Improvements in or applicable to Sectional Warping and Beaming Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd June,
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Complete Specification Left. 3rd Mar., 1898-Accepted, 28th May, 1898
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Complete Specification Left. 3rd Mar., 1898-Accepted, 28th May,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Sectional Warping and Beaming
Machines.
We, ALFRED SEELEY, of 27, Smith Street, Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster,
Commercial Traveller, and GRINDROD KERSHAW, of 64, Clement Royds Street,
Rochdale, aforesaid, Draughtsman, do hereby declare the nature of the said inven-
tion, to be as follows:-
Our improvements relate to and are combined with that class of warping or
beaming machines termed "sectional."
These machines are formed by two side frames and connecting cross stays and
have bearings for a cross shaft upon which the fast and loose driving belt pulleys
work.
The belt is guided by a fork on a slide on the framing connected with an arm
on a shaft in suitable bearings passing to the front of the machine, at which end
of the shaft there is a handle for actuating the belt fork.
Upon this first motion cross shaft, there are two connected bevel wheels, both
of them movable on the shaft on a fixed key by a clutch fork secured to one end
of a shaft in suitable bearings extending to the front of the machine at which end
there is a handle for actuating the clutch fork or lever and sliding the bevel
wheels to and fro on the shaft.
One or the other of these two bevels (according to the direction in which the
"section" shaft is to be rotated) gears with a bevel on a shaft at a right angle to
the said cross shaft or first motion shaft, and this shaft at a right angle to the
latter drives by spur wheels another similar shaft parallel to it, which shafts have
each upon them a friction pulley which can move to and fro on the shaft on fixed
keys. These friction pulleys press against and on opposite sides of a friction disc
fast on the section shaft, which is parallel to the first motion cross shaft.
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One end of the section shaft overhangs on one side of the side frame and it is
upon this end of the shaft that the plates or discs are secured, between which the
section or cheese is formed by winding the threads between the plates or
discs. On a shaft parallel to the section shaft in bearings in the side frames,
there is a lever secured on that end opposite to where the "section" is formed,
and the end of this arm carries a round surface to press upon the threads when
being wound upon the section by a weight on the arm or lever extending on the
opposite side of the shaft, which we will call the presser shaft.
At the other end of the presser shaft on the opposite side of the machine a
slotted arm is secured, this slotted arm extending in a horizontal direction but
will vary in inclination as the section fills.
There is an adjustable stud in the slot in the slotted arm, which will be herein-
after referred to.
In suitable bearings in brackets on the side frame and at a right angle to the
section shaft, there is a screw threaded shaft having a screw nut upon it, square
on its exterior, hereinafter referred to.
The screw shaft is rotated at each revolution of the section shaft by a ratchet

page_text: wheel secured on the end of the screw shaft upon which ratchet a pawl works to
and fro carried upon the end of a lever having its fulcrum on a bracket on the
framing. This pawl lever is oscillated to and fro by a drum cam on the section
shaft that acts on a bowl on a stud in the lower end of the lever.
The said nut square on its exterior is connected with a clutch fork formed arm
on the vertical arm of a bell crank lever having its fulcrum on a stud in a bracket
in the side frame. The upper face of the horizontal arm of the bell crank lever
has a straight (or in some cases a curved) edge which at the beginning of the
winding of the section is about parallel to the slot in the said slotted arm on the
presser shaft, so that the said stud adjustable in the slot will touch the upper edge
of the horizontal arm of the bell crank lever.
At the beginning of a section, the screw shaft is rotated by a crank handle at
its front end to bring the screw nut and thus the bell crank lever to the starting
position, and in making the first or trial section, the adjustable stud is slided to
that end of the slot in the slotted arm near the presser shaft, and when the first
or trial portion of the section is completed the stud is then adjusted in the slot
to come in contact with the upper face of the horizontal arm of the bell crank
lever this makes all subsequent sections of the same counts of yarn or thread,
equal.
On the presser shaft there is an arm secured, to one end of which a' rod is jointed,
the other end of this rod being also jointed with an arm secured on a cross shaft
parallel to the section shaft in suitable bearings in the side frames.
On this cross shaft, a double armed lever is secured, one of these arms passing
on each side of the friction disc, and each arm has a stud to fit a clutch fork
groove in the boss of each friction pulley. By this means the friction pulleys
are moved from near the centre of the friction disc towards its outer diameter as
the section fills, thus keeping the speed of winding uniform, the rotation of the
section diminishing as the diameter increases.
