IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM FOR PLACING COP TUBES UPON SPINDLES "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Briggs Swailes, George Swailes, and John
Broadmeadow Swailes of the firm John Swailes & Sons of Oldham in the
County of Lancaster, Machinists and Cop tube Manufacturers, for an Invention
of
"
IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM FOR PLACING COP TUBES UPON SPINDLES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Briggs Swailes,
George Swailes, and John Broadmeadow Swailes at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 15th December 1883.
JOSEPH BRIGGS SWAILES, GEORGE SWAILES and JOHN BROADMEADOW SWAILES of
the firm John Swailes & Sons of Oldham in the County of Lancaster Machinists
and Cop tube Manufacturers IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM FOR PLACING COP
TUBES UPON SPINDLES,"
"
The mechanism in common use for placing cop tubes upon spindles has hitherto
been made with a thin bar of metal rigidly attached by screws to what is called
the tube frame.
This thin metal bar acts as a stop or support for the ends of the tubes to rest
upon when placed in the holes in the tube frame, and they are liable to be bent, in
use especially when pressed upon to discharge the tubes from the holes in the
frames, should they happen to stick, and this will cause the tubes to be spoiled or
prevent the hinged lid or cover from properly shutting.
The object of our invention is to so arrange the thin metal bar that it will
answer the purpose required and also force the tubes from the holes in the frame
without being liable to be bent or deranged and our invention consists in mounting
the thin metal bar so as to slide on screws (by preference) to and from the frame
with springs to keep the thin metal bar pressed against the heads of the screws
which also act as stops to limit the outward movement of the thin metal bar-
these springs giving way when the thin metal bar is pressed upon to discharge the
tubes from the holes in the frame.
We prefer to insert screws into the wood of the frame which screws pass through
holes in the thin metal bar which can thus slide freely upon the screws between
the frame and the head of the screws, and we place an helical spring. round each
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screw, one end of which is inserted in a hole in the frame round the screw and
abuts against its end the other end of the spring acts against the thin metal bar to
force it against the heads of the screws.
In place of helical springs flat or other springs may be substituted but we prefer
helical springs arranged as described as the most simple and lasting and most out
of the way.
Another improvement relates to the spring catch which retains the lid of the
frame in its open and closed positions.
The form and arrangements of the spring hitherto used is found objectionable the
hook on the end of the spring and the staple upon which it catches projecting from
the frame and catching upon the clothes of the operatives and the waste used in
cleaning.
Our improvements consists in turning the hook of the end of the spring inwards
instead of outwards dispensing with the wire staple and cutting a notch in the
wood of the frame for the turned in hook of the spring to catch upon.
Our invention further relates to arrangements for retaining the tubes in the
holes of the frame until they are to be allowed to drop on to the spindles, and
consists in employing two bars jointed to levers, which are each secured to oscillate
on a screw or pivot the axis of which is parallel to the axis of the holes in the
frame for the tubes-By slightly moving these levers or the bars jointed to them
one way the bars are simultaneously brought towards each other to wholly or partly
cover the holes in the frame for the tubes and by moving the levers in the contrary
direction the holes are uncovered when required to allow the tubes to drop out of
the frame on to the spindles.
With this arrangement the holes in the tubes may be conveniently brought over
and partly on to the tips of the spindles before being released by moving the
bars One bar only is used in one modification, arranged, by preference, on the
higher side of the frame when the. Eubes are to be released from the frame the
moving of the bar so arranged tending to draw the tubes into a more central
position in relation to the spindles.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Briggs Swailes, George Swailes, and John Broadmeadow
Swailes in the Patent Office on the 12th June 1884.
JOSEPH BRIGGS SWAILES, GEORGE SWAILES and JOHN BROADMEADOW SWAILES of
the firm John Swailes & Sons of Oldham in the County of Lancaster Machinists
and Cop tube Manufacturers" "IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM FOR PLACING COP
TUBES UPON SPINDLES,"
The mechanism in common use for placing cop tubes upon spindles has hitherto
been made with a thin bar of metal rigidly attached by screws to what is called
the tube frame.
This thin metal bar acts as a stop or support for the ends of the tubes to rest
upon when placed in the holes in the tube frame, and the thin metal bars are liable
to be bent, in use, especially when pressed upon to discharge the tubes from the
holes in the frame should they happen to stick, and this will cause the tubes to be
spoiled, or prevent the hinged lid or cover from properly shutting.
The object of our invention is to so arrange the thin metal bar that it will
answer the purpose required and also force the tubes from the holes in the frame
without being liable to be bent or deranged and our invention consists in mounting
the thin metal bar so as to slide on screws (by preference) to and from the frame
with springs to keep the thin metal bar pressed against the heads of the screws
which also act as stops to limit the outward movement of the thin metal bar these
springs giving way when the thin metal bar is pressed upon to discharge the tubes
from the holes in the frame.
We prefer to insert screws into the wood of the frame which screws pass through
holes in the thin metal bar which can thus slide freely upon the screws between
the frame and the head of the screws, and we place an helical spring round each
screw, one end of which is inserted in a hole in the frame round the screw and abuts
against its end the other end of the spring acts against the thin metal bar to force
it against the heads of the screws.
In place of helical springs flat or other springs may be substituted but we prefer
helical springs arranged as described as the most simple and lasting and most out
of the way,
Another improvement relates to the spring catch which retains the lid of the
frame in its open and closed positions.
