled to take up the
piece as woven with greater certainty and regularity than by any arrangements
now in use. For this purpose I employ a disc or pulley provided with a flange
mounted upon a stud carried by a bracket attached to the loom and connected by
gearing to the usual roller upon which the piece as woven is wound upon the stud
aforesaid. I mount a lever turning loosely thereon, the end of which carries a
guide piece capable of turning therein, through which guide a rod passes, the other
end of the said rod embracing the flange of the pulley aforesaid, so that it will slido
around the said flange in one direction only, being prevented from sliding around
the said flange in the other direction by a spring acting upon the guide piece
through which the before mentioned rod passes. The aforesaid lever carrying the
guide has a slot formed therein, in which a stud carried upon one end of a rod
connected to the slay passes, which as the slay vibrates imparts motion to the
aforesaid lever and thereby, through the medium of the guide piece and rod before
named, turns the said disc in the direction for taking up. To compensate for the
increasing diameter of the cloth roller or beam as the cloth is wound thereon I
cause the pin passing into the slot in the above named slotted lever to move further
from the fulcrum thereof. Extending from the bracket aforesaid is an arm which
carries a guide piece mounted so as to be capable of turning therein, but forced in
one direction by a spring, and through which guide piece a rod passes, one end
thereof embracing the flange of the disc or pulley aforesaid, and which is thereby
allowed to be turned in one direction by the previously described apparatus for
"taking up," and such movement having taken place will retain the said disc or
pulley in that position until it is again acted upon for "taking up." To prevent
the above described apparatus from taking up when there is no weft I cause the
weft stop motion through the medium of a lever to counteract the action of the
spring, which causes the binding action of the rod before named, which imparts
motion to the disc for taking up. When the cloth roller or beam requires turning
back the attendant counteracts the action of the spring, causing the binding action
of the retaining apparatus upon the disc or pulley, and tho taking up apparatus
being thrown out of action by the weft motion the turning back can be effected.
That my Invention may be more fully understood and readily carried into effect
I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed. Fig. 1 is an end
elevation of a portion of a loom; Fig. 2, a side clevation at right angles to Fig. 1;
Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, are detached portions of Figs. 1 and 2. The same figures of
reference refer to similar parts in each figure. At 1 is the end frame of the loom,
to which is attached the bracket 2 by a bolt 3; this brancket carries a shaft 4 capablo
of revolving therein; upon the shaft 4 is mounted a disc 5, around the
circumference of which is formed a circular flange 6 projecting from one side of
the disc 5. Upon the shaft 4 is mounted a lever 7, so as to turn freely there upon,
and kept in position by a set hoop 7** (seen more clearly in Figs. 2 and 4;
outer end 7* of the lever 7 is provided with a boss 8, within which passes a stud 9
of the guide block 10, and mounted so as to be capable of turning therein; through
the guide block 10 passes a rod 11, the lower end of which is provided with
projecting parts 12, 13, which embrace the flange 6 of the disc 5. The guide
block 10 bas a projecting part 10*, against which abuts one end of a spring 14, the
other end of the spring being supported by a socket formed in a projecting part 15
formed upon the lever 7. The projecting part 15** carries a stud 16 secured to the
part 15** by lock nuts. The upper end of this stud is formed into a jaw within which
the

page_text: is a lever 17 turning upon a fulcrum 18; one end 17* of the lever rests upon the
projecting part 10x of the guide piece 10; the other end of the lever 17 is connected
to a chain 19 which is attached at its other end to the breast lever of the loom.
Formed upon the bracket 2 is a projecting arm 20, upon the lower end of which is
formed a boss 21; through this boss passes the stud 22 of a guide block 23; through
this guide block passes a rod 24, the upper end of which is provided with projecting
parts 24, 24**, which embrace the projecting flange of the disc 5. The guide
block 23 is formed with a projecting arm 23*, against the under side of which
abuts one end of a spring 25; the other end of this spring is supported in a
socket forined in a projecting part 20* formed upon the arm 20 of the bracket 2.
An extension of the projecting part 20* carries a stud 26 secured thereto by
lock nuts; the upper end of this stud 26 is formed as a jaw, which carries
the fulcrum 27** of a lever 27, which is connected by a rod 28* to the
ordinary weft stop motion of the loom, as will be hereafter described. The
other end 27* of the lever 27 rests upon the projecting part 23* of the guide
block 23. At 29, see Figs. 1 and 2, is one of the usual lathe (slay) swords;
bolted thereto is a bracket 30, to which is screwed a projecting pin 31;
the outer end of this pin passes through a slot formned within the lower end of a
lever 32, turning upon a stud 33 screwed to the frame 1 of the loom. Within the
lever 32 is formed a slot 34, in which is secured a stud 35 carrying one end of a
connecting rod 36, the other end thereof being jointed to a pin 37, capable of sliding
in a slot 38 formed in the lever 7*. The pin 37 is secured to a bracket 39 through
which passes the lower end of a rod 40, secured to the bracket 39 by lock nuts. The
upper end of this rod 40 is secured by lock nuts to a bracket 41 carried by one end
shaft 42 of a roller 43, resting upon the cloth or piece wound around the cloth
roller 44. The action of the various parts is as follows:-The vibrations of the
lathe (or slay) sword through the pin 31 are transmitted to the lever 32, pin 35,
and connecting rod 36, and to the lever 7, causing it to vibrate upon the shaft 4.
