Improvements in the Winding On Motions of Spinning Mules.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application. 19th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Winding On Motions of Spinning Mules.
We JOHN PYE of 25 Higher Eanam, Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster,
Mill Manager, and JAMES CONNELL of Enfield Road, Clayton-le-Moors, in the
County aforesaid, Mule Overlooker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:-
It is well known that the teeth of the click winding on wheels and the click
wheels themselves of the winding on motions of spinning mules, are very apt to
break or to be so damaged as to require renewing and when, as now constructed,
the click wheel and appliances connected therewith have been fixed on the shaft or
axis of the tin cylinder, in order to remove the damaged wheel and fix a new one in
position it has been necessary to remove the tin cylinder, and cut all the driving
bands thereon and the operation has consequently been costly and occasioned a
great loss of time.
The object of this invention is to so mount the click wheel and appliances
connected therewith that the wheel can be renewed without moving the tin cylinder
consequently no bands are to be cut, but the wheel can be placed in its working
position by simply taking out the short winding on drum shaft.
According to this invention the winding on drum is loose on its shaft and fast to
one end of such drum is a disc or plate which carries the winding on catch which
engage with the click wheel. The free end of the winding on catch rests on the
end of a lever carried on the winding on drum shaft and the other end of said lever
has a pendent arm which when the mule advances comes in contact with and moves
up an inclined block on the relieving rod and so the opposite end of the lever is
depressed and allows the catch to engage with the click wheel until the mule retires
when the click wheel is released in the ordinary manner.
The action and operation of the parts is similar to an ordinary mule.
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WALTER BRIERLEY,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Winding On Motions of Spinning Mules.
We JOHN PYE of 25 Higher Eanam, Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster
Mill Manager, and JAMES CONNELL of Enfield Road, Clayton-le-Moors in the
County aforesaid, Mule Overlooker, 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:-
It is well known that the teeth of the click winding on wheels and the click
wheels themselves of the winding on motions of spinning mules, are very apt to
break or to be so damaged as to require renewing and when, as now constructed,
the click wheel and appliances connected therewith have been fixed on the shalt or
axis of the tin cylinder, in order to remove the damaged wheel and fix a new one
in position it has been necessary to remove the tin cylinder, and cut all the driving
bands thereon and the operation has consequently been costly and occasioned a
great loss of time.

page_text: The object of this invention is to so mount the click wheel and appliances:
connected therewith that the wheel can be renewed without moving the tin cylinder
consequently o bands are to be cut, but the wheel can be placed in its working
position bymply taking out the short winding on drum shaft.
Such bei the nature and object of our said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference being had to the accompanying drawings in
which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of part of a mule spinning frame having our improve-
ments applie thereto.
Fig. 2 is a.. end view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of Figs. 1 and 2.
According to this invention the winding on drum is loose on its shaft 2 and fast
to one end of such drum 1 is preferably a disc or plate 3 which carries the winding
on catch 4 mounted loosely on a stud fixed in such disc or plate or fixed to the end
of the drum 1 itself. A lever 6 is carried on the winding on drum shaft 2 and
on the boss 12 of this lever 6 is the usual bent spring 13 which engages with the
winding on catch 4 as ordinary. The end 7 of said lever 6 has a pendent arm 8 at
the bottom of which is a runner 14 which when the mule advances comes in contact
with and moves up an inclined block 9 on the relieving rod 10 and so the end 7 of.
the lever 6 is raised and its boss 12 slightly turned so that the spring 13. causes the
catch 4 to engage with the click wheel 5 until the mule retires when the alick
wheel 5 is released in the ordinary manner.
By making the inclined block 9 of the shape shewn when the runner 14 moves.
the inclined portion it causes the winding on catch 4 to at once engage with.
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the teeth of the click wheel 5 and so long as the runner 14 is on the flat part 15 of
the block 9 (both as the mule advances and retires) the catch 4 is held in the teeth
of the click wheel 5 and by the time the runner 14 has moved off the block 9. the
weight or pull of the machine is acting on the click wheel 5 and this prevents the
.catch 4 moving onto or disengage with the teeth until the required time.
On the shaft 2 of the winding on drum 1 is a gear wheel 15 gearing with, and
driving the wheel 16 fast on the axis 17 of the tin roller.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the object of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The winding on drum 1 carrying the winding on catch 4, the click wheel 5*
the lever 6 having a pendent arm 8 all mounted on the winding on drum shaft 2
together with the inclined block 9 all in combination and as and for the purpose
herein described and as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
JOHN PYE,
JAMES CONNELL,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax..