AUTOMATIC STOP ACTION IN TWISTING OR DOUBLING MACHINES
Year: 1884

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HARRY TEE Tipperary County Tipperary Ireland "Engineer" do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for AUTOMATIC STOP ACTION IN TWISTING OR
DOUBLING MACHINES to be as follows:-
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By means of forks or staples held on a framework, fastened in such manner that
the spindle band of the existing machine, shall pass close to it, such forks or
staples being of the same number as, and connected by wires or chains, with the
threads in course of being twisted or doubled, in such manner that whilst not
stopping the twisting, or doubling thereof, upon any one of the threads being
broken the fork or staple thereto attached will fall & enclose the spindle band in
its prongs.
And by means of a knot in the spindle band of such dimensions as to
be unable to pass through the prongs of the fork or staple, such fork or staple will
be carried forward. And further by means of a rod, and lever attached at one end
to the existing friction or surface roller of the machine, and at the other to a plate
or bar, placed in the aforesaid framework in such a position as that the before
mentioned forks or staples will when they fall, on the breaking of a thread as
aforesaid, fall upon and so depress the plate or bar, as that by means of the rod
and lever, the friction or surface roller will be raised out of contact with the fluted
roller of the machine, and further the said rod & lever shall remove a clutch or key
from the whorle or pulley on the spindle, thereby allowing the said whorle or
pulley to revolve without causing the revolution of the spindle, and so prevent
until the fork or staple is readjusted and again connected with the thread, the
further winding of, or drawing of, any of the threads in. course of twisting or
doubling, and thus effectually prevent undue waste, and the twisting or doubling
of less than the full number of threads.

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HARRY TEE Engineer Tipperary Ireland do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "AUTOMATIC STOP ACTION IN TWISTING OR DOUBLING MACHINES
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
By means according to drawings herewith, of a fork or staple A, held on a
plate B. fastened in such manner that the spindle band of the existing machine
shall pass close to it. The said fork or staple A, is held up in position by the
catch C, which is connected to small levers D. by wires or chains, there being the
same number of levers D. as there are threads in course of being twisted or
doubled. Upon any one or more of the threads being broken a lever or levers D.
will fall and so raise the catch C, and release the fork A. which will fall' and
enclose the spindle band in its prongs And by means of a knot in the spindle
band of such dimensions as to be unable to pass through the prongs of the fork A,
such fork will be carried forward. And further by means of a rod & lever E. F.
attached at one end to the existing friction or surface roller of the machine, and at
the other to a plate G, placed in the aforesaid plate or framework B, in such a
position, as that the before mentioned fork A, in being carried forward by the knot
in the spindle band, on the breaking of the thread or threads as aforesaid, will so
depress the plate G as that by means of the rod & lever E F, the friction, or
surface roller of the machine will be raised out of contact with the fluted or bottom
roller of the machine, and further this depression of the plate will cause the pin or
clutch H. which is fixed on the spindle at N, to be brought in contact with bar K,
which is attached to plate G, and so instantly stop the spindle-further when the
plate G is depressed to its lowest point by the fork A, the pin L. actuated by a
spiral spring at opening M. in plate B. will hold up, the fork A, and the plate G
hold down, at the said lowest point until the attendant to the machine, by means
of the wedge shaped link P. which is to be raised vertically releases the said pin L,
which releasing will be done, after the broken threads have been pieced and a lever
or levers D. placed upon it or them, thereby allowing the catch C. to fall, ready to
receive the fork A, which it holds up, until the breaking of a thread, or threads.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The means of effecting a perfect stop motion, on the breaking of one or more
threads during the process of being twisted or doubled, thereby "preventing
Bingles."