When the movement of the lever 7 is in the direction of the arrow thereon the
parts 12, 13, are caused to bind upon the projecting flange 6 of the disc 5, such
binding action being assisted by the spring 14, tending to turn the guide block 10,
which carries the parts 12, 13, in the direction of the arrow thereon, but when the
lever is moving in a direction opposite to that of the arrow the parts 12, 13, will be
free to slide upon the flange 6, the flange being no longer bound between the parts
12, 13. In the detached views, Figs. 5 and 6, the full lines show the position of 3
the parts when acting upon the flange 6 for taking up, the dotted lines indicating
in an exaggerated degree the position when moving in an opposite direction and
not acting upon the flange 6. Every movement of the lever 7 in the direction of
the arrow will also cause the shaft 4 to be turned in the same direction.
Upon the end of the shaft 4 is a pinion 45 gearing into a wheel 40 mounted 4
so as to turn loosely upon a stud 47; fast with the wheel 46 is a pinion 48 gearing
into a wheel 49 mounted fast upon the axle 50 of the cloth roller upon which the
piece is wound as it is woven. As the shaft 4 and pinion 45 thereon are turned in
the direction before named, such motion will be transmitted to the cloth roller
through the medium of the wheels 46, 49, and pinion 48, and a winding on or
taking up of the piece or cloth will be effected. Whilst the lover 7 is being moved
by the lathe or slay in a direction opposite to that of the arrow, the disc 5 is
prevented from moving there with by the parts 24*, 24**, and rod 24 carried by
the guide-block 23 turning in the bracket 20, exerting a binding or clamping
action upon the flange 6, such binding action being secured by means of the 5
spring 28 tending to turn the guide block 23 in the direction of the arrow thereon,
which causes a binding between the parts 24*, 24**, and flange 6, more clearly
seen in the detached views, Figs. 5 and 6.
It will be well understood by those conversant with weaving, that as the
diameter of the cloth roller 44 increases by the pieco being wound thereon, that its 5
amount of rotation must decrease if the amount of taking up is to remain
uniform in quantity.

page_text: I compensate for such increased diameter arising from the winding on of the
cloth by the following means:-
Above the cloth roller 4+ I place another roller 43, resting by its weight upon
the cloth or piece wound upon the roller 44. Upon the framework of the loom
is bolted a bracket 53, such bracket having a groove 54 formed therein, which
serves as a guide in which the end of the shaft 42 of the roller 43 is capable of
rising.
As the cloth or piece is wound around the roller 44 the diameter thereof is
increased; this increase of diameter will cause the roller 43 to be lifted; such
lifting will cause the axle 42 of the said roller to rise in the groove 54 formed in
the bracket 53. As the roller 43 and its axle 42 and the bracket 41 mounted
thereon will also be carried upward, carrying along with them the bracket 39, the
end of the rod 36, and the pin 37, which slides in the slot 37* formed within the
lever 7, thereby causing the vibratory motion of the rod 36 to act upon the lever 7
at a point more distant from its centre of motion 4, thereby imparting thereto a
less amount of angular movement, and so lessening the amount of movement
imparted to the cloth roller 44.
The varying amount of motion required for taking up cloths or pieces of
greater or less thickness is obtained by adjusting the position of the stud 35 in
the slot 34.
To prevent the "taking up” taking place when there is no weft, I mount a
lever 55 fast upon the ordinary "weft stop "shaft 56. When this shaft 56 is turned
in the direction of the arrow by the action of the usual stop motion, the lever 56
carried thereby draws up the rod 28*, and through the lever 27 compresses the
spring 28, at the same time acting upon the projecting part 23* of the guide piece 23,
thereby preventing the clamping or binding action of the parts 24*, 24* *, carried
thereby taking place, the rotatory movement of the flanged disc 5 being arrested,
no taking up will be effected. When it is desired to turn back the cloth roller 44
in a direction opposite to that for "taking up" the attendant pulls the chain 19,
which through the medium of the lever 17 compresses the spring 14, at the same
time turning down the projecting part 10x, and with it the guide piece 10, such
turning carrying the parts 12, 13, embracing the flange 6, and thereby causing
them to no longer exert a binding action upon the flange, and as the weft stop
motion has caused the parts 24*, 24* *, to be also turned in an opposite direction
to that for binding upon the flange 6, the said flanged disc is at liberty to turn so
as to allow the cloth roller 44 to be turned back.
If it be desired, the weft stop motion may act upon the lever 17, and tho
chain 19 may act upon the lever 27, but I find the arrangement shown and above
described preferable.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I desire it to be understood that I claim as secured
to me under the above in part recited Letters Patent, and for the purposes abovo
set forth,
Firstly. Mounting the parts 12, 13, which drive, and the parts 24* 24**, which
retain the flange 6 upon rods carried by guide pieces capable of being turned by
the springs 14, 28, so as to cause a binding action upon the flange 6, substantially
as and for the purposes above set forth.
Secondly. The general arrangement of apparatus, substantially as shown and
described for the purposes above set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Clayton, hath hereunto set my
baud and seal, this Fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
WILLIAM CLAYTON. (L.S.)