IMPROVE- MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO REELS FOR REELING YARNS OR THREADS
Year: 1884

page_text: I GEORGE BERNHARDT, of Radcliffe in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner
and Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO REELS FOR REELING YARNS OR THREADS," to be
as follows:
Firstly. My Invention relates to improvements in reeling by which both waste
and time is saved, and thus production is increased, and it is an improvement upon
an Invention described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me,
numbered 1875, A.D. 1881 for simultaneously securing all the "ends" being
reeled to a stave but according to my present Invention without making waste.
In reeling as hitherto practised two operations are performed in attaching, by
the hands, the "ends" or threads to the reel stave and breaking them away when
the threads are properly started to reel, the thread broken away being waste.
My Invention refers to a system or mode by which the threads are simul-
taneously attached to a reel stave, before the reeling begins, and simultaneously
released before the reeling is finished, thus saving time in both these operations
and the waste of thread which is made in the ordinary process.
My Invention consists in the following arrangements.-I make the swift of the
reel so that one stave can be almost instantly applied to and secured or unsecured
and detached from the swift, and have two of these loose staves, which are
alternately used, one being placed in carriers in any convenient position, while the
other is used in the swift for the reeling operation.
The loose staves are constructed so that when one of them is placed in a suitable
position over the traverse rod and against the threads and is then moved, every
thread will be caught and secured by a hook, nipper or other equivalent
arrangement.
When the hanks on the swift have been tied and the threads broken between
the swift and loose stave, they are removed from the swift, then the loose stave on
the swift is removed and placed away in its carriers and the loose stave in which
all the threads have been secured is placed and secured on the arms of the swift,
and before the hanks are removed from the swift the threads held by the loose
stave are released by turning or moving one of the parts of the loose stave.
The loose staves are constructed and combined with the arms of the swift in a
variety of ways,

page_text: According to one modification of my Invention the loose staves are formed of a
stave with the segment of a cylindrical cavity from end to end in which fits
a round rod, this round rod has a flat place in it and a hook formed out of the
solid of the round rod for each thread; the open part of the hook being parallel
with the longitudinal axis of the rod.-When this compound stave is placed in
position over the threads and moved a little endways each thread enters the hook
for it and when the round rod is partly rotated all the threads are taken partly
round it and against the concave surface in the other part of the stave and are
thus held and secured until released by turning the round rod the reverse way.
Another modification consists in forming the staves in two parts with a hook or
projection for each thread one part of the stave fits into a groove in the lengthway
of the other part of the stave, the threads being secured and released by sliding
one part of the stave along the other part.
That part of the compound stave which has the groove or cavity in it, is when
made of wood formed by preference of two bars glued and pegged together with
the grain of the wood of each bar reversed one to the other to prevent the stave
from warping.
The staves are or may be also made of thin metal in a variety of forms.-Those
arms of the swifts to which the loose staves are attached are made with forks one
prong of which is longer than the other and these forks have undercut grooves into
which corresponding ledges on the sides of the loose staves can slide when moved
end ways, and there is a spring catch on the side of the stave which takes hold of
one prong of a fork when the stave is moved far enough and thus keeps it in its
place. Other arrangements may be used if desired for securing the loose staves in
the arms of the swifts.
In swifts with wood arms the fork in the swift arm for the loose stave, is formed
dove tailed, and hardwood pieces are glued, pegged or otherwise secured to the
sides of the staves to fit the fork in the arm of the swift.
Dated this Second day of January 1884.
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Petitioner's Agent.

