IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR REELING SILK AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVIDIUNAL
SPECIFICATION.
I, HENRY EDWARD NEWTON of the Office for Patens 6 Breams Building Chancery
Lane in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR REELING SILK AND OTHER
FIBROUS MATERIALS to be as follows:-
This invention of improvements in reeling machines is applicable to the reeling
of fibrous materials of various kinds but is more particularly applicable to machines
for reeling what is known in silk manufacture as "organzine."
One important object of the invention is to combine four reels in one frame or
machine to be driven by one pulley without couplings and in such manner that any
one of the said reels may be stopped without necessitating the stopping of any of
the others and so that each may be readily removed and replaced by another when
full.
The invention consists firstly in the combination in a reeling machine of two
pairs of separate and independent reels each pair arranged in line and in friction
driving mechanism common to all the reels and situated between the two pairs of
reels.
The invention also consists in the combination with the reels of stop motions
applied one to each reel and set in action by an adjustable rotary counter or trip
for each reel a drop lever being provided for each reel which is acted upon by the
counter or trip, when a sufficient quantity of material is wound on the reel to
which it appertains.
A target or indicator is also provided which will show at a glance by its position
whether the stoppage of the reel. is caused by the desired amount of material
being wound on the reel or not. Means are also provided for returning each
rotary counter or trip to its starting point against a stop and for adjusting said
stop at will so as to allow the counter or trip to rotate for a longer or shorter time
before it trips the drop lever and stops the reel whereby provision is afforded for
varying within certain limits the quantity of material to be wound on the reel
before it is stopped automatically.

page_text: Provision is also made for adjusting the drop levers outward from or inward
towards the rotary counters so that the counters will be allowed to make a greater
or less number of turns before they trip the drop levers and for greatly varying the
amount of material to be wound on the reel.
The pairs of reels are arranged in two parallel lines at each side of the machine
and their shafts are supported in open bearings in the end frames so that they
can be readily removed and replaced by others when they are full.
The threads to be reeled are led up to the reels from bobbins carried on rails at
the lower part of the machine through flyers over rods and through drop wires,
thence through the eyes of the usual traverse bar to the reel. The main driving
pulley receiving motion from a prime mover by a belt is situate in the centre
line of the machine and transmits motion by a train of gear to pairs of flat surface
friction wheels mounted below and between the pairs of reel shafts at both sides of
the machine.
Upon these friction wheels other friction wheels carried by the reel shafts rest
and when the reel shafts are not raised the reels are thereby rotated.
It is sometimes desirable to stop one of the reels for one purpose or another and
to provide for this purpose a hand lever is provided for each reel.
Drop wire frames are arranged below each reel and are composed of a fulcruin
shaft or bar suitably balanced on knife-edged bearings arms projecting outward
therefrom and a rod connecting the ends of said arms.
Upon the inner ends of these fulcrum shafts is a lever having a sector like and
eccentric face. The fall of a drop wire or wires onto the drop frame occasioned by
the breakage of the thread or otherwise overcomes its balance and the frame
vibrating downwards the sector lever is carried against the under surface of the
friction wheel on the end of the reel shaft and by the rotation of that wheel is
drawn in under it and raises it out of contact with the driven wheel thus stopping
the reel.
A lever is provided to act upon the sector faced lever and remove it from below
the reel pulley when it is desired to again allow the reel to rotate.
The drop wires may be of any suitable form but in order to prevent the threads
from escaping from them and snarling up it is preferred to make them of a piece of
wire coiled at about the middle of its length to form an eye for the reception of
the thread and the two portions of the wire extend parallel with each other to the
rod around which they are coiled.
The adjustable rotary counters, stops, or trips consist of ratchet wheels (one for
each reel) mounted at each end of the machine outside the end frame and carried
upon studs or journals projecting from the frame and having the one a right and
the other a left hand thread. These ratchet wheels are worked round by pawls
operated by eccentric cams on the ends of the reel shafts and are thereby caused to
move longitudinally along their threaded journals.
Inclined projections carried by the ratchet wheels on their outer faces act (when
the wheels have by a step by step rotation moved outwards the desired distance)
upon pivotted drop levers mounted outside the wheels and push the outer ends of
the levers off supporting brackets. These levers carry upwardly projecting arms
furnished with inwardly projecting pins which when the levers fall remove the
acting and retaining pawls from the ratchet wheels and allow of frictionaly driven
band pulleys to turn back the ratchet wheels upon their screwed studs to their
starting position.
Arms which project inwards from the drop levers through the frame and overlie
one of the arms of the drop wire frame cause that frame to raise the reel and stop
its rotation when the drop lever falls.
When the drop levers fall their inner ends are arrested by a stop or rest.
Other upwardly projecting arms carry targets consisting of coloured disks, their
change of position occasioned by the fall of the levers indicating that the skeius
are wound to the desired size. If the targets or indicators are all in proper

page_text: position the attendant knows instantly that the stoppage is caused by the breakage
or running out of one of the threads.
To provide a fine adjustment to regulate the length of silk in the skeins the
ratchet wheels are provided on their inner faces with a stop which prevents them
from moving further back and forms a starting point from which the forward
rotation of these wheels commences.
This stop is carried on a plate fitting loosely upon the stud or journal of the
ratchet wheel and is held in place after adjustment by a clamping bolt.
This stop may therefore be shifted by turning the plate so as to allow the
ratchet wheel to turn back more or less before striking it.
To enable the quantity to he varied within wider limits the drop levers are
made capable of being shifted outwards away from the frame upon which they are
fulcrummed by threading the fulcrum pin and turning it by hand in one or the
other direction and thereby moving the drop lever towards or from the frame so
that the rotary counter or ratchet wheel will be free to make a greater or less
number of turns before its outer projection strikes and trips the lever.
To facilitate the removal of the skeins from the reel one of the arms of the reel
in place of being rigidly bolted to them is pivotted to the shaft and also to the
bar so as to admit of the bar being drawn inward when the skeins are to be
removed.

page_text: I HENRY EDWARD NEWTON of the Office for Patents, 6 Breams Buildings
Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of the invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR REELING SILK
AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
This invention of improvements in reeling machines is applicable to the reeling
of fibrous materials of various kinds but is more particularly applicable to machines
for reeling what is known in silk manufacture as "organzine."
One important object of the invention is to combine four reels in ono frame or
machine to be driven by one pulley without couplings and in such manner that any
one of the said reels inay be stopped without necessitating the stopping of any of
the others and so that each may be readily removed and replaced by another when
full.
To this end the invention consists in the combination in a reeling machine of two
pairs of separate and independent reels arranged with the reels of each pair in line
with the reels of the other pair, and driving mechanism common to all the reels
arranged between the two pairs of reels as hereinafter fully described.
The invention also consists in the combination of two pairs of reel shafts, the
shafts of each pair being arranged side by side and in line with the shafts of the
other pair, friction wheels upon the adjacent inner ends of the several shafts, friction
driving wheels one for each reel on which the friction wheels of the reel shafts rest,
means for raising any one of the reel shafts independently of the others so as to
carry its friction wheel out of contact with its respective friction driving wheel, a
driving pulley arranged between the two pairs of reel shafts and midway between
the shafts of each pair, and mechanism for transmitting motion from said driving
pulley to the several friction driving wheels.
The invention also consists in the combination with one or more reels, and a
separate stop motion applied to each reel for raising the friction wheel on the reel
shaft out of contact with the driving wheel, of a separate rotary counter or trip for
each reel and a drop lever for each reel which is acted upon by the counter or trip
when a sufficient quantity of material is wound on the reel to which it appertains
and which acts upon the stop motion to stop the reel.
The invention also consists in the combination with a reel and its stop motion, of
a counting device which operates through said stop motion to stop the reel when a
sufficient quantity of material is wound thereon and a target or indicator operated
by the counting device and adapted to show at a glance by its position whether the
stoppage of the reel is caused by the desired amount of material being wound on
the reel or not. There is also combined with each rotary counter or trip, means for
returning it to its starting point against a stop and for adjusting said stop at will
so as to allow the counter or trip to rotate for a longer or shorter time before it trips
the drop lever and stops the reel, whereby provision is afforded for varying within
certain limits the quantity of material to be wound on the reel before it is stopped
automatically.
The invention also consists in a novel combination of parts whereby provision is
made for adjusting the drop levers outward from or inward towards the rotary
counters so that the counters will be allowed to make a greater or less number of
turns before they trip the drop levers and provision for greatly varying the amount
of material to be wound on the reel.

page_text: The invention also consists in various novel details of construction and combina-
tions of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig 1 represents a side elevation of the principal portions of a machine embodying
the various features of the invention showing the entire length of one reel and the
adjacent end portion of the reel in line therewith;
Fig: 2 represents an end view of the machine with certain portions broken
away to show the parts behind them;
Fig 3 represents a vertical transverse section upon the planes of the dotted
line x, x, Fig: 1;
:
Fig 4 represents a transverse vertical section of the upper part of the machine-
upon the plane of the dotted line y y Fig: 1;
Fig 5 represents a side view of the same parts shown in Fig: 4;
Fig 6 represents a horizontal section of one of the end frames of the machine
upon the dotted line z z Fig 2. and a plan view of the rotary counters stops or trips
and their appurtenances;
Fig: 7 represents a side view of one end portion of a reel of the improved
construction;
Fig 8 represents a transverse section thereof;
Fig: 9 represents a detail plan view of certain mechanism for reciprocating the
transverse bars of the machine; and
Fig 10 represents a perspective view of the drop wires on a larger scale.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the Figures.
A designates the two end frames of the machine and A¹ the longitudinal portions
of the frame which extend between and connect the end frames.
At about the middle of the length of the machine are two arch frames A³ which
are supported upon the upper longitudinal bar or stretcher A¹.
B designates the reel shafts which are arranged in two pairs the reels of each
pair being arranged side by side and in line with the reels of the opposite pair as
shown in Figure 1. Each reel shaft is entirely independent of all the others and
they are all supported in open bearings a in the end frames A and intermediate
frames A so that they can be readily removed and replaced by others when they
are full. It is desirable to have two sets of reels to each machine in order that one
set of reels may be used in reeling while the skeins wound on the other set are
being steamed, dried and removed from the reels.
The two end frames A like the two intermediate frames A have arched or
rounded tops as shown in Figs 2, 3 and 4 and the rounded or arched portions serve
as guards to aid in guiding and directing the reel shafts B into their open
bearings a.
S designates the bobbin rails upon which are supported the bobbins b from
which the threads to be wound are conducted through flyers b¹ over rods b' through
drop wires b³ through eyes upon the traverse b' and then to the reel.
The traverse bar 6' of each reel is operated in an ordinary way by means of a
horizontal vibrating lever 65 which is shown in Fig: 9 and which is actuated by a
cam 6 upon a vertical shaft 67 which is rotated by a wheel 68 and pinion 69 on the
reel shaft. Each reel shaft B should have a pinion 69 upon it for engaging with the
wheels bs when the reels are placed in the machine.
Before describing particularly the mechanism for driving the reels it may be
stated that the said mechanism is of such a nature that any one of the reels may
be stopped automatically when full, or when a thread breaks, or by hand when
desired for any purpose while all the other reels are in operation and without
interfering with the other reels in any way.
The driving mechanism for the several reels is arranged between the two
intermediate frames A³ and best shown in Figs 4 and 5 but also shown in Figs 1,
2 and 3. The shafts of the several wheels of this driving mechanism extend
between and rotate in bearings in said frames,

page_text: C designates the driving pulley common to all the reels, receiving a constant
rotary motion through the driving belt C. This pulley is on a short shaft, having
its bearings in the lower parts of the frames A2 A2 and there is fast upon it a
pinion c from which all the reels derive motion. On short fixed shafts on opposite
sides of and below the driving pulley C are loosely fitted gear wheels c¹ which
intermesh and will therefore rotate in reverse directions, and motion is imparted
to both of said gear wheels by the pinion c engaging with one of them.
On the
outside of each wheel c¹ and engaging therewith is a second gear wheel c² and
each wheel c² is interposed between and fast to, two frictional driving wheels c³
which rotate with it on one of the two fixed shafts provided for their support. The
gear wheel c' and wheels c³ may be made in one piece or permanently connected
together and they are rotated continuously in the direction of the arrows in
Fig: 4.
Upon the ends of each of the reel shafts B is a friction wheel c* which rests
upon one of the frictional driving wheels and when the reel shafts are not raised
the wheels c bear upon the driving wheels c³ and are thereby rotated.
When the inner end of any one of the reel shafts B is raised sufficiently to take its
wheel out of contact with the adjacent wheel the rotation of that reel is
stopped while all the others continue in operation.
It is sometimes desirable to stop one of the reels for one purpose or another and
to provide for this there is a lever D for each reel the form of which is shown in
Figs 3 and 4. These levers are fulcrummed at d to the frame A and their upper
edges are eccentric to the pivots and move under the reel shafts while their
outwardly projecting arms d' form handles whereby they may be moved inwards.
In their upper edges the levers are formed with depressions or cavities &* and
when one of them is moved inwards it acts upon the reel shaft and raises it so as
to move its wheel c out of contact with the wheel c³ where it will remain with its
shaft supported in the cavity or depression d' until the lever is drawn back.
Below each reel is arranged a drop wire frame which is composed of a fulcrum
shaft or bar e, arms el projecting outwards therefrom, and a rod es connecting the
ends of said arms. The drop wire frames of the reels are in line with each other
ns are the reels, but each frame is separate from and independent of the others and
is adapted to rotate without interfering with the others.
To the fulcrum shaft or rod c of each frame is attached a balance weight e³ which
may be adjusted to accurately counterbalance the frame and the said shaft or rod e
is preferably supported upon knife edge bearings so that it vibrates under a very
slight impulse.
Upon the inner end of the fulcrum shaft or rode of each drop wire frame and
beneath the wheel on the reel shaft is a lever e which has a sector-like and
eccentric face and if the frame vibrates downwards the lever is carried against
the face of the wheel c as shown in Fig: 1 and in the left hand lever in Fig 4 and
by the rotation of said wheel the said lever is drawn in under it and raises it out
of contact with the driving wheel thus stopping the reel.
The drop wires 63 on each side of the machine are all supported upon a rod 61°
on which they may turn and when any one of the threads breaks or runs out its
drop wire falls upon the rod e² of the drop wire frame and thereby tilts or vibrates
the frame so as to cause its lever e to raise the wheel c' on the reel shaft out of
contact with the driving wheel c³. When it is desired to again start the reel it is
done by means of a lever E which is pivotted at d and when swung inwards acts
upon the sector faced lever e'. The arrangement of the levers E is clearly shown
in Fig 4 and also in Figs 2 and 3.
The drop wires 6 may be of any suitable form but in order to prevent the
threads from escaping from them and snarling up, it is preferred to make them of
a piece of wire coiled at about the middle of its length to form an eye for the
reception of the thread and the two portions of the wire extend parallel with
each other to the rod b around which they are coiled, The form of the drop
wire is shown clearly in Fig 10.

page_text: The rotary counters, stops or trips which stop the rotation of the reels when the
required amount of material is wound upon them are best shown in Figs 1,
2 and 6.
These rotary counters, stops or trips consist of ratchet wheels F two of which
are mounted at each end of the machine outside the end frame A and are screwed
upon screw threaded studs or journals f projecting from the said end frame as
shown in Figure 6 and having one a right and the other a left hand thread.
Hence when the wheels F are turned they are moved longitudinally along the
studs fin one direction or the other.
Upon the end of each reel shaft B is a small cam g which at each rotation of
the reel depresses a small lever g¹ pivotted at one end to the frame A and carrying
at the free end a drive pawl g' which engages with the ratchet wheel F and moves
it forward a tooth at each rotation of the reel. The lever g¹ is returned after each
depression by a spring g³, shown in Figure 2, and the ratchet wheel is prevented
from moving backwards by a stop pawl g*.
G designates drop levers which are arranged outside the wheels F and which
are pivotted at their outer ends by screw threaded studs h to the frame A while
their inner ends rest in their normal position on rests or supports h¹. Upon each
lever G is an upwardly projecting arm h* carrying an inwardly projecting pin h
shown in Fig 6 and upon each lever is a projection * the face of which is inclined
as clearly shown in Fig 6 while upon the front side of the wheel F is a projection h³.
The drop levers G also have arms he which project inwards through the frame A
and over the adjacent arms e¹ of the drop wire frame as shown in Figs. 1 and 6.
While reeling the inner ends of the lever G rest upon the rests or supports h¹
and as the reels become filled the ratchet wheels F are advanced towards the outer
ends of their screw threaded studs or journals f by the action of the drive pawl g³..
