IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS, PATENT to William Blackett Haigh, Machine Maker, and.
Samuel Barlow, Manager, both of Oldham, in the County of Lan-
caster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS."
Sealed the 7th April, 1865, and dated the 11th October 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William. Blackett Haigh
and Samuel Barlow at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their, Petition, on the 11th October 1864.
We, WILLIAM BLACKETT HAIGH, Machine Maker, and SAMUEL BARLOW,
Manager, both of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPA-
RATUS FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be
as follows:-
This Invention relates more particularly to self-acting mules, and consists,
in various improvedarrangements for simplifyingthe mechanism, economizing
material, and preventing wear and tear, one main feature being that the
ordinary cam shaft is dispensed with more efficiently than in any other
mule.

page_text: At one end of the rim shaft carrying the fast or driving pulley and also the
rim, putting up, and loose pulleys, we fix a bevil wheel gearing into a bevil
wheel at one end of a cross shaft carrying in the middle a worm gearing into
a worm wheel fixed to the back or drawing-out shaft, and at the other end of
the cross shaft there is a bevil wheel gearing into a bevil wheel on an upright
shaft carrying at the top a bevil wheel gearing into a bevil wheel fixed to the
shaft of the front rollers, the motion of the front rollers and the back shaft
being stopped, and the driving strap shifted by means of a projection on
the carriage coming in contact with arms on sliding rods when the carriage
has come out, and the same projection releases the strap fork and allows a
spring to shift the strap on to the driving pulley when the carriage has been
put up. The front end of one of the sliding rods is jointed to a lever having
a projection which is held by a catch so, as to hold the rod, and prevent the
front rollers and drawing-out shaft from being out of gear until the projection
on the carriage raises the catch. For backing-off and putting-up we connect
the putting-up pulley to a pinion gearing into a toothed wheel, on the boss of
which is a pinion gearing into another toothed wheel having a long- boss
carrying at one end half of a clutch box, and at the other end a friction cone,
all working loose on the scroll shaft.
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The friction cone works in and out of a recess in the carrier pulley of the
backing-off motion, and the half clutch gears into another half clutch fixed
to the scroll shaft. The same clutch lever works the cone and clutch, and
the moment the backing-off is completed the cone is put out of gear, and the
clutches put in gear for turning the scroll or scrolls, and putting-up the car-
riage. The aforesaid clutch lever is fixed to a long cross-shaft extending
from the back to the front of the frame of the headstock, and at the back of
the shaft there is a lever and stud which are held by the fork lever of the
driving pulley until the strap is clear of the driving and on the putting-up
pulleys. At the front end of the long cross shaft there is another lever
having in it a slot in which the bottom end of a vertical shaft moves up and
down, the central part of the shaft having a boss with a slot in it and two
small bowls or rollers, and between this boss and last-mentioned lever there is
a spiral spring. At the front of the carriage there is an inclined arm or lever
working on a stud so that it can be slightly raised when the faller is being
locked. When the carriage has nearly come out the inclined arm enters the
slot in the vertical shaft, and depresses the shaft and tightens the spring, and
when the faller is locked, the inclined arm on the carriage moves up and
down, and raisesthe vertical shaft, the effect ofwhich is to move thelong cross
shaft and shift the friction cone out of.
gear, and put the putting-up clutches

page_text: intol gear, and these positions are maintained for the exact time required by
means of a rod and pin which are pulled under the slotted lever by the action
of a spring; the pin being released from the lever by an arm on the carriage
when it is being put up, after which a lever and bowl on the carriage act by
a spring on an inclined lever on the long cross shaft, and place the putting-up
clutches out of gear. The top of the aforesaid vertical shaft is in contact
with the lever jointed to the before-mentioned sliding.rod connected with the
motions of the front rollers and drawing-out shaft; and the projection on the
lever prevents the vertical shaft from rising until the catch is released from
the lever by the carriage, but when the catch is raised and the lever free, it is.
moved by the upward movement of the vertical shaft when the faller is
locked, and 'thereby prevents the front rollers and drawing-out shaft from
being in gear until the putting-up clutch. is out of gear.
For regulating the winding on of the yarn at a proper and uniform tensioner
we place upon a stud fixed to the carriage a ratchet wheel and pulley com-
bined, which pulley is encircled by the band which works the screw of the
quadrant, but instead of placing the other end of the band on a simple guide
pulley, we place it upon a pulley connected to a ratchet wheel, both working
on a stud fixed to a stationary bracket, and provided with a lever, catch, and
spring for turning the ratchet wheel and pulley. In the interior of the first-
mentioned ratchet wheel there is a boss carrying a coiled spring.and ring of
leather, and over the boss there is a ring having a projection which comes in
contact with the end of the spring. On the boss there is a second ring
having a projection which, when the ring has turned, comes in contact with
the first projection, and on the outside of the ratchet wheel there is a plate.
having a projection which comes in contact with the second projection, and in
the periphery of the plate there is a recess. On the carriage there is a lever
having two arms of such length that one arm can act upon the apparatus
connected to the carriage and the other arm upon the catch of the ratchet
wheel on the stationary bracket, the end of one arm being connected to the
counterfaller. When the yarn is too tight the counterfaller is depressed,
and causes a projection on the arm to enter the recess in the plate, and enable
a stud on the arm to enter a tooth of the ratchet wheel and hold it and the
pulley connected to it fast, so as to pull the band and act upon the screw of
the quadrant. The rings and projections in the interior of the ratchet wheel.
are for the purpose of causing the recessed plate to turn slowly, and thereby
enable the recess to be in the proper position for the arm to act upon the plate
and ratchet wheel when the tension of the yarn is too tight and the counter-
faller depressed: The back ratchet wheel and pulley are for the purpose of

page_text: reversing the band and turning back the screw of the quadrant when the yarn
is too slack, the counterfaller being then raised, and the opposite arm of the
lever on the carriage depressed so as to act upon the lever and catch of the
ratchet wheel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Blackett Haigh and Samuel Barlow in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 11th April 1865.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
BLACKETT HAIGH, Machine Maker, and SAMUEL BARLOW, Manager, both of
Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said William Blackett Haigh and Samuel Barlow, Her special license
that we, the said William Blackett Haigh and Samuel Barlow, our execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said William
Blackett Haigh and Samuel Barlow, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and. lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON
OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we,
the said William Blackett Haigh and Samuel Barlow, our executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Blackett Haigh and Samuel
Barlow, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement (that is to say):-
This Invention relates more particularly to self-acting mules, and consists,

page_text: first, in various improved arrangements for simplifying the mechanism,
economizing material, and preventing wear and tear, one main feature being
that the ordinary cam shaft is dispensed with more efficiently than in any other
mule.
At one end of the rim shaft carrying the fast or driving pulley, and also the
rim, putting-up, and loose pulleys, we fix a bevil wheel gearing into a bevil
wheel at one end of a shaft carrying in the middle a worm gearing into a
worm wheel fixed to the back or drawing-out shaft, and at the other end of
the shaft there is a bevil wheel gearing into a bevil wheel on an upright shaft
carrying at the top a bevil wheel gearing into a bevil wheel fixed to the shaft
of the front rollers, the motion of the front rollers and the back shaft being
stopped and the driving strap shifted from the fast to the putting-up and loose
pulleys by means of a projection on the carriage coming in contact with arms
on sliding rods when the carriage has come out, and the same projection
releases the strap fork, and allows a spring to shift the strap on to the driving
pulley when the carriage has been put up. The front end of one of the sliding
rods is jointed to a lever having a projection which is held by a catch so as to
hold the rod and prevent the front rollers and drawing-out shaft from being
out of gear until the projection on the carriage raises the catch. For backing-
off and putting-up we connect the putting-up pulley to a pinion gearing into
a toothed wheel, on the boss of which is a pinion gearing into another toothed
wheel having a long boss carrying at one end half of a clutch box and at the
other end a friction cone all working loose on the scroll shaft.
The friction cone works in and out of a recess in the carrier pulley of the
backing-off motion, and the half clutch gears into another half clutch fixed to
the scroll shaft. The same clutch lever works the cone and clutch, and the
moment the backing-off is completed the cone is put out of gear, and the
clutches put
gear for turning the scroll or scrolls and putting up the car-
riage. The aforesaid clutch lever is fixed to a shaft having upon it another
lever, the end of which passes through a hole in the back arm of a double
lever extending from the back to the front of the headstock, the front arm
carrying at its front end a stud, a cross piece, and a vertical rod, which stud is
caught by a catch for maintaining the friction cones and clutches on the scroll
shaft out of gear during the spinning and coming out of the carriage. At the
bottom of the square of the carriage there is a double lever having an upper
arm connected to the faller locking lever and a lower arm projecting below
for removing the catch by the time the carriage has come out, and enabling
the double lever to shift the clutch lever, and put the friction cones in gear
for backing off, and as the faller locking lever rises, the lower arm comes in

page_text: contact with the cross piece, before mentioned, and raises that end of the
double lever andputs thefriction cones out of gear, and the clutchesforturning
the putting-up scrolls into gear, and at the same time the top of the aforesaid
verticalrod maintainsthe clutch boxes onthe frontroller and backor drawing-
out shafts out of gear, there being a pin on a sliding rod. which passes under
a foot on the vertical rod for keeping it up during the putting up and winding
on... When the carriage is nearly put up a number of projections cause the
following operations:-One projection raises a catch and enables the driving.
strap to be shifted from the 'putting-up and loose-pulleys to the fast or driving
pulley; another shifts the pin: from under the vertical rod, and allows it and:
the front of the double lever to fall and put the clutches on the scroll. shaft out.
of gear; another acts on the rod and levers for putting the clutches on the
front roller and back or drawing-out shafts into gear; and another shifts the
faller locking lever and double lever connected to it to their proper positions
corresponding with the coming out of the carriage:
Our Invention.consists, secondly, in improved mechanism for regulating the
winding on. of the yarn at a proper and uniform tension: Onra stud fixed to
the 'carriage we place a ratchet wheel and pulley combined, which pulley is
encircled by the band which works the screw of the quadrant, but instead of
placing the other end of the band on.a simple guide pulley, we place it upon
a pulley connected to a ratchet wheel, both working on a stud: fixed to a
stationary bracket, and provided with a lever catch and spring for turning the
ratchet wheel and pulley: In the interior of the first-mentioned ratchet wheeln
there is a boss carrying a coiled spring and ring of leather, and over the boss
there is a ring having a projection with which the end of the spring comes in i
contact. On the boss.there is a second-ring having a projection with which
the projection on the first-ring comes in contact, and on: the outside. of the
ratchet wheel there is a plate having a projection with which the projection on
the second ring comes in contact, and in the periphery of the plate there is a
recess.
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On the carriage. there is a compound lever having two arms of such
length that one arnican act upon the apparatus connected to the carriage and
the other arm upon the catch. of the ratchet wheel on the stationary bracket;.
the end of one arm. being connected to the counterfäller: When the yarn is
too tight the counterfaller is depressed and causes a projection on the arm toti
enter the recess in the plate and enable a stud on the arm to enter a tooth
of the ratchet wheel, and hold it and the pulley-connected to it fast so as to
pull the band and act upon the screw of the quadrant. The rings and pro-
jections in the interior of the ratchet wheel are for the purpose of preventing

page_text: the screw of the quadrant from being turned too much, and also for enabling
the recess to be in the proper position for the arm to act upon the plate and
ratchet wheel when the tension of the yarn is too tight and the counterfaller
depressed. The back ratchet wheel and pulleyare for the purpose of reversing
the band and turning back the screw of the quadrant when the yarn is too
slack, the counterfaller being then raised and the opposite arm of the lever
on the carriage depressed so as to act upon the lever and catch of the back
ratchet wheel.
