Year: 1898

page_text: We, EDWARD HOLLINGWORTH, of Hutchinson, Hollingworth and Company,
Limited, of Atlas Works, Colne Road, Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Machine Makers, and WILLIAM MITCHELL, of the same place, Manager, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to warping machines in which the warp is built up in
sections, side by side, on a horizontal cylinder, and the first part of our improve-
ments in such machines comprises means for traversing the cylinder laterally
back to the starting point on the completion of the winding on of each suc-
cessive section of yarn, in readiness to commence winding on the next section,
such means being under the control of the attendant who, from any position in
front of the machine, can set the same in motion, when the return traverse of
the cylinder and its stoppage on reaching the starting point, will be effected
self actingly, whereby the time occupied in bringing back the cylinder on the
completion of each section 18 minimised. The second part of our invention
comprises an improved motion for moving the section builder self actingly and
accurately to the extent of the width of the section of warp after the com-
pletion of each section to bring it into exact position for guiding the nex. suc-
ceeding section on to the cylinder, and for adjusting or varying such traverse
to suit varying widths of sections required to be wound on the cylinder
In carrying out the first part of our invention we dispense with the nut
through which the screw on the cylinder shaft works to move the cylinder
gradually endwise to build up the warp to the required angle, and in lieu
thereof, we employ a bevil or like gear wheel provided with an extended boss
which is journalled in the bearing supporting the screw and shaft of the cylinder,
the said bevil wheel or boss having an internal screw thread, corresponding
to the thread of the screw which takes into same This internally threaded
bevel wheel acts, when stationary, as the ordinary nut when the cylinder 18
rotating and effects the forward endwise traverse of the cylinder, but, when
the cylinder and screw are stationary and the bevil wheel is rotated, the screw
is caused to work therethrough in a reverse duection and thereby return the
cylinder to its normal position at the starting point in readiness for building
up the next section of warp The bevil wheel is geared to a corresponding
bevil on a cross shaft which, by another pair of bevils, is adapted to be driven
from a longitudinal shaft extending across the machine and carrying at its
opposite end fast and loose pulleys which by means of a strap, can be driven
from an overhead shaft or from the main shaft of the beaming motion.
setting-on rod, extending across the front of the machine so as to be within easy
reach of the attendant wherever standing at the time, is also employed and
provided with a strap fork for transferring the aforesaid strap from the loose
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page_text: to the fast pulley, or vice versa
When the cylinder, in winding on the warp,
arrives at the end of its forward traverse and stops the machine, as ordinarily,
the attendant actuates the setting-on 1od and transfers the strap from the loose
to the fast pulley, whereupon motion is imparted to the longitudinal shaft and
through the bevil gearing and cross shaft to the bevil wheel on the screw sur-
rounding the cylinder shaft which is thereby actuated to return the cylinder
to its normal position. On nearing the extremity of its return movement, a
flangs, disc or the like secured in proper position on the ovlinder shaft engages
with a spindle supported in a bracket on the machine frame and forces such
spindle endwise to an extent sufficient to dislodge a catch lever, finger, or
hooked link, from a supporting shoulder or lip This catch lever or finger 18
secured at its lower end to an arm or lever fast on a short shaft or rod and when
it is thus released, a weighted lever on said shaft causes it to tuin or rock in
its bearings and, by means of a lever connection or connections, actuates the
setting-on rod in a reverse direction and moves the strap from the fast to the
loose pulley and thereby stops the above described motion On next starting
the motion, the catch lever or finger is raised and the catch or projection thereon
forced into engagement with the shoulder or lip by means of a suitable spring
In carrying out the second part of our invention we employ a train of gearing
for transmitting motion from the before named longitudinal shaft to the longi-
tudinal screw by which the section builder 18 traversed laterally across the front
of the cylinder There may be two toothed change wheels of different diameters
on the longitudinal shaft and on the screw, either of which said wheels can
be slided into or out of gear with an intermediate carrier wheel for varving
the speed of the sciew, each wheel bearing a relative proportion of teeth to the
other to give definite speeds The intermediate caer wheel is also inter-
changeable with other sizes of wheels, being mounted on a stud secured in a
radial slot in a bracket or fixing Any of the said toothed wheels can be changed
and others substituted to further vary the range of speed obtainable
By means of the said system of geaning for actuating the screw of the section
builder from the longitudinal shaft of the reversing motion, any pre-determined
