Improvements in the Swivels or Arms on which the Staves of the Swifts of Reels for Reeling Yarns or Threads are mounted.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 9th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 14th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Swivels or Arms on which the Staves of the
Swifts of Reels for Reeling Yarns or Threads are mounted.
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We, WILLIAM THOMAS STUBBS and JOSEPH HETHERINGTON STUBBS, both of
Mill Street Works, Ancoats, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machine
Makers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists in improvements in the swivels or arms on which the
staves of the swifts of reels for reeling yarns or threads are mounted.
The swivels or arms hitherto employed to support the staves of the swifts of
reels for reeling yarns or threads have hitherto, whether made of wood or metal,
been heavy and difficult to balance so as to revolve in the manner requisite with
the axles on which they have been mounted, especially in cases in which the
swifts have been required to revolve at high speeds, and when made of metal have
been very liable to breakage and when made of wood have been liable to warp
or shrink or swell under variations of weather, temperature of climate so as to be
difficult to turn in the manner requisite upon the axles on which they are
mounted.
The principal objects of our invention are to render the swifts of reels for reeling
yarns or threads lighter, less liable to injury and capable of being made to revolve
at higher speeds than they have hitherto been and to ensure that under all con-
ditions of weather, temperature or climate the staves of such swifts shall be
capable of being moved in the manner requisite for the removal therefrom of hanks
or quantities of yarns or threads wound thereon and the restoration of such staves
to working position for the commencement of the winding thereon of other hanks
or quantities of yarns or threads. In order to attain the objects of our invention
we provide swivels or arms which shall, in comparison with those hitherto em-
ployed, be lighter but less liable to breakage or injury and more uniform in
character and easier to balance so as to revolve in the manner requisite with the
shafts upon which they are mounted.
According to our invention we form the swivels or arms to support the staves
of the swifts from sheet metal by pressing blanks or pieces formed of a suitable
shape between dies or other suitable appliances so as to form them with flanges
around their external edges and around the central orifices through which the
axles on which such swivels or arms are to be mounted may be passed, and also
form such swivels or arms with ears or flanges by means of which the staves to
be connected to such swivels or arms may be secured thereon. Holes for screws
or other means to enable the staves to be secured in position upon the swivels or
arms of swifts in which swivels or arms made according to our invention are to
be employed may be provided in suitable parts of such swivels or arms.
Swivels or arms may be made according to our invention for use in a swift for
a reel of any kind used in reeling yarns or threads in whatever manner the
doffing or removal therefrom of yarns or threads wound thereon may be required
to be accomplished or facilitated whether by such swift being arranged so as to

page_text: be closed by one or more of its staves being turned about the axis of the swift
or by such swift being arranged so that one or more of its staves may be allowed
to drop or be moved nearer to the axis of such swift or otherwise. In the appli-
cation of our invention to swivels or arms to carry the stave or staves of a swift
which is or are to be arranged to drop or be moved nearer to the axis of such
swift when yarns or threads wound thereon are to be doffed.or removed therefrom
the arms or swivels made from sheet metal in the manner above described may
be formed in parts connected together by hinges or pivots of any suitable kind
or be provided with parts of any suitable construction or material connected
thereto by hinges or pivots in any suitable manner.
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HOWARD
CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.
Improvements in the Swivels or Arms on which the Staves of the
Swifts of Reels for Reeling Yarns or Threads are mounted.
We, WILLIAM THOMAS STUBBS and JOSEPHI HETHERINGTON STUBBS, both of
Mill Street Works, Ancoats, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machine
Makers, 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:--
Our invention consists in improvements in the swivels or arms on which the
staves of the swifts of reels for reeling yarns or threads are mounted.
The swivels or arms hitherto employed to support the staves of the swifts of
reels for reeling yarns or threads have hitherto, whether made of wood or metal,
been heavy and difficult to balance so as to revolve in the manner requisite with
the axles on which they have been mounted, especially in cases in which the
swifts have been required to revolve at high speeds, and when made of metal have
been very liable to breakage and when made of wood have been liable to warp
or shrink or swell under variations of weather, temperature or climate so as to be
difficult to turn in the manner requisite upon the axles on which they are
mounted.
