IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING COTTON, SILK, OR OTHER THREADS ON REELS OR SPOOLS
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Thomas Wibberley, of Blackburn, in the
County of Lancaster, Machinist, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING COTTON, SILK, OR OTHER
THREADS ON REELS OR SPOOLS."
Sealed the 9th March 1875, and dated the 11th September 1874.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said John Thomas Wibberley
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition
and Declaration, on the 11th September 1874, pursuant to the 9th
Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
THOMAS WIBBERLEY, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster,
Machinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING COTTON, SILK, OR OTHER THREADS ON
REELS OR SPOOLS," and have petitioned Her most Excellent Majesty to
grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Roval
Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn Declaration that I
am the first and true Inventor thereof.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Thomas Wibberley, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which Fig. 1 is a front
elevation; Fig. 2, a plan, with part removed; and Figs. 3 and 4,
views of detached parts representing my improvements in machinery
or apparatus for winding cotton, silk, or other threads on reels or
spools -
The object of this Invention is to enable several reels or spools to have
threads wound on them in a more perfect and economical manner than
has hitherto been attained by means of improved arrangements and
combinations of mechanism in connection with self-acting and self-
adjusting movements. I employ the ordinary right and left handed
screws a, b, for moving the sliding shaft c to and fro and traversing the
threads from end to end of the reels or spools, there being on the sliding
shaft a tube d working loose and carrying at each end right and left-
handed nuts e; and at or about the centre of the tube there is a fixed
arm g extending to the top of the machine. To the sliding shaft aro
fixed two stays or uprights h extending through a stationary bed i fixed
on the top of the machine frame and connected at the top to a sliding
box k carrying a moveable plate / working in guides or recesses.
To the stationary bed are jointed two cams m, n, which are alternately
pressed outwards by the sides of the arm g as it traverses to and fro with
the sliding shaft, and moved inwards by levers and weights o, p, which
have the advantage over springs of giving the greatest pressure where
it is most required. At the sides of the moveable plate there are
slides q, r, having catches s, t, and to each slide is fixed a pin, which
passes through a slot in the moveable plate, and is connected to one end
of a spring, the other end being attached to a pin fixed to the sliding box,
so that after the slides and catches are moved in one direction the springs
shall give them the return movement. The catches s, t, are employed
for receiving and holding the upper part of the arm g, first at one side,
and then at the other, thereby maintaining the proper nut upon its
screw; and as soon as the arm is released from one catch it is moved
by one of the cams with its lever and weight to the other side to be
received and held by the other catch.

page_text: The reels u are of any desired size and shape; and one of my im-
provements consists in certain means for enabling spindles and reels of
different sizes to be changed without altering the machine. The spindle v
for holding the reels is of any desired length, and is held at one end to
the main or driving shaft w by means of a catch or clutch, one end of
the spindle fitting a hole in the centre of the shaft. The other end of
the spindle is formed as a male centre and held in a conical hole at the
end of a screw fitting a thread in a bracket or shoulder z, and when the
screw is turned back by the handle a¹ the spindle and reels can be
removed or changed, and when turned the other way it keeps the spindle
in its place in proper working order. Between each reel I place
washers 6', each having at one end a circular plate c' in contact with.
one end of the reel and having its inner face slightly taper, in order to.
form a circular nick, so that when fresh reels are used the threads can
be pressed into the nicks; and when the machine is put in motion the
threads are carried round by the nicks and conducted by the guides on
to the reels.
The guide stocks d³, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, have at the top and bottom
rectangular projections e¹ fitting slots in bars f', the lower bar being
fixed to slides g¹ working in brackets ¹ adjusted and fixed to the sliding
shaft c, and held fast by means of the screws or bolts 2, there being
guide holders fitted in or through the stocks, so that each guide may be
set separately to its corresponding reel and the holders secured by the
set screws. On the sliding shaft there is an arm carrying at the top
the bar ", the ends of which are fitted in the slides g₁, and to the boss of
the arm is screwed a rod and handle m¹ for moving the slides, guide
stocks, and guides, to and fro as required, the boss of the arm and
handle being held with more or less friction held to the sliding shaft
by the screw ' in order to give the required pressure to the guides for
winding the threads tight. To the moveable plate carrying the slides
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q, r, is screwed a rod o' linked to an arm p' jointed to a lug fixed to the
lower bar f, and on this arm there is a projection q¹ extending to a
pattern reel. And it is this reel which regulates and reverses the
traverse to and fro, there being a projecting screw fixed to the frame-
work and a reel like those required to be wound having the barrel out
off, so as to leave the two ends or bevels, which ends are tapped like
nuts, and are screwed on the projecting screw, so as to form the same
shape as those to be wound, and by this means the traverse may be