The form and arrangement of the spring hitherto used is found objectionable the
hook on the end of the spring and the staple upon which it catches projecting from
the frame and catching upon the clothes of the operatives and the waste used in
cleaning.
Our improvements consists in turning the hook of the end of the spring inwards
instead of outwards, dispensing with the wire staple and cutting a notch in the
wood of the frame for the turned in hook of the spring to catch upon.
Our invention further relates to arrangements for retaining the tubes in the
holes of the frame until they are to be allowed to drop on to the spindles, and
consists in employing two bars jointed to levers, which are each secured to oscillate
on a screw or pivot the axis of which is parallel to the axis of the holes in the
frame for the tubes-By slightly moving these levers or the bars jointed to them
one way the bars are simultaneously brought towards each other to wholly or partly
cover the holes in the frame for the tubes and by moving the levers in the contrary
direction the holes are uncovered when required to allow the tubes to drop out of
the frame on to the spindles,

page_text: With this arrangement the holes in the tubes may be conveniently brought over
and partly on to the tips of the spindles before being released by moving the bars-
One bar only is used in one modification, arranged by preference on the higher side
of the frame when the tubes are to be released from the frame the moving of the
bar so arranged tending to draw the tubes into a more central position in relation
to the spindles.
Fig 1 is a front view showing a short length of tube frame having one part of
our improvements applied-fig 2 is an end view thereof and fig 3 an end view
of the same with the lid open as when the tubes are allowed to drop from the tube
frame to the spindles.
Fig 4 is an end view in which the lid is closed illustrating another of our
improvements and fig 5 is also an end view of the same with the lid open.
Fig 6 is a front and fig 7 a plan view illustrating another improvement according.
to our invention.
a is the tube frame having conical holes in it one for each spindle as is well
understood.
b is the lid to retain the tubes in the holes in the frame until they are to drop
from it on to the spindles-This lid (b) is mounted on hinges c as in the ordinary
construction and is secured by a spring catch d passing through a wire staple e,
all the above named parts being of the ordinary construction.
When the tubes are put in the holes in the frame their ends rest upon a bar f
secured by screws to the tube frame.
One of our improvements consists in mounting this bar f to slide freely upon
screws f¹ and in placing an helical spring f* round each screw to act between
the frame (a) and har f, a hole being sunk in the wood of the tube frame a
round each screw f¹ to admit of a proper length of spring and to allow it free action.
Flat or other suitable springs may be used in place of helical springs but we
prefer the arrangement described, which admits of the bar f being pressed against
the tube frame a to discharge the tubes should they stick; the springs f' bringing
the bar f back again when released, against the heads of the screws f¹ as shown.
Figs 4 and 5 show our improved form of retaining spring & for the lid b dispensing
with the wire staple (e)-The hook on the end of the spring d is turned the reverse
way to that in which it is shown in figs 2 and 3 and a notch is formed in the
frame a for the hook to catch upon, as shown in figs 4 and 5.
The notch is or may also be formed by a metal plate e' of suitable shape secured
in a notch made into the frame so that the outer surface of the plate (c¹) and frame
are in the same plane, as shown in fig 5.
Fig 6 and fig 7 illustrate another part of our invention-Instead of the ordinary
lid we use two thin bars g of any suitable material (thin metal by preference)
these are jointed on levers g¹ there may be as many levers as are required to suit
the length of the frame.
Two levers are shown in figs 6 and 7, the axes of which are each on a screw g²
screwing into the frame a, The ends of the levers g¹ on one side are jointed to one
bar (g) and those on the other side to the other bar (g).
The levers g' are formed so that when the bars 9 are at their widest distance
apart they will be clear of the holes for the tubes in the tube frame,
The levers glare or may be formed with short pins or projections on the side
one at each end solid with the levers, these pins each pass through a hole drilled
or punched in the bars 9 and a curved slot a¹ is formed in the face of the tube
frame (a) so that each projecting pin may enter and work clear.
By this arrangement both bars g are secured when the levers g¹ are screwed in
their places.
The levers g¹ and bars g are moved into the position shown in fig 7 or to the
greatest distance outward to allow the tubes to drop out by pressing upon and
moving the bars g or by acting upon a projection g* shown in dotted line in
fig 7, the lever g¹ having such projection being the one in the middle of the tube
frame a by preference.

page_text: The arrangement illustrated by figs 6 and 7 admits of the tube frame being
brought to a position where the points of the spindles will enter the space between
the bars g when at their nearest position as shown in fig 7 and thus so that the
points of the spindles can enter the holes in the tubes before they are released.
A single bar g is or may be used if desired instead of two, in which case the
same levers g' or similar double levers are used by preference one end of each lever
moving against the face of the tube frame, and the other ends of them being jointed
or connected with the single bar employed which is by preference on that side
which will be the highest side of the tube frame when the tubes are about to drop
on the spindle.
We have now particularly described the nature of our said invention and the
modes of carrying the same into effect and claim as our invention.
1. The combination and arrangement of the bar (f) of tube frames (a) with
springs substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
2. The improved form and arrangement of the spring catch or retainer (d) for
the lid (b) substantially as and for the purpose berein before described and illustrated
by figs 4 and 5 of the drawings.
3. The combination of two bars g and levers g' or a single bar g and levers with
tube frames arranged, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described
and illustrated by figs 6 and 7 of the drawings
In Witness whereof we the said Joseph Briggs Swailes, George Swailes and
John Broadmeadow Swailes (or one of us) have hereunto set our hands and seals
this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty four,
GEO SWAILES (L.S.)