Improvements in Apparatus for Winding Yarns or Threads, applicable to Winding Machines, Clearing Machines, Gassing Machines, and other analogous Machines in which Yarns or Threads are Wound.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
Improvements in Apparatus for Winding Yarns or Threads, applicable
to Winding Machines, Clearing Machines, Gassing Machines, and
other analogous Machines in which Yarns or Threads are Wound.
We, LOUIS RIVETT, of Grove House, Heaton Chapel, in the County of Lan-
caster, Manufacturer, and SAMUEL OLDHAM, of Wharf Street Mill, Heaton Norris,
Stockport, in the said County, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in improvements in apparatus for winding yarns or
threads which are applicable to winding machines, clearing machines, gassing
machines, and other analogous machines in which yarns or threads are wound.
The object of our invention is to enable yarns or threads to be wound into the
form of cheeses or balls on to bobbins, spools or tubes without heads and into.
other analogous forms more rapidly and efficiently than has been possible with
the means hitherto provided and to enable machines for winding yarns or threads,
machines for clearing yarns or threads, machines for gassing yarns or threads
and other analogous machines in which yarns or threads are wound into the form
of cheeses or balls on bobbins, spools or tubes without heads or into other
analogous forms to be made simpler in construction and more efficient and simpler
and more convenient in use than such machines as hitherto constructed have been.
According to our invention we provide in each machine to which our invention
is applied a suitable number of winding drums cach of which is provided with a
circumferential groove or slit of an oblique or undulating or zig-zag form arranged
to approach each edge of the winding drum once or oftener as may be considered
preferable and in conjunction with each winding-drum we provide a cradle or
frame in which the bobbin, spool or tube or other object on which yarn or thread
is to be wound by means of the said drum, may be mounted and also provide in
conjunction with each winding-drum, a guide-wire or arm capable of being oscil-
lated about an axis and provided with a projecting part to engage with the groove'
in the said winding drum so that the revolution of the said winding drum shall
cause the said guide-wire or arm to oscillate about the said axis. Each guide-
wire or arm is provided with lateral projections which may be made of wire or
of a plate or plates of metal or other material which are made to bear upon or
be in proximity to the surface of the winding drum with which the said
guide-wire or arm is used when such guide-wire or arm is in working position
and are so formed or arranged as to be provided with inclined parts leading to.
a notch formed or provided between them so that when a yarn or
thread or yarns or threads is connected to a bobbin, spool or tube
mounted in the cradle or frame provided in conjunction with such winding drum
and the winding drum is caused to revolve, the revolution of such winding drum
causing the guide-wire or arm used therewith to oscillate will cause one or other.
of the lateral projections of the said guide-wire or arm to pass beneath the yarn
or thread or yarns or threads being then wound upon the said bobbin, spool or

page_text: tube and cause such yarn or thread or yarns or threads to be guided into the
notch between the inclined parts of such projections and then be guided by such
notch while being wound upon the bobbin, spool or tube by the said winding
drum.
In one form which we may mention by way of illustration each guide-wire or
arm may be simply mounted so as to be capable of being oscillated in a hole in
a suitable bracket or support so as to be readily removable therefrom.
Each frame or cradle provided to hold the hobbins, spools or tubes or other
objects upon which yarns or threads are to be wound in a machine to which our
invention is applied is preferably arranged to be moved. independently of the
other or others but in any case in which it may be considered preferable two or
more of the cradles or frames may be connected or formed together.
Our invention is applicable to winding frames either for winding yarns or
threads singly or winding yarns or threads two or more together, to gassing
frames, to clearing frames, and other analogous machines whether such machines
be arranged to wind the yarns or threads operated upon from cops, from bobbins,
from hanks or from other bodies or forms upon or into which they may have
previously been wound.
Dated this Twentieth day of January 1899.
HOWARD
CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.
Improvements in Apparatus for Winding Yarns or Threads, applicable
to Winding Machines, Clearing Machines, Gassing Machines, and
other analogous Machines in which Yarns or Threads are Wound.
We, LOUIS RIVETT, of Grove House, Heaton Chapel, in the County of Lan-
caster, Manufacturer, and SAMUEL OLDHAM, of Wharf Street Mill, Heaton Norris,
Stockport, in the said County, 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 consists in improvements in apparatus for winding yarns or
threads which are applicable to winding machines, clearing machines, gassing
machines and other analogous machines in which yarns or threads are wound.
The object of our invention is to enable yarns or threads to be wound into the
form of cheeses or balls on to bobbins, spools or tubes without heads and into
other analogous forms more rapidly and efficiently than has been possible with
the means hitherto provided and to enable machines for winding yarns or threads,
machines for clearing yarns or threads, machines for gassing yarns or threads
and other analogous machines in which yarns or threads are wound into the form
of cheeses or balls on bobbins, spools or tubes without heads or into other
analogous forms to be made simpler in construction and more efficient and simpler
and more convenient in use than such machines as hitherto constructed have been.
