Improvements in Reels for Unravelling Tubular Knitted Goods and Winding the Yarn.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Reels for Unravelling Tubular Knitted Goods and
Winding the Yarn.
We, NAPOLEON TOURANGEAU, Manufacturer, of 716, Craig Street, and
JOSEPH ODILON MARCEAU, Advocate, of 1608, Notre Dame Street, both of the
City of Montreal in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, 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:
The invention has for its object to construct a machine which will unravel knitted
goods having one, two or more yarns, and wind said yarns dividedly or separately
On a reel or reels, whereby said yarns may be again knitted.
The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts composing
the machine, as will be hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:
:-
Figure 1, is a perspective view of the unravelling and reeling machine.
Figure 2, is a section of the winding drum or reel, showing adjustable sections to
enlarge the winding circumference of a portion of said drum or reel.
Figure 3, is an end elevation of a winding reel or drum of modified construction,
the cap at the end of the axle removed to show an annular boxing within the hub,
and ratchet and pawl connection, by which each section of the reel can be moved
rotatively and independently by hand motion applied to the circumference to
increase the speed, when slack yarn is to be taken up, for uniformity of tension, and
Figure 4, is a section of Fig. 3, on line Z Z.
A, is a table top, having legs B, and said top and legs constitute the stand for
supporting the operating parts of the machine.
C, is the spindle carrier, the lower end connected adjustably to said stand by a
stem 2, provided with a screw thread and passing through a slot in the table top A,
said stem having a nut 3, screwing against the underside of the stand to clamp the
spindle carrier adjustably, whereby it can be moved to suit the number of yarns to
be unravelled.
The spindle carrier C, is provided with a post D, on which sleeves a socket
spindle E, over which is stretched the tubular knitted fabric 4, to be unravelled, and,
said spindle is interchangeable for one of greater or less size to suit the tubular
capacity of the goods.
F, is the yarn carrier post, stepped or footed into a slot in the top A, and
provided with a thread and a nut 5, screwing thereon, and against the underside of
the table or stand, to hold the post adjustably in the slot, and said post or carrier,
near the top, is provided with arms G, G, each having a cross-head G², provided
with yarn guides G³, each guide directing a yarn after being unravelled on its
passage to the reel.
H, is a post footed in a slot in the table top A, and provided with a screw thread
and nut 6, screwing thereon against the underside of the table, to hold the post
adjustably. The post is provided with a slot H', vertically, near the top.
J, is an arm or axle having one end reduced and inserted through the slot H',
the exterior end provided with a screw thread having a nut 8, screwing thereon
and against the post, to hold the axle horizontally and be adjustable vertically in
the slot H', and said axle passes through the hub 12, of the wheel or winding
drif K, and is provided with a nut 9, or other suitable means to prevent the drum
moving off the axle while rotating, said reel or drum being carried rotatively by the
said arm or axle.
The periphery of the reel or drum K, is provided with grooves or channels K',

page_text: side-by-side, and each of said channels winds a yarn. Portions or sections K
of the periphery of one or more of the grooves or channels K', in said reel or
drum K, are cut out and secured loosely to the end of thumb screws 10, 10, which
pass through a bridge piece 11. spanning the orifice, and secured to the inner
periphery of the drum, so that by turning said screws, the sectional portions or
pieces K, will be moved out from the periphery, whereby the winding circum-
ference of the channel or groove will be enlarged, to increase the winding speed
of the longer or loose yarn, and equalize the winding tension of the several
yarns.
The winding drum or reel K, is provided with a handle; K2, for rotating the same
by hand power.
By adjusting the axle or arm J, in the slot of post H, the reel or drum may be
raised more or less from the top of the stand, to allow more or less yarn to be reeled,
as occasion may require.
The hub of the reel or drum K, has a pulley K³, and the socket spindle E, has a
pulley E', and said pulleys are connected by an endless belt or cord I, whereby the
rotation of the drum or reel K, rotates the spindle E, on which the knitted goods
are placed, so that when the stitches following one another arrive at the point of
unravelling regulated by the yarn guides G³, the stitches, will unravel, and the
yarns be separately wound on the drum or reel K.
In Figures 3 and 4, is shown a reel or drum of modified construction, in which the
arın or axle J, is secured to post H, by nut 8.
12, is a tube sleeved on axle J, and said tube has on the exterior at proper
intervals, annular ratchets 13, and the hub or each section K', of the reel is sleeved
on said tube and provided with a pawl 14, which engages one of the annular
ratchets 13, whereby all the sections K', will normally have uniformity of winding
speed, but the speed of any one or more of said sections may be temporarily
increased intermittently by hand pressure or motion on the periphery, as occasion
may require, to urge rotation, to increased winding speed, for taking up the loose
or slack thread or yarn. The sections K', are rotated uniformly, combinedly, and
simultaneously in one direction by a handle K, secured to one or more of the
spokes of the outer section K' of the reel by engagement of the pawls and ratchets,
the pulley K³ is in Figure 4 sleeved loose on the axle J, and secured to the tube 12,
by dowel pins 15, or other means, to rotate with the sections K', when rotated by
the handle K².
The outer ratchet 13 which engages with the pawl on the outer section K¹ has
its teeth arranged in the reverse direction to those of the other ratchets on the
sleeve 12 in order to enable all the sections to be driven simultaneously by the
handle K².
M is a loose pulley on a post M' footed into the adjustable spindle carrier C, and
said post is provided with a screw thread on which screws a nut M2 to adjust the
tension of the pulley, and by adjusting the spindle carrier more or less rotatively,
the driving belt or cord I, may be tightened or loosened to the required tension.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
1. The combination of the spindle carrier C, having a socket spindle E, the yarn
carrier having separating guides G³, and a reel or drum K, winding the yarns
separately, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination of the reel or drum K, composed of sections K', a yarn
carrier provided with guides G³, and a spin lle carrier C, having a spindle E,
substantially as set forth.
3. The combination of the reel or drum K, winding the yarns, having sections K',
or a series of peripheral grooves or channels to divide or separate the several yarns,
a yarn carrier, having guides G³, dividing or separating the yarns of knitted goods,
a spindle carrier C, having a socket spindle E, on which to sleeve the goods, and

page_text: an endless driving belt I, connecting said reel and spindle, whereby the several yarns
of a knitted fabric are successively and simultaneously unravelled and separately
wound upon said reel, substantially as set forth.
Doted the 29th day of August 1892.
NAPOLÉON TOURANGEAU.
JOSEPH ODILON MARCEAU.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicants.