A New or Improved Machine for Winding an India Rubber Cover Over Seamless India Rubber Hose Pipes or Tubes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application. 5th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1891
A New or Improved Machine for Winding an India Rubber Cover
Over Seamless India Rubber Hose Pipes or Tubes.
I JOHN BRUNSWICK BARTON, Merchant, of 38 St. Johns Road, Longsight,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster (a communication to me from abroad by
Ernest Nathaniel Foote of 1641 East Madison Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. United
States of America, Rubber Worker) 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 winding machine for rolling rubber covers over
rubber hose pipes or tubes.
Figure 1 is an end elevation of the winding machine.
Figure 2 is a part of the winding machine in side elevation.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the actuating mechanism of the winding machine.
Figure 4 is a front elevation of the same.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the roll holding winder arm.
Figure 6 is a vertical section taken through the winder certain parts being shown
in elevation.
Figure 7 is a front elevation view showing one of the standards and the actuating
mechanism of the winder.
Figure 8 is a plan view of the shaft supporting roll 9.
The winding machine consists of a series of standards S secured at their lower
extremities to the floor and at their upper extremities connected and braced by
means of the tie rods s. The central portions of said standards are cored out
and in the recess thus formed is located the vertical threaded shaft & Figures 6
and 7 that has a bearing at its upper extremity in the bracket 2 in which it is
secured by means of the collar 83. The lower extremity of said shaft is suitably
journaled in the similar bracket 3 and is provided with a bevel wheels that meshes
with a companion bevel wheels rigidly secured to the driving shaft se. On each
of the threaded shafts &¹ is threaded the winder holding arm or hanger S³ composed of
two portions the solid rigid portion & Figures 5 to 7 and the swinging arm portion t¹
said latter swinging portion being pivoted to the former by the bolt t² and provided
with a semi-circular recessed portion and two projecting portions respectively t³ t*
in which are respectively pivoted the adjustable shaft grippers to to that may be
adjusted by means of the set screws 7. A spring t is secured at its rear extremity
to the rigid portion t of the hanger S2 its outer extremity being adjustably connected
with the swinging portion t¹ of said hanger the tensional strain of said spring being
adjusted by means of the set screw on the top of which it loosely rests and has free
sliding movement.
Said standard S is also provided with the horizontal bed T that extends the
whole length of the machine. Secured to said bed in any suitable manner at
suitable intervals are the journaled boxes T¹ Figures 6 and 8 that are each provided
with the anti-friction rollers on which have bearing the loose shafts or winding
rollers Q that extend the entire length of the winding machine and have their
respective extremities journaled at the extremities of said machine. A shaft or
winding roller Q' is held in the swinging arms t¹ by means of the shaft grippers to te
said roller being of length equal to the length of the shafts Q. Each hanger is
provided with an anti-friction roller q' that is journaled in the same axial line with
shaft Q to prevent said shaft rising out of its place when under pressure. At the
extreme end of the machine is the usual driving mechanism consisting of the belt
pulley R pinion r gear wheel R¹ and pinions 2. Shifting belt pulley devices R³ are
provided of the usual form for throwing the winding machine in and out of driving
power connection.

page_text: The manner of operating the winding machine is as follows:-
After the seamless rubber tube x has been drawn on to the pole or mandrel ¹
the centre wrapper or cover has one of its edges pressed gently but firmly into
contact with the tube and the tube is then placed in position between the shafts Q
where it rests The shaft is connected up with the driving power which causes
the shaft to be rotated and thereupon the hanger S' is moved downwardly until
shaft Q is brought into engagement with the tube that is to be rolled or covered.
When sufficient pressure is effected between said shaft Q' and the shafts Q the
shafts which have by the same movement that connects the shaft up with the
actuating power been themselves connected with said actuating power or caused to
rotate and by their rotation and their frictional contact with the tube to be rolled
have caused it to be rotated intermediate of said shaft Q' and shafts Q. Thereupon
as said hose tube is rotated the rubber cover is tightly accurately and exactly
drawn and rolled over said tube until the several plys are rolled in position where-
upon the machine is disengaged from its actuating power the hanger S³ raised and
the tube may be removed from its position on the winder.
By means of this winding machine one is enabled to wind a section of hose much
more rapidly than by the old hand process whereby expense in labour is saved and
also wind a section much more accurately strongly and evenly thereby increasing
the percentage of perfect sections in fact practically doing away with imperfect work
and saving a great deal heretofore lost by reason of imperfect covering.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a winding machine for rolling rubber cover over rubber tubes the com-
bination of two winding rollers Q rotated by actuating power the upper winding
roller Q driven by frictional contact with a tube to be rolled and means for moving
downward the upper winding roller Q' substantially as described.
2. In a rubber tube winding machine the combination with winding rollers Q the
upper roller Q of the winder holding arm or hanger S composed of the rigid
portion t and the swinging arm portion t¹ pivoted to the former shaft grippers t³ to
on the swinging arm portion t' and spring t substantially as described.
3. In a rubber tube winding machine the combination with the winding roller Q Q¹
of anti-friction rollers q' substantially as described.
4. In a rubber tube winding machine the combination with the hanger S² as
described of threaded shafts s¹ journaled in the standards S and rotated by bevel
gearings and driving shaft & substantially as described.
5. A hose winder provided with a series of winding rollers and having a swinging
spring pressed roller carrying arm substantially as described.
6. A hose winder having a swinging roller carrying arm and an adjustable spring
engaging therewith and having its pressure exerting extremity freely movable
substantially as described.
7. A winder provided with series of winding rollers for the purpose of auto-
matically winding the core on a seamless tube substantially as described.
8. An automatic hose tube winder provided with a spring pressed roller holding
winder arm the spring of which has easy and free bearing against said arm and a
bed carrying two rollers which together with the arm held roller automatically
wind the tube substantially as described.
9. The combination of a winder arm formed in two sections and adjustable
vertically and provided with a winding roller and a standard provided with anti-
friction rollers on which rest winding rollers and which in conjunction with the
winding roller secured to the winding arm automatically wind the cover on the
seamless tube substantially as described.
10. The combination of a vertical threaded support one or more pivoted spring
adjustable winder arms holding a winding roller by means of adjustable grippers
and itself adjustable vertically a series of anti-friction rollers supporting two or

page_text: more winding rollers on which rest the tube to be wound whereby an even automatic
winding of the tube is effected substantially as described.
11. In a system of making seamless rubber lined hose a winder with yielding
spring pressed arm carrying a winding roller substantially as described.
Dated this 5th day of March 1891.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.