When the wheel F approaches the end of its stud f as is the case with the right
hand wheel in Fig 6 its projection ho bears against the inclined projection h* on the
lever and springs the lever outward so that its inner end is pushed off the rest or
support h¹ and the lever falls bringing its projecting arm ho down upon the arm e¹
of the drop wire frame and thereby moving the sector faced lever et into contact
with the wheel c✶ on the reel shaft B and lifting the said wheel out of contact with
the driving wheel c³ thereby stopping the reel. When the drop levers G fall their
inner ends are arrested by a stop or rest 8 shown clearly in Fig 2 and the levers
are thereby held so that the pins h³ hold the pawls g' and ' out of engagement
with the ratchet wheels F. Upon the levers G are upwardly projecting arms h
which carry targets G¹ consisting of coloured discs or other indicators and when
the drop levers fall the fact is made clearly apparent by the changed position of
the targets or indicators G¹. If one of the reels stops the attendant glances to see
the position of the targets or indicators and if one of them is down he knows
that the reel is stopped because the skeius are wound to the desired size If the
targets or indicators are all in proper position the attendant knows instantly
that the stoppage is caused by the breakage or running out of one of the threads.
After one of the rotary counters, stops or trips has tripped or thrown off the
drop levers G it must be turned back upon its stud f to the starting point.
H designates shafts of which one is arranged on each side of the machine and
these shafts are rotated by means of belts H' driving from pulleys upon the shafts
of the wheels c¹. Attached permanently to each of the ratchet wheels F is a
pulley I and the said pulleys are connected with the shafts H by means of crossed
belts I. These belts tend to turn the wheels F in the opposite direction to that in
which the pawls g² turn them, but the belts are slack enough to slip upon the
pulleys when the ratchet wheels are being advanced by the said pawls.
When the drop lever G of any reel falls the inwardly projecting pin h³ bears
against the stop pawl g' and raises both the pawls out of engagement with the
wheel F whereupon it is free to be reversed in motion and is screwed back upon
the stud by the belt I the wheel F is turned back until a projection on its inner

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side strikes against a stop i which prevents it from moving further back and forms.
a starting point from which the forward rotation of the wheel commences.
stop is upon a plate ; which fits loosely upon the stud f and which is held in
place after adjustment by a clamping bolt fitting a curved slot 2 in the plate.
By turning the plate j the stop i is shifted so as to allow the wheel F to turn back
more or less before striking it and by thus shifting the projecting stop, by adjusting
the plate j, the amount of material which may be wound on the reel before it is
automatically stopped may be varied at pleasure and the exact amount of material
in each skein is regulated and may be varied as inay be desired. The adjustment
of the slotted plates ; however only provides for varying to a limited extent the
quantity of material which may be wound on the reel before it is stopped
automatically and to enable the quantity to be varied within wider limits I
provido for shifting the drop levers G outwards away from the frame A. In this
example of the invention the studs h upon which the levers G are fulcrummed are
screwed into the levers and they are provided on opposite sides of the frame A
with a shoulder m and a nut m' as shown in Fig 6 which provide for clamping
them to the frame. By loosening the nut m¹ the stud is left free to turn and by
turning it by hand in one or the other direction which may be done by a pin n
inserted through it, the lever G will be moved towards or from the frame A and
the rotary counter F will be free to make a greater or less number of turns, before
its projection h strikes the projection h* on the lever G and trips said lever. The
same adjustment of the drop levers might be provided for in other ways as for
instance by having the studs fit loosely in the levers and screwed into the frame A
where they may be rigidly clamped by a jam nut In either construction the
rests for the free ends of the levers should be adjustable outwards and inwards
and this may be provided for by slotting the holes in said rests through which the
bolts pass by securing said rests to the frames as shown in dotted lines in Fig: 6.
When the drop levers G are again raised and supported upon their rests or
supports the pawls g² g' again engage with the wheels F and the latter are rotated
again until the rotary counters or trip wheels F knock off the levers G as above
described.
Any form of construction of reel may be employed but I prefer to use a reel of
the kind shown clearly in Figs 7 and 8 because of the facility with which the
skeins of material may be removed from the reel. The reel shaft B has arms k k
projecting from it and carrying the longitudinal bars on which the material is
wound. Three of the arms project rigidly from the shaft and have the bars k¹
rigidly bolted to them but the third arm k¹ is pivotted to the arms k and is also
pivotted to the bar ². When the reel is in use the bar which is pivotted to the
arın k¹ occupies the position shown in full lines in Fig: 7, but when the skeins are
to be removed the arm is swung to one side as indicated in dotted lines to draw
its bar inward so that the skeins may be removed without difficulty. When the
arın k¹ is swung back into position for use it strikes against a stop which prevents
the arm from moving past a position in the same plane with the arms l.