page_text: I GEORGE BERNHARDT of Radcliffe, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner
and Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO REELS FOR REELING YARNS OR THREADS, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, 'to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
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Firstly. My Invention relates to improvements in reeling by which both waste
and time is saved and thus production is increased and it is an 'improvement upon
an Invention described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me
numbered 1875 A.D. 1881 for simultaneously, securing all the "ends" being reeled
to a stave but according to my present Invention without making waste.
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In recling as hitherto practised, two operations are performed in attaching by
the hands, the ends or threads to the reel stave, and breaking *¹³them away 'when
the threads are properly started to reel, the thread broken away being waste.
My Invention refers to a system or mode by which the threads are simul-
taneously attached to a reel stave, before the reeling begins, and simultaneously
released when or before the reeling is finished, thus saving time in both these
operations and the waste of thread which is made in the ordinary process.
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My Invention consists in the following arrangements. I make the swift of the
reel so that one stave can be almost instantly applied to, and secured or unsecured
and detached from the swift and have two of these" loose staves, which are
alternately used, one being placed in carriers in any convenient position, while the
other is used in the swift for the reeling operation.
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The loose staves are constructed so that when one of them is placed in a suitable
position over the traverse rod and against the threads and is then moved end ways,
every thread will be caught and secured 'by "hook, nipper or other equivalent
arrangement.
When the hanks on the swift have been tied and the threads broken between
the swift and loose stave, they are removed from the 'swift, then the 'loose stave on
the swift is removed and placed away in its carriers and the loose stave in wich
all the threads have been secured is placed and secured on the arms of the swift
and before the hanks then reeled 'thereon are removed from the swift the threads
held by the loose stave are released by turning or moving one of the parts of the
loose stave.
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The loose staves are constructed and combined with the arms of the swift in a
variety of ways.
According to one modification of my Invention the loose staves are formed of
a stave with the segment of a cylindrical cavity from end to end in which fits a
round rod, this round rod has a fiat place in it and a hook formed out of" the solid
of the round rod for each thread, the open part of the hook being parallel with the
longitudinal axis of the rod. When this compound stave is placed in 'position over
the threads and moved a little end ways each thread enters the hook for it, and
when the round rod is partly rotated all the threads are taken partly round it
and against the concave surface in the other part of the stave, and are thus held
and secured until released by turning the round rod the reverse way.
Another modification consists in forming the staves in two parts with a hook or
projection for each thread-one part of the stave fits into a groove in the lengthway
of the other part of the stave, the threads being secured and released by sliding
one part of the 'stave along the other part
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page_text: That part of the compound stave which has the groove or cavity in it, is when
made of wood formed by preference of two bars glued and pegged together with
the grain of the wood of each bar reversed one to the other to prevent the stave
from warping. The staves are or may the also made of thin metal in a variety of
forms.
Those arms of the swifts to which the loose staves are attached are made with
forks, one prong of which is longer than the other, and these forks have undercut
grooves into which corresponding ledges on the sides of the loose staves can slide
when moved end ways, and there is a spring catch on the side of the stave which
takes hold of one prong of a fork when the stave is moved far enough and thus
keeps it in its place.
Other arrangements may be used if desired for securing the loose staves in the
arms of the swifts.
In swifts with wood arms, the fork in the swift arm for the loose stave is formed
dove tailed and hardwood pieces are glued, pegged or otherwise secured to the
sides of the staves to fit the fork in the arm of the swift.
Fig. 1 is an end sectional elevation showing two arrangements of reels one on
each side of a middle centre line, and Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation of another
arrangement of reel.
One stave a of each swift is detachable and two of these detachable staves are
required for each swift, one in use in the swift when reeling and the other placed
on any suitable carrier ready for use, the staves being used alternately.
On the left of Fig. 1 two or more arms b¹ are secured to the bobbin box having
brackets b to hold the spare stave (a) and the arrangement shown on the right of
Fig. 1, the brackets b are or may be secured to the side of the bobbin box, and in
the arrangement of reel shown in Fig. 2, the brackets b are or may be in front of
the framing of the reel.
On the traverse rod c which has the curls and slits for guiding the threads on to
the swift, brackets c¹ are attached into which the loose stave is placed and slided
endways against a stop, when all the threads are to be taken and secured in the
loose stave.
Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation, full size, and Fig. 4 a plan of the traverse rod,
showing one of the brackets c¹ secured to it for carrying the stave when taking the
threads which stave a is shown in section in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the traverse rod full size used in the arrange-
ment shown in Fig. 2 representing one of the brackets c¹ secured to it for carrying
the stave when taking the threads.
Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section Fig. 7 a plan, and Fig. 8 a cross section (showing
also one arm of the swift) of a compound loose stave according to one modification
of my Invention.
a is the stave with the segment of a cylindrical groove on its under side to
receive a cylindrical rod a¹, which has hooks formed on it as shown one for each
thread at the proper distance apart.
The rod a¹ can be rotated to secure the threads by the disc a secured at the end
which has a scroll groove in its face to receive the end of a small finger a³ placed
in a recess in the end of the stave which is jointed at a thereto. This scroll disc
and finger forms a stop to the rotation of the hook rod a' each way.
A flat piece of wood or metal as is placed in a slot in the stave and secured by
screws as shown, and the projecting ends of this piece 5 enters recesses in the
forked arm a of the swift (as shown in Fig. 8) when the stave is slided
endways.
There is a securing arrangement such as described above for each of the forked
arms of the swift that receives the loose stave.
When the stave is slided endways in the forks of the arms it is held in position
as hereinafter described and illustrated in Figs. 11, 12 and 13.
When the stave is placed in position on the brackets c¹ of the traverse rod c to
take the threads each thread is in front of the hook a* and when the stave is

