Improvements in Thread-winding Machinery.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 20th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 16th Jan.,
1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Thread-winding Machinery.
We, WALTER MCGEE and DAVID MCGEE both of the firm of Walter McGee.
& Son, Engineers, Paisley, Renfrewshire, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-.
This invention relates to thread winding machines of the type known as angular
winding-on machines and in which two frames set at an inclination to each other
are furnished with a number of horizontal rails carrying vertical spindles whereon
are fitted the bobbins upon which, the thread is wound and the improvements have
mainly for object to dispense with the use of the driving drums and bands employed
in such machines for transmitting motion to the bobbin spindles the bands being
expensive to maintain and otherwise objectionable.
Under the invention we drive the bobbin spindles by toothed gearing the lower
end of each spindle having fitted on it a bevil pinion in gear with a bevil pinion on
a shaft carried longitudinally under each bobbin rail the shafts being fitted with as
many bevil pinions as there are spindles in the rails.
The driving shafts are driven by toothed or chain gearing from a central
countershaft which also imparts movement to the belt pulleys from which the
thread polishing machine is driven when the winding-on machine is used in con-
junction with a thread polishing machine as is customary, and from said shaft is
also driven the thread guiding or building mechanism which is of the usual con-
struction but which instead of being fitted at the ends of the frames of the machine
is situated within the angular frames, the space usually occupied by the drums for
driving the bobbin spindles being free.
Dated this Nineteenth day of February 1891.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Thread-winding Machinery.
We, WALTER MCGEE and DAVID MCGEE both of the firm of Walter McGee
& Son, Engineers, Paisley, Renfrewshire, 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 relates to thread-winding machines of the type known as angular
winding-on machines and in which two frames set at an inclination to each other
are furnished with a number of horizontal rails carrying vertical or approximately
vertical spindles whereon are fitted the bobbins upon which the thread is wound
and the improvements have mainly for object to dispense with the use of the
driving drums and bands employed in such machine for transmitting motion to the
bobbin spindles the bands being expensive to maintain and otherwise objectionable.
Under the invention and as represented at Figures 1 and 2 in the accompanying
drawings by the sectional end elevation and plan of a thread winding machine, we
drive the bobbin spindles A by toothed gearing, the lower end of each spindle
having fitted on it a bevel pinion B in gear with a bevel pinion C on a shaft D
carried longitudinally under each bobbin rail E, the shafts D being fitted with as
many bevel pinions C as there are spindles A on the rails E.
The driving shafts D are driven by toothed or chain gearing F and bevel
gearing F¹ from a central countershaft G which also imparts movement to the belt

page_text: pulleys or cone G¹ from which the thread polishing machine is driven when the
winding on machine is used in conjunction with a thread polishing machine as is
customary, and from said shaft G is also driven the thread guiding or building
mechanism H, which is of the usual construction but which instead of being fitted
at the ends of the frames I, I, of the machine is situated within the angular frames,
the space usually occupied by the drums for driving the bobbin spindles being free.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The combination of parts constituting the improved thread winding, machine
herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. In a thread winding machine the arrangement of shafting and gearing for
driving the bobbin spindles substantially as described.
Dated this Nineteenth day of November 1891.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.