This Invention will be clearly understood by the following more particular
description thereof, reference being had to the figures and letters on the
accompanying three Sheets of Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of
one side of the headstock and carriage of a self-acting mule,..constructed
according to our improvements; Fig. 2, a detached view of some of the paris ;
Fig. 3, a plan of the headstock without the carriage; Figs. 4 and 5, back
and front elevations of the headstock; Fig. 6, an elevation of a modified
arrangement of one of the movements; Fig. 7, an elevation shewing the other
side of the frame of the headstock and quadrant, and also our improved
mechanism for regulating the winding-on of the yarn at a proper and uniform
tension; and Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are detached views of
some of the parts drawn about full size.
At one end of the rim:
gearing into the bevil.
The carriage with its spindles, the rollers, the creel, and several other parts.
of the machine are similar to those in ordinary use, but the arrangements for;
making the changes are much more simple and economical than have hitherto,
been employed. a represents the frame of the headstock; b, the driving or
rim shaft; c, the fast or driving pulley; d, the putting-up pulley; e, the loose
pulley; the rim pulley; and 9, the driving strap.
shaft b, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, is fixed the bevil wheel
wheel on the shaft j, having a worm or endless screw gearing into the
wormwheel fixed to the back or drawing-outshaft m carryingthedrawing-out
drum n, and at the other end of the shaft j is fixed the bevil wheel p gearing.
into the bevil wheel q fixed to the upright shaft r, carrying at the top the
bevil wheels gearing into the bevil wheel t fixed to the front roller shaft ",
there being on the back shaft m the clutch box v, w, and on the roller shaft u
the clutch box, y, for enabling the shafts to be stopped and turned when
required.
For backing-off and putting-up the carriage, the putting-up pulley d is.
connected by a collar which passes through the boss of the loose pulley 'e, and:
has fixed to it the pinion a' gearing into the toothed wheel b' fixed to the
counter-shaft c, and having on its boss a pinion d' gearing into the toothed.}

page_text: wheel e', which has a long boss or collar, carrying at one end one half fl of a.
clutch box, and at the other end an external friction-cone g', Figs: 1 and 4;
all turningloose onthe putting-up or scroll shaft towhich are fixed the other
half of the clutch box' and the putting-up scrolls l'; 'm², and n', Fig. 4. The
external friction cone g¹ works in and out of an internal cone in the pulley o';
which we employ, when the cones are not in contact, as a carrier pulley for
guiding the bands from the rim pulley for turning the spindles, and also as a
backing-off pulley when the cones are in contact with each other, the clutch
box f,,.being out of gear during the operations of spinning and backing-off,
and in gear when the putting-up scrolls have to be turned for putting-up the
carriage.
+
The
The clutch lever for shifting the external cone and loose half of the clutch
box is shewn at p¹, Fig. 4; it is fixed to a short shaft q', having on it another
lever, the end of which passes through a hole in the back arm s¹, Figs. 1,
3, and 4, of a double lever, which extends from the back to the front of the
headstock, and has its front arm marked. t', Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5.
mechanism for shifting the strap g from the fast pulley to the putting-up and
loose pulleys, and for stopping the motion of the front rollers, and back or
drawing-out shaft is as follows:-In bearings in the inside of the frame there
is a rod u², Figs. 1 and 3, linked at the back to the chain v¹, which passes
round the guide pulley w¹, and is attached to the strap fork lever a, Figs. 1,
3; and 4, to which is connected the strong spring y', Fig. 4. Near the front
end-of the rod u there is a projection 2', Figs. 1 and 3, with which the pro-
jection a on the square of the carriage comes in contact and forces-forward
the rod w' and gives motion to the strap fork, and shifts the strap from the
fast to the putting-up and loose pulleys, when the carriage is completing its-
coming out previous to the backing-off and putting-up, and the said rod and
parts connectedwith it are maintained in those positions during the putting-up
by a pin b on the rod u entering a notch in the catch lever c². At the side
of the aforesaid rod u there is another rod d, which at the front is jointed
to the levere, and after passing at the back through the bearing'f* is con-
nected to the lever g³, linked by a slot and pin to the lever 2, Fig. 3, fixed to
the spindle working in a bearing fixed to the framework, and carrying at
the top the clutch forks m³, n³, for putting the clutch boxes.v, w, x, y, in and
out of gear, there being on the rod de a collar or projection ², between which
and the bearing there is a buffer spring 22. On the lever e there is an
arm o inclined at the end, and having on it a projection 22, and at the side of
the arm there is a catch q³ inclined at the end, and working on a stud fixed
to the framework, the said catch being employed for catching the projection

page_text: and holding the lever e,and keeping the clutch boxes v,w,a,y,steadily in gear
when the front rollers are turningand the carriage comingout. On the front of
the square of the carriage there is a projection, which acts upon the catch q³
and lever e just before the carriage has arrived out, the projection first raising
the catch and then pressing forwards, the lever thereby pulling the rod d², and
working the levers and clutch forks for putting the clutch boxes out of gear,
and stopping the motions of the rollers and back or drawing-out shaft, and
these positions are maintained during the putting-up by the top of the vertical
rod s coming in contact with the inclined end of the arm o by means of
movements which will be liereafter described. When the carriage has come
out, it is held in the usual manner by the catch lever t and stud, there.