We arrange the measuring drum over which the threads pass to the section so
that it can be readily changed in position to suit the position of the threads when
passing on to the section, which will vary according to the direction in which. it.
is arranged to rotate.
There is a screw and incline for putting pressure upon the bearing at one end.
of one friction pulley shaft to press its pulley against the friction disc, and the
latter against the friction pulley on the other shaft with the pressure sufficient. to
give the adhesion required.
In place of the screw shaft and screw nut and bell crank lever there may be a
shaft with a worm gearing with a segment worm on one arm of a bell crank lever.
Dated this Second day of June 1897.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Sectional Warping and Beaming
Machines.
We, ALFRED SEELEY, of 27, Smith Street, Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster,
Commercial Traveller, and GRINDROD KERSHAW, of 64, Clement Royds Street,
Rochdale, aforesaid, Draughtsman, 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 improvements relate to and are combined with that class of warping or
beaming machines termed "sectional."

page_text: These machines are formed by two side frames and connecting cross stays and
have bearings for a cross shaft upon which the fast and loose driving belt pulleys
work.
The belt is guided by a fork on a slide on the framing connected with an arm
on a shaft in suitable bearings passing to the front of the machine, at which end
of the shaft there is a handle for actuating the belt fork.
Upon this first motion cross shaft, there are two combined bevel wheels, both
of them movable on the shaft on a fixed key by a clutch fork secured to one end
of a shaft in suitable bearings extending to the front of the machine at which end
there is a handle for actuating the clutch fork or lever and sliding' the bevel.
wheels to and fro on the shaft.
One or the other of these two bevels (according to the direction in which the
"section" shaft is to be rotated) gears with a bevel on a shaft at a right angle to
the said cross shaft or first motion shaft, and this shaft at a right angle to the
latter drives by spur wheels another similar shaft parallel to it, which shafts have
each upon them a friction pulley which can move to and fro on the shaft on. fixed
keys. These friction pulleys press against and on opposite sides of a friction disc
fast on the section shaft, which is parallel to the first motion cross shaft..
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One end of the section shaft overhangs on one side of the side frame and it is
upon this end of the shaft that the plates or discs are secured, between which the
"section" or cheese is formed by winding the threads between the plates or
discs. On a shaft parallel to the section shaft in bearings in the side' frames,
there is a lever secured on that end opposite to where the section is formed,
and the end of this arm carries a round surface to press upon the threads when
being wound upon the section by a weight on the arm or lever extending on the
opposite side of the shaft, which we will call the presser shaft..
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At the other end of the presser shaft on the opposite side of the machine a
slotted arm is secured; this slotted arm extending in a horizontal direction but-
will vary in inclination as the section fills.
There is an adjustable stud in the slot in the slotted arm which will be herein-
after referred to:
In suitable bearings in brackets on the side frame and at a right angle to the
section shaft, there is a screw threaded shaft having a screw nut upon it, square
on its exterior, hereinafter referred to.
The screw shaft is rotated at each revolution of the section shaft by a ratchet-
wheel secured on the end of the screw shaft upon which ratchet a pawl works to
and fro carried upon the end of a lever having its fulcrum on a bracket on the
framing. This pawl lever is oscillated to and fro by a drum cam on the section.
shaft that acts on a bowl on a stud in the lower end of the lever.
The said nut square on its exterior is connected with a clutch fork formed arm
on the vertical arm of a bell crank lever having its fulcrum on a studțin a bracket
in the side frame. The upper face of the horizontal arm of the bell crank lever
has a straight (or in some cases a curved) edge which at the beginning of the
winding of the section is about parallel to the slot in the said slotted arm on the
presser shaft, so that the said stud adjustable in the slot will touch the upper edge
of the horizontal arm of the bell crank lever.
At the beginning of a section, the screw shaft is rotated by a crank handle at
its front end to bring the screw nut and thus the bell crank lever to the starting.
position, and in making the first or trial section, the adjustable stud is slided to
that end of the slot in the slotted arm near the presser shaft, and when the first
or trial portion of the section is completed the stud is then adjusted. in the slot
to come in contact with the upper face of the horizontal arm of the bell crank
lever this makes all subsequent sections of the some counts of yarn or thread,
equal.
On the presser shaft there is an arm secured, to one end of which a rod is jointed,
the other end of this rod being also jointed with an arm secured on a cross shaft
parallel to the section shaft in suitable bearings in the side frames..

page_text: On this cross shaft, a double armed lever is secured, one of these arms passing
on each side of the friction disc, and each arm has a stud to fit a clutch fork
groove in the boss of each friction pulley. By this means the friction pulleys
are moved from near the centre of the friction disc towards its outer diameter as
the section fills, thus keeping the speed of winding uniform, the rotation of the
section diminishing as the diameter increases.
We arrange the measuring drum over which the threads pass to the section so
that it can be readily changed in position to suit the position of the threads when
passing on to the section, which will vary according to the direction in which it
is arranged to rotate.
There is a screw and incline for putting pressure upon the bearing at one end
of one friction pulley shaft to press its pulley against the friction disc, and the
latter against the friction pulley on the other shaft with the pressure sufficient to
give the adhesion required.
In place of the screw shaft and screw nut and bell crank lever there may be a
shaft with a worm gearing with a segment worm on one arm of a bell crank lever.
Fig. 1, is a side or end elevation, and
Fig. 2, a plan view illustrating our invention.
a, two end or side frames, connected by one cross stay a¹, and other cross stays
not shown.
b, is the first motion shaft, having fast and loose belt pulleys b', upon it, for the
driving belt, and 62, is a fly or hand wheel on one end of the shaft on which two
bevel wheels 63 and 64, are placed connected by a tube to slide together upon a
fixed key on the shaft b, to bring one or the other bevel wheel in gear with a bevel
wheel c¹, secured on the end of a shaft c, at a right angle to the first motion shaft b.
This shaft c, has a friction pulley 2, upon it that can slide too and fro on a fixed
key on the shaft, which has also a spur wheel c³, secured upon it that gears with
one c', on another shaft c, parallel to the shaft c, also having a similarly arranged
friction pulley c6, upon it.
The two shafts c and c, at one end are each in a bearing in a bracket a², on the
framing, the other ends are in brackets or bearings that can move laterally to bring
the friction pulleys c³ and co, to and from the opposite sides of the friction disc d
secured on the section shaft d, in suitable bearings. The bearing for the end of
the shaft c, is only movable for adjusting purposes in order to bring the friction
pulley 2, more or less against the friction disc d', and adjust the frictional pressure,
and therefore in ordinary working it is fixed.
The movable bearing for the other shaft c5, is arranged to be acted upon by an
excentric or cam upon a vertical shaft (not shown) in suitable bearings, this shaft
being oscillated by a handle secured at the upper end of the shaft to cause the
excentric or cam to force the bearing and thus the pulley 6, against the friction
disc, or allow it to come away so as to remove the pressure of the friction
pulley 6, from the friction disc d, when the friction pulleys have to be moved
back towards the section shaft d, at the commencement of the winding of a new
section.
The section shaft is at liberty to slide endwards to a slight extent so that when the
friction pulley 6, presses against one side of the friction disc d', it pushes
the section shaft d, so that the other side of the friction disc d, comes against
the other friction pulley ², on the shaft c, and between the two pulleys and c6,
sufficient adhesion is given to drive the section shaft as required.
The bevel wheels 63 and 64, on the first motion shaft b, may be slided on it to
bring one or the other into gear or both out of gear with the bevel c¹, by a clutch
fork, and lever or other suitable arrangement, or these bevels are or may be moved
The driving
by hand and held in the position required by any suitable means.
belt may be traversed on the pulleys b1, by a fork on a slide or sliding rod con-
nected by an arm with a shaft at a right angle to the first motion shaft b, in
suitable bearings on the framing, and there may be a lever handle secured at the
front end of such shaft.

page_text: Or there may be a shaft f, as shown in suitable bearings on the framing at a
right angle to the first motion shaft b, which has a vertical arm f¹, upon it to which
the belt fork f, is secured-the front end of the shaft having a lever handle f³,
secured to it, made elastic laterally to press against a notched bracket f*, secured
to the framing to hold the lever with the belt fork over either pulley as required.
The section shaft d, has its bearings in the end frames a, and overhangs on one
side at which end the block or drum d², is secured for the warp threads to be
wound upon, which are to form the section," the sides being formed by disc
plates, secured against the block or drum .
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The threads when being wound are pressed upon by a cylindrical surface g³,
held in the end of an arm g', secured by a key upon the end of the presser shaft g,
which is in bearings in the side frames.
Extending back from the arm carrying the pressing surface there is an arm g³,
for an adjustable weight g, which gives the pressure against the threads being
wound on the section. The other end of this presser shaft g, has a slotted arm g³,
secured to it which acts as hereinafter explained.
To the presser shaft g, another arm g6, is secured, which is jointed to lower one
end of a rod g', the upper end of which is jointed to the end of an arm g³, secured
on a shaft g, parallel to the presser shaft g, in suitable bearings on the end
frames and on this shaft g, two arms 9%, are secured, one for each friction
pulley and c, the end of each arm 9", having a pin which enters the clutch
groove in the boss of its friction pulley, so that these friction pulleys and co,
are moved to and fro on their shafts c and, from the axis of the section shaft
as the section fills, the friction pulleys being nearest the section shaft (driving
it at the quickest speed) at the commencement of the winding of the section, and
gradually moving further from the section shaft as the section fills to give a
uniform speed of winding to the threads winding upon the section.
On one side, there is a screw h, in suitable bearings in brackets secured to one
side frame a, this screw h, can rotate but cannot move endways, it has a screw
nut h, upon it square on its exterior, with vertical grooves in its two opposite
vertical sides, which grooves fit pins h³, in the forked end of a L lever h³ having
its fulcrum 4, in a bracket a¹, on the framing.
At the commencement of the winding of a section, the upper edge of the
horizontal arm of the lever ³, is parallel to the lengthway of the slot in the.
arm g, on the presser shaft g, in which slot there is a stud gb, which when
adjusted can be secured by a screw by the handle gº, as hereinafter described.
On the end of the screw shaft h, a ratchet wheel 5, is secured which is acted upon
by a pawl jointed to the upper end of a lever h, having its fulcrum on a stud h³,
in the framing, the lower end of this lever carrying a bowl h³, on a stud that fits
the path in a drum cam d, secured on the section shaft d, each rotation of which
thus gives one or more teeth (as arranged) of rotation to the ratchet h5, and thus
to the screw h, changing the position of the ☐ lever h³, as the section fills with
threads.
In making a trial or first section, the stud gb, is moved in the slot in the arm g³,
towards the presser shaft g, and when the section is finished the stud gb, is then
moved in its slot until it comes against the upper edge of the horizontal arm of
the Llever h³, and is there secured when all subsequent sections of the same
counts of yarn will be made the same size. The screw nut h¹, is shown in the
position for commencing a fresh section and it is brought back to that position
The vertical
against a collar or stop (not shown) after winding each section.
arm of the L lever h³, may have the segment of a worm wheel formed upon it to
gear with a worm on a shaft corresponding to the screw shaft h, arranged to rotate,
but not to move endways, such worm shaft being rotated in the same manner as
the screw shaft h, or by other means from the section shaft d.
The measuring drum (not shown) over which the threads pass to wind upon the
section, and its indicator mechanism for showing the number of rotations it
makes, and thus the lengths of thread passing over it may be of the ordinary kind

page_text: used in section warping machines, and it is carried on a bracket secured to end
frames nearest the section side, and this bracket carrying the bearings of the
shaft of the measuring drum and indicator mechanism is or may be arranged to
be readily slided or moved horizontally and secured in a position so that the
measuring drum will direct the threads to the section whether winding thereon in
one direction or the other as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The combination of an arm secured on a shaft actuated by the yarn or thread
when winding on the section, with an arm on a fulcrum, such arm having uniform,
intermittent or continuous angular motion imparted to it from the rotations of the
section shaft, and a stud to be adjusted in position after a first section has been
made partly or completely carried on one arm substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
2. The combination of an L lever actuated by a screw nut and screw rotated
intermittently or continuously from the section shaft with an arm secured on the
shaft actuated by the presser and a stud or projection adjustable upon the said
arm substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the drawings.
3. The combination of an L lever, one arm having a worm wheel segment upon
it, gearing with a worm on a shaft rotated from the section shaft with an arm
secured on the presser shaft, which arm carries an adjustable stud or projection
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated by
the drawings.
4. The combination of the slotted arm (95) secured on the presser shaft (g)
actuated by the thread winding upon the section drum (3) the slotted arm (95)
carrying an adjustable stud (gb) with the lever (43) connected with the screw
nut (h) upon the screw shaft (h) actuated by a ratchet wheel (75) pawl and
lever (7) reciprocated by a cam (4) on the section shaft (d) substantially as and
for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
5. The combination of mechanism substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this Second day of March 1898.