Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 16th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 22nd June, 1888
I JAMES HALLIWELL of Green Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the machinery employed in the filling of spools with
Sewing Cotton or with thread made from materials other than Cotton as is well
understood. In such machinery the empty spool is mounted upon a spindle which is
revolved and the thread is guided or laid by means of a traversing and reciprocating.
guide which has a variable traverse controlled by a template or shaper. In ordinary
practice the said guide is actuated by means of a reversible screw which is revolved
at a speed which can be varied by means of change wheels.
In my invention I employ a reversing clutch motion which is actuated by means
of two worm wheels which are loosely mounted upon the Clutch shaft and revolve
in opposite directions. Upon the said clutch shaft is fixed a slotted lever arm in
which a block is fitted to slide the said block being connected with the guide spindle
in such a manner as that a rocking movement of the clutch shaft upon its axis
traverses the guide to and fro. At the end of each traverse of the guide the clutch
is disengaged from one worm wheel and engaged with the other whereby the move-
ment of the guide is reversed. The speed of traverse of the thread guide can be
regulated to a nicety to suit various counts of thread by turning a screw which
slides the block in the slotted arm nearer to or further from the axis of movement of
the said arm.
The number of coils in each layer can thus be varied to any extent
without baving to make any changes in the gearing. In some cases I arrange two
or more spool spindles one above another or at different levels and actuate both or all
of the thread guides by means of one Clutch shaft.
In such a case I prefer to connect the guide spindles by means of a slotted cross
head in which a block is fitted to slide a pin carried by the block in the aforesaid
lever arm engaging with the block which slides in the said Cross head..

page_text: The two worm wheels may be right and left hand and each worm shaft may be
geared by means of a wheel and pinion with the shaft which drives the spool
spindles.
Bevel wheels
I may mount two or more spools upon each spindle and actuate all the thread
guides by means of one reversing motion and vibrating lever arm.
might take the places of the worm wheels, worm or other gearing being employed
to suitably reduce the speed of revolution of the said bevel wheels.
Dated this 15th day of August 1887.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.
Improvements in Spooling Machines.
I JAMES HALLIWELL of Green Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanic 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 and accompanying drawings:-
:-
My Invention relates to the machinery employed in the filling of spools with Sewing
Cotton or with thread made from materials other than Cotton as is well understood.
In such machinery the empty spool is mounted upon a spindle which is revolved and
the thread is guided or laid by means of a traversing and reciprocating guide which
has a variable traverse controlled by a template or shaper. I employ a slotted lever
arm in which a block is fitted to slide and is connected with the guide rod. The
speed of traverse of the thread guide can be regulated to a nicety to suit various
counts of thread by turning a screw which slides the block in the slotted arm nearer
to or further from the axis of movement of the said arm. The number of coils in each
layer can thus be varied to any extent without having to make any changes in the gearing..
In some cases I arrange two or more spool spindles one above another or at different
levels and actuate both or all of the thread guides by means of one reversing
motion.
My Invention will be most clearly understood when described with reference to the
accompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1 represents a Front Elevation and Fig. 2 a
Cross Section of so much of the complete apparatus as is necessary to the sufficient
illustration of my invention the parts not appearing being of ordinary or suitable con-
struction. In the said Figs. a. a are two spool spindles mounted to revolve in bearings
in the framing b b and c. c are two guide rods which are fitted to slide to and fro in

page_text: bearings in the same framing. The apparatus illustrated is adapted to fill four spools
at once the ends of the spool spindles which are supposed to be broken off being.