According to our invention we provide in each machine to which our invention
is applied a suitable number of winding drums each of which is provided with a
circumferential groove or slit of an oblique or undulating or zig-zag form arranged
to approach each edge of the winding drum once or oftener as may be considered
preferable and in conjunction' with each winding-drum we provide a cradle or
frame in which the bobbin, spool or tube or other object on which yarn or thread
is to be wound by means of the said drum, may be mounted and also provide in
conjunction with each winding-drum, a guide-wire or arm capable of being oscil-

page_text: Iated about an axis and provided with a projecting part to engage with the groove
in the said winding-drum so that the revolution of the said winding-drum shall
cause the said guide-wire or arm to oscillate about the said axis. Each guide-
wire or arm is provided with lateral projections, which may be made of wire or
of a plate or plates of metal or other material, which are made to bear upon or
be in proximity to the surface of the winding drum with which the said
guide-wire or arm is used when such guide-wire or arm is in working position
and are so formed or arranged as to be provided with inclined parts leading to
a notch formed or provided between themi so that when a yarn or thread
or yarns or threads is or are connected to a bobbin, spool or tube mounted
in the cradle or frame provided in conjunction with such winding-drum and
the winding-drum is caused to revolve, the revolution of such winding-drum
causing the guide-wire or arm used therewith to oscillate will cause one or other
of the lateral projections of the said guide-wire or arm to pass beneath the yarn
or thread or yarns or threads being then wound upon the said bobbin, spool or
tube and cause such yarn or thread or yarns or threads to be guided into the
notch between the inclined parts of such projections and then be guided by such
notch while being wound upon the bobbin, spool or tube by the said winding-
drum.
In one form which we may mention by way of illustration each guide-wire or
arm may be simply mounted so as to be capable of being oscillated in a hole in
a suitable bracket or support so as to be readily removable therefrom.
Each frame or cradle provided to hold the bobbins, spools or tubes or other
objects upon which yarns or threads are to be wound in a machine to which our
invention is applied is preferably arranged to be moved independently of the
other or others but in any case in which it may be considered preferable two or
more of the cradles or frames may be connected or formed together.
Our invention is applicable to winding frames either for winding yarns or
threads singly or winding yarns or threads two or more together, to gassing
frames, to clearing frames, and other analogous machines whether such machines
be arranged to wind the yarns or threads operated upon from cops, from bobbins,
from hanks or from other bodies or forms upon or into which they may have
previously been wound.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 a trans-
verse section through a gassing machine showing so much of such machine as is
requisite for the illustration of our invention and Figs. 3, 5, 7, and 9, are side
elevations and Figs. 4, 6, 8, and 10 are end elevations of some of the forms of
guide-wires or arms which may be employed according to our invention. The
same letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in all the
said figures.
In Figs. 1 and 2 a is a winding-drum provided with a circumferential groove
or slit A of an oblique form arranged to approach each edge of such winding-
drum once.
The winding drum a is mounted fást upon a shaft mounted in
bearings and arranged to be revolved in any suitable manner. In conjunction
with the winding-drum a is arranged a cradle or frame c provided with a pro-
jecting pin or axle d on which the bobbin, tube or other object e on which yarn
or thread is to be wound by means of the drum a is mounted. The cradle or
frame is supported and capable of being oscillated upon a bar f extending
lengthwise of the machine and supported in any suitable manner and arranged
n any suitable way so that the bobbin, tube or other object e or the yarn or thread
wound thereon may be pressed against the drum a. In the arrangement illus-
rated, a cord or chain attached at one end to the set-screw holding the pin or
axle d in position and passing over the gas-pipe g and having a weight h attached
at its other end serves to press the bobbin or spool or other object e or the yarn
or thread wound thereon against the surface of the drum so that the rotation
of the drum a will cause the revolution of such bobbin, spool or other object. ¿
s. the guide-wire or arm provided in conjunction with the winding drum a. The

page_text: guide-wire or arm which is shown more clearly in Figs. 3 and 4, is provided
at one end with a part capable of being oscillated in a hole formed in a bracket j
secured by means of a set-screw upon a rod k extending lengthwise of the machine
and supported in any suitable manner. At the free end of the guide-wire or
arm i there is secured a plate m provided with a projecting part m to engage
with a groove A in the drum a so that the revolution of the drum shall cause. the
guide-wire or arm i to oscillate about the axis of the part . The plate m..is
formed with a hole into which the guide-wire or arm is secured by its end being
expanded to form a head. The plate m is also formed with lateral projections m³
which are made to bear upon or be in proximity to the surface of the drum a
and provided with inclined, in this case curved, parts m³ leading to a notch B
formed between them. The bowls or pulleys n of which only one is indicated in
the accompanying drawings and the glass guide-rod are arranged in the ordi-
nary manner and the gas-burner pis arranged also in the ordinary manner to be
moved beneath or from under the yarn or thread passing around the bowls or
pulleys according as the cradle or frame c is moved to bring the bobbin spool
or other object e or the yarn wound thereon into or out of contact with the drum a
by the hand-lever provided for the purpose, which is not indicated in the accom-
panying drawings."
