Improvements in Adjustable Measuring and Indicating Apparatus with Marking Appliances to Register on Twisted Yarns and Woven Fabrics by Coloured Marks, Letters, or Figures.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 7th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 8th Mar., 1887.
Improvements in Adjustable Measuring and Indicating Apparatus
with Marking Appliances to Register on Twisted Yarns and
Woven Fabrics by Coloured Marks, Letters, or Figures.
ALFRED HITCHON Machine fitter Globe Works Accrington do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN ADJUSTABLE MEASURING & INDICATING
APPARATUS WITH MARKING APPLIANCES TO REGISTER ON TWISTED YARNS AND WOVEN
FABRIOS BY COLOURED MARKS LETTERS OR FIGURES to be as follows:-
This Invention is designed to supplant more particularly the change wheel gearing
such as is used for giving variable lengths of material to be measured and marked
while it is passing through the Tape, and other like winding on machines wherein is
used a measuring roller to drive the said change wheels-Similar being illustrated in
letters patent to Tweedale and Hitchon dated 1883 No. 344 Sheet 5 wherein is also
shown striking hammers marked 10 and 11 for striking the yarn or cloth as it passes
over colour bowls 12 and 13 all the gearing shown is driven by the measuring roller
and the time of the hammers striking the material passing in contact with this said
measuring roller is required to be adjusted by fresh change wheels to give different
lengths being measured or marked. In this my improved invention I purpose to
make a further use of the mechanism of similar arrangement as letters patent granted
to me July 22nd 1884 No. 10571. Wherein is shown single projecting teeth or
arms that are arranged to come in contact at predetermined intervals and thereby stop
the machine when the desired length of material has passed over the machine and
measuring roller.
By this Invention I make use of the latter patent referred to for a new purpose
viz-To adjust the time and controll the action for giving the requisite motion to
the striking hammers for marking the yarn or other like material. I also add another
pair of projecting teeth similar to those referred to and illustrated for the purpose of
reversing the measuring mechanism when each corresponding pair of projecting teeth
or arms takes alternate action in cam and gearing which is requisite to give the quick
striking action of the hammer or hammers.-I make use of reversing spur wheels-
clutches or bevil wheels, that are the most convenient to meet arrangements of
different machines, also quick or slow revolving projections that can be adjusted to
reverse their actions so as to actuate the striking hammers referred to for marking
any fractional lengths less than the full compass of the gearing driven by a measuring
roller for like purpose aforesaid.
ALFRED HITCHON.

page_text: Improvements in Adjustable Measuring and Indicating Apparatus
with Marking Appliances to Register on Twisted Yarns and
Woven Fabrics by Coloured Marks, Letters, or Figures.
ALFRED HITCHON Machine Fitter Globe Works Accrington do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to he
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention is designed to supplant more particularly the change wheel gearing
such as is used for giving variable lengths of material to be measured and marked
while it is passing through the Tape and other like winding on machines, wherein is
used a measuring roller to drive the said change wheels-similar being illustrated in
letters patent to Tweedale and Hitchon dated 1883 No. 344 Sheet 5 wherein is also
shown striking hammers marked 10 and 11 for striking the yarn or cloth as it passes
over colour bowls 12 and 13 all the gearing shewn is driven by the measuring roller
and the time of the hammers striking the material passing in contact with this said
measuring roller is required to be adjusted by fresh change wheels to give different
lengths to be measured or marked. In this my improved Invention I purpose to make
a further use of the mechanism of similar arrangement as letters Patent granted to
me July 22nd 1884, No. 10571, wherein is shown single projecting teeth or arms that
are arranged to come in contact at predetermined intervals and thereby stop the
machine when the desired length of material has passed over the machine and
measuring roller. By this my new invention I make use of tooth wheel gearing
similar to the later patent referred to for a new purpose viz-to adjust the time and
control the action for giving the requisite motion to the striking hammers for marking
the yarn or other like material. I also add another pair of projecting teeth similar to
those referred to and illustrated in that patent for the purpose of reversing the
measuring inechanism when each corresponding pair of projecting teeth or arms takes
alternative action in cam and gearing which is requisite to give the quick striking
action of the hammer or hammers. I make use of reversing spur wheels, clutches, or
bevil wheels that are the most convenient to meet arrangements of different machines
also quick or slow revolving projections that can be adjusted to reverse their action so
as to actuate the striking hammers referred to for marking any fractional lengths less
than the full compass of the gearing driven by a measuring roller for the like purposes
aforesaid. Such being the nature and object of this my Invention the following is a
discription of the drawings which form a part of this specification with figured
references of the various parts to show how the same may be brought together to
form the improvement in constructing an apparatus according to my Invention, and
as illustrated on 6 sheets of drawings.

page_text: Sheet 1 is an elevated view of the component parts as made use of to form this my
new invention. At fig. 11 is shown the end view of a measuring roller to which is
shown the edge view of the sheet of yarn or cloth coming to the same from the
direction of the colour marking hammer 14 which strikes coloured marks on material
at any predetermined lengths as may be arranged by the adjustable setting mechanism
of the indicator. The two spur driven wheels marked 12 have pinion driving wheels 5
and 5 a mounted on their shaft ends which revolve in opposite directions as shown
by the arrows marked thereon. Betwixt these two wheels 5 and 5 a is mounted a
spur reversing wheel 10 carried on an angle shape lever 20 (enlarged on sheet 3)
with an open forked end into which intermittently revolves the cam 23. Spur wheel 7
is on the same axis as spur wheel 10 and gears into dial wheel 15. The latter is
marked with divisional lines and figured on two circles, the outer circle being of the
minor value, and is read by the position of the figures being in opposition to the
small spur wheel 7--the inner circle being the major value, and are read by their
position being opposite the revolving index pointer P. This pointer is mounted on the
end of wheel 4 (better seen on plan view of sheet 2) and on same axis as its dial
plate wheel 15, the two circles of figures refered to are read in conjunction with each
other for indicating the length of material passing away from the measuring roller
also for setting the position of fixing the projecting teeth or arms 1 and 1 a which
actuates in depressing the wheel 3 on the end of lever 9 when its opposite hook end
will release its cam to allow the cam 23 to make about half a revolution. This gives
one change to the reversing wheel 10-out of one wheel into the other wheel that is
revolving in an opposite direction thus causing the measuring mechanism to return
back to zero when a corresponding pair of projections 2 and 2 a in conjunction with
wheel 3 a mounted on the middle part of balanced lever 22 and depressing its end
from cam 21 to give the forward movement to the measuring and marking mechanism
thus a continuous automatic changing reversing motion is enabled to be kept up in
turning and reversing the dial wheel and its pointer from any position it is set for.
The marking hammers such as 14 and cam lever 24 are actuated from shaft carrying
cam 21 and 23.
Sheet 2 is a plan view of Sheet 1 and figured to correspond in the detailed parts
also showing the additional wheels behind the plate index wheel 15 of which 6 is its
fixed pinion and wheel 4 is usually made with one tooth less and carries the pointer P
on its boss end. Wheel 3 and 3 c are usually of the same number of teeth as pointer
wheel 4. Wheel 3 c is driven by pinion wheel 6 and carries motion to wheel 4, wheel 3
is the adjustable wheel on the boss of driving wheel 3e giving motion to its corre-
sponding loose wheel 36, on this is fixed a similar single projecting tooth or arm to
come in action with each other in depressing the lever end on which they are
supported as aforesaid and are drawn to an enlarged scale on Sheets 5 giving a
seperate elevation view of these parts and a plan view of the same on sheet 6 which
are both figured to correspond with the principal plan view of sheet 2. At 13 on this
sheet is shown a plan view of a colour bowl under striking hammer end 14. The yarn
or other like material passes over the bowl and is struck by the hammer from above
or below as arranged. Elevation of colour bowl and its box is shown enlarged on
sheet 3 at 13; colour box at 25. Fig. D on this sheet shows a modification of bevil
gearing and clutch to suit parts in lue of 5 and 5a and 10 as may be most convenient.
Sheet 4 is a plan view of fig. E showing enlarged parts of 5 and 5 a 7-8-10.
lever 20 and cam 23 (as shown on sheet 1 with same figures). Cam 23 is mounted
on shaft 26 which is driven by a belt running on the two loose pullies 17 and 18 and
bearing slightly on the narrow fixed driving pulley 16 and will with a continuous
running belt or any kind of friction clutch driving that may be best suitable for a
reserve of driving power to shaft. 26 so as to admit such projections as 1 and 1 a and
2 and 2 a taking action for liberating its cams to give the intermittent action in
reversing the measuring motion and thereby timing the marking mechanism to the
adjustable differences of which each seperate pair of projecting teeth or arms may be
regulated apart for coming in action and their relative distances being known and
set to the index dial and pointer.

page_text: Having thus fully described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and
in what manner the same may be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
Firstly. The combined automatical reversing motion in conjunction with adjustable
measuring indicating and marking apparatus for like purposes as herein described and
illustrated.
Secondly. Automatic reversing motions to adjustable marking motions for like
purposes aforesaid.
Thirdly. Combined automatic reversing motion in conjunction with adjustable
measuring and indicating motion for like purposes aforesaid.