suitably adapted to hold and carry around the spools the means for effecting this
forming no part of my invention. The ends of the guide rods c which are represented
as being broken off carry in the complete apparatus four thread guides of an ordinary:
or suitable formation. The two guide rods are connected together by means of a
crosshead or cross bar d. s so that they slide in unison. Two right and left hand
worms or screws e. e are mounted to revolve in the framing and receive motion from
the main shaft of the apparatus by means of the spur wheels g. 9. The two spool
spindles receive motion from the shaft f by means of the spur wheels h. h. In Fig. 2
the said spur wheels are indicated by dotted lines. Half nuts i i are provided with
turned shanks which are fitted in holes hored in blocks j. j. The said blocks are fitted
to slide in slots formed in the levers k. k which are fixed upon a rocking shaft l. A
front view of one of these levers with its sliding blocks is represented by Fig. 3. It
will be seen that the sliding of the blocks ; in the levers k permits the nuts i to move
in a straight line when actuated by the worms. The said nuts are guided in a straight
line by means of fixed square rods m. m. As either of the nuts is carried along by
its worm the shank i¹ of the nut rocks in the sliding block j. When either of the
nuts is caused to engage with its actuating worm the shaft is caused to turn upon
its axis in one direction or the other. The shaft is mounted to slide as well as to revolve
in its bearings in the parts n. n each sliding movement moving one nut into gear and
the other nut out of gear so that each time that the shaft is slid in its bearings the
direction of movement of the shaft is reversed. The sliding movement is imparted to
the shaft by means of a lever o upon a rocking shaft p which is caused to rock in its
bearings at the required_times by the action of the shaper apparatus which may be of
ordinary construction. It must be understood that I do not claim the reversing motion
consisting of the worms and half nuts as novel as these have been in common use
previous to my invention. Upon the shaft / is fixed a slotted lever q in which a block
is fitted to slide. The crosshead d. s which connects together the two guide rods c is slotted
and a stud projecting from the block renters the slot in the said crosshead so that when
the lever vibrates to and fro a sliding movement is imparted to the two rods c. c.
The block is drilled and tapped to suit a fine threaded screw t which is mounted in
the lever q. By turning this screw in one direction or the other the block is raised
and lowered in the slot. It will be seen that if the block is raised in the slot the
speed of traverse of the rods c. c will be increased a contrary effect resulting from the
lowering of the block. This screw furnishes means for regulating the speed of
traverse of the thread guides so that the apparatus can be quickly adapted to wind
any size of thread. Supposing the machine to have been adjusted to wind a certain
size or count of thread and that it is required to wind a coarser thread it is only
necessary to turn the screw in the direction which will raise the block that is to
say will move the said block further away from the axes of the shaft l-until the
required speed of traverse of the guide rods is obtained. During the winding opera-
tion the shaft is slid in its bearings by the action of the shaper motion at the
completing of the winding of each layer of thread and the direction of the turning
movement of the said shaft is thereby reversed the vibrating movement of the lever q
imparting the required motion to all the four thread guides simultaneously. The
sliding of the blocks j in the levers & compensates for the curved path of movement
of the block r so that the sliding movement of the thread guides is sufficiently
regular. I do not confine myself to the use of two spool spindles nor of two guide
rods nor to the use of double ended spool spindles having each end adapted to hold
and turn a spool. It will be seen that three or more spool spindles might be driven
by the one shaft so as to fill six or more spools at once. Any other suitable reversing
motion may be substituted for the worms and half nuts and the lever 7 need not
necessarily be slotted so long as a block or sliding carriage adjustable upon the lever
is adapted to transmit movement to the guide rod or rods. I may use worm wheels
or quadrants in place of the half nuts i,
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page_text: my.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) The combination of parts as and for the purpose set forth and indicated herein-
before and by the accompanying drawings.
(2) In spool filling apparatus a lever vibrated by the reversing motion and pro-
vided with a sliding block or carriage which is adjustable upon the lever and is
connected with the sliding guide rod or rods substantially as set forth.
(3) In spool filling apparatus the slotted lever q and the sliding block adjustable
within the slot in the said lever and connected with the two coupled thread guide
rods ce substantially as set forth and indicated.
(4) In spool filling apparatus the lever the sliding block r or an equivalent part
and the adjusting screw t in combination with the shaft the levers k k and the
. sliding blocks jj on which are mounted to swivel the nuts ii which at the required
times are caused to engage with the ordinary worms e e substantially as set forth and
indicated.
(5) The spool filling apparatus provided with two spool spindles a. a receiving
motion from the main shaft and adaped to turn four spools simultaneously in combi-
nation with the two guide rods c. c which receive motion from the vibrating regulating
lever q substantially as set forth.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.