being a pin a on the lever resting on the foot of the rod,s, and the mecha-
nical arrangements, for putting into operation the backing-off and putting-up
motions are as follows:-The front arm t' of the double lever is bent up at
the front end, and carries the stud 2, the cross piece w, and the aforesaid
vertical rod s, which is guided at its upper end, in a hole in the stationarý
bracket . On a stud fixed to the framework there is a weighted catch y³,
having at the bottom a projection 2, and the stud v² rests in the catch and
holds the double lever so that the friction cones and clutch-box on the
putting-up or scroll-shaft shall be out of gear when the carriage is coming out.
On a stud at the bottom of the square there is a lever having its upper
arm a³, Fig. 1, connected by the rod to the faller locking lever c³, and its
lower arm d³ formed so that it can come in contact with the projection z² on
the catch y, and at the bottom of the frame there is a long rod e provided
with a spring f, and having at the back a pin or projection g, and at the
front a pin or projection h. When the carriage is near the end of its coming
out, the front end of the arm presses against the projection 2, and removes
the catchy from the stud 2, thereby allowing the front arm t to descend,
and the back arm s¹ to rise and place the external friction cone g¹ in close
contact with the internal cone in the pulley o', and make it a driver for
reversing the rim band and rim pulley, and backing the yarn off the spindles.
and as the faller locking lever crises and moves back for locking the fallers,
the upper arm & is moved back, and the lower arm raised so as to act
upon the cross-piece w, and lift up the front arm t' of the double lever, and
depress the back arm s for the purpose of removing the external friction
cone y' from the internal friction cone in the pulley 'o', and putting the clutch
box f,, in gear for turning the scroll shaft h', and scrolls for putting up
the carriage, and when the front arm t' rises, the foot of the vertical rod s
by means of the pin a raises the holding catch and releases the carriage,

page_text: and the top of the rod comes in contact with the inclined end of the arm o
as shewn in Fig 2, for preventing the return of the lever e² and rod d², and
keeping the clutch boxes v, w, x, y, out of gear, and these conditions are
maintained during the putting-up and winding-on by the pin or projection h³,
on the rod e passing under the foot of the rod s by the rod e³, having a
forward movement imparted to it by the spring f. When the carriage is
near its most backward position the projection a, Fig. 1, raises the catch
lever c, and releases the pin b on the rod u from the notch to allow the
spring y', Fig. 4, to reverse the strap fork lever a', and pull back the rod u¹
.and shift the strap from the putting-up and loose pulleys d, e, to the fast or
driving pulley c, and the projection at the bottom of the square of the
carriage presses against the pin or projection g³ fixed to the back end
of the rod e³, and overcomes the force of the spring f³, and shifts back
the rod e so as to remove the pin ³ from under the foot of the vertical
rod s, thereby allowing the rod and front arm t' of the double lever to fall
until the pin v is caught by the catch y, the effect of which is to cause the
back arm s of the double lever to rise and put the clutch box f', ', on the
putting-up shaft h' out of gear, and stop the putting-up; and when the rod s
descends, its top end is removed from the inclined-end of the arm o³, and
allows another projection on the top of the square to act on the collar,
and force back the rod d, and shift the clutch forks m, n, and put the clutch
boxes in gear for turning the front roller shaft z,and the back or drawing-out
shaft ጎቦ and as the fallers are released, and the faller locking lever moved
back by the tail lever m³ coming in contact with the projection n³ on the floor,
the upper arm a³ is brought forward, and the lower arm d³ lowered ready to
act upon the catch y, when after, the coming out and spinning, the backing-off
is to be put in operation. Thus when the driving strap is on the fast pulley,
the friction cones for working the backing-off, and the clutch box for turning
the putting-up scrolls are both out of gear, and the clutch boxes for turning
