Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus Used for Reeling Yarns or Threads.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 16th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 21st Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus Used for Reeling Yarns
or Threads.
We WILLIAM THOMAS STUBBS, Machine Maker and JOHN HEATON, Traveller
both of Mill Strect Works, Ancoats, Manchester in the county of Lancaster do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
Our invention relates to the machines known as "reels" and used for reeling yarns
or threads and consists in arrangements by means of which the hanks or other quantities
of yarn or thread wound upon the "swifts" of such "reels" may be removed there-
from more readily and quickly and with less risk of becoming soiled by the oil or
other lubricant applied to the axles of the "swifts" than hitherto.
we
According to our invention we mount upon a suitable part or suitable parts upon or
secured to the framework or other part of each "real" to which our invention is
applied, brackets or parts each provided with a notch or recess or notches or recesses.
Of each pair of such brackets or parts, one is formed with a part or parts adapted to
support and hold in working position one end of the axle of one of the "swifts" of the
"reel" which axle may be provided with a sleeve or tube in which it may be caused
to be revolved. In conjunction with the said end of the axle of the "swift"
employ a bar which when the "swift" is in position for yarn or thread to be wound
upon it, is held by the weight of the "swift" or in any other suitable manner so that
a projection or stud or projections or studs upon the said bar will be retained in the
notch or recess or notches or recesses in the bracket or part which supports the saia
end of the axle of the "swift." The said bar is also provided with another projection
or stud or projections or studs which may as will be hereinafter described be caused
to pass at times into the notch or recess or notches or recesses formed in the other
bracket or part of the pair above mentioned. When a hank or two or more or a
set of hanks or other quantity or quantities of yarn or thread has or have been
wound upon the "swift" and it is desired to remove such hank or hanks or other
quantity or quantities of yarn or thread from the "reel" the said hank or hanks
or other quantity or quantities of yarn or thread is or are slidden or removed
from the "swift" and hung around the bracket or part which supports the above
mentioned end of the axle of the "swift." The said end of the axle of the
"swift" is then moved along the bar above mentioned which will be caused to turn
upon the bracket or part by which the said end of the axle of the "swift" is sup-
ported. The said bar will continue to be turned until the other stud or projection or
studs or projections with which it is provided passes or pass into the notch or recess
or notches or recesses in the other bracket or part of the pair above mentioned when
the said bar will act as a guide or support to the said end of the axle of the "swift"
while such end of the said axle is being moved. The said end of the axle of the
"swift" is moved until it is brought against the other bracket or part of the pair
above mentioned or some other part when the bar above referred to will be further
turned or will be at liberty to be turned upon the said bracket or part so that such bar
will be held clear in any suitable manner of the bracket or part by which when the
"swift" is in position for having yarn or thread wound upon it, such bar is sup-
ported. The hank or hanks or other quantity or quantities of yarn or thread may
then be removed from the said bracket or part and afterwards the said end of the axle
of the "swift" may be again placed in position for yarn or thread to be wound upon
the "swift." The movement of the said end of the axle of the "swift
position for yarn or thread to be wound upon the "swift" will cause the said bar to
be again turned into the position in which it is held when yarn or thread is being
wound upon the "swift." "One bar similar to that above described and one pair of
" into

page_text: brackets or parts similar to those above described will be required to be used in con-
junction with each "swift" of each "reel" to which our invention is applied.
Instead of the bar above mentioned being provided with projections or studs passing
at times into notches or recesses formed in the brackets or parts above referred to, the
said bar may be provided with notches or recesses passing at times upon studs or pro-
jections provided upon the said brackets or parts. If desired the sleeve or tube upon
the axle of the "swift" may be provided with parts adapted to hold and slide upon the
bar above mentioned.
Dated this thirteenth day of November 1888.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus Used for Reeling Yarns
or Threads.
We WILLIAM THOMAS STUBBS Machine Maker and JOHN HEATON Traveller, both
of Mill Street Works, Ancoats, Manchester in the County of Lancaster 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 :-
Our invention relates to the machines known as "reels" and used for reeling yarns
or threads and consists in arrangements by means of which the hanks or other
quantities of yarn or thread wound upon the "swifts" of such "reels"
may be
removed therefrom more readily and quickly and with less risk of becoming soiled by
the oil or other lubricant applied to the axis of the "swifts" than hitherto.
According to our invention we mount upon a suitable part or suitable parts upon or
secured to the framework or other part of each "reel" to which our invention is
applied brackets or parts each provided with a notch or recess or notches or recesses.