page_text: slided endways until a stop a¹ Fig. 7 comes against the side of the bracket c¹ on
the traverse rod c each thread enters its hook, and is secured when the rod a¹ is
rotated.
Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section, Fig. 9 a plan on the underside and Fig. 10
a cross section of another construction of stave.
The lower edge of the stave is made with hooks, on each side in one direction,
and the centre rod a' which is dovetailed and slides in the other has hooks formed
upon it in the reverse direction.
When placed in position to take the threads, each of them comes into the space
between the hooks on the outer stave a and the central sliding piece a' and thus
when the latter is slided endways the thread is caught and secured between the
hooks.
Fig. 11 is a longitudinal elevation in section, Fig. 12 a plan sectional view and
Fig. 13 a cross sectional view of another modification of stave adapted to swifts
with wood arins as shown in Fig. 2. A side view of part of an arm is shown in
Fig. 13 and an edge sectional view in Fig. 14.
The stave a is the same as that shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, except that there is
a knob as for turning the hook rod which has a finger or projection a³ to come
against the stave to limit its movement and it has inclined wedges a¹0 of hard
wood or other suitable material secured to its sides to enter the dovetail fork a in
the arm of the swift as shown in Fig. 13.
There is also a spring wire catch a secured in a recess in the side of the stave
as shown best in Fig. 12. This spring catch is forced inwards when the stave is
slided into its place and then comes out and takes hold of the arm a as shown
in Fig. 12.
This or a similar arrangement is or may be used for each modification of stavo
for preventing the stave from moving end ways when slided into position in the
arms of the swift.
The spring only requires to be pressed upon when the staves is to be released
from the arms.
The staves may be constructed in two halves glued together with the grain of
the wood in each half reversed and further secured by pegs as shown in Fig. 3.
In some cases the sliding and rotating hook rods a' may be held in the grooves
of the stave by thin metal clips x secured to the sides of the stave.
In some cases a small strip of flannel or india rubber is secured to the rod a¹
opposite each hook a* to brush out the thread when released as shown by x¹
Figs. 6 and 8.
When the reeling of a set of hanks is finished the swift is turned until the loose
stave is at the top then the spare stave is taken from the brackets band placed
hooks downward in the brackets c¹ then the swift is turned a little forward to
tighten the threads and then the stave is slided endways against the stop formed
by the side of one of the brackets c¹ on the traverse rod c when all the threads
will have entered their respective hooks and they are then secured by rotating tho
hook rod.
The hanks are then tied and the threads broken close to the spare stave then the
hook rod is rotated in the stave in the swift to release the ends of the threads and
the hanks are removed from the swift then the stave is removed from the swift and
placed on the brackets b and the one with the threads secured to it is taken from
the brackets c' and placed in the arms of the swift and then the reeling of another
set of hanks commences.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
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1. In reeling yarns or threads the system or mode of using detachable staves to
which all the threads can be simultaneously attached before the reeling of the
hanks begins and simultaneously released when or before the reeling of the hanks

page_text: is finished without making waste, substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by the Drawings.
2. The combinations and arrangements of mechanism by which all the threads
to be reeled are simultaneously attached to or released from a detachable stave,
and by which the stave is secured in the arms of the swift substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the Drawings.
Dated this Sixteenth day of September 1884