the back or drawing-out shaft and front roller shaft are both.ing gear, and as
the rim shaft revolves, the rim pulley and rim band give revolving motion to
the spindles for spinning, and also by means of the gearing to the back or
drawing-out shaft andthe frontroller shaft. Theseoperations continueuntil the
carriage is near the end of its coming out, when the following movements take
place almost simultaneously:-The projection raises the catch q³, and pushes
forward the lever e and rod d², thereby working the levers g², %, and clutch
forks m, n, for putting the clutch boxes v, w, and x, y, out of gear, and
stopping the motions of the front roller, and back or drawing-out shafts. The
projection a² presses the projection 2, and shifts the strap from the fast to the

page_text: putting-up and, loose pulleys. The stud raises the holding catch t, and
passes before it in order to hold the carriage during the backing-off and the
front end of the lower arm pushes the weighted catchy off the stud v²,
and allows the front arm of the double lever to fall; and the back arm s¹ fo
rise for shifting the external cone g' into the internal cone of the carrier,
pulley 'o', which now becomes a driver, and moves, the rim band in a reverse.
direction for backing the yarns off the spindles, and as the strap is off the fast
pulley the rim pulley acts as a carrier. As the faller locking lever c³ moves
back for locking the faller, the lower arm d is raised, and lifts up the front
arm t of the double lever, and depresses the back arm s for disconnecting
the friction cones, and putting the clutch box in gear for turning the putting-
up scrolls, and putting up the carriage, and at the same time the top of the
vertical rod s presses against the arm o², and keeps the clutch boxes v, w,
x, y, out of gear, which positions are maintained during the putting-up by
the pin under the foot of the vertical rod s². When the carriage is nearlyput
up the projection k pushes back the rod e', and removes the pin h³ from the
foot of the vertical rods, thereby allowing the rod and front arm t¹ to fall,
and the back arm s' to rise and put the clutch box f', k', out of gear, and
stop the putting-up. The projection a raises the catch lever c, and allows
the spring y' to work the strap fork, lever for shifting the strap from the
putting-up and loose pulleys to the fast or driving pulley. The projection ³.
presses the collar or projection h³, and forces back the rod
the levers and clutch forks and putting the clutch boxes into gear for turning
the front roller and back or drawing-out shafts, and the tail lever m³ is
acted upon bya projection n³on the floor for releasing the fallers, and bringing
down the lower arm d³ into its coming-out position, and it will be seen that
the employment on one spindle of two clutch forks for acting simultaneously
on the clutches on the front roller and back or drawing-out shafts, and other
improvements in the details economise material, and simplify the mule.
may here remark that we do not confine ourselves to the exact arrangements
of several of the parts before described, as they may be varied without
departing from the peculiar nature of our Invention. For example, a clutcli
box may be used for working the backing-off pulley instead of the friction
cones, and toothed gearing may be employed for giving motion to the back
or drawing-out shaft instead of the worm and worm wheel, and the clutch'
boxes for working the front roller and back shafts may be placed near the
centre of the headstock for enabling the clutch forks to be in line with each
other, and worked by a single lever direct from the sliding rod. Or instead of
formingthe internal friction cone in the carrier and backing-off pulleywe form
for acting on
We

page_text: it in the spur wheel on the scroll shaft, and connect the external friction cone
by a boss or collar with the said carrier and backing-off pulley as shewn
in Fig. 6. The spur wheel e' is attached to the loose half f of the clutch box
as in Fig. 4, but in it is formed an internal friction cone p³, corresponding
with the external friction cone g', which is connected to the carrier and
backing-off pulley o" by the boss, and both are prevented from moving side-
ways by collars or bearings: When the cones are out of gear the pulley o
can be used as a carrier pulley, but when they are in gear the pulley is then
used for backing-off.
Our improved arrangement for regulating the winding the yarn on the
spindles at a proper and uniform tension is shewn in Fig. 7, and detached
parts of the same in Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. On the stud t*,
Figs. 7, 10, and 11, which is connected to the pedestal fixed to the square
of the carriage, we place the pulley 3 and ratchet wheel w³ combined, and on
an arm fixed to the back bracket a³, Fig. 7, another pulley y³ and ratchet
wheel 23, also shewn in Figs. 8 and 9, and on these pulleys the guide pulley
a 4, Fig. 7, and the pulley b connected by bevil gearing with the screw of
the quadrant we-place the band c. The ratchet wheel and pulley ³, wa, are
shewn full size in Figs. 10 and 11; but in reverse positions to those in Fig. 7,
for the purpose of shewing the parts, connected with them more plainly. In
the interior of the ratchet wheel w there is a boss d carrying a ring of
leather e', and a coiled spring f, having a projecting end g', and on the boss
there is a ring h, Fig. 15, having a projection, and also another ring,
Figs. 13 and 14, with a projection m³, and on the outside of the ratchet wheel
there is a plate n' having a cavity for the ring , and also an internal
projection o, and in the periphery of the plate there is a recess p*, and on the
outside of the plate a pin p. The back ratchet wheel and pulley are shewn
full size in Figs. 8 and 9, but in reverse positions to those in Fig. 7, and loose
on the stud there is a lever having two arms q', 7, the arm q' carrying the
catch or ratchet s the pin s, and the arni 74 connected to the spring t
and to the bracket is fixed the plate w'. On a stud fixed to the carriage
there is an arm', Figs. 7, 10 and 12, having a projection w, which can enter
the recess in the plate n', and to the arm is fixed a pin a³, which can pass
between the teeth of the ratchet wheel w³, and the front end of the arm * is
connected by the adjustable rod y', pulley 2, and chain a, with the levers b³, c³,
on the faller shafts, and to the arm is jointed the arm supported by the
stud e³.
When the carriage is coming out the band c, Fig. 7, turns the pulley
and ratchet wheel w³, and the projecting end of the spring g* comes in contact

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and turns the ring , and the other side of the pro-
jection comes in contact with the second projection m' and turns the ring
until the projection m' comes in contact with the projection of in the interior
of the plate n', which plate then turns until the pin 2 comes in contact with
the under side of the bearing ³, and if the carriage has not come out to its
full extent the pulley and wheel turn by overcoming the friction of the leather
ring and spring. When the carriage is going in the pulley and ratchet wheel
turn in a reverse direction and turn the rings one after the other, and then
the plate, until the pin 25 arrives at the top of the bearing and places the
recess p at the top, in order to allow the projection on the arm to
enter it if required. When the yarn is not too tight the counterfaller is not
depressed sufficiently to allow the projection to enter the recess, but when the
yarn is too tight the projection rides on the periphery of the plate until the
recess is at the top, and then the projection enters it and the pin passes
between the teeth of the ratchet wheel and holds it so as to pull the band c
and turn the pulley b, which thereby turns the screw of the quadrant and
slackens the yarn, and by means of the rings and projections the screw is
prevented from being too much turned, as the carriage has to traverse a large
extent of its going in before the recess in the plate is at the top, and it is
only during the remainder of the going in that any action on the screw of the
quadrant is effected. When the yarn is too slack the counterfaller lever is
raised, and with it the arm v, so as to depress the other arin d³, which comes
in contact with the top of the arm g' and pushes back the catch or ratchet s','
so that when the carriage is coming out the spring t' shall bring forward the
arm q and cause, the catch st to turn the ratchet wheel and pulley until the
catch is thrown out of gear by the action of the pin s on the fixed plate u*,
and thereby pull the band c in a reverse direction and turn the screw of the
quadrant and tighten the yarn. When the carriage has completed its putting-
up the fallers are raised and the projection w is removed from the recess in
the plate.n, and the pulley 3 and ratchet wheel w are free to turn, and with
them the rings and projections, as before described. Although we have
shewn two rings and projections in the interior of the ratchet wheel w³, it is
obvious that there may be a lesser or greater number, and also that the
diameters of the pulleys and the numbers of the teeth of both ratchet wheels
may be varied as desired.