aneed can be obtained and, as the speed at which the screw 18 driven determines
the extent of lateral traveise of section builder, it follows that each time the
reversing motion is actuated to return the cylinder to the starting point, the
sertion builder will be moved laterally a distance equal to the width of the
section of warp being dealt with and therefore self actingly brought into
position for winding the next section on the cylinder, the extent of movement
of the section builder being always the same for each succeeding section of warp
of the same width When the width of the section of warp is greater or less
the gearing is changed to give the different speeds requisite to traverse the
section builder to a greater or less extent corresponding to the width of warp,
in the same period of time
The gear wheels together with all change wheels may be marked to denote
the various widths of sections for which they serve, so that no time may be lost
or mistake made in effecting a change
The above described motion avoids the use of hand gauges for setting the
section builder the requisite distance for each succeeding section and when once
adjusted to any given width of warp, it will automatically and accurately deter-
mine the lateral adjustment for every section

page_text: We, EDWARD HOLLINGWORTH, of Hutchinson, Hollingworth and Company,
Limited, of Atlas Works, Colne Road, Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Machine Makers, and WILLIAM MITCHELL, of the same place, Manager, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
18 to be
Our invention relates to warping machines in which the warp is built up in
sections side by side on a horizontal cylinder on awift that is caused to travel
laterally during the winding on of the warp to build up each section to the
desired angle, and our improvements in such machines comprise means for
traversing the cylinder laterally, back to the starting point, on the completion
of the winding-on of each successive scction of yain in readiness to commence
winding on the next section, such means being under the control of the atten-
dant who, from any position in front of the machine, can set the same in motion,
when the return traverse of the cylinder and its stoppage on reaching the
starting point will be effected self-actingly whereby the time occupied in bringing
back the cylinder on the completion of each section is minimised
In cariying
out our invention we dispense with the nut through which the screw on the
end of the cylinder shaft works to move the cylinder gradually endwise to
build up the warp to the required angle, and in lieu thereof we employ a bevel
or like gear wheel provided with an extended boss which is Jounalled in the
bearing supporting the screw on the end of the shaft of the cylinder, the said
bevel wheel or boss having an internal screw thread corresponding to the thread of
the screw on the cylinder shaft which takes into same This internally threaded
bevel wheel acts, when stationary, as the ordinary nut when the cylinder is
1otating and effects the forward endwise traveise of the cylinder, but when
the cylinder and shaft ain stationary and the bevel wheel is rotated the ecrow
on the end of the cylinder shaft is caused to work therethrough in a reverse
dnection and thereby return the cylinder to its normal position at the starting
point in readiness for building up the next section of warp The bevel wheel
is geared to a corresponding bevel on a cross shaft which, by another pair of
bevels, 18 adapted to be driven from a longitudinal shaft extending across the
machine and carrying at its opposite end a spui wheel gearing with a pinion
on a short shaft having fast and loose pulleys mounted thereon which, by means
of a strap, can be diven from an overhead shaft or from the main shaft of the
beaming motion. A setting on 1od, extending across the front of the machine
80 as to be within easy reach of the attendant wherever standing at the time,
is also employed and provided with a strap fork for transfeiring the afore-
said strap from the loose to the fast pulley 01 vice versa. When the cylinder,
in winding on the warp, arrives at the end of its forward traverse and stops
the machine as ordinarily, the attendant actuates the setting-on 1od and trans-
fois the strap from the loose to the fast pulley, whereupon motion is imparted
to the longitudinal shaft and through the bevel gearing and cross shaft to the
bevel wheel on the screw on the end of the cylinder shaft which 18
thereby actuated to return the cylinder to its normal position On reaching
the extremity of such return movement, a flange, or disc, or the like,
secured in proper position on the cylinder shaft engages with a spindle sup-
ported in a bracket on the machine frame and forces such spindle endwise to
an extent sufficient to dislodge a catch lever, finger, or hooked link from a
supporting shoulder or lip This catch lever or finger is secured at its lower

page_text: end to an arm or lever fast on a short shaft or rod and, when it is thus released,
a weighted lever on such shaft causes it to turn or rock in its bearings and,
by means of a lever connection or connections, actuates the setting on rod in
a reverse direction and moves the strap from the fast to the loose pulley, thereby
stopping the above described motion. On next starting the motion, the catch
lever or finger is raised and the catch or projection thereon forced into engage-
ment with the shoulder or lip by means of a suitable spring.