When the guide-wire or arm i is placed in working position in the bracket j
and the projection m¹ has been placed in engagement with the slit A in the
drum a and the drum a is caused to revolve the guide-wire or arm i is made to
oscillate and then when the yarn or thread to be gassed has been passed around
the bowls or pulleys n and connected to a bobbin, spool or other object e placed
upon the pin or axle d and the frame or cradle e is moved into position to bring
the bobbin, spool or other object e upon the pin or axle d or the yarn or thread
wound upon such bobbin, spool or other object into contact with the drum a, the
revolution of the said bobbin, spool or other object e will cause the yarn or thread
to be wound upon such bobbin, spool or other object e and subject the yarn or
thread to tension so that the plate m being caused to bring one or other of the
inclined faces m³ against the said yarn or thread will raise it from the surface of
the drum a and such yarn or thread will pass into the notch B so that in the
continued revolution of the drum a the said yarn or thread will be moved to and
fro with the guide-wire or arm i so as to be guided in the manner required on to
the bobbin, spool or tube or other object e upon the pin or axle d.
The guide-wire or arm i illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 only differs from that
illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 in that it is slightly bent and the hole in the plate m
is formed somewhat to one side thereof so that the plate m may be less liable to
breakage.
The guide-wire or arm i illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 differs from that illustrated
in Figs. 3 and 4 in that the projection m' to engage with the slit A of the wind-
ing-drum, is formed by the end of the shank of the guide-wire or arm and in
that the projections m² and notch B are formed by a piece of wire being bent to a
suitable shape and soldered or brazed to the shank of the guide-wire or arm i.
The guide-wire or arm i illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 is formed as to its shank
out of a spring bent at one end so as to be capable of being screwed against the
rail on which the bowls or pulleys n of a gassing machine are mounted and
secured at its free end to a plate m similar in shape to that illustrated in Figs. 3
and 4 and formed with a slit through which the spring is passed, a rivet being
employed to secure the plate m to the spring. The guide-wire or arm i illus
trated in Figs. 9 and 10 bends instead of being turned about an axis while being
moved by the winding drum a in conjunction with which it is employed.
The application of our invention to yarn clearing machines or other machines
for winding yarns or threads singly or two or more together on to bobbins, spools
or tubes or like objects can obviously be readily accomplished without further
explanation.
The employment in accordance with our invention of a guide-wire or arm in

page_text: conjunction with a winding drum provided with a circumferential groove or slit
of an oblique or undulating or zig-zag form enables the yarn or thread being
wound by means of such winding-drum to be very rapidly traversed from side
to side and so enables the winding of yarns or threads on to bobbins or spools or
other objects to be accomplished at a much higher speed than in machines in
which the yarns or threads being wound are made to pass through the slits of
the winding drums by which they are wound on to bobbins, spools or other objects.
Furthermore the employment of the guide-wire or arm provided with lateral
projections having inclined parts leading to a notch formed or provided between
them, enables the commencement of winding and the piecing of broken yarns
or threads to be very quickly and conveniently accomplished as there is no occa-
sion for the attendant to place the yarn or thread or yarns or threads in the notch
of the guide-wire or arm because such guide-wire or arm will very quickly in
the course of its movement from side to side pass beneath the said yarn or thread
or yarns or threads and receive it or them into its notch.
Furthermore, the employment of guide-wires or arms such as hereinbefore
described rendering unnecessary the employment of heavy traversing bars and
also rendering unnecessary the employment of devices to enable the winding
drums to be stopped in order that yarns or threads may be led through them
after the breakage or termination of the yarns or threads passing through them
enables the machines to which our invention is applied to be made simpler in
construction than machines as hitherto constructed for the same purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
In a winding machine, clearing machine, gassing machine or other analogous
machine in which yarns or threads are wound the combination of a winding drum
having a circumferential groove or slit of an oblique or undulating or zig-zag
form and a guide-wire or arm which is made to engage with the said groove or
slit so as to be oscillated by the revolution of such drum and is provided with
lateral projections and with a notch for the purposes and substantially as herein-
before described.
Dated this nter sixth love of Tul., 1900