Improvements in and relating to the Reeling or Winding of Slivers, Slubbing, Roving or other Textile Filaments.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept., 1900-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1900
Improvements in and relating to the Reeling or Winding of Slivers,
Slubbing, Roving or other Textile Filaments.
I, REGINALD HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert Haddan & Co., of 18, Bucking-
ham Street, Strand, W.C., London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, a communication to me from abroad, by Jean Niqui and José
Edward Harrison, Manufacturers, of Rue Obispo 2, Barcelona, Spain, to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the reels on which slivers, slubbings or rovings are
wound in spinning mills. Formerly such slivers, slubbings or rovings, have
been rolled up simultaneously on one long reel which will hold twenty or even
more slivers, slubbings or rovings.
Each of these reels is put in rotary movement by a cylinder known as a taking
up cylinder.
This system has one great disadvantage owing to the frequent breaking of the
slivers, slubbings or rovings so that some are longer or shorter than others which
difference in the length means a considerable loss when these slivers, slubbings
or rovings are further dealt with in the spinning machines.
In order to avoid this inconvenience the present invention is intended to take
up and wind the slivers, slubbings or rovings independently from each other on
separate reels.
In this system each reel is driven by a corresponding take up cylinder the
width of which (parallel to its axis) is a little less than the distance between the
flanges or end plates of the reel in order to allow the take up cylinder to be intro-
duced into the hollow or channel of each corresponding reel.
The flanges or end plates of the reels may be of star shape but can be in any
other form; the star shape is only adopted for obtaining lighter weight in the
reel.
Each of the reels comprises a central cylindrical boss or nave and two flanges
or end plates, each reel is provided with an axle or trunnions. These axles are
odged in supports of fork-like form each of these supports carries two grooves
or slots one for the axle end of one reel and the other for the axle end of the
next reel, the other end of each of these axles is lodged in the next similar
upport.
The take up cylinders lie between the end plates or flanges and come in con-
act with the central bosses or naves of the reels.
In proportion as the slivers, slubbings or rovings are wound up on the naves
of the reels in consequence of the action of the take up cylinders which turn
he reels by surface friction and in proportion as the roving or the like fills each
eel the axles of the latter rise in the grooves or slots and the reels when
ntirely filled are taken away from the upper and open ends of the said grooves
r slots.
These reels, the one independent from the other for each roving or the like can

page_text: be applied to spinning frames with analogous advantages because the develop-
ment of the rovings takes place without the loss caused by the different length of
these rovings. This application can be made to continuous and to self-acting
spinning machines for any textile material of whatever nature it may be.
Dated this 10th day of Donhar 1800
Improvements in and relating to the Reeling or Winding of Slivers,
Slubbing, Roving or other Textile Filaments.
I, REGINALD HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert Haddan & Co., of 18, Bucking-
ham Street, Strand, W.C., London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, a communication to me from abroad, by Jean Niqui and José
Edward Harrison, Manufacturers, of Rue Obispo 2, Barcelona, Spain, 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 reels or bobbins on which slivers, slubbings or
rovings are wound in spinning mills. Formerly such slivers, slubbings or
rovings, have been rolled up simultaneously on one long reel or bobbin, which
will hold twenty or even more slivers, slubbings or rovings.
Each of these reels or bobbins is put in rotary movement by a cylinder known
as a taking up cylinder.
This system has one great disadvantage owing to the frequent breaking of the
slivers, slubbings or rovings so that some are longer or shorter than others, which
difference in the length means a considerable loss when these slivers, slubbings
or rovings are further dealt with in the spinning machines.
In order to avoid this inconvenience the present invention is intended to take
up and wind the slivers. slubbings or rovings independently from each other on
separate reels or bobbins.
In this system each reel or bobbin is driven by a corresponding take up
cylinder the width of which (parallel to its axis) is a little less than the distance
between the flanges or end plates of the reel or bobbin in order to allow the take
up cylinder to be introduced into the hollow or channel of each corresponding
reel or bobbin.
In the annexed drawings an arrangement of this system is shown; Fig. 1 is
a side view and Fig. 2 a front view thereof.
In these drawings two reels or bobbins and two taking up cylinders are repre-
sented as an example.
A A A A A A represent flanges or end plates of one of the reels or bobbins
which may be of star-shape but can be of any other form; the star shape is only
adopted for obtaining lighter weight in the reels or bobbins.
A' A' A¹ A' A' A' are flanges or end plates of another reel or bobbin.
Each of the reels or bobbins comprises a central cylindrical boss or nave B or B¹
and two flanges or end plates and each reel or bobbin is provided with an axle
or trunnions C C¹.
These axles have bearing in supports D D of fork-like form, each of which
carries two grooves or slots E E, one for the axle end of one reel or bobbin,
and the other for the axle end of the next reel or bobbin the other end of each
of these axles is mounted in the next similar support. The said supports D are
mounted on the end of an arm D¹ supported by a shaft D³.
FF are the take up cylinders which lie between the end plates or flanges A A¹
and come in contact with the central bosses or naves B B¹ of the reels or bobbins.

page_text: In proportion as the slivers, slubbings or rovings are wound up on the naves
of the reels or bobbins B and B in consequence of the action of the take up
cylinders F which turn the reels or bobbins by surface friction and in propor-
tion as the roving or the like fills each reel or bobbin, the axles of the latter rise
in the grooves or slots E E and the reels or bobbins when entirely filled are taken
away from the upper and open ends of the said grooves or slots.
These reels or bobbins, the one independent from the other for each roving or
the like can be applied to spinning frames with analogous advantages because
the unwinding of the rovings takes place without the loss caused by the different
length of these rovings. Either continuous or self-acting spinning machines
may be supplied with slivers or rovings direct from these bobbins when wound
each with a single sliver or roving.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The improvements relating to the reeling or winding of slivers, slubbings
or rovings, principally characterised by the fact that the rolling up of each sliver,
slubbing or roving takes place independently from each other on separate reels
or bobbins, each of these reels or bobbins being put into operation independently
from the others by a corresponding take-up cylinder, substantially as described.
2. The application of reels or bobbins claimed as above, to either continuous
or self-acting spinning machines in which the slivers or rovings of any textile
material are supplied direct from the bobbins, each wound with a single sliver
or roving.
Dated this 17th day of September 1900.