Of each pair of such brackets or parts one is formed with a part or parts adapted to
support and hold in working position one end of the axle of one of the "swifts" of the
"reel" which axle may be provided with a sleeve or tube in which it may be caused
to be revolved. In conjunction with the said end of the axle of the "swift" we
employ a bar which when the "swift" is in position for yarn or thread to be wound
upon it, is held by the weight of the "swift' or in any other suitable manner so that
a projection or stud or projections or studs upon the said bar will be retained in the
notch or recess or notches or recesses in the bracket or part which supports the said
end of the axle of the "swift." The said bar is also provided with another projection
or stud or projections or studs which may as will be hereinafter described be caused to
pass at times into the notch or recess or notches or recesses formed in the other
bracket or part of the pair above mentioned. When a hank or two or more or a set
of hanks or other quantity or quantities of yarn or thread has or have been wound
upon the "swift" and it is desired to remove such hank or hanks or other quantity or
quantities of yarn or thread from the reel the said hank or hanks or other quantity or
quantities of yarn or thread, is or are slidden or removed from the "swift"
hung around the bracket or part which supports the above mentioned end of the axle
of the "swift." The said end of the axle of the "swift" is then moved along the bar
above mentioned which will be caused to turn upon the bracket or part by which the
said end of the axle of the "swift" is supported. The said bar will continue to be
turned until the other stud or projection or studs or projections with which it is
provided passes or pass into the notch or recess or notches or recesses in the other
bracket or part of the pair above montioned when the said bar will act as a guide or
support to the said end of the axle of the "swift" while such end of the said axle is
being moved. The said end of the axle of the "swift" is moved until it is brought
against the other bracket or part of the pair above mentioned or some other part when
the bar above referred to will be further turned or will be at liberty to be turned upon
the said bracket or part so that such bar will be held clear in any suitable manner of
and

page_text: the bracket or part by which when the "swift" is in position for having yarn or
thread wound upon it such bar is supported. The bank or hanks or other quantity or
quantities of yarn or thread may then be removed from the said bracket or part and
afterwards the said end of the axle of the "swift" may be again placed in position for-
yarn or thread to be wound upon the "swift." The inovement of the said end of the
axle of the "swift" into position for yarn or thread to be wound upon the "swift"
will cause the said bar to be again turned into the position in which it is held when
yarn or thread is being wound upon the "swift." One bar similar to that above
described and one pair of brackets or parts similar to those above described will be
required to be used in conjunction with each "swift" of each "reel" to which our
invention is applied.
Instead of the bar above mentioned being provided with projections or studs
passing at times into notches or recesses formed in the brackets or parts above referred
to the said bar may be provided with notches or recesses passing at times upon studs
or projections provided upon the said brackets or parts. If desired the sleeve or tube
upon the axle of the "swift" may be provided with parts adapted to hold and slide
upon the bar above mentioned.
Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
In the accompanying_drawings Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 show so much of a "reel" as
is requisite to illustrate one mode of carrying our invention into effect, Fig. 1 being a
front view and Fig. 2 an end view showing the parts in the positions which they
occupy when yarn or thread is being wound upon the "reel" and Fig. 3 being a front
view partly in section and Fig. 4 an end view showing the parts in the positions which
they occupy when yarn or thread is being removed from the reel. Fig. 5 is a plan of
a portion of that which is shown in Fig. 2. The saine letters of reference are applied
to corresponding parts in all of the figures.
When
According to our invention we mount upon or secure to or form upon the
end-frame a of the reel, brackets or parts b, c. The bracket or part is provided
with a part or parts 61, 62 formed with a part or parts 63, 6 adapted to support
and hold in working position one end of the axle d of the "swift" d' of the reel which
axle d may be provided with a sleeve or tube e in which such axle d may be revolved.
In conjunction with the end of the axle d of the swift d' we employ a bar fin which is
formed a slot f¹ through which slot f¹ the axle d passes. The bar finay instead of being
formed with a slot, be so formed that the axle d of the swift d' may pass over the
upper edge of such bar f. The bar f is at one end provided with projections or studs
ffwhich at times pass respectively into slots g, g' formed in the bracket or part b.
In the bracket or part c are formed slots h, h' into which at times respectively pass
projections or studs), formed on the bar f. In Figs. 1 and 2 the parts are shown
in the positions which they occupy when a hank or hanks or other quantity or
quantities of yarn or thread has or have been wound upon the "swift" d.