It will be understood that there is a similar arrangement of arms k k¹ at each
end of the reel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention as communicated to me from abroad, and in what manner the same is to
be performed I declare that what I claim is
1st The combination of two pairs of separate and independent reels arranged
with the reels of each pair in line with the reels of the other pair and driving
mechanism common to all the reels arranged between the two pairs substantially
as herein described.
2nd The combination of the two pairs of reel shafts B the shafts of each pair
being arranged side by side and in line with the shafts of the other pair, friction
wheels cupon the adjacent inner ends of said shafts, friction driving wheels c³

page_text: on which the wheels of rest, means for raising any one of the reel shafts inde-
pendently of the others to carry its wheel c out of contact with its driving
wheel ca, a driving pulley C arranged between the pairs of shafts and midway.
between the shafts of each pair and mechanism for transmitting motion from this
pulley C to all of the friction driving wheels C³ all substantially as and for the
purpose specified:
3rd The combination of the two pairs of reel shafts B provided with friction
wheels c¹ and arranged as berein described, two friction driving wheels c³ and an
interposed gear wheel c² connected together and arranged below the shafts which
are in line on each side of the machine, the friction wheels c' of the reel shafts
resting on the friction driving wheels c³, the hand levers D whereby any one of
said reel shafts may be raised independently of the others to carry its wheel c* out
of contact with its friction driving wheel c³, the single driving pulley C and
pinion c and the gear wheels c¹ for transmitting motion from the pinion c to the
interposed gear wheels c³ all substantially as specified.
4. The combination with the rod 610 of the drop wires 6 each composed of a
single piece coiled at about the middle of its length to form an eye and having two
parallel portions extending from said eye to and coiled around said rod 610
substantially as herein described.
5. The combination with one or more reels and driving mechanism therefore of
a separate stop motion for each reel a rotary counter or trip for each reel, and a
separate drop lever adapted to be released by said counter or trip and to act upon
the stop motion to stop the reels substantially as herein described.
6. The combination with a reel and a stop motion for automatically stopping
the same when a thread breaks or runs out, of a counting device which operates
through said stop motion to stop the reel when a sufficient quantity of material is
wound thereon, and a target or indicator operated by the counting device and
adapted to show by its position whether the stoppage of the reel is due to a
sufficient quantity of material being wound thereon or to a thread breaking or
running out substantially as herein described.
7. The combination with one or more reels, driving mechanism therefor, and
independent stop motions, of a separate rotary counter or trip, and a separate drop
lever for each reel, mechanism for advancing the counters with a step by step
motion and mechanism for turning the counter or counters backward when released,
substantially as herein described.
8. The combination with the two pairs of reels and their common driving
mechanism of separate stop motions for the several reels, the ratchet wheel
counters F and their attached pulleys I the belts I and means for driving them,
the screw threaded studs f the drive pawls g² and the drop levers G having pins h³
and adapted to act upon the stop motions to stop any one of the reels substantially
as herein described.
9. The combination with two pairs of reels and their common interposed driving
mechanism of separate stop motions for the several reels, the ratchet wheel
counters F their attached pulleys I belts I¹ and means for driving said belts the
screw threaded studs f the drive pawls g² the drop levers G having pins ha and
adapted to act on the several stop motions and the adjustable stops for arresting
the backward movement of said counters F substantially as herein described.
10. The combination with a rotary counter F of a drop lever G fulcrumed at one
end and a rest h¹ for supporting the free end of said lever substantially as specified.
11. The combination with a rotary counter F of a drop lever G fulcrummed
at one end, a rest h¹ for supporting the free end of said lever and a stop s for
arresting said lever in its fall substantially as herein described.
12. The combination with a rotary counter F a drop lever G a fulcrum stud or
pin h providing for the adjustment of said lever towards and from said counter,
and a rest h¹ for supporting the free end of said lever and also adjustablę
substantially as specified.

page_text: 13. The combination with the frame A and a rotary counter F of a drop lever G
a fulcrum stud h screwed into said lever and adapted to be turned in said frame
and an adjustable rest h¹ for supporting the free end of said lever substantially as
specified.