In our Provisional Specification we described the following mechanical
contrivances for putting the friction cones and clutch box on the scroll shaft in
and out of gear. The clutch lever p', Fig. 4, was fixed to a long cross shaft
extending from the back to the front of the frame of the headstock, and at

page_text: the back of the shaft there was a lever and stud which were held by the fork
lever of the driving pulley-until the strap was clear of the driving-pulley and
on the putting-up pulley. At the front end of the long cross shaft there was
another lever living in it a slot in which the bottoni end of a vertical shaft
moved up and down, the central part of the shaft having a boss with a-slot in
it and two small bowls or rollers, and between this boss and the last-mentioned
lever there was a spiral spring. At the front of the carriage there was an
inclined arm or lever working on a stud, so that it could be slightly raised
when the faller was being locked.
The foregoing arrangement we believed to be our own Invention, but have
since been informed that some of the parts were not new and have actually
been in use, and therefore we disclaim the mechanical contrivances just
described and employ those shewn in the Drawings. We also lay no claim to
the pulley o', Figs. 1, 4, and 6, with its internal cone on the putting-up shaft,
for one has been before used fixed to the shaft.
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Having now described the nature and particulars of our said. Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, we desire it to be under
stood that we claim,
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:: First, the, toothed wheel e¹ loose on the scroll or putting-up shaft h, and
also the swing shaft c', and carrier wheel b', and pinion d', for giving motion
to the wheel e
Secondly, the connection of the half clutch and external cone with the boss
or collar of the wheel e', as shewn in Fig: 4, so that all can revolve loose on
the scroll shaft, and be moved to and fro together, and also the formation of
an internal friction cone in the wheel e and reversing the external cone, as
shewn, in Fig. 6…..
Thirdly, the lever 7', p', Figs. 4 and 6, and the double lever s¹, t, Figs. 1,
2, 3, and 4,, for working the moveable wheel e' and conc. and half clutch
connected. to it.
Fourthly, the vertical shaft 7, Figs. 1 and 3, and gearing connected to it for
communicating motion to the front roller shaft u.
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Fifthly, the two clutch levers m²,n², fixed to the vertical 'shaft, for enabling
the clutch boxes v, w, x, y, to be put in or out of gear simultaneously.
Sixthly, the rod u', with its projection z',and also the catch lever c² jointed
to the framework, and the projection a² on the square for enabling the driving
strap to be shifted at the times required.
Seventhly, the levers g³, ³, rod d², spring i, lever e², and catch q³, Figs. 1,
2, and 3, and also the projections 24, 1, Fig. 1, for working the clutch levers
m²..n².

page_text: Eighthly, the vertical shaft s and cross piece w³, Figs. 1 and 3,fixed to the
front arm of the double lever, and also the long rod e³, spring f³, and pin h³,
for maintaining the clutch boxes, w, w, y, out of gear when required.
Ninthly, the leather ring and spring, and the other rings and projections in
the interior of the ratcliet wheel w³, Figs. 7,10, and 11, the recessed plate n³,
with the stud p³, and the loose lever d³,.Fig. 7.
And, tenthly, the pulley y³, Figs. 7, S, and 9, the ratchet wheel 2³, lever
q', ', catch and pin s', s, and spring t', as all such improvements are herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying three Sheets of Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Blackett Haigh and Samuel
Barlow, have hereunto set, our hands and seals, this Tenth day of
April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five.
(L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the..
within-named William Blackett
Haigh and Samuel Barlow, in the
presence of
E. J. 'HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
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SAMEL BARLOW. (L.S.)