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In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification:-
Fig 1 is plan view of so much of a sectional warping machine of the kind
described as is essential to shew the application of our improvements;
Fig. 2 18 an enlarged elevation looking in the direction of arrow w of the
parts at the right hand of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is enlarged sectional elevation taken on line -y of Fig 1; and
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the catch or locking lever hereafter referred to.
Referring to the drawings, letter a represents the framework of the machine;
b the cylinder or swift around which the warp is wound in successive sections
side by side from light to left; said cylinder being traversed to the left for
each section at the speed and to the extent necessary to build up the sections
to the angle desired in the ordinary manner; c the shaft whereon the cylinder
18 mounted, and d the bearings supporting the shaft which is free to turn
therein and to move laterally through same. Secured on the left hand end of
the cylinder shaft is a screw c¹ as usual, but instead of the ordinary fixed nut
or screwed bearing through which said screw c¹ has heretofore worked to move
the cylinder gradually ondwise to the left to build up the warp to the required
angle, we employ a bevel or mitre or other suitable gear wheel e, provided with
a hub portion or extended boss el which is journalled in a bearing in the
bracket bolted to the framework of the machine, and held in place therein
by a collar or cap 9 secured to said bass by screws or like means The central
opening through the boss and bevel wheel is adapted to receive the screw c¹ on
the cylinder shaft and is provided with an internal screw thread corresponding
to the thread of said screw c¹ which takes into same. This internally screw
threaded bevel, with its boss, acts, when stationary, in the same manner as the
ordinary nut, on the cylinder revolving, and effects the forward or endwire
traverse, to the left, of said cylinder, but, when the cylinder and its shaft are
stationary and the bevel wheel e is rotated, the screw on the cylinder shaft
is caused to work therethrough in a reverse direction and thereby return the
cylinder automatically or self-actingly to its normal position at the point whence
it started, in readiness for the commencement of the next section of waip
order to give the necessary motion to the bevel wheel e, as above, we gear it
to a corresponding bevel or mitre wheel h fast on a cross shaft supported in
bearinga in brackets 2 bolted to the framing a, and adapted to be driven by a
pair of bevel or mitre wheels from a longitudinal shaft journalled in
bearings in brackets and extending across the machine
On the opposite
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or right hand end of the shaft k is secured a spur wheel which gears into a
pinion m on a short shaft carrying fast and loose pulleys m², m³ respectively,
which are driven by strap from an overhead shaft or from the main shaft of
the beaming motion. n18 a setting on rod extending across the front of the
machine so as to be within easy reach of the attendant, said rod being provided
with a strap fork n' for transferring the aforesaid strap from the loose to the
fast pulley or vice versa When the cylinder b, in winding on the warp, arrives
at the end of its forward, or lateral traverse to the left, and stops the machine,
as ordinarily, the attendant draws the setting-on rod n in the direction of arrow z
to transfer the strap from the loose to the fast pulley, whereupon motion 18
imparted through the gears m and 7 to the longitudinal shaft and through
the pair of bevel wheels 3, cross shaft 2 and bevel wheel h to the bevel wheel e
whose rotation causes the screw c¹ on the end of shaft c to work therethrough
in the reverse direction to its previous movement and return the cylinder b

page_text: to its normal position or starting point. On the cylinder airiving approximately
at the extent of such movement, an adjustable flange, disc on the like device o
secured in a pre-determined position on the cylinder shaft, engages with a
spindle supported in a bracket p' on the machine frame and forces such
spindle endwise to an extent sufficient to dislodge a catch level finger or hooked
