An Improved Device for Holding Spools or Bobbins in Machines for Winding Yarn or Thread thereon.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 18th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
[Communicated from abroad by WILLIAM HENRY GOLDSMITH, of 29, Durfee Avenue.
Fall River, and John Stratton WRIGHT, of Cedar Avenue, Duxbury, both in
Massachusetts, United States of America, Manufacturers of Textile Machinery.]
An Improved Device for Holding Spools or Bobbins in Machines for
Winding Yarn or Thread thereon.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a Device for Holding Spools or Bobbins in Machines for
Winding Yarns or Threads thereon.
The invention consists in a spool-holder or bobbin-holder, which is adapted to
be mounted on a winding-machine, and is to be arranged so that it can slide or
move toward and away from the mechanism for rotating the spool or bobbin
mounted in the holder.
This spool-holder or bobbin-holder is composed of two arms which are connected
with each other by a bar, or member, forming an integral part thereof, or secured
to the arms in any preferred manner, either rigidly or adjustably, so as to form a
frame having substantially a U shape. Near its upper end, one of said arms is
furnished with a rod or stud, which is preferably made adjustable on the arm
both up and down and in and out (though it may only be adjustable in the
latter directions); and the other arin is provided with a rod or spindle, loosely
mounted in the arm SO as to be capable of an in-and-out notion. These two
rods constitute the bearings or centres to receive the spool or bobbin and hold it
so it can be rotated on its own axis by any suitable mechanism (as a revolving drum)
for winding yarn or thread thereon; and preferably the inner ends of the rods
are made conical or rounded so as accurately to centre the spool or bobbin in
the holder. A spring is made to act upon the loosely-mounted rod or spindle so
as to force it inwardly and into yielding contact with the spool.
The device or holder is provided with a trip-latch, or other suitable means, for
retaining it in an elevated position, or in such position that the spool or bobbin,
when mounted in the holder, will not be in contact with the winding mechanism,
in order that the spools or bobbins may be more quickly and conveniently inserted
into and removed from the holder.
Dated the outh 1 CM 1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Holding Spools or Bobbins in Machines for
Winding Yarn or Thread thereon.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
This invention relates to a Device for Holding Spools or Bobbins in Machines for
Winding Yarns or Threads thereon; and it consists in certain features of construction
and arrangement hereinafter described and claimed.

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In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents an end view of the spool-
holder. Fig. 2 shows a side view of the same. Fig. 3 represents, in transverse
section, a portion of the frame of a spooling machine, in which "drums are
employed to wind the spools, with the spool-holder combined therewith. Fig. 4
shows a side view of a portion of the frame of spooling machine in which an
endless band is employed to wind the spools, with the spool-holder combined
therewith.
A is the spool or bobbin-holder, which is in the form of a U shape frame
having two upright arms a a¹, and a cross-bar a² forming a part of the arms or
secured thereto in any preferred manner. The arm a of the holder is provided
at its upper end with a rod or stud b, which is preferably made adjustable on the
arm both horizontally and vertically, although it may be immovably fixed in
position thereon. As shown, the rear portion of the rod is screw threaded, is
passed through a vertical slot in the arm, and is secured in position by two
nuts c; but if only a horizontal adjustment is to be provided for, the rod may
be threaded through the arm, and one nut be employed to hold it in place, as
will be readily understood. The arm a¹ is furnished at its upper end with a rod
or spindle d, which is loosely mounted in the arm so it can move in and out.
Located within a slot e in said arm, and surrounding the rod d, is a spring f,
which bears at one end against the arm, and at the other against a collar 9,
which may be secured to the spindle, or may bear against a pin passing through
the same.
These rods hd, receive the spool and form the bearings upon which it
turns, and the inner ends of the rods are preferably made conical so as
accurately to centre the spool. The spring f presses the rod d into contact with
the spool, and said rod may be prevented from turning in any preferred manner,
as by the ends of the pin coming in contact with the arm a'. By pulling
back the rod d, the spool can be quickly and conveniently placed in, or be removed
from the frame or holder.
A trip-latch k is pivoted to one of the arms, as a', of the frame or holder, so
that, when swung inwardly into a position to rest upon the frame of the machine,
it will retain the frame or holder in an elevated position, where the spool will be
out of contact with the winding-mechanism, and where the spool can be more
conveniently inserted into, and removed from the holder.
In Fig. 3, the spool-holder is shown as applied to a spooling-machine of the variety
in which the winding-mechanism is in the form of revolving "drums " into contact
with which the spools are brought. L is a portion of the frame of the machine,
and M are the drums. The spool-holder is arranged with its arms a a¹ laterally
outlying the ends of the drums and the holder is intended to slide vertically in the
frame of the machine, being directed by any suitable means of guiding, as by passing
the arms a a¹ through holes or slots in the rails of the frame. In order that the
holder may be the more conveniently applied to the frame, the cross-bar a³ is preferably
detachably secured to the arms, as by set-screws. This arrangement also enables the
arms to be adjusted vertically with relation to each other, if desired. The holder
shown at the left hand in the figure is near its lowest position, the spool N therein
being only partially wound, while the holder shown at the right hand is supported in
an elevated position by the latch k, the lower end of which rests upon the top rail of
the machine, so as to enable the full spool N¹ to be conveniently removed and a new
spool to be inserted. When a new spool has been introduced into the holder, the
latch is tripped, thereby allowing the holder and its spool to descend, so the
latter may come into contact with the drums.
In Fig. 4 the spool-holder is shown as applied to a spooling-machine in which a
travelling endless band is the winding-mechanism.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign Correspondents I declare that what I claim is:
1. A spool or bobbin-holder composed of two connected arms a a¹ one of which is

page_text: provided with a rod or stud b, and the other of which is furnished with an oppositely-
located sliding rod or spindle d, for supporting in the holder a spool or bobbin
to be wound, and a trip-latch attached to the holder, substantially as set forth.
2. A spool or bobbin-holder composed of two connected arms a a¹³, one of which is
provided with a rod or stud b, having a conical end, and the other of which is furnished
with an oppositely-located sliding rod or spindle d, having a conical end, for supporting
in the holder a spool or bobbin to be wound, and a trip-latch attached to the holder,
substantially as set forth.
3. A spool or bobbin-holder composed of two connected arms a a', one of which is
provided with an adjustable rod or stud b, and the other of which is furnished with a
sliding rod or spindle d, and a spring for pressing the sliding rod toward its fellow,
and a trip-latch attached to the holder, substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
4. A spool or bobbin-holder composed of two connected arms a a', the former
provided with a stud b, and the latter with a non-revoluble, sliding rod or spindle d,
and a spring for pressing the sliding rod towards its fellow, and a trip-latch attached
to the holder, substantially as set forth.
5. A spool or bobbin-holder composed of two arms a a¹ connected by a detachable
cross-bar a², and furnished with oppositely located spool-holding rods 6 d, and a trip-
latch attached to the holder, substantially as set forth.
6. The combination with the frame of a spool-winding machine, of a spool-holder
composed of two connected arms a a¹, mounted in the frame to slide to and from the
winding-mechanism, and having the oppositely located spool-supporting rods bd,
and a trip-latch for holding the frame in an elevated position, substantially as set
forth.
Dated this 18th day of February 1890
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.