The principal objects of our invention are to render the swifts of reels for reeling
yarns or threads lighter, less liable to injury and capable of being made to revolve
at higher speeds than they have hitherto been and to ensure that under all con-
ditions of weather, temperature or climate the staves of such swifts shall be
capable of being moved in the manner requisite for the removal therefrom of hanks
or quantities of yarns or threads wound thereon and the restoration of such staves
to working position for the commencement of the winding thereon of other hanks
or quantities of yarns or threads. In order to attain the objects of our invention
we provide swivels or arms which shall, in comparison with those hitherto em-
ployed, be lighter but less liable to breakage or injury and more uniform in
character and easier to balance so as to revolve in the manner requisite with the
axles upon which they are mounted.
According to our invention we form the swivels or arms to support the staves
of the swifts from sheet metal by pressing blanks or pieces formed of a suitable
shape between dies or other suitable appliances so as to form them with flanges
around their external edges and around the central orifices through which the
axles on which such swivels or arms are to be mounted may be passed, and also

page_text: form such swivels or arms with ears or flanges by means of which the staves to
be connected to such swivels or arms may be secured thereon. Holes for screws
or other means to enable the staves to be secured in position upon the swivels or
arms of swifts in which swivels or arms made according to our invention are to
be employed may be provided in suitable parts of such swivels or arms.
Swivels or arms may be made according to our invention for use in a swift for
a reel of any kind used in reeling yarns or threads in whatever manner the
doffing or removal therefrom of yarns or threads wound thereon may be required
to be accomplished or facilitated whether by such swift being arranged so as to
be closed by one or more of its staves being turned about the axis of the swift
or by such swift being arranged so that one or more of its staves may be allowed
to drop or be moved nearer to the axis of such swift or otherwise. In the appli-
cation of our invention to swivels or arms to carry the stave or staves of a swift
which is or are to be arranged to drop or be moved nearer to the axis of such
swift when yarns or threads wound thereon are to be doffed or removed therefrom
the arms or swivels made from sheet metal in the manner above described may
be formed in parts connected together by hinges or pivots of any suitable kind
or be provided with parts of any suitable construction or material connected
thereto by hinges or pivots in any suitable manner.
In the accompanying drawings in all the figures of which the same letters of
reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts, Fig. 1 is a side elevation,
Fig. 2 is a transverse section and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section illustrating a
swivel or arm made according to our invention for use in a swift which is arranged
to be closed by four of its staves being turned about the axis of the swift, the
lines (A A) of Figs. 1 and 3 indicating the plane on which the transverse section
Fig. 2 is taken and the lines (B B) of Figs. 1 and 2 indicating the plane on which
the longitudinal section Fig. 3 is taken and Figs. 4 and 6 are transverse sections
and Figs. 5 and 7 are side elevations of part of a swift in which swivels or arms
similar to that illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are employed. The lines (CC) (D D)
of Figs. 5 and 7 respectively indicate the planes upon which the transverse sec-
tions Figs. 4 and 6 are taken. Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate the swift as expanded so
that the staves are in the positions which they are required to occupy when yarns
or threads are to be wound upon them and Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate the swift as
closed by four of its staves being turned about its axis into position to allow the
doffing or removal therefrom of yarns or threads which have been wound upon it.
