Improved Automatic Stop-motion for Machines for Measuring Yarns or Fabrics.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 9th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th July, 1888
Improved Automatic Stop-motion for Machines for Measuring
Yarns or Fabrics.
I PETER BRIMELOW of Number 54 Shepherd Street, Bury in the County of
Lancaster Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The Clock Face Indicator which is now in use as to be watched by the attendant so
that when the required length is run it depends upon the attendant to stop the fraine
many mistakes are made and much waste produced by the attendant neglecting to
stop the frame at the proper time to remove this evil I propose to add or combine other
mechanical appliances so that the Clock can be set to run any required length and
when that length is run it shall be automatic in stopping the frame. To the Boss or
Shaft of either of the fingers which indicate hundreds and thousands I fasten a worm
or wheel according to the length required this worm or wheel is set in gear with a
rack the rack being fit in slides to this Rack an Indicator is attached to one of the
slides is fastened a fine pointed finger for setting the Indicator to, on the top of this
rack is a drop lever when the rack as moved its required distance the drop lever falls
comes in contact with the notched bar or lever forces it out of its indent which leads
to the stoppage of the machine by the strap passing from the fast to the loose pully
or liberating the friction, when a greater length is required the Worms and Wheels
can be compounded before set in gear with the Rack. So that the Indicator can be
quickly set for restarting the Frame the Worm and Rack or Wheel and Rack are
disengaged by sliding the Wheel on its stud or lowering the Rack.
PETER BRIMELOW.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Automatic Stop Motion for Machines for Measuring
Yarns or Fabrics.
1 PETER BRIMELOW of 54 Shepherd Street, Bury, in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanic, 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 :-
The "clock face" indicator now in use must be watched by the attendant so that
when the required length of yarn is wound on the beam the machine must be stopped.
Through oversight, or negligence much waste is made, and to provide against which
I have devised automatic mechanical appliances which will stop the machine when a
predetermined quantity of yarn or fabric has been wound or measured off.
According to this my said invention-to the boss or shaft of the fingers indicating
hundreds, or thousands I fasten a worm, or wheel, this worm or wheel is set in motion
by a train of wheels behind the dial plate. When the dial plate has made its required
distance the drop lever falls and comes in contact with the notched bar or stopping lever
forcing the latter out of its notch and the strap is transferred from fast to loose pulley
by ordinary and well known means or where "frictional driving" is employed the
friction plates will be separated by a like action to that above described for forcing the
stopping lever out of its notch. For indicating and stopping, after winding or
measuring a greater length of yarn, or fabric, the worm, acts in conjunction with,
change or compound wheels. The dial plate is adjustable by means of winged nut on
the main axis.
Such being the nature and object of the said invention the following is a complete
description of the same reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming
part of this specification in which
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved indicator and apparatus connected
therewith.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of same.
At 1 is the measuring roller on the axis of which is the pinion 2 gearing with the
carrier 3 on axis of latter is the worm 4 driving the wheel 5 on the long axis 6 on
which are the fingers 7, 7, and pinion 8, driving the wheel 9 on axis of which is the
pinion 10 driving the wheel 11, on axis of 11, is pinion 12. The pinion 12 gears with
wheel 13 at the front portion of which is an index plate 14, secured on axis 6 by the
wing nut 15. In connection with 14 and resting on the periphery thereof is a curved
finger lever 16 the opposite end of which is secured to a lever 17 which operates the
"knocking off” lever 18.
The action is as follows-Suppose the machine is required to knock off at 300 yards,
then the index plate will be moved and "set" the 300 opposite the stop piece 19, the
pin 20 being placed in the hole 21 opposite the number 300. When the machine is
started and the train of wheels operating finally on the dial plate 14 which turns with

page_text: the wheel 13 will cause the parts 13-14 to travel in the direction indicated by arrows
until the dial plate 14 on which the cranked end of the curved lever 16 rests will have
passed from 300 to the recessed or cut away part 16* of the plate 14 whereon the said
lever 16 will drop into the recess 16* thus allowing the weighted end 17° of lever 17
to fall and raising end 17' latter comes in contact with lever 18 and knocks the same
from its holding catch 19" and the "knocking off" is effected.
Having thus fully 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
The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, constituting the
improved apparatus, for purpose herein described, and substantially as illustrated by the
drawings annexed.
Dated 8th day of May 1888.
PETER BRIMELOW.
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax.