Improvements in the Spooling Motion of Frames for Spinning, Twisting, or Winding Yarns or Threads.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 22nd May, 1897
Improvements in the Spooling Motion of Frames for Spinning,
Twisting, or Winding Yarns or Threads.
We, EDWIN JAMES OATES and ARTHUR DONALD OATES, of Ryburne Mills,
Hanson Lane, Halifax, in the County of York, Worsted Spinners, and WILLIAM
EARNSHAW, of the same place, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the building up of yarn upon spools such as those
used in weaving, and refers to that part of the lifter motion in spinning, twisting or
winding frames which regulates or controls the winding of the yarn upon the spool
or hobbin in the required shape.
Hitherto when winding yarn in these classes of machinery upon a spool without
a top flange, it has been customary to commence winding at the bottom and to
build the yarn upon the barrel of the bobbin in a succession of conical layers one
upon another, and this has been effected by the lifting rail having a series of short
up and down movements all the way up the bobbin until the top is reached. The
machine had then to be stopped to change or doff all the spools at the same time
and the lifter motion had to be reset by hand before restarting to fill another set of
bobbins.
One of the objects of our invention is to dispense with hand setting of the lifter
motion and to employ automatic or self acting means instead; also to enable us to
doff any individual full spool aud start filling another spool without stopping the
machine, still retaining the conical shape of the full spool ready for winding
purposes.
In order to carry out our invention we make use of the ordinary cop building up
motion but we impart to the ordinary sliding screwed shaft, a backward and forward
rotary motion for raising and lowering the rack which controlls the lifting rail.
We make use of the ordinary driving pinion on the sliding screwed shaft, the
necessary reverse rotary motion of the said pinion being obtained by two sets of
wheels which comprise two driven spur wheels.
Behind or in front of these spur wheels are attached two segment wheels or
wheels having teeth only on one half of their circumference, therefore as the spur
wheels revolve the teeth in one segment cause the screwed shaft to revolve in one
direction whilst the teeth of the adjoining wheel cause the screwed shaft to revolve
in the other direction and thus work the rack up and down positively. We also
make use of the ordinary pendulous lever, but instead of its being pivoted at the
top as hitherto, it is pivoted at the bottom so as to permit the rack to traverse its
full length. The usual heart cam is employed to cause the lifter rail to traverse
upward from the flange of the bobbin to the top or near to the top of the spool and
down again, whereby the yarn is wound thereon thus obtaining a considerably
increased lift over those spooling motions at present in use, consequently the
lubricating of the spindle is more freely effected than is the case with the old
method where the rise of the lifting rail is short.
Instead of imparting a backward and forward rotary motion to the sliding screwed
shaft by segment wheels as herein described, we may obtain the necessary backward
and forward rotary motion by means of a crank and connecting rod or rack arranged

page_text: either vertically or horizontally, such rack gearing with the driving pinion on the
sliding screwed shaft.
Dated this 10th doof T1000
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Patent Agents.
Improvements in the Spooling Motion of Frames for Spinning,
Twisting, or Winding Yarns or Threads.
We, EDWIN JAMES OATES and ARTHUR DONALD OATES, of Ryburne Mills,
Hanson Lane, Halifax, in the County of York, Worsted Spinners, and WILLIAM
EARNSHAW, of the same place, Manager, 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:-
This invention has reference to the building up of yarn upon spools such as those
used in weaving, and refers to that part of the lifter motion in spinning, twisting or
winding frames which regulates or controls the winding of the yarn upon the spool
or hobbin in the required shape.
Hitherto when winding yarn in these classes of machinery upon a spool without
a top flange, it has been customary to commence winding at the bottom and to build
the yarn upon the barrel of the bobbin in a succession of conical layers one upon
another, and this has been effected by the lifting rail having a series of short up
and down movements all the way up the bobbin until the top is reached. The
machine had then to be stopped to change or doff all the spools at the same time
and the lifter motion had to be reset by hand before restarting to fill another set of
bobbins.
One of the objects of our invention is to dispense with hand setting of the lifter
motion and to employ automatic or self acting means instead; also to enable us to
doff any individual full spool and start filling another spool without stopping the
machine, still retaining the conical shape of the full spool ready for winding
purposes.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is end elevation, and Fig. 2 front elevation
of parts constructed and arranged according to our invention.
A represents the framing of the machine, B one of the spindles carrying
bobbin C, and D is the lifter rail employed for lifting the bobbin up and down
within the cap E. The ordinary sliding shaft is shewn at F which is made to slide
end wise backwards and forwards in the ordinary and well known manner, and this
is effected by means of the pendulous lever P working upon a fulcrum H, the
forward movement of the said shaft and pendulous lever being effected in the
following manner :-I represents a heart-cam caused to revolve by worm and
wheel J from the driving gear K. This heart-cam revolves against the bowl L
attached to lever M, such lever working in contact with the bowl N carried by the
sliding block O on the back of the pendulous lever P, therefore as the said cam
revolves in the direction of the arrow, the pendulous lever P is moved towards the
left hand carrying with it the sliding shaft F which is supported in the head of the
lever P. The sliding shaft F is severed as shewn at Fig. 4 and it is connected to
a collar or stud Q by means of set screws a see side elevation Fig. 3 of these parts.
As the sliding shaft F moves forward it pushes bar R which extends the whole
length of the frame. The horizontal movement of the shaft F and bar R carries
with it chain S attached to bracket T fastened to the vertical rod U connected t
the lifter rail D of the frame, therefore as the sliding shaft F pushes forward rail R

page_text: the lifting rail D is raised, but when the heart-cam I ceases to push lever M the
lifter rail and parts connected thereto descend by their own weight, by this means
the lifter rail is made to be raised and lowered for the purpose of controlling the
winding of the yarn upon the bobbin. The lever P as already stated has a
pendulous motion imparted to it by the cam I for the purpose of operating the lifter
rail, but this movement to and fro varies and it is effected in the following
manner :-The oscillating lever P carries the sliding block O connected to chain V
whilst the other end of said chain passes over and is connected to the pulley W
fixed on the sliding shaft F. This sliding shaft, in addition to having an end wise
backward and forward motion has a partial rotary motion backward and forward,
this being effected by means of a pinion X fixed upon the said sliding shaft, gearing
with the rack Y operated by connecting rod Z from face plate Zi as will be
understood, therefore as the sliding shaft F partially rotates, the chain V is pulled
in either one or other direction, causing the block O to slide up and down the
oscillating frame P consequently its pendulous movement varies according to
requirement and according to the formation of the nose of the cop and the lift
required.
Instead of imparting partial rotary motion to the sliding shaft F by rack Y and
piniou Xas already described, it can be done by space wheels as shewn in Fig. 5,
where F represents the sliding shaft having fixed upon it a pinion F in gear with
two space wheels F2 and F3, both of which have a continuous rotary motion imparted
to them, consequently space wheel F2 will revolve shaft F in one direction, and
space wheel F will revolve the sliding shaft F in the opposite direction, thus it
will be seen that a partial rotation is given to the said shaft in both directions.
It is however obvious that the rotary motion of the sliding shaft F can be effected
in other ways than those herein shewn for instance the rack can be traversed
backwards and forwards by means of a cam similar to the one marked I or by
means of a chain or other mechanical equivalents.
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 :-
The arrangement and combination of parts comprising a spooling motion
substantially as herein shewn in the drawings and described in the specification and
employed in machines for spinning, twisting, or winding yarns or threads.
this 17th day of Anni 1807
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Patent Agents.