The swivel or arm (a) illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and each of the swivels or
arms (a) illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 is formed by pressing a blank or piece
formed of a suitable shape between dies or other suitable appliances so as to form
it with flanges (a¹) around its external edges and with ears or flanges (a) in which
are formed holes and with a flange (a2) around the central orifice which is provided
to receive the axle on which such swivel or arm (a) is to be mounted. In the
ears or flanges (a) of the swivel or arm (a) illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and in
each of the swivels or arms (a) illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 holes are formed
so that projecting parts (f¹) of pieces of wood (f) placed between the flanges (a¹)
at the two sides of each end of the said swivel or arm (a) may project through
such holes in order that the staves (b) to be connected to such swivel or arm (a)
may be secured upon the said projecting parts (f¹) and so to the said swivel or
arm (a). Each of the pieces (f) of wood is secured to the swivel or arm (a) in
which it is employed by a screw (9) and a screw (h) is inserted into such piece
of wood through the stave (b) placed upon it so that the staves (b) are firmly
secured to the arnus or swivels (a) on which they are mounted. In the swift illus-
trated in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings the swivels or arms (a)
are mounted in groups of three upon an axle (c) which is in the usual way formed
of tin plates and is strengthened by bands (c¹) of tin plates at the parts intended
to receive the swivels. or arms (a) and is provided with ends (c2) of cast iron
furnished with wrought iron or steel axles (c³). Two of the swivels or arms (a)

page_text: in each group mounted upon the axle (c) that is to say the arms or swivels (aº). (a²)
are capable of being turned thereon and the third, that is to say the swivel or
arm (a) is arranged to be fixed upon such axle being provided with holes in the
flange (a2) to receive screws by which it may be secured to such axle (c). A
band (d) secured to three staves (61) (62) (63). and arranged to be hooked upon a
stud (e) upon a small bracket secured to a fourth stave (6) is provided so as to
enable the swift to be secured in the expanded condition in the ordinary manner.
Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are respectively a side elevation, a transverse section and a
longitudinal section illustrating a second form of swivel or arm made according
to our invention for use in a swift which is arranged to be closed by four of its
staves being turned about the axis of the swift, the lines (A) (A) of Figs. 8 and 10
indicating the plane on which the transverse section Fig. 9 is taken and the
lines (B) (B) of Figs. 8 and 9 indicating the plane upon which the longitudinal
section Fig. 10 is taken and Figs. 11 and 13 are transverse sections and Figs. 12
and 14 are side elevations of part of a swift in which swivels or arms similar to
that illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are employed. The lines (C C) (D D) of
Figs. 12 and 14 respectively indicate the planes upon which the transverse sections
Figs. 11 and 13 are taken. Figs. 11 and 12 illustrate the swift as expanded so
that the staves are in the positions which they are required to occupy when yarns
or threads are to be wound upon them and Figs. 13 and 14 illustrate the swift
as closed by four of its staves being turned about its axis, into position to allow
the doffing or removal therefrom of yarns or threads which have been wound upon
it. The swivel or arm (a) illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 and each of the swivels
or arms (a) illustrated in Figs. 11, 12, 13 and 14 is formed by pressing a blank
or piece formed of a suitable shape between dies or other suitable appliances so
as to form it with flanges (a) around its external edges, with ears or flanges (a³)
(a) (a) by means of which the staves (7) to be connected to such swivel or arm (a)
may be secured thereon and with a flange (a2) around the central orifice which is
provided to receive the axle on which the swivel or arm (a) is to be mounted. In
the swivel or arm (a) illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 and in each of the swivels
or arms (a) illustrated in Figs. 11, 12, 13 and 14 holes are formed in the cars
or flanges (a³) (at) (a) to receive screws by means of which the staves (b) to be
connected to such swivel or arm (a) may be secured in position thereon. Except
in so far as we have already described them, the swift illustrated in Figs. 11, 12,
13 and 14 and the swivels or arms (a) employed therein are similar to the swift
illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 and the swivels or arms (a) employed therein
and so we shall not further describe the swift illustrated in Figs. 11, 12, 13 and 14.
Swivels or arms made according to our invention can be easily balanced so as
to revolve in the manner requisite with the axles on which they are to be mounted
and so enable the swifts in which they are employed to be revolved at high speeds
and are not liable to shrink or swell or warp under variations of weather, tempera-
ture or climate and when employed in a swift intended to be closed by one or more
of the staves employed in it being turned about the axis of the swift are not liable
to become difficult to turn in the manner requisite upon the axles on which they
are mounted.
Furthermore swivels or arms made according to our invention are much less
readily broken or otherwise injured than the swivels or arms hitherto provided
for use in the swifts of reels.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
For use as supports for the staves of the swifts of reels for reeling yarns or
threads, arms or swivels which are for the purposes and substantially as herein-
before described pressed from sheet metal so as to be provided with flanges around
their edges and around their central orifices and with ears or flanges by means

page_text: of which the staves to be connected to such swivels or arms may be secured
thereon.
Dated this Seventh day of April 1808
HOWARD CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.