Improvements in Machines for Reeling Cotton and other Yarn.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Feb., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1395
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Reeling Cotton and other Yarn.
We, BENJAMIN HOLT an: FRANK ASHWORTH HOLT, both of Thomas Holt
Limited, of Atlas Iron Works, Molesworth Street, Rochdale, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Makers and Ironfounders, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows.
Our invention relates to the doffing motion of machines for reeling yarn into
hanks and the object of our improvements are to doff the yarn in the least amount
of time and to dispense with oil for lubricating the axle of the swifts.
In applying our invention to a reeling machine we dispense with any pivoted or
movable bearing or bridge piece to support the axle of the swift when it is moved;
in place of a bridge piece we form the bearing for each swift in the following
manner :-
One of the arms of the frame which carries the bearing for the swift when in
work is set in from the main portion of the end frame to this arm is cast a
projecting finger which points toward the centre of the end frame; the bearing for
the swift when in its doffing position is in an arm which is level with or in the same
plane as the end frame from this arm is also cast a projecting finger which points
in the opposite direction to the first named finger a space parallel with the end
frame being left between the two fingers. When the hauks are full the swift is
collapsed and the hanks are moved into the space or gap between the two fingers,
the axle of the swift at one end is then pushed or pulled from its working position
across the projecting fingers which form a continuous support, to its other bearing
or resting place so that the yarn can be removed from the frame. After doffing
the swift is moved back into its working position.
To avoid the use of oil as a lubricant for the axle of the swift we propose to
employ a brass or other open bearing fitted with carbon plugs which needs no
liquid lubricant and in order to make this bearing self adjusting we propose to
make its base convex and make the surface of the arm concave to receive the same
or vice versa; one edge of this bearing is rounded off so that the axle of the swift
can be pushed or pulled out of it without any necessity for lifting the axle out of
the bearing.
This part of our invention is applicable to other reeling machines fitted with a
doffing motion.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Reeling Cotton and other Yarn.
We, BENJAMIN HOLT and FRANK ASHWORTH HOLT, both of Thomas Holt
Limited, of Atlas Iron Works, Molesworth Street, Rochdale, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Makers and Ironfounders, 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 :-
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Our invention relates to the doffing motion of machines for reeling yarn into

page_text: hanks and the objects of our improvements are to doff the yarn in the least amount
of time and to dispense with oil for lubricating the axle of the swifts.
In applying our invention to a reeling machine we dispense with any pivoted or
movable bearings or bridge piece to support the axle of the swift when it is moved;
in place of a bridge piece we form the bearing for each swift in the following
manner
.
One of the armis of the frame which carries the bearing for the swift when in
work is set in from the main portion of the end frame and to this arm is cast a
projecting finger which points toward the centre of the end frame; the bearing for
the swift when in its doffing position is in an arm which is level with or in the same
plane as the end frame and from this arm is also cast a projecting finger which
points in the opposite direction to the first named finger, a space parallel with the
end frame being left between the two fingers.
And in order that our invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect we will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference being
had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an end elevation, partly sectional, and Fig. 2 is a plan of part of a
reeling machine fitted with our improvements.
Figs. 3 and 4 are two sectional views of alternative forms of bearings for the
movable end of the axle of the swift.
In the drawings, a represents part of the frame of the reeling machine,
a' a projecting finger or arm cast with or secured to the frame a, and b a bracket
carrying a finger or arm the bracket being bolted to the frame a; in this
bracket is an open bearing preferably formed of half a bush of brass c lined with
carbon plugs so as to avoid the use of oil or other liquid lubricant. The swift d is
mounted upon an axle e and the yarn from the bobbins f which are mounted in a
rail pass through guide eyes h and through a brush i aud slotted guide plate i' as
usual to the swift d to be reeled or wound into hanks.
When full the machine is stopped and the swift is collapsed in the usual manner
as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, and the hanks are all pushed on to the axle e into
the space or gap between the two fingers a¹ b, the axle e is then slipped out of its
open bearing c and pushed or pulled across the projecting fingers a b' which form
a continuous support to its other bearing or resting place a² as indicated by dotted
lines in Fig. 2, so that the hanks of yarn can be slipped off and removed from the
machine. After this has been done the axle is moved back into its working
position in the bearing e when the arms of the swift are extended and the machine
is ready to he set in motion again.
In the form of bearing illustrated by Fig. 3 the axle e is shown fitted in a brass
or other bushj fitted with carbon plugs and carried in an outer sleeve k; the axle
has two grooves cut in it in each of which is fitted a split ring so as to keep the
bush in its place.
In Fig. 4 the end of the axle e is shown reduced in diameter where it passes
through a brass bush fitted with carbon plugs the bush resting in a sleeve k and
a split ring is fitted into a groove cut in the axle.e close up to the bush j.
The open bearing lined with carbon plugs as described and as shown in Fig. 1
and the bush bearings described and shown in Figs. 3 and 4 completely overcome
the risk of soiling the yarn as it is removed from the machine which is frequently
the case when liquid lubricants are employed.
This part of our invention is applicable to other reeling machines fitted with a
doffing motion.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
In a machine for reeling cotton and other yarn-
1. The arrangement use and application of two fingers with a space between

page_text: can be moved from its working position in one finger into a position of rest in the
other finger substantially as and for the purposes described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
2. The arrangement use and application of a bearing plugged with carbon for
the movable end of the swift axle whereby the use of oil or other liquid lubricant
is obviated substantially as and for the purposes described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
3. The general arrangement construction and combination of parts constituting
an improved reeling machine substantially as and for the purposes described and
as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 31st day of January 1895.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicants.