IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING MACHINES
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Collier, of Halifax, in the County of York,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING MACHINES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George. Collier at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th October 1858.
I, GEORGE COLLIER, of Halifax, in the County of York, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING MACHINES,"
to be as follows:-
The object of the Invention is to obtain a uniform speed to the yarn or
thread in laying it on to the bobbins, pirns, or such like forms. For this pur.
pose I give a varying speed to the driving cylinder or cylinders of such
machines in place of a uniform one, as has heretofore been the case, to drive
such cylinder or cylinders faster when the yarn or thread is being wound on to
the smaller part of the required form, and slower when being wound on to the
larger part.
According to one arrangement I employ eccentric gear, and I place the
drum or pulley, for giving motion thereto from a steam engine or other
suitable power, on a separate shaft, in place of as heretofore on the axis of the
main driving cylinder, and I communicate motion from this separate shaft to
that of the main driving cylinder, by a pair of eccentrically formed toothed
wheels gearing into each other, and timed to give the varying speed
referred to.

page_text: According to another arrangement I employ a pair of cones parallel the one
to the other, with the larger end of one opposite the smaller end of the other.
In this case also the driving drum or pulley, which receives motion from the
steam engine or other power, is placed on a separate shaft, on to which is also
placed one of the cones, which by means of a belt or strap drives the other
cone, which is fixed on to the shaft of the main driving cylinder or cylinders to
which it gives motion. The belt or strap connecting the two cones is capable
of being slided thereon so as to regulate their speed, and consequently that of
the driving cylinder as required. The traverse motion to the strap or belt
is governed by a fork connected by levers to the copping rail, or other of the
parts of the winding machine for effecting the traverse of the yarn on the
bobbins or spools. I do not, however, confine myself to these arrangements.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Collier in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
6th April 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
COLLIER, of Halifax, in the County of York, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said George Collier, Her special licence that I, the said George Collier,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Collier, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
WINDING MACHINES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
George Collier, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Collier, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say :-
The object of this Invention is to obtain a uniform speed to the yarn or
thread in laying it on to the bobbins, pirns, or such like forms. For this
purpose I give a varying speed to the driving cylinder or cylinders of such
machines in place of a uniform one, as has heretofore been the case to drive
such cylinder or cylinders faster when the yarn or thread is being wound on
to the smaller part of the required form, and slower when being wound on
to the larger part.
According to one arrangement I employ a pair of cones parallel the one to
the other, with the larger end of one opposite the smaller end of the other. I
place the driving drum or pulley which receives motion from the steam engine
or other power on a separate shaft in place of as heretofore on the axis of the
main driving cylinder. On to this separate shaft is also placed one of the
cones, which by means of a belt or strap drives the other cone, which is fixed
on to the shaft of the main driving cylinder to which it gives motion. The
belt or strap connecting the two cones is capable of being slided thereon, so
as to regulate their speed, and consequently that of the driving cylinder as
required.
The traverse motion to the strap or belt is governed by a fork connected by
levers to the copping rail or other of the parts of the winding machine for
effecting the traverse of the yarn on the bobbins or spools.
According to another arrangement I employ eccentric gear for giving the
desired varying motion to the main cylinder, and in this case also I place the
drum or pulley for giving motion to the main cylinder from a steam engine
or other suitable power on a separate shaft, and I communicate motion from
this separate shaft to that of the main driving cylinder by a pair of eccentrically
formed toothed wheels gearing into each other, and timed to give the varying
speed referred to. I do not, however, confine myself to these arrangements.
But that the nature of these my improvements, and the means I adopt in
carrying the same into effect, may be fully understood, I will proceed to
describe the Drawings annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows an end view, and Figure 2 a part of one side of a winding
machine, arranged according to my improvements. a, a, is the main framing;
which the cloing or banks of vorn are placed to be drown
Figure 1 shows an end view, and Figure 2 a part of one side of a winding
machine, arranged according to my improvements. a, a, is the main framing;
3,, are reeks upon which the skeins or banks of yarn ore placed to be drown