link from a supporting shoulder or lip 2 on bracket p¹. The parts just
described are shewn plamly at Fig 3 The catch lever or finger q 18 secured
at its lower end to an arm or lever q' fast on a shaft or 1od and when thus
released, a weight s, secured on a stud or lever s¹ fast on said shaft, causes the
latter to turn or rock in its bearings r¹ and, by means of a slotted lever arm
connected to a depending arm or finger secured to the setting-on rod n
actuates or moves the said setting-on rod in a reverse direction to that indicated
by arrow z and transfers the strap from the fast pulley m³ to the loose pulley m²
and thereby stops the above described motion, the parts then occupying the
positions shewn in dotted lines in Figs 1 and 2 On 1e-starting the motion
the endwise movement of the setting on 1od in the direction of arrow z partly
1otates the shaft r and raises the catch lever or finger q so that the catch q³
thereon (Fig 3) 18 brought into position to be forced, by a spring t acting
against said lever g, into engagement with the shoulder lip in readiness
for the next movement of spindle by the disc o, the parts then occupying
the positions shewn in full line in Figs 1 & 2 For the purpose of preventing
any further motion of the longitudinal shaft when the strap 18 transferied
from the fast to the loose pulley, we provide a brake, catch, or locking lever u,
pivotted at to a bracket bolted to the frame a one end of said lever caying
a V shaped catch or tooth u³ and the opposite or tail end extending under a
finger fast on the setting on rod n. A portion of the underside of said finger
18 cut away or recessed at 4, this recossed or cut out portion being presented
to the tail of lever u when the setting-on rod is moved endwise to transfer
the strap from the fast to the loose pulley, and allows the opposite end of said
lever to descend and place the catch or tooth u³ into the gear with the teeth of
apur wheel which is thereupon held, and further 1otation prevented. When
the setting-on rod is slided endwise in the direction of arrow z to start the
motion for returning the cylinder to its normal position the full part of finger v
rides over the tail of lever u and depresses it, as shewn clearly at Figs. 2 & 4,
whereby the opposite end of such lever 18 1aised and the catch or tooth u
elevated clear of the spur wheel .
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 18:-
(1) In sectional warping machines in which the cylinder or swift 18 moved
laterally to build up each section of warp to the equned angle, a gear wheel
having a hub portion or extended boss the central opening through which is
provided with an internal sciew thread into which is adapted to take the ordinary
screw on the end of the cylinder shaft, the said gear wheel acting, when station-
ary, as the ordinary nut for traversing the cylinder to the left to build up the
section of waip to the proper angle and, when revolved, and the cylindei and
shaft are stationary, causing the screw on the end of the cylinder shaft to work
through same in a reverse direction and return the cylinder self-actingly to
the starting point again, and means for setting on and imparting motion to said
gear wheel as and when required substantially as herein set forth
(2) In sectional warping machines of the kind described the combination,
with a bevel or mitre wheel e having a hub portion or extended boss whoso
central opening is provided with a sorew thread into which the screw on the
end of the cylinder shaft is adapted to take and means for setting on and
giving 1otary motion to said wheel, of a disc or plate o secured to the cylinder
shaft and adjustable thereon, spindle p adapted to be engaged and forced end-

page_text: wise by said disc, catch lever or hooked link q capable of engaging with a
fixed lip o projection 72 and connected to an aim oi lever fast on a weighted
shaft o 1od, a spring acting against said catch lever, means connected to the
weighted shaft and to the setting-on 1od for transmitting the 1ocking motion of
said shaft to the setting-on rod and means for locking and releasing the spur
wheelallarıanged and operating in the manner and for the purposes sub-
stantially as herein shewn and described
1.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents, Huddersfield, Agents for Applicants
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents, Huddersfield, Agents for Applicants