page_text: made to suit any variation in the reels by screwing either end inward or
outward, as required, on the projecting screw. On the driving shaft w
there are fast and loose pulleys 8¹, t, the fast pulley being connected
by a strap with any driving pulley; and at the extreme end of the shaft
there is a pulley u¹ connected by a strap with one of two connected
pulleys below the table on which the machine is carried; the other
pulley is connected by a strap to the pulley ¹ fixed to the shaft on
which are cut the right and left-handed screws a, b.
In holes or bearings in the framework there is a sliding rod w¹
carrying the strap fork x' and brake y¹, and to the fork is connected the
cord passing over the guide pulley a² and fastened to a weight, and
to one end of the rod w' is attached the arm c³, to which the catch d²
and projecting rod e* are connected, the rod being raised by the cam f³
on the ordinary measuring disc 9%, which is propelled in the usual
manner by a catch or tooth on the spring arm /². On the brackets h¹
there is a brush, in the stock of which there are eyelets & through
which the threads pass from the ordinary large bobbins between tho
bristles to the guides and reels, the brush being for the purpose of giving
the required tightness or tension to the threads. When the ends of the
threads are passed into the nicks at the sides of the reels and the machine
set on, the nicks pass the threads on to the revolving reels, and at the
same time the guide stocks, guides, and threads, move to and fro
alternately, the distances being regulated by q', the projection q¹ on the
arm p¹ coming in contact with the rims of the pattern reel 71; and when
the reels are filled with thread the cam fs in the measuring disc g² raises
the projecting rod e³, so as to raise the catch d, and allow the strap fork
to be shifted from the fast to the loose pulley and stop the machine, the
suddeness of which is accelerated by the brake y¹. As soon as the
machine is stopped the spindle carrying the wound-on reels is removed
and either the same or a fresh spindle mounted with reels put into
position and threads wound on them, and so on continuously, there
being on the rod o¹ projecting arms n² which can come in contact with
the bed i to stop the machine, if by mischance the machine should be
set on when there are no reels in their places.
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When the machine is set apart for reels always of the same size there
may be round or square holes in the bars f¹ instead of the long slots,
the pivots on the guide stocks being made to correspond; but these are
details which may be modified according to circumstances.

page_text: Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention
I desire. it to be understood that I claim,-
First. The use of the weights and levers o, p, acting on the cams m, n,
by means of which the arm g is driven from one catch to the other.
Secondly. The system of driving several reels on one spindle v,
including the catch or clutch, the washers, and screw fitting a thread in
a bracket, and turned by a handle or other equivalent, by which a
number of reels may be fixed ready for winding and removed when
wound as readily as one reel.
Thirdly. The novel method of having the guide stocks placed between
two slotted bars fixed to slides g¹ working in brackets h¹, and thus
enabling more or less guides to be fixed between the slotted bars to
correspond with the number of reels required to be wound at a time,
and rendering the whole arrangement simple, comprehensive, and
durable.
And, Fourthly. The arm p¹ jointed to a lug on the lower bar f¹, and
also the pattern reel and projecting arm q³, by means of which the
reliability of a fixed traverse is ensured, while it embodies the readiest
means for adjustment to suit the variations in reels without altering
or stopping the machine.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Thomas Wibberley, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Eighth day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
JOHN THOMAS WIBBERLEY. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered,
by the within named John
Thomas Wibberley, in the
presence of
G. SEPTIMUS HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.