the hank or hanks or other quantity or quantities A of yarn or thread las or have
been liberated as usual by certain of the staves d', d³ of the "swift" being moved
nearer to the axle d of the "swift" d¹ or by the "swift" being "closed" in
any other suitable manner so that the hank or hanks or other quantity or quantities of
yarn or thread will hang in a loose loop or loose loops as indicated by the dotted lines
A' in Fig. 2, the hank or hanks or other quantity or quantities A of yarn or thread are
removed from the "swift" d¹ and hung upon the end-frame a as indicated at B in
Fig. 4. The attendant then pushes the axle d of the swift d' in the direction indicated
by the arrow C. The axle acting against one side of the slot for against a cor-
responding part formed upon the barf if the axle d of the "swift" d' passes along
the upper edge of the bar f, the bar will be turned in the direction indicated by the
arrow D until the studs or projections j, j¹ pass into the slots 1, 2 formed in the
bracket or part c. A further movement of the axle d in the direction indicated by
the arrow C will cause the axle d to be passed over the opening or gap E between
the brackets or parts b and c and will cause the axle d or the sleeve e to arrive
against the end of the slot f which is adjacent to the projections or studs j, j' or
against a corresponding part formed upon the bar fif the axle d of the swift
f
passes

page_text: over the upper edge of the bar f, and thereby cause the bar f to be turned upon the
the studs or projections j, j until the axle d arrives against the projecting parts c¹, c²
at which time the bar will have been turned into the position in which it is indi-
cated in Fig. 4. The axle d and bar being removed from the bracket or part b the
hank or hanks or other quantity or quantities B of yarn or thread may be removed
from the end-frame a upon which it or they had previously been placed. After the
hank or hanks or other quantity or quantities of yarn or thread has or have been
removed from the end-frame a the axle d is moved in a direction opposite to that
indicated by the arrow C and the bar will be turned upon the studs or projections
j, in the direction indicated by the arrow F until the studs or projections f³,ƒ³ pass
into the slots g, g'. A continued movement of the axle d in the direction opposite to
that indicated by the arrow C will cause the bar to be turned upon the studs f‹ƒ³
until the axle d arrives against the raised parts 63, 14 and the bar f occupies the
position in which it is indicated in Fig. 2. The staves 2, 3 are then moved into their
working position or the "swift" d is expanded in any other suitable manner and
yarn or thread may again be wound upon the "swift" d'. In order to assist in
retaining the axle d in correct working position while yarn or thread is being wound
upon the "swift" d' the axlo d is caused to rest in slight hollows formed in the bracket
or part b.
In some cases we provide that part of the axle & which rests on the bracket or part b
with a sleeve or tube e in which it may be revolved and which sleeve or tubo e
prevents the bank or hanks or other quantity or quantities of yarn or thread from
being soiled or greased by any oil or grease upon the axle d. The sleeve or tube e
is shown by Figs. 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings, Fig. 6 showing in section
the sleeve or tube e in working position upon the axle d of the swift and Fig. 7
being an end view of the sleeve or tube e. The sleeve e is provided with a cavity el for
holding oil or other lubricant. When it is necessary or desirable to supply oil or
other lubricant to the sleeve e the sleeve e is removed from the axle d. Oil or other
lubricant is then placed in the cavity el and the sleeve e is again placed upon the
axle d. The end e² of the sleeve e being closed the oil or other lubricant is retained
within the sleevo e.
The bar forms a convenient support or guide to enable the axle d of the "swift" d
to be readily transferred from the bracket or part b to the bracket or part c and
from the bracket or part c to the bracket or part & but in some cases we dispense with
the use of the bar and in such cases the axle of the "swift" requires to be lifted
from the bracket or part b to the bracket or part c and from the bracket or part c to
the bracket or part b.
Instead of the bar above mentioned being provided with projections or studs
passing at times into notches or recesses formed in the brackets or parts b, c above
referred to, the said bar fmay be provided with notches or recesses passing at times
upon studs or projections provided upon the said brackets or parts b, c. This arrange-
ment is illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 of the accompanying drawings. Fig. 8 is an
end view of a portion of a reel sufficient to illustrate this arrangement of our inven-
tion and showing the parts in the positions which they occupy when yarn or thread is
being wound upon the "swift" d¹. Fig. 9 is a plan of a portion of that which is
shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 10 is an end view showing the parts in the positions which
they occupy when yarn or thread is being removed from the reel. To the parts
shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are applied the same letters of reference as are applied to
corresponding parts in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The brackets or parts b, c shown in
Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are provided with studs or projections k, upon which at times
respectively pass notches or recesses m, n formed in the bar f. We prefer the arrange-
ment illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 to that illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
If desired the sleeve or tube upon the axle d of the "swift" di may be provided
with parts adapted to hold and slide upon the bar fabove mentioned.
According to a further part of our invention we apply the sleeve or tube e above
described as being placed upon the axle d of the "swift" d' to all "reels" in which
the part by which the axle of the "swift" is supported, is exposed to and liable

page_text: to soil or grease the yarn or thread when such yarn or thread is being removed
from the
reel."
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. In a machine or apparatus for reeling yarns or threads brackets or parts such as
b and c by which the axle d of the "swift" d' is at times supported and which
brackets or parts are used in conjunction with a bar such as f substantially as herein-
before described and for the purpose of enabling the hank or hanks or other quantity
or quantities of yarn or thread wound upon the "swift" to be removed therefrom more
readily than hitherto.
2. In a machine or apparatus for reeling yarns or threads brackets or parts such as
b and c by which the axle d of the swift is at times supported and which brackets or
parts are employed substantially as hereinbefore described and for the purpose of
enabling the hank or hanks or other quantity or quantities of yarn or thread wound
upon the "swift" to be removed therefrom more readily than hitherto.
3. In a machine or apparatus for reeling yarns or threads where there is danger of
the hauk or hanks or other quantity or quantities of yarn or thread wound upon the
"swift" coming during removal from the reel into contact with the axle of the
"swift" or with the bearing by which such axle is supported a sleeve or tube such as
e constructed and employed substantially as herein described in reference to and
shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings and placed or
mounted upon the axle of the "swift" so that the soiling of the yarn or thread by the
oil or other lubricant applied to the axle of the "swift is prevented.
"
W. T. CHEETHAM,.
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.