page_text: off to the spools c, and these spools c receive motion in the ordinary manner by
means of bands d, d, passing over the driving cylinder e; but according to my:
improvements in place of the cylinder e receiving uniform motion by its having.
affixed thereon the driving pulley, it is caused to have a varying motion given
to it. According to the arrangement shewn by these Figures, the driving
pulley is affixed upon a separate shaft f', upon which is affixed the conical
drum 9, which by means of a strap or band g¹ gives motion to the conical drum h;
affixed on the axis, upon which is affixed the cylinder e, and the form of these
cones g, h, should be such that by the strap or band g¹ being slided thereon,
the speed of the bobbins c will be varied during each traverse, so that the
quantity of yarn taken by them will be uniform, though their diameters at the
point of laying thereon of the fibre will be varying. For this purpose,
according to this arrangement, the heart motion i, which gives the rising and
falling or traverse motion to the copping rail, also acts upon the truck or
bowl j, carried by the lever ¹, which turns upon an axis of motion j³, and at
its upper end carries an adjustable pinj, to which is attached one end of the
link k, which passes through and is guided in sliding by the fixed guide a¹,
whilst its outer end carries the fork ¹, and the guide with its roller ³, by
which the band or strap g¹ will be slided to and fro on the conical drums g
and h, varying as explained the speed of the drum h, and consequently of the
cylinder e.
By thus causing the speed of the cylinder é to be varied, so that the bobbins
or spools may be constantly drawing one uniform quantity from the reels 6 or
other supply, the yarn will be laid on to those bobbins or spools at a uniform
tension, which is highly important in the after processes of weaving. Motion
is given to the heart wheel and thence to the copping rails in the following
manner-Upon the axis of the cylinder e and cone h, is also affixed the
pulley 1, which by means of a strap or band l, gives motion to the drum or
pulley, to which is affixed the pinion, the teeth of which take into those
of the wheel ', to give motion thereto. Upon the axis of the wheel is
affixed the bevilled pinion, which takes into and drives the bevilled pinion
affixed upon the axis I, to which is affixed the heart wheel i. To the lever j¹,
operated by the heart wheel i, is affixed by pin joint one end of the link m,
the other end of which is connected by pin joint to the upper end of the arm
m³, affixed to the axis m³, on which are also affixed arms m³, one at each side
of the frame, the upper ends of which are connected to the sliding rods m*, to
give motion thereto, to give the rising and falling motion to the copping rail
by one end of cords n being connected to the sliding rods m', and the other
ends to the lower ends of rods n', carrying the copping rail n². By these

page_text: means variation of speed will be given in the lifting and lowering of the
copping rail simultaneously with that to the main cylinder e, to insure the
correct laying of the threads.
Although the means shewn by Figures 1 and 2 for giving varying motion
to the cylinder e is that which I have found to answer well, I do not confine
myself thereto, and in Figures 3 and 4 I have shewn a method of obtaining
a like varying motion to the cylinder e by the use of eccentrically formed
wheels. In this case the wheel g is affixed upon an axis f¹, and it gives
motion to a like wheel h, which is affixed upon an axis h¹, upon which is
affixed the pulley wheel h², which by means of a strap or band h³ gives motion
to the pulley h, affixed upon the axis of the cylinder e, to give motion thereto.
Upon the axis h¹ are also affixed heart wheels o, one at each end of the frame,
to give motion by a truck or bowl o¹ to levers o² which turn upon fixed studs o³,
and at their front ends are by pin joints connected to the rods n¹, carrying one
of the copping rails n², whilst the back ends of these levers o* are by pin joints
connected to levers o*, turning on studs o", and at their other ends by pin
joints of, connected to the rods n³ of the other copping rail n², so that simul-
taneous motion may, as in the arrangement shewn by Figures 1 and 2, be
given to the two copping rails.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine
myself to these details, which may be varied, so long as the peculiarities of my
Invention be retained; but what I claim is, the so arranging and combining
parts of winding machines that a varying speed may be given to the cylinder
driving the bobbins, pirns, or such like forms upon which the yarn is wound
for the purposes stated.
In witness whereof, I, tho said George Collier, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
WILLIAM BROOKES,
73, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agent.
GEORGE COLLIER. (L.S.)